Barbarossa, a name meaning "red beard" in Italian, primarily refers to:

  • Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190), Holy Roman Emperor
  • Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478–1546), Ottoman admiral
  • Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, commencing 22 June 1941

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It may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

  • Barbarossa, pirate and protagonist in the 1953 film Raiders of the Seven Seas
  • Barbarossa, a character in the Legends of Dune trilogy
  • Barbarossa, a character in the book Thief Lord
  • Barbarossa, a commander in the 2014 anime Lord Marksman and Vanadis

Music

  • Barbarossa (album), a 1996 album by Cubanate
  • Barbarossa, a 2001 album by Orplid
  • "Barbarossa", a 1994 song by Sordid Humor
  • "Barbarossa", a 1993 song by Sex Gang Children
  • "Barbarossa", a 2012 song by Lamb of God

Games

  • Barbarossa (board game), a board game by Klaus Teuber
  • Barbarossa (card game), a card game by Arclight Games
  • Barbarossa: The Russo-German War 1941-45, a 1969 board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc.
  • Barbarossa (video game), a 1992 war simulation game released for the Super Famicom in Japan
  • Operation Barbarossa – The Struggle for Russia, a PC game

Other arts and entertainment

  • Barbarossa (film), an Italian film starring Rutger Hauer
  • The Barbaroosa, a fictional pirate ship in the Miniskirt Pirates light novel series by Yūichi Sasamoto and corresponding anime Bodacious Space Pirates
  • Barbaroslar, a Turkish TV series also known as Barbarossa

People

  • Oruç Reis (c. 1474–1518), called Barbarossa or Aruj, Ottoman Turkish captain and Bey of Algiers
  • Theodore Cotillo Barbarossa (1906–1992), American sculptor
  • Luca Barbarossa (born 1961), Italian singer-songwriter
  • David Barbarossa (born 1961), British drummer
  • Sergio Barbarossa, Italian engineer
  • Barbarossa (musician) or James Mathé, a British musician who performs under the alias Barbarossa

Ships

  • Barbarossa class ocean liner, a class of ten German ocean liners built between 1896 and 1902
  • SS Barbarossa, seized by the US during World War I and renamed
  • SMS Kaiser Barbarossa, a German pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1900
  • Barbaros Hayreddin, an Ottoman battleship of World War I
  • RV Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa, a Turkish seismographic research/survey vessel owned and operated by the Turkish Petroleum Corporation

Other uses

  • Barbarossa (grape), name of several Italian wine grapes
  • Barbaroux, a French wine grape that is sometimes known as Barbarossa
  • 1860 Barbarossa (1973 SK), a main-belt asteroid

See also

  • Barbarossa city, a nickname for five German cities that Emperor Barbarossa stayed in or near for some time
  • Barbarosa, a 1982 American film starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey
  • Barbarosa, Texas, a community in the United States
  • Barbossa (disambiguation)