Birdman or birdmen may refer to:

Flying

  • Avian humanoid, a person with avian characteristics in mythology, folklore, and popular fiction
  • Birdman, a wingsuit flying parachutist<!--and Birdman suit-->
  • Birdman Rally, a competition where people attempt to fly with home-made contraptions
  • International Birdman, the original Birdman rally

Business

  • Birdman Enterprises, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer from 1973 to 1987
  • Birdman Aircraft, an American ultralight manufacturer in the 1970s and early 80s
  • Birdman, a brand of wingsuits owned by Jari Kuosma

Arts and entertainment

Music

  • "Birdman", a 1970 song by Ian McDonald and Michael Giles from the album McDonald and Giles
  • "Birdmen", a 1982 song by Felt from the album Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty
  • "Birdman", a 1994 song by Ride from the album Carnival of Light
  • "The Birdman" (song), a 1994 song by Our Lady Peace
  • Birdman (album), a 2002 album by Birdman, then known as Baby
  • Birdman (film score), a soundtrack album from the 2014 film
  • Birdman Records, an independent music label
  • "Jean the Birdman", 1993 music video

Film and television

  • The Bird Men (former name The Birder), a 2013 film starring Fred Willard
  • Birdman (film), also called Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), a 2014 film by Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • Birdperson, a character in the television series Rick and Morty
  • Harvey Birdman, a fictional Hanna-Barbera character
  • Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, an American animated TV series (1967–1968) starring Harvey Birdman
  • Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, an American adult animated television sitcom

Comics and literature

  • Bird-Man, the alias shared by three villainous Marvel Comics characters
  • Birdman, a character in Birdman and Chicken, 1970s British comic strip
  • Birdman, a character in Fujiko F. Fujio's manga Perman
  • Birdman (novel), a 2000 novel by Mo Hayder
  • Birdmen (manga), a 2013 manga series by Yellow Tanabe

People

  • Chris Andersen (born 1978), American retired basketball player nicknamed "The Birdman"
  • Lincoln Beachey (1887–1915), American pioneering aviator sometimes called the "Master Birdman"
  • Birdman (rapper) (born 1969), stage name for American rapper Bryan Williams
  • Brett Burton (born 1978), Australian Rules Footballer for the Adelaide Crows
  • Tony Hawk (born 1968), American skateboarder nicknamed "The Birdman"
  • Albin K. Longren (1882–1950), American aviation pioneer
  • Jock Orr (1908-1988), a man known for feeding gulls in Cathedral Square, Christchurch
  • Robert Stroud (1890–1963), the "Birdman of Alcatraz", American prisoner and author famous for raising birds
  • Koko B. Ware (James Ware, born 1957), American professional wrestler

Other uses

  • Birdman, the avian themed dancing warrior from artwork connected to the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
  • Tangata manu (literally "the bird-man"), the winner of a ritual competition on Easter Island

See also

  • Bird people (disambiguation)
  • Birdman burial, an elaborate elite personage burial from the Mound 72 archaeological site at Cahokia, Illinois, U.S.
  • Birdman of the Coorong, a 19th-century Irish-Australian bushranger
  • Hawkman (disambiguation)
  • Junior Birdmen, a former boys club in the US
  • Wingman (disambiguation)