A ghost is a spirit of a dead person that may appear to the living.

Ghost or Ghosts may also refer to:

People

  • Ghost (producer), British hip hop producer
  • Ghost (singer) (born 1974), singer
  • Dave Casper (born 1952), a.k.a. The Ghost, American football wide receiver
  • Shayne Gostisbehere (born 1993), a.k.a. The Ghost, American ice hockey player
  • Robert Guerrero (born 1983), a.k.a. The Ghost, American boxer
  • Ivan Moody (born 1980), a.k.a. Ghost, member of Five Finger Death Punch
  • Styles P (born 1974), a.k.a. The Ghost, American rapper
  • Kelly Pavlik (born 1982), a.k.a. The Ghost, American boxer
  • Matt Urban (1919–1995), a.k.a. The Ghost, United States Army lieutenant colonel

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

  • Ghost (comics), several characters and publications
  • Ghost (Dungeons & Dragons)
  • Ghost (Hamlet), character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet
  • Ghost (The Matrix), a character in Enter the Matrix
  • Ghost, the robotic companion of guardians in Destiny
  • Ghost, a character in the novel Lost Souls
  • Haunter (Pokémon), a Pokémon known in Japan as Ghost
  • Ghosts (Ninjago), characters in Ninjago
  • Ghosts (Pac-Man), the recurring antagonists in the Pac-Man franchise
  • Ghosts, group of Gaunt's Ghosts characters
  • Ghosts, type of Terran soldier in StarCraft
  • Simon "Ghost" Riley, a character in Call of Duty
  • The Ghost, a VCX-100 light freighter from Star Wars: Rebels
  • Ghost, the ship of Wolf Larsen in Jack London's novel The Sea-Wolf

Films

  • Ghosts (1915 film), silent American film starring Henry B. Walthall, based on the play by Henrik Ibsen
  • The Ghost (1963 film), Italian horror film
  • The Ghost (1982 film), German drama film
  • Ghost (1984 film), Japanese experimental short film
  • Ghosts… of the Civil Dead, 1988 Australian political suspense film
  • Ghost (1990 film), American romantic fantasy film
  • Michael Jackson's Ghosts, 1997 short film
  • Ghost (1998 film), Iranian film
  • The Ghost (2004 film), South Korean horror film
  • Ghosts (2005 film), German drama film
  • Ghosts (2006 film), British drama film
  • The Ghost (2008 film), Russian thriller film
  • The Ghost (2010 film), French-German-British political thriller film
  • Ghost: In Your Arms Again, 2010 Japanese remake of the 1990 American film Ghost
  • Ghost (2012 film), Indian horror film
  • Ghosts, a 2014 film also known as Jessabelle
  • Ghosts (2014 film), Iranian drama film
  • Ghost (2015 film), Russian comedy film
  • Ghost (2019 film), Indian horror thriller film
  • Ghost (2020 film), British independent film about the first day of freedom for an ex-con
  • Ghosts (2020 film), Turkish-French-Qatari drama film
  • The Ghost (2022 film), Indian Telugu-language action thriller film
  • Ghost (2023 film), Indian Kannada-language heist action thriller film
  • An Taibhse (English: The Ghost), 2024 Irish horror film

Theatre

  • Ghosts (play), by Henrik Ibsen

Gaming

  • Ghost (game), word game
  • Ghost (video gaming), game feature
  • Ghosts (video game), an upcoming game
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts, a 2013 game in the Call of Duty franchise
  • Ghost 1.0, video game
  • Ghosts (board game)
  • StarCraft: Ghost, indefinitely suspended video game

Literature

  • Ghost (Reynolds novel), by Jason Reynolds
  • "Ghost", a story by Larry Niven in Crashlander
  • Ghost, by John Ringo
  • Ghosts (Aira novel), 1990 novel by César Aira
  • Ghosts (Auster novel), by Paul Auster
  • Ghosts (Banville novel), 1993 novel by Irish writer John Banville
  • Ghosts (graphic novel), 2016 graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier
  • The Ghost (novel), by Robert Harris
  • The Ghost, novel series by George Mann
  • The Ghosts, 1969 novel by Antonia Barber
  • The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton, a 2017 book by Jefferson Morley
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation – Ghosts, a Star Trek five-issue comic book limited series published by IDW Publishing (November 2009–March 2010)

Music

Groups and labels

  • Ghost (1984 band), Japanese experimental rock group
  • Ghost (2004 band), Japanese visual kei rock group
  • Ghost (Swedish band), rock group
  • Ghosts (band), British indie/pop group
  • The Ghost (American band), American punk rock group
  • The Ghost (Faroese band), electropop duo
  • Ghost9, South Korean boygroup

Albums

  • Ghost (soundtrack), to the 1990 film
  • Ghost (Crack the Sky album), 2001
  • Ghost (Devin Townsend Project album), 2011
  • Ghost (Gary Numan album), 1988
  • Ghost (Ghost album), 1990
  • Ghost (In Fiction EP), 2007
  • Ghost (Kate Rusby album), 2014
  • Ghost (Radical Face album), 2007
  • Ghost (Sky Ferreira EP), 2012
  • Ghost (Third Eye Foundation album), 1997
  • Ghosts (Albert Ayler album), 1965
  • Ghosts (Ash Riser album), 2017
  • Ghosts (Big Wreck album), 2014
  • Ghosts (Cowboy Junkies album), 2020
  • Ghosts (The Marked Men album), 2009
  • Ghosts (Monolake album), 2012
  • Ghosts (Rage album), 1999
  • Ghosts (Siobhán Donaghy album), 2007
  • Ghosts (Sleeping at Last album), 2003
  • Ghosts (Strawbs album), 1975
  • Ghosts (Techno Animal album), 1991
  • Ghosts (Wendy Matthews album), 1997
  • Ghosts, a series of albums by Nine Inch Nails
  • Ghosts I–IV, 2008
  • Ghosts V: Together, 2020
  • Ghosts VI: Locusts, 2020
  • The Ghost, a tour-only release by Songs: Ohia (Jason Molina), 1999
  • The Ghost (Before the Dawn album), 2006

Songs

  • "Ghost" (Ella Henderson song), 2014
  • "Ghost" (Fefe Dobson song), 2010
  • "Ghost" (Gackt song), 2009
  • "Ghost" (Halsey song), 2015
  • "Ghost" (Jamie-Lee Kriewitz song), 2015
  • "Ghost" (Justin Bieber song), 2021
  • "Ghost" (Mystery Skulls song), 2013
  • "Ghost" (Phish song), 1998
  • "Ghost", by 5 Seconds of Summer from Everyone's a Star!, 2025
  • "Ghost", by The 69 Eyes from Angels, 2007
  • "Ghost", by Ateez from Golden Hour: Part.4, 2026
  • "Ghost", by Ava Max from Diamonds & Dancefloors, 2023
  • "Ghost", by Baekhyun from Delight, 2020
  • "Ghost", by Beat Crusaders from EpopMAKING ~ Pop Tono Sogu ~, 2007
  • "Ghost", by Betraying the Martyrs from The Resilient, 2017
  • "Ghost", by Buckethead from Colma, 1998
  • "Ghost", by Clutch from Blast Tyrant, 2004
  • "Ghost", by Demi Lovato from It's Not That Deep, 2025
  • "Ghost", by Depeche Mode from Sounds of the Universe, 2009
  • "Ghost", by Guttermouth from Full Length LP, 1991
  • "Ghost", by Hollywood Undead from Day of the Dead, 2015
  • "Ghost", by House of Heroes from The End Is Not the End, 2009
  • "Ghost", by Howie Day from Australia, 2000
  • "Ghost", by Imminence from Heaven in Hiding, 2021
  • "Ghost", by Indigo Girls from Rites of Passage, 1992
  • "Ghost", by Ingrid Michaelson from Human Again, 2011
  • "Ghost", by American rapper Jaden
  • "Ghost", by Jes from Disconnect
  • "Ghost", by Katy Perry from Prism, 2013
  • "Ghost", by Little Boots from Hands, 2009
  • "Ghost", by Live from Secret Samadhi, 1997
  • "Ghost", by Mark Owen from The Art of Doing Nothing, 2013
  • "Ghost", by MisterWives from Superbloom, 2020
  • "Ghost", by Mnemic from Mechanical Spin Phenomena, 2003
  • "Ghost", by Mystery Skulls from Forever, 2014
  • "Ghost", by Neutral Milk Hotel from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, 1998
  • "Ghost", by Novembers Doom from Harmatia, 2017
  • "Ghost", by Pearl Jam from Riot Act, 2002
  • "Ghost", by Plastic Tree from Chandelier, 2005
  • "Ghost", by Reflections from Willow, 2020
  • "Ghost", by Sir Sly from Gold, 2013
  • "Ghost", by Skip the Use from Can Be Late, 2012
  • "Ghost", by Slash from Slash, 2010
  • "Ghost", by Sleeping with Sirens from How It Feels to Be Lost, 2019
  • "Ghost", by Stray Kids from Karma, 2025
  • "Ghost", by Tom Swoon, 2014
  • "Ghost", the first part of the 2013 song "Haunted" by Beyoncé
  • "Ghost", by Zoe Wees from Golden Wings, 2021
  • "Ghost", by Wage War from Pressure, 2019
  • "Ghost", by ZZ Ward from The Storm, 2017
  • "Ghost!", by Kid Cudi from Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, 2010
  • "Ghosts" (Bruce Springsteen song), 2020
  • "Ghosts" (Dirty Vegas song), 2002
  • "Ghosts" (Japan song), 1982
  • "Ghosts" (Laura Marling song), 2007
  • "Ghosts" (Michael Jackson song), 1997
  • "Ghosts" (The Presets song), 2012
  • "Ghosts", by 1 Giant Leap from 1 Giant Leap, 2002
  • "Ghosts", by Albert Ayler from Spiritual Unity, 1965
  • "Ghosts", by Ariel Pink and John Maus from Lover Boy, 2002
  • "Ghosts", by Assemblage 23 from Meta, 2007
  • "Ghosts", by August Burns Red from Found in Far Away Places, 2015
  • "Ghosts", by Big Wreck from Ghosts, 2014
  • "Ghosts", by Caravan Palace from Chronologic, 2019
  • "Ghosts", by Celldweller from Celldweller, 2013 reissue
  • "Ghosts", by Funeral for a Friend from Memory and Humanity, 2008
  • "Ghosts", by Ghosts from The World Is Outside, 2007
  • "Ghosts", by Jake Owen from Startin' with Me, 2006
  • "Ghosts", by The Jam from The Gift, 1982
  • "Ghosts", by Kansas from In the Spirit of Things, 1988
  • "Ghosts", by Ladytron from Velocifero, 2008
  • "Ghosts", by Mike Shinoda from Post Traumatic, 2018
  • "Ghosts", by PVRIS from White Noise, 2014
  • "Ghosts", by Rage from Ghosts, 1999
  • "Ghosts", by Robbie Williams from Intensive Care, 2005
  • "Ghosts", by Shellac from 1000 Hurts, 2000
  • "Ghosts", by Susumu Hirasawa from Sword-Wind Chronicle BERSERK Original Soundtrack, 1997
  • "Ghosts", by VOLA from Applause of a Distant Crowd, 2018
  • "Ghosts", by We Came as Romans from Tracing Back Roots, 2013
  • "Ghosts", by Xandria from The Wonders Still Awaiting, 2023
  • "Ghosts", by Yung Lean and Bladee from Psykos, 2024
  • "Ghosts", by Yungblud from Idols, 2025

Other music

  • Ghost, a piano trio by Beethoven
  • Ghost note, a type of musical note
  • Ghost the Musical, a 2011 stage musical

Television

Series

  • Ghost (Malaysian TV series), a 2008 mystery series
  • Phantom (South Korean TV series), a 2012 police procedural series, also known as Ghost
  • Ghosts (1995 TV series), a British drama series
  • Ghosts (2019 TV series), a British sitcom
  • Ghosts (American TV series), a 2021 sitcom based on the 2019 British sitcom
  • Kamen Rider Ghost, a 2015–16 TV Asahi tokusatsu series

Episodes

  • "Ghost" (Dollhouse)
  • "Ghosts" (Castle)
  • "Ghosts", an episode of Dark
  • "Ghosts" (Frankie Drake Mysteries)
  • "Ghosts" (Gotham)
  • "Ghosts" (Hidden Palms)
  • "Ghosts" (Justified)
  • "Ghosts" (The Morning Show)
  • "Ghosts", an episode of One Day at a Time
  • "Ghosts" (Person of Interest)
  • "Ghosts", a season two episode of The Protector
  • "Ghosts" (Psych)
  • "Ghosts" (The Walking Dead)
  • Ghosts (What We Do in the Shadows)
  • "The Ghost" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
  • "The Ghost" (The Amazing World of Gumball)
  • "The Ghost" (Miracles)

Computing

  • Ghost (blogging platform), blogging software built in JavaScript
  • Ghost (communication network), discontinued communications network and service provider
  • Ghost (disk utility), a disk cloning program
  • G.ho.st, an operating system

Science

Biology

  • Ghost cell, a necrotic cell that retains its cellular architecture but has no nucleus
  • Ghost lineage, an inferred phylogenetic lineage
  • Ghost population, an inferred statistical population

Physics

  • Ghost (physics), an unphysical state in quantum field theory
  • Faddeev–Popov ghost, a type of unphysical field in quantum field theory
  • Gemini High-resolution Optical Spectrograph (GHOST) a telescope instrument

Vehicles

  • Anduril Ghost, a rotary mini unmanned air vehicle
  • IAI Ghost, a rotary mini unmanned air vehicle
  • Juliet Marine Systems Ghost, a stealth ship
  • Rolls-Royce Ghost, a car

Other uses

  • Ghost (fashion brand)
  • Ghost (mascot), a joke mainly used by sports fans in Latin America
  • Global horizontal sounding technique, an atmospheric field research project in the late 1960s

See also

  • Ghosting (television), an unwanted image
  • Ghosted (disambiguation)
  • GOST, a set of international technical standards
  • GOST (block cipher), a Soviet and Russian block cipher
  • GOST (film speed), a Soviet film speed scale
  • Gost, a rank in the Bosnian Church