Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) was a Portuguese explorer known for leading the first circumnavigation of the Earth.

Magellan may also refer to:

People

  • Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan (1723–1790), Portuguese natural philosopher
  • Murielle Magellan (born 1967), French writer and theater director

Places

  • 4055 Magellan, an Amor asteroid
  • Magellan Bay, Philippines
  • Magellan's Cross, a geographic location in the Philippines
  • Sea of Magellan, see Pacific Ocean
  • Strait of Magellan, a geographic location in South America
  • Magellan Rise, a suburb of Hamilton New Zealand

Geology

  • Magellan Seamounts - Range in North West Pacific Ocean west of Marshall Islands.
  • Magellan Rise - Oceanic Plateau east of the Marshall Islands
  • North Magellan Rise - Ocean floor feature south west of Hawaii and east of the Marshall Islands<!-- https://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=6154 ---->

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and TV

  • Magellan (film), a 2025 internationally co-produced epic historical drama film
  • Magellan, a sequence of 24 short films by Hollis Frampton

Fictional entities

  • Magellan, a fictional dragon from the American children's television series Eureeka's Castle
  • Magellan, the survival space research vessel in the 2001 science fiction film Ice Planet
  • Magellan, an interstellar ark or generation starship in Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction novel The Songs of Distant Earth

Other arts, entertainment, and media

  • Magellan (band), a progressive rock band
  • "Magellan", a 1971 novelty rap song by Yoyoy Villame

Astronomy

  • Magellan (spacecraft), a NASA uncrewed space mission to Venus
  • Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile
  • Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas, Chile
  • Magellanic Clouds, or Clouds of Magellan

Brands and enterprises

  • Magellan Aerospace, a Canadian aerospace manufacturer
  • Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies, a political polling firm that serves Republican Party candidates and organizations
  • Magellan Financial Group, an Australian investment manager
  • Magellan Fund, a mutual fund offered by Fidelity Investments
  • Magellan Midstream Partners, American oil pipeline corporation
  • Magellan Navigation Inc, a maker of GPS equipment

Circumnavigation and exploration

  • Order of Magellan, given by the Circumnavigators Club

Computing and technology

  • Magellan (search engine), a forerunner of the Excite web portal
  • Lotus Magellan, a file manager software

Transportation

  • Ferdinand Magellan (railcar), a former presidential rail car
  • CMA CGM Magellan, a 2010 container ship
  • , a former cruise ship
  • , several steamships

Other uses

  • Magellan sheep dog, a dog originated in Chile

See also

  • Magalhães, the Portuguese form of the name
  • Magellana, a moth genus
  • Magallanes (disambiguation), the Spanish form of the name
  • Magellanic (disambiguation)