Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the passerine bird genus Corvus.

Raven may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

  • Raven (Ace Comics), a comic book character
  • Raven (DC Comics), from the Teen Titans series
  • Raven (Guilty Gear), in the Guilty Gear series
  • Raven (Tekken), in the Tekken series
  • Raven Baxter, title character of the American television series That's So Raven and its spinoff series, Raven's Home
  • Raven Branwen, a character in the web series RWBY
  • Raven Darkhölme, alter ego of Marvel Comics character Mystique
  • Raven Hex, in Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
  • Raven Queen, the daughter of the Evil Queen from the Mattel franchise Ever After High
  • Jonathon Raven, title character of the American action drama television series Raven
  • Vulcan Raven, a character from the 1998 video game Metal Gear Solid
  • Dmitri "Raven" Ravinoff, in the Neal Stephenson book Snow Crash
  • Raven Reyes, a character in the television series The 100
  • Mr. Raven, in George Macdonald's fantasy novel Lillith
  • Raven, in the 2009 film My Queen Karo
  • Raven, in The Black Company fantasy novel series
  • Raven, in Graham Greene's novel A Gun for Sale (1936)
  • Raven, in Faith Erin Hicks' novel Demonology 101
  • Raven, a nickname of significance for Hari Seldon in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
  • Raven, the Native American fable who accompanies Jack Horner in the Jack of Fables comic series
  • Raven, in the manga series Pandora Hearts
  • Raven, in the suspense/thriller film Soul Survivors (2001)
  • Raven, the main character in the 1997 HBO animated series Spicy City
  • Raven, in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
  • Raven, in Zoids: Chaotic Century/Zoids: Guardian Force

Literature

  • "The Raven", a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe
  • Raven, a novelization of the 1977 TV series by Trevor Ray and Jeremy Burnham
  • Raven, a 1979–79 series of novels by Robert Holdstock and Angus Wells, writing as Richard Kirk
  • Raven (Reiterman book), a 1982 book about Jim Jones and the People's Temple by Tim Reiterman
  • Raven, a 1989 novel by Stanley Morgan
  • Raven, a 1993 novel by Charles L. Grant
  • Raven (picture book), a 1993 children's picture book told and illustrated by Gerald McDermott
  • Raven, a 1996 novel by S. Andrew Swann, writing as S. A. Swiniarski
  • Raven, a 1998 novel by V. C. Andrews
  • Raven, a 2009-11 trilogy of novels by Giles Kristian
  • Ravens, a 2009 novel by George Dawes Green
  • Raven, a 2013 novella by Lauren Oliver
  • Raven, a 2015 novella by Tommy Donbavand
  • Teen Titans: Raven, a 2019 graphic novel by Kami Garcia
  • Raven, a 2021 novel by Laurel O'Donnell

Music

  • Raven (British band), a heavy metal band
  • Raven (American band), a blues rock band
  • Raven (Paula Cole album), 2013
  • Raven (Kelela album), 2023
  • Raven (Isabel LaRosa album), 2025
  • "Raven", a song by Battle Beast from Battle Beast
  • "Raven", a song by the Dave Matthews Band from Busted Stuff
  • "Raven", a song by Eternal Tears of Sorrow from Vilda Mánnu
  • "Raven", a song by Grave Digger from The Grave Digger

Television

  • Raven (1977 TV series), a British television series
  • Raven (2002 TV series), a 2002–2010 & 2017–2018 British children's game show
  • Raven (American TV series), a 1992–1993 American action drama television series
  • Raven (Polish TV series), a 2018 Polish television series

Film

  • Raven (1996 film), starring Burt Reynolds

Businesses and organizations

  • Raven Arms, an American firearms manufacturer
  • Raven Industries, an American manufacturer of plastic, electronic and "special apparel" products
  • Raven Software, an American video game developer
  • Respecting Aboriginal Values & Environmental Needs, a charitable organization
  • Raven Society, a student society at the University of Virginia

Military

  • Raven (air defence), a UK-made surface-to-air missile system using ASRAAM missiles
  • Raven Forward Air Controllers, fighter pilots used in covert operations during the Vietnam War
  • Raven-class minesweeper, a World War II United States Navy class of minesweepers
  • AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven, a UAV used by the U.S. military
  • Curtiss O-40 Raven, an unsuccessful American observation aircraft of the 1930s
  • General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven, an electronic warfare aircraft retired in 1998
  • Hiller OH-23 Raven, a helicopter used by the U.S. Army
  • , the name of fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the British Royal Navy
  • , the name of several United States Navy ships

People

  • Raven (given name), a unisex given name
  • Raven (surname)
  • Raven (drag queen) (born 1979), American drag queen and reality television personality
  • Raven (wrestler) (born 1964), American professional wrestler, producer, writer and actor
  • Raven Lake, Canadian professional wrestler, mother of Bambi Hall
  • A female member of the TV show American Gladiators
  • Raven-Symoné, also known as Raven, an American actress known for starring in That's So Raven

Places

Canada

  • Raven, Alberta, Canada, an unincorporated community
  • Raven Lake, a lake that straddles the border between Quebec and Ontario

United States

  • Raven, Illinois, an unincorporated community
  • Raven, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Raven, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
  • Raven, Virginia, a census-designated place
  • Raven Creek, Pennsylvania
  • Raven Ridge, Colorado and Utah

Elsewhere

  • Raven, Bulgaria, a village
  • Raven, Gostivar, Republic of Macedonia
  • Raven Crag, a fell in the English Lake District
  • Raven Glacier, Greenland
  • Sveti Peter, Piran, a village in southwestern Slovenia, formerly named Raven
  • The Raven Nature Reserve, County Wexford, Ireland

Transportation

  • Raven (sailboat), an American sailboat design
  • Raven Rotorcraft, an American aircraft manufacturer
  • Rans S-20 Raven, an American light-sport aircraft design
  • SS Raven (1871), a steam barge built for service on Windermere in the English Lake District for the Furness Railway
  • MY Raven, an excursion vessel built in 1889 as the SY Raven
  • Winds Italia Raven, an Italian powered hang glider design
  • A class of South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives

Other uses

  • Raven Tales, descriptions of creation stories that involve the mythic figure Raven
  • Raven's Progressive Matrices, a nonverbal psychometric test used to measure fluid intelligence
  • A sound-analysis software programs produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

See also

  • The Raven (disambiguation)
  • Ravens (disambiguation)
  • Rave (disambiguation)
  • Raver (disambiguation)