Severn most commonly refers to the River Severn, the longest in the United Kingdom.

Severn may also refer to:

Rivers

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Australia

  • Severn River (New South Wales)
  • Severn River (Queensland)

Canada

  • Severn River (Georgian Bay), a river in central Ontario
  • Severn River (Hudson Bay), a river in northern Ontario

New Zealand

  • Severn River (New Zealand)

United Kingdom

  • River Severn, the longest river in the United Kingdom
  • Severn Estuary, the estuary of that river
  • Bristol Channel, also known as the Severn Sea, the stretch of water to the west of the estuary
  • River Seven, a river in North Yorkshire, England

United States

  • Severn River (Maryland)
  • Severn River (Virginia)

Places

Canada

  • Severn, Ontario and Port Severn
  • Fort Severn, a Hudson's Bay Company post at the mouth of the Severn River in northern Ontario
  • Fort Severn Airport, Ontario, Canada
  • Fort Severn First Nation, the northernmost community in Ontario
  • Severn Bridge, Ontario, Canada

United Kingdom

  • Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, England
  • Severn (Caldicot ward), an electoral ward in Monmouthshire, Wales
  • Severn Stoke

United States

  • Severn, Maryland, a census-designated place
  • Severn, North Carolina, a town
  • Fort Severn, one of the three original military bases that now make up the United States Naval Academy

People

People with the given name

  • Severn Cullis-Suzuki (born 1979), environmental activist, speaker, television host and author
  • Severn Darden (1929–1995), American comedian
  • Severn Teackle Wallis (1816–1894), American lawyer

People with the surname

  • Christopher Severn (born 1935), American former screen actor
  • Claud Severn (1869–1933), British colonial governor of Hong Kong, son of Walter Severn
  • Cliff Severn (1925-2014), American cricketer and child screen actor
  • Dan Severn (born 1958), American martial artist and professional wrestler
  • Edmund Severn (1862–1942), American violinist and composer
  • Ernest Severn (1933-1987), American child screen actor
  • James Severn (born 1991), English association footballer
  • John Severn (1781–1875), English politician
  • Joseph Severn (1793–1879), English portrait and subject painter
  • Raymond Severn (1930-1994), American cricketer and child screen actor
  • Walter Severn (1830–1904), English watercolour artist, son of Joseph Severn
  • William Severn (1938-1983), American child screen actor
  • Winston Severn (born 1942), American former cricketer and child screen actor
  • Yvonne Severn (1927-2006), American child screen actress

People with the title

  • Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1964) has the title Viscount Severn as one of his subsidiary titles.

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Severn Sound, a UK Independent Local Radio station that broadcast throughout Gloucestershire
  • Severn Valley (Cthulhu Mythos), a fictional setting in the writings of Ramsey Campbell
  • The Severn (radio), a radio station serving Shrewsbury and Oswestry, England

Ships

  • HMS Severn, the name of nine ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy
  • Severn-class lifeboat, the largest class of lifeboat used by the RNLI
  • SS Severn River
  • USS Severn, the name of four ships of the United States Navy

Other uses

  • Severn, a codename of an early beta version of the Fedora operating system, then known as Red Hat Linux 9.0.93
  • Severn School, an independent preparatory school in Severna Park, Maryland

See also

  • Seven (disambiguation)
  • Severny (disambiguation)
  • Penny Severns (1952–1998), American politician, member of the Illinois Senate
  • Virgil Severns (1929–2024), American high jumper