# Raven (disambiguation)

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
* 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 (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 Records, an Australian record label
* Raven (Paula Cole album), 2013
* Raven (Kelela album), 2023
* "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
* That's So Raven, a 2003–2007 American supernatural comedy television series
** Raven's Home, a 2017-2023 spinoff

## Businesses and organizations

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

## Military

* 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 two minesweepers
* AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven, a short-range 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 three-place, light observation helicopter used by the U.S. Army
* HMS Raven, the name of fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the British Royal Navy
* USS Raven, 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

## Places
### Canada

* Raven, Alberta, Canada, an unincorporated community
* Raven Lake, a lake that straddles the northwestern border of Quebec and northeastern 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 (1996 film), a film with Burt Reynolds from 1996
* 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