# Hunger (disambiguation)

Hunger is a prolonged condition in which insufficient amounts of food are available.
Hunger or The Hunger may also refer to:

## People

* Saint Hunger (died 866), Bishop of Utrecht (854–866)
* Alfredo Hunger (born 1955), Peruvian former swimmer
* Anna Hunger (active 1938), American science fiction writer
* Daniela Hunger (born 1972), East German double Olympic champion swimmer
* Frank W. Hunger (born 1936), American attorney
* Heiko Hunger (born 1964), German skier
* Herbert Hunger (1914–2000), Austrian Byzantine scholar
* Joachim Hunger (1957–1990), German sailor who competed in two Olympics
* Leo Hunger (1880–1956), American gymnast; see Gymnastics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around
* Sophie Hunger (born 1983), Swiss singer/songwriter born Émilie Welti
* Wolfgang Hunger (born 1960), German sailor who competed in three Olympics

## Arts and entertainment
### Films

* Hunger (1966 film), a Danish film based on Knut Hamsun's novel
* Hunger (1973 film), a Canadian animated short, one of the first CGI films
* The Hunger (1983 film), a horror film starring Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie, based on Whitley Strieber's novel
* Hunger (1986 film), an Australian television film directed by Stephen Wallace
* The Hunger (1986 film) (Arabic: الجوع), an Egyptian film based on Naguib Mahfouz's novel
* Hunger (2001 film), an American film based on Hamsun's novel
* Hunger (2008 film), a film about Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands, directed by Steve McQueen
* Hunger (2009 film), created by Steven Hentges and written by L.D. Goffigan
* Hunger (2023 film), a Thai drama about the fine-dining industry.

### Literature

* Hunger (Hamsun novel), an 1890 novel by Knut Hamsun
* The Hunger (Strieber novel), a 1981 vampire novel by Whitley Strieber
* The Hunger, a 1986 novel by Naguib Mahfouz
* Hunger, a 1998 fiction collection by Lan Samantha Chang
* Hunger, a 2002 short-fiction collection by Jane Eaton Hamilton
* Hunger (Gone series), the second novel in the Gone series by Michael Grant, published in 2009
* Hunger (el-Bisatie novel), a 2009 novel by Mohamed el-Bisatie
* Hunger (Kessler novel), a 2010 young-adult novel by Jackie Kessler
* Hunger, a 2010 novel by Elise Blackwell
* The Hunger, a 2014 book by Lincoln Townley
* Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, a 2017 memoir by Roxane Gay
* The Hunger (Katsu novel), a 2018 historical novel by Alma Katsu about the Donner Party
* "Hunger" (poem), a poem by Jayanta Mahapatra
* Hunger (magazine), a biannual publication by British photographer Rankin
* Hunger, a comic book miniseries, part of Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand

### Music
#### Groups

* Hunger (band), a 1960s American rock band
* The Hunger (band), a 1990s–2010s American rock band

#### Albums

* Hunger (Frankie & The Heartstrings album), 2011, also the title song
* Hunger (Janis Ian album), 1997, also the title song
* Hunger (The Meteors album), 1980
* The Hunger (Michael Bolton album), 1987, also the title song
* The Hunger (Seven Day Jesus album), 1996, also the title song

#### Songs

* "Hunger" (Florence and the Machine song), 2018
* "Hunger" (Molly Hammar song), 2016
* "Hunger", by The 69 Eyes from Back in Blood
* "Hunger", by Amaranthe from Amaranthe
* "Hunger", by Annihilator from Refresh the Demon
* "Hunger", by Aurora from A Different Kind of Human (Step 2)
* "Hunger", by King Kobra from Ready to Strike
* "The Hunger", by the Distillers from Coral Fang
* "The Hunger", by Fireflight from Unbreakable
* "The Hunger", by Of Mice & Men from Cold World
* "The Hunger", by Steve Holy from Blue Moon
* "The Hunger", by Shirley Manson, written by Serj Tankian
* "The Hunger", by the Misfits from American Psycho

### Television

* The Hunger (TV series), a 1997–2000 British/Canadian horror anthology series
* "Hunger" (Dilbert), an episode of Dilbert
* "Hunger" (Legend of the Seeker), an episode of Legend of the Seeker

### Other uses

* The Hunger (Alexander McQueen collection), a 1996 fashion collection
* Hunger (Marvel Comics), a vampire character