Eagle (disambiguation)
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Eagle or Eagles may refer to:
[edit] Animals
[edit] Vehicles
- All American Racers Eagles, race cars built by Dan Gurney
- AMC Eagle, the last car made by the American Motors Corporation
- Apollo 11 lunar module, the first manned Earth vehicle to land on the Moon
- Eagle automobile, an automotive brand of the Chrysler Corporation from 1988 to 1998, formed from the remnants of the American Motors Corporation
- HMS Eagle, a series of Royal Navy warships
- South Devon Railway Eagle class, a type of steam locomotive
- F-15 Eagle, a fighter aircraft
- MOWAG Eagle, a lighly armored reconnaissance vehicle
- P-75A Eagle, a United States Army Air Forces fighter of World War II
- Rolls-Royce Eagle, an aircraft engine of World War I
- Rolls-Royce Eagle 22, an aircraft engine of the late 1940s
- USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), a United States Coast Guard school ship
- Eagle Bus (1958-1993) Originally imported by Setra, later manufactured in the U.S. for Continental Trailways
- North American Eagle, a vehicle intended to challenge the land speed record
- Space: 1999, a science-fiction TV series, named their utilitarian transport vessels Eagles.
[edit] Corporate
- Eagle Electric
- Eagle Food Centers, a chain of grocery stores that had operated in midwestern states until 2003
- Eagle Insurance, a Chicago-based vehicle insurance company best know for its unusual "Eagle Man" commercials
- Eagle Supermarkets, a defunct chain of Lucky-owned grocery stores in Houston, Texas
[edit] Groups and organizations
- Boston College Eagles of the U.S. Atlantic Coast Conference
- Crystal Palace F.C., an English soccer team who are also known as The Eagles
- Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America), the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America
- Eagle Scout rank (Boy Scouts of the Philippines), the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of the Philippines
- Eagles, the country rock band of the 1970s
- Eagles (rugby), a rugby club in South Africa
- The Eagles (UK band), a British quartet who sung Write Me A Letter
- Eagle Clan, a Tsimshian clan
- Fraternal Order of Eagles
- Goodyear Eagles, a South African cricket team based in Bloemfontein
- Georgia Southern University Eagles of the U.S Southern Conference
- Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the "Super Eagles"
- Philadelphia Eagles, a National Football League team
- West Coast Eagles, an Australian Football League team
- Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, a South Australian National Football League team
- University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles of Conference USA
- USA national rugby union team The Eagles
- Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines
[edit] Characters
- American Eagle (comics), a superhero
- Blue Eagle (comics), a superhero
- Eagle (Middle-earth), of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
- Eagle (video game character)
- Eagle Insurance, a character appearing in several local television commercials in Chicago
- Emil Eagle, a Disney character
- April and Commander Eagle, characters in the tv series Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
[edit] People
- Bad Eagle (c.1839-1906), a Comanche leader
- David Bald Eagle, chief of the Cheyenne River Sioux
- Eddie Belfour, Eddie the Eagle Belfour, a professional hockey player
- Big Eagle (c.1827-1906), Mdewakanton Sioux leader
- Espen Bredesen, a Norwegian ski jumper once dubbed "Espen the Eagle"
- Angela Eagle, (b.1961), Labour Member of Parliament for Wallasey
- Kathleen Eagle, American novelist
- James Philip Eagle, (1837-1904), Governor of Arkansas
- Joshua Eagle, (b.1973), Australian tennis player
- Maria Eagle, (b.1961), Briths politician and solicitor
- Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards, a British ski jumper
- Eagle of Delight (d.1822), emissary of the Otoe tribe
- Eagle-Eye Cherry, (b.1971), Swedish musician
- Jay Red Eagle, Cherokee flutist
- Running Eagle, a female Piegan war chief
- Douglas Spotted Eagle, Native American flutist
- Moving Robe Woman. a Hunkpapa Lakota woman also known as Her Eagle Robe
- Chief War Eagle (c.1785-1851), a Santee Sioux leader
- William Weatherford (1780-1824), a Muscogee leader, also known as Red Eagle
[edit] Places
- Places in the United States:
- Bald Eagle Township, Pennsylvania
- Black Eagle, Montana
- Eagle, Alaska
- Eagle, Colorado
- Eagle, Idaho
- Eagle, Michigan
- Eagle, Nebraska
- Eagle, New York
- Eagle, Wisconsin
- Eagle (town), Wisconsin
- Eagle, Richland County, Wisconsin
- Eagle Bend, Minnesota
- Eagle Butte, South Dakota
- Eagle County, Colorado
- Eagle Grove, Iowa
- Eagle Harbor, Maryland
- Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan
- Eagle Lake, Florida
- Eagle Lake, Maine
- Eagle Lake, Minnesota
- Eagle Lake Township, Minnesota
- Eagle Lake, Texas
- Eagle Lake, Wisconsin
- Eagle Mountain, Texas
- Eagle Mountain, Utah
- Eagle Nest, New Mexico
- Eagle Pass, Texas
- Eagle Point, Oregon
- Eagle Point, Chippewa County, Wisconsin
- Eagle River, Wisconsin
- Eagle Rock (Idaho) (now known as Idaho Falls, Idaho)
- Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California
- Eagle Township, Michigan
- Eagle Township, Minnesota
- Eagle Point Township, Minnesota
- Eagle Valley Township, Minnesota
- Eagle View Township, Minnesota
- Eagle Village, Alaska
- Eagle-Vail, Colorado
- Grey Eagle, Minnesota
- Little Eagle, South Dakota
- New Eagle, Pennsylvania
- North Eagle Butte, South Dakota
- Eagle, Lincolnshire, England
- Eagle and Child, public house in Oxford, England)
- Eagle (crater), the landing spot of the Opportunity rover on Mars
[edit] Currency
- Eagle (U.S. coin), a gold United States coin worth $10.00
- American Gold Eagle, a bullion coin
- American Silver Eagle, a bullion coin
- American Platinum Eagle, a bullion coin
[edit] Computer software and hardware
- Eagle (program), electronic design automation software
- Eagle Computer, an early IBM-PC clone manufacturer
- Eagle Web platform, a CICS-to-Web development environment
- Fujitsu Eagle, a model of disk drive popular in the 1980s
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Eagle (heraldry), an eagle which appears in a coat of arms
- Roman battle standards
- The Eagle (comic), a UK comic
- In the sport of golf, an Eagle means two strokes under par
- 96.4 The Eagle, a radio station that broadcasts from Guildford in England
- Eddie Eagle, a mascot of a National Rifle Association program teaching young children to avoid guns
- Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President, a manga by Kaiji Kawaguchi
- Eagle (song), a song by the swedish group ABBA
- Desert Eagle, a powerful pistol made by Magnum Research
- Spreadeagle (position), position of the body