Sun (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Newspapers 1.1 Newspapers owned by Sun Media 1.2 Fictional newspapers 2 Other organizations, companies, and products 3 People named Sun 3.1 Prominent figures during the Three Kingdoms period 3.2 Fictional characters 4 Vehicle classes 5 Music 6 See also

Sun or The Sun may refer to:

• The Sun, in astronomy, the star in our solar system
• Sun (astrology), for its astrological significance
• A parent star of another solar system as well
• The Sun (Tarot card), a Major Arcana card
• The Sun (film), 2005 film about Emperor Hirohito meeting General Douglas MacArthur
• "The Sun", the name of a public house
• Sun, a traditional Japanese measure of length, equal to 3.03cm

[edit] Newspapers

• The Sun (newspaper), a British tabloid, the largest English-language newspaper by circulation
• New York Sun, a broadsheet newspaper
• New York Sun (historical), an earlier newspaper unrelated to the present day New York Sun
• The Baltimore Sun, a major broadsheet newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland
• Chicago Sun-Times, a daily newspaper in Chicago, Illinois
• Vancouver Sun, a daily newspaper in British Columbia
• The Sun (Malaysia), a major English language newspaper in Malaysia
• Sun (supermarket tabloid) a US supermarket tabloid
• The Sun Daily, a Chinese language newspaper in Hong Kong
• The Herald Sun, a newspaper in Melbourne
• The Sun News-Pictorial, a former tabloid in Melbourne, merged with The Herald to become The Herald Sun
• The Lowell Sun, a newspaper in Lowell, Massachusetts
• Sun Herald, a daily newspaper in the Gulf Coast of the United States
• The Sun-Herald, a Sunday tabloid newspaper in Sydney, Australia
• Kitsap Sun, a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Washington
• The Sun (Thuriya), a Burmese language newspaper published from 1915 to 1954
• The Sun Magazine, a nonprofit literary magazine based out of UNC-Chapel Hill

[edit] Newspapers owned by Sun Media

• Calgary Sun of Calgary, Alberta
• Edmonton Sun of Edmonton, Alberta
• Ottawa Sun of Ottawa, Ontario
• Toronto Sun of Toronto, Ontario
• Winnipeg Sun of Winnipeg, Manitoba

[edit] Fictional newspapers

• The Sun, a tabloid newspaper in One Life To Live

[edit] Other organizations, companies, and products

• Sun Microsystems, a computer system, storage and software company
• Scientific Users Nineteenhundred (SUN), the users group of ICT/ICL 1900 Computers
• Connecticut Sun, a Women's National Basketball Association team
• SUN-TV (株式会社サンテレビジョン), a TV station in Japan
• CKXT-TV, a TV station in Toronto, Ontario which is branded as SUN TV
• Sunoco, The Sun Company, previously the Sun Oil Company of Ohio
• Sun (cleaning product), for use in dishwashers
• The Sun (insurance), a company founded in 1710, now part of Royal & SunAlliance
• The Sun (newspaper), a British tabloid newspaper.
• Sunstone Circuits, a PCB manufacturer
• Sun Media

[edit] People named Sun

• Sun (surname), a Chinese family name
• Ho Yeow Sun, a Singaporean pop singer famous in Asia and the United States
• Sun Myung Moon
• Sun Jihai (b. 1977), a Chinese soccer player
• Stefanie Sun (b. 1978), a Singaporean pop singer
• Sun Tzu (6th century BC), a military general of the State of Wu and author of The Art of War
• Sun Wukong, often referred to as the Monkey King, central character of the Journey to the West
• Sun Yat-sen (1866 – 1925), Chinese revolutionary leader
• Zhi-Wei Sun (b. 1965), Chinese mathematician
• Sun Ra (1914 - 1993), jazz musician

[edit] Prominent figures during the Three Kingdoms period

• Sun Jian (155 – 191), military general loyal to the emperor of the Han Dynasty
• Sun Ce (175 – 200), son of Sun Jian and a rising warlord in southeastern China
• Sun Quan (182 – 252), younger brother of Sun Ce and the first emperor of the Kingdom of Wu
• Sun Xiu (235 – 264), third emperor of the Kingdom of Wu
• Sun Hao, final emperor of Wu
• Sun Liang, emperor of Wu
• Sun Shangxiang (184 – ?), daughter of Sun Jian, married to Liu Bei (founder of the Kingdom of Shu)

[edit] Fictional characters

• Sun Kwon of the TV series Lost
• Aeryn Sun and her mother Xhalax Sun of the TV series Farscape
• The Sun, a boss from The House of the Dead III
• Spinel Sun from Cardcaptor Sakura

[edit] Vehicle classes

• Sun class, a class of cruise ships
• GWR Sun Class, a class of steam locomotives

[edit] Music

• The Sun (band), a rock and roll group from Columbus, Ohio
• Tanel Padar & The Sun, a rock band from Estonia
• Sun Records, a record label
• "Sun", a song by Lamb from their album Between Darkness and Wonder
• Sunn O))), a band whose name is pronounced 'sun'
• The Sun (album), an album by The Cat Empire
• "The Sun" or "Why Does The Sun Shine", a song by Tom Glazer, popularized by They Might Be Giants

[edit] See also

• Son