Crane

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Crane or cranes may be:

• Crane (bird), large long-necked birds
• Crane (machine), industrial machinery for lifting
• Crane (railroad), crane suited to use on railroads
• Crane (martial arts), crane style martial arts
• Cranes (band), British goth rock band

Crane may be a surname: see Crane (surname)

Of a fictional character:

• Alistair Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
• Denny Crane, lawyer on Boston Legal
• Frasier Crane, title character of the sitcom Frasier
• Fancy Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
• Fox Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
• Jonathan Crane, a.k.a the Scarecrow, a comic book villain in the Batman series by DC comics
• Julian Crane, character on the soap opera Passions
• Ichabod Crane, protagonist in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• Martin Crane, character on the sitcom Frasier
• Niles Crane, character on the sitcom Frasier
• Sheridan Crane, character on the soap opera Passions

Towns named Crane:

• Crane, Indiana
• Crane, Missouri
• Crane, Oregon
• Crane, Texas
• Crane, Hillingdon

Crane may also refer to:

• Crane Clan, of Samurai in the Legend of the Five Rings games
• Crane fly, a family of insects
• Crane Paper Company, supplier of paper for US banknotes
• Crane shot, in motion pictures, a shot taken with a camera mounted on a crane
• Crane School of Music, in Potsdam, New York
• Dallas Crane, alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia
• USS Crane (DD-109), Wickes class destroyer, named after William M. Crane
• In the philosophy of Daniel Dennett, a material process which dispenses with the need for extrinsic explanations
• Cessna Crane, a British name for the United States built Cessna AT-17 Bobcat training aircraft
• Crane Co., an American industrial products company
• Crane (Bon Comics), a superheroine created by Bon Comics
• Crane (TV Series), a British adventure show from 1963-1965