Legion (disambiguation)

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Legion may refer to:

Contents 1 Armed forces 1.1 Roman Empire 1.2 United States 1.3 World War II 1.4 Foreign Legions 1.5 Other legions 1.6 Ships 2 Biology 3 Buildings 4 Computer science 5 Culture 5.1 Board/card game 5.2 Comic books 5.2.1 Title/series 5.2.2 Characters/organizations 5.3 Film 5.4 Television 5.5 Literature 5.6 Music 5.6.1 Bands 5.6.2 Albums 5.6.3 Other 5.7 Video Games 6 Decorations 7 Organizations 7.1 Political and/or ideological 7.2 Veteran organizations 8 Religion 9 Sports 10 Other

[edit] Armed forces

[edit] Roman Empire

• Roman Legion
• List of Roman legions (disambiguation page)
• Legionary

[edit] United States

• Armand's Legion
• Cobb's Legion
• Hampton's Legion
• Lee's Legion
• Legion of the United States
• Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
• Nauvoo Legion
• Pulaski's Legion
• Waul's Legion

[edit] World War II

• 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Netherlands (Dutch Legion)
• 5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien (Wallonian Legion)
• 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck (Flemish Legion)
• 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) (Latvian Legion)
• 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) (French Legion)
• Armenian Legion
• Crna Legija (Black Legion)
• Blue Division (Blue Legion)
• Condor Legion
• Jewish Brigade
• Latvian Legion (disambiguation page)
• Legion Imperiale
• Luftwaffen-Legion Lettland
• Ostlegionen
• Tatar Legion
• Tiger Legion

[edit] Foreign Legions

• Foreign legion
• French Foreign Legion
• Spanish Foreign Legion

[edit] Other legions

• Arab Legion
• Black Legion (disambiguation page)
• British Legion (disambiguation page)
• Bulgarian Legion
• Czechoslovak Legion
• French Foreign Legion
• Georgian Legion
• International Jewish Legion
• Jewish Legion (disambiguation page)
• Polish Legion (disambiguation page)
  • Polish Legions in Italy
  • Mickiewicz's Legion
  • Polish Legions in World War I
  • Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division
  • Polish 2nd Legions' Infantry Regiment
  • 36th Infantry Regiment of the Academic Legion
• King's German Legion
• Legion of Frontiersmen
• Spanish Legion

[edit] Ships

• HMS Legion, one of several Royal Navy ships of the name. (disambiguation page)
  • HMS Legion (1914)
  • HMS Legion (1939)
• USS American Legion (AP-35)

[edit] Biology

• Legion (biology)

[edit] Buildings

• The Palais de la Légion d'Honneur, a building in Paris constructed as a tribute to the members of the Légion d'honneur
  • The California Palace of the Legion of Honor fine art museum in San Francisco, whose building is based upon the Paris Palais de la Légion d'honneur.
• Legion Field is a stadium in Birmingham, Alabama.
• Legion Sports Complex is a complex in Wilmington, North Carolina.
  • Legion Stadium
• Colchester Legion Stadium is a stadium in Truro, Nova Scotia.
• Legion Park is a stadium in Great Falls, Montana.
• American Legion Memorial Bridge (disambiguation page)
• American Legion Memorial Stadium is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• American Legion Field is a stadium in Danville, Virginia.

[edit] Computer science

• Legion (model), a computer programming model
• Legion (software), a software package
• Legion of Doom (hacking), a hacking group that took its name from the supervillain team.

[edit] Culture

[edit] Board/card game

• In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe:
  • Alpha Legion, a legion of Chaos Space Marines.
  • Black Legion (Warhammer 40,000), another legion of Chaos Space Marines.
  • Legion of the Damned, a chapter of loyal Space Marines.
• Legions (Magic: The Gathering)

[edit] Comic books

[edit] Title/series

• L.E.G.I.O.N., a DC Comics title.
• Alien Legion, an Epic Comics series.
• Ghostbusters: Legion, a comic book series.
• Luck of the Legion was a strip cartoon in the Eagle.
• Legion Lost, a comic book series.

[edit] Characters/organizations

• Legion, a supervillain (Marvel Comics).
• Legion, a supervillain (DC Comics).
• Legion of Super-Heroes, a team of superheroes (DC Comics).
  • Legion of Super Heroes (animated series)
• Justice Legion Alpha, a team of superheroes (DC Comics).
• Legion of Substitute Heroes, a team of superheroes (DC Comics).
• Liberty Legion, a team of superheroes (Marvel Comics).
• Legion of Super-Villains, a team of supervillains (DC Comics).
• Legion of Doom, a team of supervillains (DC Comics).
• Lethal Legion, a team of supervillains (Marvel Comics).
• Newsboy Legion is the name of a kid gang (DC Comics).
• Legion of Super-Pets were a team of super-powered pets (DC Comics).
• Dark Legion is a fictional organization from the Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comic).
• Legion of Night, an organization (Marvel Comics).
• Legion of the Unliving is a name used by five groups (Marvel Comics).

[edit] Film

• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
  • Legion (kaiju), the insectoid monster in Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
• List of Star Wars clone trooper legions
• 501st Legion (Star Wars) is a fictional unit from the Star Wars movies and Expanded Universe.
  • 501st Legion, a Star Wars fan organization.
    • 501st Legion Southern Outpost
• National Legion of Decency was an organization dedicated to identifying and combating objectionable content in motion pictures.
• Zorro's Fighting Legion
• Legion of Super Heroes (animated series)

[edit] Television

• Legion (Red Dwarf episode), an episode of Red Dwarf

[edit] Literature

• The Legion of Space by Jack Williamson.
• Legion, a novel by William Peter Blatty, which was adapted and directed by him as the film, Exorcist III.
• Legion of Doom, a World War II book by Sven Hassel.
• Babylon 5: Legions of Fire - Armies of Light and Dark, a novel by Peter David.
• Babylon 5: Legions of Fire - The Long Night of Centauri Prime,a novel by Peter David.
• The Last Legion, a novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.
• The Border Legion, a novel by Zane Grey.
• Legion of the Lost is a book by Jaime Salazar.
• Legion of thunder is a book by Stan Nicholls.
• My Name Is Legion is a novel by A. N. Wilson.
• My Name is Legion (Zelazny stories) is an anthology of three stories by Roger Zelazny,
• Faulconer Legion, is a fictional regiment in the Starbuck Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell.
• Legion of Net. Heroes

[edit] Music

[edit] Bands

• Legion of Mary (band), the Jerry Garcia band.
• Legion of Doom (band), a NSBM band.
• Legion of Doom (mash up group), a mash-up group.
• Legion Of Green Men
• Miracle Legion, a Connecticut-based jangle pop band.
• The Legion, a swedish black metal band.
• Legion (band), a New Zealand thrash metal band with an industrial element.

[edit] Albums

• Legion (album), an album by the band Deicide.
• European Legions, an album by the band Mayhem.
• Legions of War, an album by the band Mayhem.
• U.S. Legions, an album by the band Mayhem.
• Legion of Flames, an album by Zimmer's Hole.
• Legion of Boom, an album by The Crystal Method.

[edit] Other

• Les Legiones Noires, a French Black Metal movement.
• Legion records
• French Foreign Legion (song), is a song best known in a version sung by Frank Sinatra.
• Legion of sheep, a song.
• Legion Records, a record label

[edit] Video Games

• Chaos Legion, a video game.
• Haegemonia: Legions of Iron, a video game.
• Legions of death, a video game.
• Shinobi Legions, a video game.
• Renegade Legion is a series of games that were produced by FASA.
• Legion, a prominent recurring enemy in the Castlevania series.
• Imperial Legion of Tamriel, The Elder Scrolls series.
• Burning Legion, a demonic army in the Warcraft Universe.
• Dark Legion (gaming community)
• Legions of the Damned is a race of demons in the Disciples series of games.

[edit] Decorations

• Legion of Merit, a military decoration of the United States armed forces.
• Legion of Merit (Rhodesia)
• The Légion d'honneur, one of the highest decorations awarded by France.
• The Legion of Honor, one of the highest decorations awarded by the Philippines.

[edit] Organizations

[edit] Political and/or ideological

• Black Legion (political movement) was an organization within the Ku Klux Klan.
• Caribbean Legion is the name group of reformist Latin American politicians.
• Independent Patriotic Legion was a political party in Peru.
• Legion of the Archangel Michael, offical name of the Iron Guard, an ultra-nationalist anti-Semitic, fascist movement and political party in 1930's Romania.
• Lincoln-Lee Legion was established in 1903 to promote the signing of abstinence pledges by children.
• New Zealand Legion was a political organisation founded in New Zealand during the Great Depression.
• Silver Legion of America was an American Nazi organization.
• Union of Bulgarian National Legions was a Fascist organization in Bulgaria.
• Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen was formed in the U.S. during World War I as a counter to the Industrial Workers of the World.

[edit] Veteran organizations

• American Legion
• American Legion Auxiliary
• The Royal British Legion
• Royal Canadian Legion

[edit] Religion

• Legion (demon), a demon mentioned in the Gospels Mark and Luke
  • My name is Legion (disambiguation page)
• Legion of Mary, a worldwide organization of Catholics.
• Legio Maria (Legion of Mary) is a new religious movement based among the Luo people of East Africa.
• Theban Legion figures in hagiography as an entire Roman legion who had converted to Christianity.
• Legion of Christ is a Catholic religious congregation.

[edit] Sports

• Racine Legion was a professional American football team
• Legion of Doom in icehockey was the Philadelphia Flyers line of Eric Lindros, John LeClair, and Mikael Renberg in the mid- to late-1990s.
• Legion of Doom, a professional wrestling tag team.

[edit] Other

• Legion Interactive, an Australian telecommunications company.
• Battle of the City of Legion
• Legion State Park
• LMS Royal Scot Class 6170 British Legion (British Legion) was a British steam locomotive.
• Legion FX, LegionFX, a visual effects company in Tokyo, Japan.