Severin
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Severin, Séverin or Severinus may refer to:
[edit] Places
- a region in Romania: Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Severin, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia
- Severin na Kupi, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
[edit] Firms
- a German electric appliance manufacturer, Severin Elektro GmbH
[edit] People
- any of several early or medieval Christian saints, including
- Severin of Cologne, 4th Century
- Saint Severinus, the Apostle to Noricum, 5th Century
- Saint Severinus of Septempeda, 5th Century
- A hermit who lived on the site of the current Saint-Séverin church in the 5me Arrondissement of Paris
- an American radio show host Jay Severin
- Severin von Kusiemski, a character in the novel Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
- Severin, a character in the movie Shortbus. The character, a dominatrix, presumably adopted her name as a reference to the character in Venus in Furs.
- a British musician and composer Steven Severin
- cartoonist John Severin
- explorer and writer Tim Severin