Vega (disambiguation)

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Vega can mean several things:

Contents 1 Astronomy and aerospace 2 Companies 3 Places 4 People 5 Entertainment 6 Fiction 7 Fictional characters 8 Other 9 See also

[edit] Astronomy and aerospace

• Vega, the brightest star in the constellation Lyra
• Vega program, a Soviet Venus-Halley space mission
• Vega (launcher), a planned European Space Agency launch system
• Vega (crater), a crater on the Moon
• Lockheed Vega, a six-passenger monoplane built by Lockheed in 1927

[edit] Companies

• Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed
• VEGA Group PLC, a consulting, technology and managed solutions company

[edit] Places

• Vega, Norway, a municipality in Norway
• Vega, Haninge, Sweden, a town in the municipality of Haninge in Sweden
• Vega, Texas, a small town, home of CMT's Popularity Contest
• Vega, Bulgaria, a small town with many people

[edit] People

• Amelia Vega (1984-), Miss Universe 2003 from the Dominican Republic
• Félix Lope de Vega Carpio (1562–1635), Spanish playwright
• Garcilaso de la Vega (1501-1536), Spanish soldier and writer
• Janine Pommy Vega (born 1942), American poet
• Jurij Bartolomej Vega (1754-1802), Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer
• Oscar Vega (born 1965), Spanish boxer
• Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican president
• Jesse Vega, Porn Star

[edit] Entertainment

• Alan Vega (1948-), the singer for the post punk/no wave band Suicide
• Isidra Vega (1979-), a Hispanic actress in the USA
• Paz Vega (1976-), a Spanish actress
• Suzanne Vega (1959-), an American songwriter and singer
• Vega (band), a Turkish alternative rock band
• Vega (R&B), a R&B singing group from Detroit, MI.
• Vega (singer), a Spanish singer.
• Antonio Vega (1990-), aspiring hip-hop artist (USA)
• Alexa Vega, (1988-), an American actress.

[edit] Fiction

Main article: Vega in fiction

• Vega (planet), a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe

[edit] Fictional characters

• Zorro or don Diego de la Vega, a fictional masked hero and swordsman
• Vega (Street Fighter), a video game character from the Street Fighter series
• M. Bison or Vega, as known in Japan
• Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
• Vic Vega, aka Mr. Blonde, a main character in the film Reservoir Dogs
• Vega Obscura, a character from Zoids: New Century Zero and the pilot of the Berserk Fury.
• King Vega, the villain in Ufo Robot Grendizer.
• Vega, a character from Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, part of the Brotherhood of Nod.

[edit] Other

• Vega (ship), the ship used by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld on his expedition through the Northeast passage
• VEGA computer algebra system, meant for manipulating discrete mathematics in Mathematica
• Chevrolet Vega, an American automobile model from the 1970s
• The Lambretta Vega was a motorscooter designed by Bertone sold as "Luna" in Italy it was marketed under this name in the UK.
• Vega Machines, electrodiagnostic devices commonly used in alternative medicine
• Vega Science Trust [1] An educational trust which streams freeview science programmes.
• Facel Vega, a French builder of luxury cars in the late 1950s
• Vega (radio network), two radio networks in Australia, broadcasting into Sydney and Melbourne
• Radio Vega, a radio channel of the Finnish broadcasting company YLE sending in Swedish
• Vega Selina and Vega VEF [2], brands of radio receivers exported from the Soviet Union during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
• Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA), a US-based international economic development group
• Vega (finance), the sensitivity of an option's price to volatility
• Percival Vega Gull, an aircraft
• Vega, a Spanish surname.

[edit] See also

• WEGA (pronounced "vega"), a German audio/video manufacturer that was purchased by Sony, who now releases products under the WEGA brand
• Las Vegas, Nevada
• Las Vegas, New Mexico
• Vegan