Wolf (disambiguation)
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Wolf or wolves may refer to:
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[edit] Animals
- Several canids have "wolf" in their names:
- Gray Wolf, commonly referred to simply as the wolf, which has numerous subspecies including:
- Arctic Wolf
- Eastern Timber Wolf
- Eurasian Wolf
- Japanese Wolf, extinct?
- Mexican Wolf
- Timber Wolf
- Tundra Wolf
- Red Wolf, rare species in Eastern USA
- Dire Wolf, prehistoric species
- Eastern Canadian Wolf, a recently recognized species
- Ethiopian Wolf, resembling a fox
- Maned Wolf, exclusive to South America
- Gray Wolf, commonly referred to simply as the wolf, which has numerous subspecies including:
- In addition, other animals have "wolf" in their names:
- Wolf Spider
- Wolf herring, found in warm coastal waters
- Seawolf, a species of fish
[edit] Places
- Mount Wolf, borough in Pennsylvania, USA
- Wolf Point, city in Montana, USA
- Wolfscastle, village in Wales, UK
- Dewolf Point, part of Wellesley Island, New York, USA
- The Wolves, two rocks in the Bristol Channel, UK
- Wolf Lake (Minnesota), Northeast of Ely, Minnesota, USA
- The River Wolf is in Devonshire in England.
[edit] Science
- Comet Wolf, any of two or three comets
- Wolf 359, a star in the constellation of Leo
- Wolf 424, a star in the constellation of Virgo
- Wolf 1061, a star in the constellation of Ophiuchus
- Wolf (crater), on the moon
- Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a genetic disorder
[edit] People
Alternate spellings include Wolfe, Wolff and Woolf.
- Wolf Blitzer (b.1948), journalist
- Beverly Hungry Wolf, author
- Little Wolf (c.1820-1904), Cheyenne war leader
- Joseph Lonewolf (b.1932), Pueblo potter
- Minnie Spotted-Wolf, first female Native American Marine
- Stalking Wolf, Apache scout
- Aliya Wolf (b.1975), American model
- Anne Wolf (b.1967), Belgian pianist
- Beowulf, Old English poem and legendary hero
- Carrie Wolf, Guantanamo Bay prosecutor
- Charles Wolf (1827-1918), French astronomer
- Charlie Wolf (present day), radio talk show host
- Christie Wolf (b.1966), female bodybuilder and wrestler
- Christopher Wolf (present day), American lawyer
- Dale E. Wolf (b.1924), American businessman and politician
- Daniel James Wolf (b.1961), American music composer and scholar
- David Wolf (b.1956), American astronaut
- Emil Wolf (b.1922), American physicist
- Eric Wolf (1923-1999), anthropologist
- Enrique Wolf, Argentine football player
- Frank Rudolph Wolf (b.1939), American republican politician
- Fred Alan Wolf (b.1934), theoretical physicist
- Friedrich Wolf (1888-1953), German doctor and writer
- Friedrich August Wolf (1750-1824), German philologist and critic
- Gary Wolf, creator of Roger Rabbit
- Gusti Wolf (b.1912), Austrian actress
- Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), Austrian composer of Slovene origin
- Jack Keil Wolf, American computer scientist
- Joe Wolf. (b.1964), retired NBA player
- Johannes Wolf
- John Baptiste Wolf (1907-1996), American historian
- Josh Wolf two people of the same name
- Julius Wolff (1836 – 1902) German surgeon, proposed remodeling of bone due stress
- Kate Wolf (1942-1986), was an American folk singer and songwriter
- Konrad Wolf (1925-1982), East German film director
- Lucien Wolf (1857-1930), Anglo-Jewish historian and writer
- Marek Wolf, Czech astronomer
- Markus Wolf (1923-2006), a former East German intelligence head
- Mary B. Wolf, Williamsport mayor
- Mary Hunter Wolf (1905?-2000), American theater director and producer
- Max Wolf (1863-1932), German astronomer
- Milton A. Wolf (1924-2005), American ambassador to Austria
- Mountain Wolf Woman, a Ho-Chunk member of the Native American Church
- Naomi Wolf (b.1962), American writer on feminism and progressive politics
- Patrick Wolf, an English musician
- Robert Wolf, co-founder of the Free River Press
- Ron Wolf, American football general manager of the Green Bay Packers
- Rudolf Wolf (1816-1893), Swiss astronomer and mathematician
- Scott Wolf (b.1968), American actor
- Susan Wolf, moral philosopher
- Thomas Wolf, member of the RAND Corporation and US government advisor in the 1970s
- Walter Wolf, two people of that name
- Warner Wolf (b.1937), American television and radio sports broadcaster
- Wolfgang Wolf (b.1957), German soccer player and coach
- Myron Wolfchild (b.1983), Albertan politician
- Wolf Robe, Cheyenne chief
- Wolf, the pseudonym of Michael Van Wijk on the UK TV show Gladiators
- Wolf, translation of the word Adolf from German, and one of Adolf Hitler's nicknames
[edit] Sports
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., English football team, commonly known as "Wolves"
- Warrington Wolves, English rugby league team
- Chicago Wolves, US minor league ice hockey team in the AHL
- Manchester Wolves, US a minor league arena football team in the af2
- A car constructed by Walter Wolf Racing, a late-1970s-era Formula One auto-racing team
- Minnesota Timberwolves, an NBA team based in Minneapolis, MN
[edit] Music
- The Grey Wolves, a British death industrial music group
- Wolf interval, unusual musical interval in music theory
- Wolf Parade, a Canadian indie rock group
- Wolfmother, an Australian rock group
- Patrick Wolf, an English musician
- "Wolf & Raven", a song by Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica
- Wolf tone, a noise produced on some stringed instruments
- Wolf Eyes, an American noise band from Ann Harbor, Michigan
- Wolf (band), a Swedish heavy metal band
- "She-Wolf", a song by Metal band Megadeth
- "Wolf", a song by Veruca Salt from their 1994 album American Thighs
- "Of Wolf and Man", a song by Metallica from The Black Album
[edit] Radio and television
- WOLF (AM), radio station in Syracuse, New York
- WOLF-FM, radio station in Oswego, New York
- WOLF-TV, television station in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
- 107.7 The Wolf, independent station in Wolverhampton, UK
- 99.5 The Wolf, country music station in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
[edit] Organizations
- Grey Wolves, Turkish nationalist group
- Snow Wolf Commando Unit, an elite counter-terrorrist unit in the People's Republic of China
- White Wolf, Inc., North American game industry
[edit] Other
- Clan Wolf, a group in the fictional Battletech universe.
- Capitoline Wolf, ancient sculpture
- Sniper Wolf, a Metal Gear Solid character
- Nightwolf, a Mortal Kombat character
- Werewolves
- Wolf Ammunition
- Wolf Prizes (established 1978)
- Wolf Breidenbach
- Wolf (film), 1994 werewolf horror film
- Wolf Man, 1941 horror film
- Wulf
- Zeev (Ze'ev, Zev), Hebrew first name (see Animal names as first names in Hebrew).
- Wolf (APC), Namibian produced armored personnel carrier
- Wolf (APC), Israeli produced armored personnel carrier
- Wolf O'Donnell from the Star Fox series of video games
- Wolfman Jack legendary disc jockey, TV show host, and actor
- Wolfenstein 3D is sometimes shortened to just Wolf
- Wolf Larsen is a fictional character in Jack London's The Sea-Wolf
- To eat large quantities of food (e.g. Wolf down)
- Lupin III, known for a time as "Wolf" due to copyright issues
- Wolf Camera Centers
- Wolf, a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
- Wolf, a simulation game where the player takes the role of a wolf
- Wolf Cub, a rank in the Cub Scouts (Boy Scouts of America).
- Fenrisulfr (also Fenrir or Fenris) a wolf in Norse mythology.
[edit] See also
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