Birdman (disambiguation)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Birdman may refer to:

• Birdman of Alcatraz, a 1962 film
• Birdman (novel), a novel by Mo Hayder
• Radio Birdman, a 1970s Australian punk/garage group
• Birdman Records, an independent music label
• Birdman, an EP by the British band Ride
• Birdman Aircraft, an American ultralight manufacturer
• International Bognor Birdman, a competition where people attempt to fly with home-made contraptions
• Tangata manu (literally "the bird-man"), the winner of a ritual competition on Easter Island
• Birdman or birdmen petroglyphs or paintings of Frigate Bird/Human hybrids from Rapa Nui (Easter island)
• The Birdman mode within Pilotwings 64.

[edit] Fictional characters

• Bird Human, a Protoculture bio-mechanical mecha from the Japanese animated series Macross Zero
• In mythology, bird people are a hybrid between bird and human.
• Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, a 1967 sci-fi animated TV series
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, a modern comedic spinoff series
• Birdmen, a species that appears in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV series
• Bird-Man, a villain from Marvel Comics; a member of the Ani-Men
• The Bird Man, a fictional character in Terry Goodkind's The Sword of Truth series
• Aarakocra, a creature from Dungeons & Dragons, is also known as a birdman

[edit] People with the alias "Birdman"

• Robert Franklin Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz", famous for raising birds
• Chris Andersen, an NBA basketball player for the New Orleans Hornets nicknamed "The Birdman"
• Birdman (rapper), the stage name of Bryan "Baby" Williams, a record executive, rapper and record producer
• Tony Hawk, a professional American skateboarder
• James Ware (wrestler), professional wrestler
• Pete Townshend of The Who was referred to as "The Birdman"^{[citation needed]}