Ginger (disambiguation)

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Ginger is a plant commonly used as a spice in cooking.

Contents 1 Plants 2 People 2.1 Musicians 2.2 Others 3 Fictional characters 4 Media and entertainment 5 Other meanings

Ginger may also refer to:

[edit] Plants

• Myoga, a Japanese plant also used in foods such as miso soup
• Boesenbergia rotunda, a medicinal and culinary herb from China and Southeast Asia
• Etlingera eliator , also called Torch Ginger, a species of herbaceous perennial plant
• Wild ginger, any species from the Asarum genus of herbaceous plants

[edit] People

[edit] Musicians

• Ginger (singer) (born 1964), member of the Wildhearts
• Ginger Baker (born 1935), member of the band Cream
• Ginger Fish (born 1965), member of the band Marilyn Manson
• Ginger Reyes (born 1980), member of Smashing Pumpkins
• Geri Halliwell (born 1972), also called "Ginger Spice," member of the Spice Girls

[edit] Others

• Ginger (mummy), the oldest known Egyptian mummy
• Albert Goodwin (1887–1918), labour activist
• Ginger Lynn (born 1962), a B-movie actress and porn star
• Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress and dancer best known for movie pairings with Fred Astaire

[edit] Fictional characters

• Ginger (comics), a character in the British children's comic The Topper
• Ginger (The West Wing), a character in the TV series The West Wing
• Ginger Foutley, a character in the TV series As Told By Ginger
• Ginger Grant, a character in the TV series Gilligan's Island
• Ginger Meggs, a character in the Australian comic of the same name
• A character in the film Chicken Run

[edit] Media and entertainment

• Ginger (album), an album by Speedy J
• Ginger (band), a Canadian music group
• Ginger (book)
• Ginger Productions, a television production company
• An album by the Figgs

[edit] Other meanings

• Hurricane Ginger (1971)
• Segway PT, a transportation device
• A person with red hair