Tempest
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A tempest is a violent storm.
Tempest or The Tempest may also refer to:
In fiction
- The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare
- The Tempest (Dryden), an adaptation of Shakespeare's play by John Dryden and William D'Avenant
- The Tempest (Tchaikovsky), a fantasy overture based on Shakespeare's play, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- The Tempest (Sullivan), a set of incidental music to the Shakespeare play written in 1861 and revised and expanded in 1862
- Tempest (film), a 1928 John Barrymore film
- The Tempest (film), a 1979 movie by Derek Jarman, based on Shakespeare's play
- Tempest (1982 film), a Paul Mazursky film
- The Tempest (opera) a 2004 opera
- Tempest (Smallvile), an episode of television series Smallville
- Tempest (novel), a Star Wars novel
- The Tempest, a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel
- Tempest (comics), one of three characters from DC Comics
- Angel Salvadore, a Marvel comics character who goes by the name of "Tempest"
- The Tempest, a DHARMA Initiative station on the television show Lost
In art
- The Tempest (painting), painting by Giorgione
In military history
- Hawker Tempest, a World War II-era British Royal Air Force fighter
- Operation Tempest, a World War II operation of the Polish Home Army
- Centurion tank variant called "Tempest", found in Singapore
In games
- Tempest (Magic: The Gathering), an expansion to the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game
- Tempest (arcade game), a 1980 arcade game
In music
- Joey Tempest, singer in the Swedish hard rock band Europe
- Tempest (band), a folk rock group from San Francisco
- Tempest (UK band), a progressive rock group from the UK
- Tempest (rock band), a classic rock group from the UK
- Tempest (Christian rock band), late 1980s Christian Hair Metal band
- The Tempest (album), CD released by The Insane Clown Posse in 2007
- Piano Sonata No. 17 (Beethoven), nicknamed the "Tempest Sonata"
- "Tempest", a song on the 2007 Delta-S album Voyage to Isis
- "The Tempest", a track on the album Music of the Spheres (Mike Oldenfield album)
Other
- TEMPEST, a standard of shielding for wires and computers used by the US and other governments
- Tempest (keelboat), a One-Design keelboat
- Pontiac Tempest, an automobile
- Janne Suni, a Finnish demoscener who goes by the handle of "Tempest"
- Tempest (ship)