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)