Wizard

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Contents 1 Fictional characters 2 Film and television 3 Games 4 Music 5 People 6 Publications 7 Sports 8 Technology 9 Transportation 10 See also

Wizard may refer to:

[edit] Fictional characters

See also: List of magicians in fantasy

• Wizard (fantasy), in fantasy and mythology, a person who has studied and practices magic. Specific instances include:
  • Wizard (Middle-earth), powerful entities from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Wizard (Oz), a character in L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its movie adaptations
  • Wizards (Discworld), as featured in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
• Wizard (DC Comics), a supervillain and enemy of the Justice Society of America
• Wizard (Marvel Comics), a supervillain and enemy of the Fantastic Four, also known as "The Wingless Wizard"
• The Wizard (Archie), a superhero in Archie Comics with great physical and mental abilities

[edit] Film and television

• Wizards (film), a 1977 animated post-apocalyptic fantasy/science fiction film by Ralph Bakshi
• The Wizard (film), a 1989 American film about a skilled video game player
• The Wizard (TV series), a short-lived 1980s CBS television series
• "The Wizard" (Seinfeld episode), an episode of the television show Seinfeld
• "Mr. Wizard", the stage name of Don Herbert, who developed and starred in two children's television shows about science:
  • Watch Mr. Wizard, first aired in 1951
  • Mr. Wizard's World, first aired in 1983
• Wizards of Waverly Place, first aired in 2007

[edit] Games

• Wizards of the Coast, a Seattle-based games publisher known for Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons
• Wizard (character class), magic-wielding character types in many role-playing games
  • Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons), the Dungeons & Dragons character class
• Wizardry, a series of "dungeon crawl" computer games from the 1980s
• Wizard (computer game), a 1983 Commodore 64 game that was later re-released in 1986 as Ultimate Wizard
• Wizard (video game), a game designed by Chris Crawford for the Atari 2600 and released in 2005
• Wizards (board game), a board game produced in 1982 by Avalon Hill
• Wizard (card game), a trick-taking card game
• Wizard (board game), a 1978 board game released by Metagaming, companion game to Melee

[edit] Music

• Wizard (German band), a German power metal/speed metal band
• Wizzard, a 1970s British glam rock band
  • Wizzo Band, formed by Roy Wood after Wizzard split in 1975
• The Wizzard, a calypso singer from Dominica
• "The Wizard" (Black Sabbath song) a song by Black Sabbath, released in 1970
• "The Wizard" (Uriah Heep song), a song by Uriah Heep, released in 1972
• Wizard (EP), an EP from the Argentinian band Beto Vázquez Infinity
• "Pinball Wizard", a song from The Who's rock opera Tommy
• "The Wizard", the second track from Albert Ayler's album Spiritual Unity
• Wizard (record label), an Australian record label created by Robie Porter
• Electric Wizard, Stoner doom metal band from UK
• Wizardzz, a noise pop duo featuring Brian Gibson
• "The Wizard", one of the theme tunes of the TV show Top of the Pops

[edit] People

• The Wizard of New Zealand (formerly Ian Brackenbury Channell), an orator and eccentric
• Thomas Edison, an inventor nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park"
• Ozzie Smith, a baseball player nicknamed "The Wizard"
• The Wizard (footballer) or Jeff Farmer
• Juan Quarterone, a soccer player nicknamed "El Brujo" or "The Wizard"
• Grand Wizard and Imperial Wizard, titles in the Ku Klux Klan

[edit] Publications

• Wizard (magazine), a monthly magazine that spawned successful spinoffs in other areas of interest
• Wizard (D. C. Thomson), a British comic paper. It consisted of adventure stories for boys. In 1963 it was merged with Rover, and ceased publication in 1978 after nearly 56 years.
• Wizards, an anthology of fantasy short fiction edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Wizard (novel), a science fiction novel by John Varley

[edit] Sports

• Fort Wayne Wizards, a team in the Midwest League of professional baseball
• Kansas City Wizards, a team in Major League Soccer (Football)
• Washington Wizards, a team in the National Basketball Association
• NAB Cup, known as the Wizard Cup from 2002-2005

[edit] Technology

• Wizard (software), a computer user interface that leads a user through dialog steps
• Sharp Wizard, a personal organizer released in 1988
• HTC Wizard, a QWERTY-keyboard pocket PC
• Wizard Robotics, a robotics engineering institute from New Zealand
• Wizard Video , A defunct home video company

[edit] Transportation

• Wizard, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive

[edit] See also

• Magician
• Sorcerer
• Warlock
• Witch
• Wiz (disambiguation)