Wren (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Organisms 2 People 3 Fictional characters 4 Places 5 Other

Wren may refer to:

[edit] Organisms

• Wren — a small bird from one of four families:
  • Troglodytidae, the true wrens
  • Acanthisittidae, the New Zealand "wrens"
  • Maluridae, the Australasian "wrens"
  • Acanthizidae subfamily Sericornithinae, the scrubwrens, heathwrens and fernwren
• Wren — a Rhododendron hybrid, R. ludlowii x E. keiskei 'Yaku Fairy'

[edit] People

• Alan Wren (born 1964), English rock drummer
• Bob Wren (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
• Christopher Wren (1632–1723), English architect and scientist
• Frank Wren (born 1958), American baseball executive
• John Wren (1871–1953), Australian businessman
• M. K. Wren (born 1938), American author
• Matthew Wren (1585–1667), English clergyman and scholar
• P. C. Wren (1875–1941), British author
• Thomas Wren (1826–1904), American politician

[edit] Fictional characters

• Wren — a scientist from the movie Alien: Resurrection
• The Wren — an escape artist from the movie Cube
• Wren Elessedil — a character from the Heritage of Shannara series of fantasy novels
• Wren (of Sevran Djur) — the orphanage-director-assigned name of the protagonist of Wren to the Rescue, Wren's Quest, and Wren's War, a series of fantasy-fiction books by Sherwood Smith
• Wren (Phantasy Star III) — an android from the video game Phantasy Star III
• Wren (Phantasy Star IV) — an android from the video game Phantasy Star IV
• Wren McPherson, the third and last child of Darryl and Wanda McPherson in the comic strip Baby Blues.
• Wren Natsworthy — daughter to Tom and Hester Natsworthy in Phillip Reeve's Infernal Devices and A Darkling Plain, the last installments in the Mortal Engines Quartet.

[edit] Places

• Wren, Mississippi, a village
• Wren, Ohio, a village
• Wren, Oregon, an unincorporated community
• Wrens, Georgia, a small city

[edit] Other

• Wren Building — the oldest academic building in the U.S., located at the College of William & Mary
• Wren — the unofficial name of members of the British Women's Royal Naval Service
• The Wrens — a band from the U.S. state of New Jersey
• The Wrens — a nickname for the Rydalmere Cricket Club