Venus (disambiguation)

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Science 4 Arts and entertainment 4.1 Paintings and sculptures 4.2 Films 4.3 Music 4.4 Writings 4.5 Fictional characters 5 Maritime 6 Technology 7 Other 8 See also

Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun.

Venus may also refer to:

• Venus (mythology), the Roman goddess of love, in Greek mythology known as Aphrodite
• Venus symbol (♀)

People

• Venus, an alias for Angelica Costello, a pornographic actress
• Sarah Baartman, the so-called Hottentot Venus
• Venus Raj, Miss Philippines Universe 2010 and 4 th runner-up at Miss Universe 2010
• Venus Terzo, an actress
• Venus Williams, professional tennis player

Places

• Venus, Florida, a town in the United States
• Venus, Romania, a resort in Romania
• Venus, Texas, a town in the United States

Science

• Venus (genus), a genus of clams in the bivalve mollusc family Veneridae
• VENUS (Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea), an oceanographic observatory near Victoria, B.C., Canada
• Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), a carnivorous plant
• Venus, a Yellow Fluorescent Protein (YFP) derivative

Arts and entertainment

Paintings and sculptures

• Rokeby Venus, a painting by the Spanish artist Velázquez
• Venus (mural), 10-story-high painting by New York artist Knox Martin
• The Birth of Venus (Botticelli), a famous painting
• Venus and Mars
• Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue
• Venus figurines, group of prehistoric objects
• Many artworks, not necessarily of the classical goddess; see the list in Venus (mythology)
• Venus of Mierlo, prehistoric engraving
• Venus of Willendorf, prehistoric statuette

Films

• Venus (film), 2006 movie starring Peter O'Toole

Music

• "Venus in Furs" (song), 1967 song by Lou Reed/The Velvet Underground, based on the 1870 novel
• Venus (band), a Belgian pop group
• Vênus, a Brazilian heavy metal group
• "Venus" (Frankie Avalon song)
• "Venus" (Low song)
• "Venus" (Shocking Blue song), notably covered by Bananarama
• "Venus" (Bananarama version)
• "Venus" (Tackey and Tsubasa song)
• Venus, a song by gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy featured on their album Aégis
• "Venus", a 2004 song by Air on their album Talkie Walkie
• "Venus", a track on Television's 1977 album Marquee Moon
• Venus, the Bringer of Peace, from Gustav Holst's The Planets
• Venus is the first full length album from Toledo, Ohio rock group We Are the Fury
• "Venus" is a single by The Feelers from their first album Supersystem
• "Venus" (Butthole Surfers song) is a song by the Butthole Surfers on their 2001 album, Weird Revolution
• Vénus, a 2008 album by Sheryfa Luna
• "Venus", a track on Billy Idol's 1993 album Cyberpunk

Writings

• Venus in Furs, 1870 novel by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
• The Venus series, science fiction novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Venus (novel), a novel in the series Grand Tour by Ben Bova
• The Birth of Venus (novel), a novel by Sarah Dunant
• Venus in Fur, 2010 play by David Ives, based on the 1870 novel

Fictional characters

• Venus (Tannhäuser opera), leading role in Wagner's opera Tannhäuser
• Venus (Marvel Comics), the Marvel Comics character, based on the goddess Venus
• Venus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), the short-lived sister of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Venus A, a female mecha from the Great Mazinger manga and anime series
• Venus Smith, in The Avengers (TV series)
• Sailor Venus or Minako Aino, one of the Sailor Senshi from the anime/manga Sailor Moon
• Venus, a nightclub singer from the game EarthBound
• Kasuga, the female ninja in the Uesugi clan in Devil Kings whose Devil Kings' name is Venus
• Venus Flytrap (WKRP in Cincinnati), the on-air name of a disc jockey in the television situation comedy WKRP in Cincinnati
• Venus, a glamorous doctor of French origin on Fireball XL5
• Big Venus, a megadeus from The Big O
• Venusaur, a Pokémon
• Venus, the female protagonist in the PSP video game Metal Gear Acid 2

Maritime

• HMS Venus, the name of five ships of the Royal Navy (1758–1972)
• French ship Vénus (disambiguation), sixteen French Navy ships, among them:
  • French frigate Vénus (1780), frigate
  • French frigate Vénus (1782), Hébé class frigate
  • French corvette Vénus (1794), corvette
  • French frigate Vénus (1808), Junon class frigate
  • French submarine Vénus (1936), Minerve class submarine
• MV Venus, a Dutch coaster launched in 1939.
• USS Venus, a Crater class cargo ship of the United States Navy
• SS Venus, a cruise ship
• Swedish frigate Venus (1783), a frigate of the Swedish navy

Technology

• The Venus Project, an organization that promotes and advocates American futurist Jacque Fresco's visions of the future
• LG Venus (VX8800), a Verizon mobile phone manufactured by LG Electronics
• VENUS Engine, an image processing system used in Panasonic digital cameras

Other

• Venus Swimwear, online and catalog retailer of women's clothing and swimwear
• Venus București, a defunct Romanian football team

See also

• Second planet (disambiguation)
• venous, blood vessels
• All pages with titles containing "Venus"

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