Whistler

Whistler may refer to:

• Someone who whistles
• Whistler Group, a brand name of mobile electronic equipment
• Whistler (radio), a very low frequency radio phenomenon
• Whistler (software), Microsoft's Trainable Text-to-Speech Engine
• The Whistler, a classic mystery drama radio show
• Whistler (TV series), a TV series set in Whistler, British Columbia
• a Whistler (bird), a group of passerine birds in the family Pachycephalidae
• Hoary marmot, an American species of marmot
• the development codename for the Microsoft Windows XP computer operating system, named for the resort where it was workshopped (see below)
• The Whistler, a 1977 single by the British rock group Jethro Tull
• Whistler (band), a UK indie band
• The Whistler, Fourplay's instrumental song in its 2008 album Energy
• USS Whistler (SP-784), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
• Whistler (drink), a drink made of gin, tonic, red bull and mint leaves

Canada

• Whistler, British Columbia, a "resort municipality" in British Columbia, Canada
  • Whistler Sliding Centre, a Canadian bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
• Whistler Blackcomb, a ski resort in British Columbia, Canada
• Whistler Mountain, the geographic entity, named for the hoary marmot, that is one of the two mountains the above ski resort is based around; also a glacier and a creek on that same mountain
• Whistler railway station, a railway station on the Canadian National Railway in Whistler, British Columbia

United States

• Whistler, Alabama, Alabama, was an unincorporated town in Mobile County, until the 1950s when it was annexed into neighboring Prichard

People

• Whistler (surname), living and deceased members of Whistler family of England
• Anna McNeill Whistler (1804–1881), mother of the artist James McNeill Whistler and model for the painting Whistler's Mother. Wife of George Washington Whistler.
• Charles Whistler (1856–1913), British writer
• George Washington Whistler (1800–1849), American railroad engineer
• James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), American-born British painter
• Rex Whistler (1905–1944), British painter
• Laurence Whistler (1912–2000), British glass engraver and poet

Fictional characters

• Erwin 'Whistler' Emory, a character in the film Sneakers
• Whistler (Buffyverse), a character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Abraham Whistler, mentor to the Marvel Comics character Blade in film and animated continuity
• James Whistler (Prison Break character), mysterious inmate in the television series Prison Break's third season