Wolf (disambiguation)
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Wolf or wolves may refer to:
Animals
- Several canids have "wolf" in their names:
- * Gray Wolf, commonly referred to simply as the wolf, which has numerous subspecies including:
- ** Arctic Wolf
- ** Eastern Timber Wolf
- ** Eurasian Wolf
- ** Japanese Wolf, now extinct
- ** Mexican Wolf
- * Red Wolf, rare species in Eastern USA
- * Dire Wolf, prehistoric species
- * Eastern Canadian Wolf, a recently recognised species
- * Ethiopian Wolf, resembling a fox
- * Maned Wolf, exclusive to South America
- In addition, other animals have "wolf" in their names:
- * Wolf Spider
- * Wolf herring, found in warm coastal waters
- * Sea Wolf, a species of fish
Places
- Mount Wolf, borough in Pennsylvania, USA
- Wolf Point, city in Montana, USA
- Dewolf Point, part of Wellesley Island, New York, USA
- The Wolves, two rocks in the Bristol Channel, UK
Science
- Wolf 359, a star in the constellation of Leo
- Wolf 424, a star in the constellation of Virgo
- Wolf 1061, a star in the constellation of Ophiuchus
- Wolf (crater), on the moon
- Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a genetic disorder
People
Alternate spellings include Wolfe, Wolff and Woolf.
- Wolf Blitzer (b.1948), journalist
- Beverly Hungry Wolf, author
- Little Wolf (c.1820-1904), Cheyenne war leader
- Joseph Lonewolf (b.1932), Pueblo potter
- Aliya Wolf (b.1975), American model
- Anne Wolf (b.1967), Belgian pianist
- Beowulf, Old English poem and legendary hero
- Carrie Wolf (military lawyer) (present day), Guantanamo Bay prosecutor
- Charles Wolf (1827-1918), French astronomer
- Charlie Wolf (present day), radio talk show host
- Christie Wolf (b.1966), female bodybuilder and wrestler
- Christopher Wolf (present day), American lawyer
- Dale E. Wolf (b.1924), American businessman and politician
- Daniel James Wolf (b.1961), American music composer and scholar
- David Wolf (b.1956), American astronaut
- Emil Wolf (b.1922), American physicist
- Eric Wolf (1923-1999), anthropologist
- Enrique Wolf, Argentine football player
- Frank Rudolph Wolf (b.1939), American republican politician
- Fred Alan Wolf (b.1934), theoretical physicist
- Friedrich Wolf (1888-1953), German doctor and writer
- Friedrich August Wolf (1750-1824), German philologist and critic
- Gary Wolf, creator of Roger Rabbit
- Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), Austrian composer of Slovene origin
- Joe Wolf. (b.1964), retired NBA player
- Johannes Wolf
- John Baptiste Wolf (1907-1996), American historan
- Julius Wolf
- Kate Wolf (1942-1986), was an American folk singer and songwriter
- Konrad Wolf (1925-1982), East German film director
- Marek Wolf, Czech astronomer
- Markus Wolf (b.1923), a former East German intelligence head
- Mary B. Wolf, American mayor
- Mary Hunter Wolf (1905?-2000), American theater director and producer
- Max Wolf (1863-1932), German astronomer
- Milton A. Wolf (1924-2005), American ambassador to Austria
- Mountain Wolf Woman, a Ho-Chunk member of the Native American Church
- Naomi Wolf (b.1962), American writer on feminism and progressive politics
- Robert Wolf, co-founder of the Free River Press
- Ron Wolf, American football general manager of the Green Bay Packers
- Rudolf Wolf (1816-1893), Swiss astronomer and mathematician
- Susan Wolf, moral philosopher
- Thomas Wolf (1900-1938), American novelist
- Walter Wolf, two people of that name
- Warner Wolf (b.1937), American television and radio sports broadcaster
- Wolfgang Wolf (b.1957), German soccer player and coach
- Myron Wolfchild (b.1983), Albertan politician
- Wolf Robe, Cheyenne chief
- Wolf, the pseudonym of Michael Van Wijk on the UK TV show Gladiators
- Wolf, one of Adolf Hitler's nicknames
Sports
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., English football team
- Warrington Wolves, English rugby league team
- Chicago Wolves, US minor league ice hockey team in the AHL
- Manchester Wolves, US a minor league arena football team in the af2
- A car constructed by Walter Wolf Racing, a late-1970s-era Formula One auto-racing team
Music
- The Grey Wolves, a British death industrial music group
- wolf interval, unusual musical interval in music theory
- Wolf (rapper), an American Hip-hop musician
- Wolf Parade, a Canadian indie rock group
- Wolfmother, an Australian rock group
- Wolf & Raven, a music by Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica
- Wolfs Moon, German Power Metal Band
- Wolf tone, a noise produced on some stringed instruments
Radio and television
- WOLF (Animated movie, WIP), Animated movie that is in the making by Kay Fedewa(http://kayfedewa.deviantart.com/) and a small group of animators. Website: http://wolfmovie.com/notices/mission.php
- WOLF (AM), radio station in Syracuse, New York
- WOLF-FM, radio station in Oswego, New York
- WOLF-TV, television station in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
- 107.7 The Wolf, independent station in Wolverhampton, UK
Other
- Grey Wolves, Turkish nationalist group
- Nightwolf, a Mortal Kombat character
- Wolf Prizes (established 1978)
- Wolf Breidenbach
- Wolf (film), 1994 werewolf horror film
- Wolf Man, 1941 horror film
- Wulf
- Zeev (Ze'ev, Zev)
- Wolf (APC), Namibian produced armored personnel carrier
- Wolf O'Donnell from the Star Fox series of video games
- Wolfman Jack legendary disc jockey, TV show host, and actor
- Wolfenstein 3D is sometimes shortened to just Wolf
- Wolf Larsen is a fictional character in Jack London's The Sea-Wolf
- To eat large quantities of food
- White Wolf, Inc., North American game industry
- Lupin III, known for a time as "Wolf" due to copyright issues
See also
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