Siren
Appearance
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Siren or sirens may refer to:
Common meanings
[edit]- Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies
- Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology
Places
[edit]- Siren (town), Wisconsin
- Siren, Wisconsin, a village
- Siren Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Siren Rock, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
People
[edit]- Siren (surname)
- Siren, stage name of female bodybuilder Shelley Beattie on the TV show American Gladiators
- Siren, stage name of Valerie Waugaman on the 2008 revival of American Gladiators
- Alexander Brandon (born 1974), American musician, known as "Siren" in the demoscene
- Siren Sundby (born 1982), Norwegian Olympic sailor
Animals
[edit]- Siren (genus), a genus of aquatic salamanders in the family Sirenidae
- Hestina, a genus of brush-footed butterfly commonly called sirens
- Sirenia, an order of aquatic mammals including dugongs and manatees
- Sirenidae, a family of aquatic salamanders
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Fictional characters
[edit]- Siren (DC Comics), the name of two DC Comics characters
- Siren (Transformers), a character from The Transformers: Headmasters
- Siren, a character in Ice Age: Continental Drift
- Siren, a minor character in Passions
- Sirens, video game characters in Borderlands
- Shadow Sirens, major antagonists (except Vivian) in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
- The Siren, a character from the 1960s Batman TV series unrelated to the DC Comics Siren
- Siren (Malibu Comics), a character from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse imprint
Films
[edit]- The Siren (1917 film), a lost Fox film starring Valeska Suratt
- The Siren (1927 film), an American melodrama directed by Byron Haskin
- Siren (1968 film), a Belgian animated short film
- Sirens (1994 film), starring Hugh Grant, directed by John Duigan
- Sirens (1999 film), starring Dana Delany
- Siren (2010 film), a horror film starring Eoin Macken
- Siren (2013 film), starring Vinessa Shaw
- Siren (2016 film), a 2016 horror film
- Siren (2024 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
Literature
[edit]- Siren (play), a 1990 play by David Williamson
- Siren, a book by Tara Moss
- "Sirens" (Ulysses episode) an episode in James Joyce's novel Ulysses
- “The Siren”, a novel by Kiera Cass
Music
[edit]Groups
[edit]- Sirens (American band), metalcore band from Terre Haute, Indiana
- Sirens (British band), a Newcastle upon Tyne based girl group
- Siren, a rock band featuring Kevin Coyne
Albums
[edit]- Siren (Roxy Music album), 1975
- Siren (Heather Nova album), 1998
- Siren (Susumu Hirasawa album), 1996
- Sirens (Kenneth Newby album), 1997
- Sirens (Savatage album), 1983
- Sirens (On the Might of Princes album), 2003
- Sirens (Astarte album), 2004
- Sirens (It Dies Today album), 2006
- Sirens (S. J. Tucker album), 2006
- Sirens (May Jailer album), unreleased demo album by Lana Del Rey, recorded in 2006 under the name May Jailer
- Sirens (Nine Black Alps album), 2012
- The Sirens (Chris Potter album), 2013
- The Sirens (Into Eternity album), 2018
- Sirens (Gorgon City album), 2014
- Sirens (The Weepies album), 2015
- Sirens (Woodlock EP), 2015
- Sirens, by Ben Abraham, 2014
- Sirens (Sublime with Rome album)
- Sirens (Nicolas Jaar album), 2016
- Sirens, an EP by Swingin' Utters, 2020
Songs
[edit]- "Siren" (Malcolm Lincoln song)
- "Siren" (Asian Kung-Fu Generation song), 2004
- "Siren" (Ruby Gloom song), 2008
- "Siren" (Paces song), 2018
- "Siren (Never Let You Go)", by the Divinyls, 1983
- "Siren" (Sunmi song), 2018
- "Siren" (Riize song), 2024
- "Siren", by the Dropkick Murphys, 2024
- "Siren", by Tori Amos on the soundtrack on the 1998 film Great Expectations
- "Siren", by Theater of Tragedy on the 1998 album Aégis
- "Sirens" (Jeff Lynne song), 1990
- "Sirens" (Dizzie Rascal song), 2007
- "Sirens" (Pearl Jam song), 2013
- "Sirens" (Cher Lloyd song), 2014
- "Sirens" (Travis Scott song), 2023
- "Sirens", by Angels & Airwaves on the 2007 album I-Empire
- "Sirens", by Candiria on the 2008 album Kiss the Lie
- "Sirens", by Coroner on the 1991 album Mental Vortex
- "Sirens", by Markus Feehily on the 2015 album Fire
- "Sirens", by Kelsea Ballerini on the 2015 album The First Time
- "Sirens", the title track on the album Sirens by Savatage
- "Sirens", by The String Cheese Incident on the album Untying the Not
- "Sirens", 2012 song by Nell Bryden, also covered by Cher for the album Closer to the Truth
- "Sirens", 2001 song by Tim Deluxe
- "Sirens", 2022 song by Flume
- "Sirens", 2022 song by Imagine Dragons on the 2022 album Mercury – Acts 1 & 2
- "Sirens", by Tesseract on the 2023 album War of Being
- "The Siren" (song), by Nightwish
- "The Siren", by Graveyard on the 2011 album Hisingen Blues
- "The Siren", a song on the album A Violent Emotion by Aesthetic Perfection
- "The Sirens", song by George and Ira Gershwin from A Dangerous Maid 1921
Other uses in music
[edit]- Acme Siren, a varying-pitch wind instrument, often found in the percussion section of orchestras
- Sirènes ("Sirens"), a movement in the Debussy suite Nocturnes
- The Sirens, Op. 33, by Reinhold Glière (1875–1956)
Paintings
[edit]- The Siren (Waterhouse painting), a 1900 painting by John William Waterhouse
- The Siren, 1888 painting by Edward Armitage
Sculptures
[edit]- Siren (statue), a 2008 life-size statue by Marc Quinn
- The Siren (sculpture), a 2005 sculpture by Norman J. Gitzen
- Siren (bronze sculpture), Roman bronze sculpture ca. 1571–90
- The Sirens (sculpture), an 1887 bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin
- Tritón y Sirena, a sculpture in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
Television
[edit]Series
[edit]- Sirens (1993 TV series), an American crime drama series
- Sirens (2002 TV serial), a two-part British serial
- Sirens (2011 TV series), a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4
- Sirens (2014 TV series), an American comedy program based on the Channel 4 series
- Supermodel Me: Sirens, the fifth season of Asian's reality program Supermodel Me
- Siren (TV series), a 2018 American fantasy drama series
- Siren: Survive the Island, a 2023 South Korean reality competition series
Episodes
[edit]- "Siren" (Millennium), television series episode
- "Sirens", an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- "The Siren", an episode of Mako: Island of Secrets
Other arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Siren (video game), 2003
- Company of Sirens, a Canadian feminist theatre company
- Siren (magazine), a bimonthly Canadian magazine
- Siren FM, a community radio station based at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom
- Siren Music Festival, an annual outdoor concert held at Coney Island, New York, from 2001 to 2010
- The Siren (musical), a 1911 Broadway musical
Court cases
[edit]- The Siren - see List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 74
- The Siren - see List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 80
Military
[edit]- HMS Siren, several Royal Navy ships
- USS Siren, several US Navy ships
- SS-N-9 Siren, NATO reporting name for the P-120 Malakhit, a Russian anti-ship missile
Sports
[edit]- New York Sirens, a women's hockey team
- Sacramento Sirens, a women's football team
- Saskatoon Sirens, an expansion team in the Legends Football League
- Sirens A.S.C., a waterpolo club in Malta
- Sirens F.C., a football club in Malta
- Sirens Stadium, the club's home ground
- Strathclyde Sirens, a Scottish netball team
Other uses
[edit]- Siren (codec), an audio codec
- Siren (fragrance), a perfume endorsed by Paris Hilton
- SIREN code, a nine-digit number given to all French businesses
- Siren Visual, an Australian-based DVD distribution company
- SIREN, an open energy system model developed for Western Australia
- Standard siren, a unit of gravitational waves
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with siren
- All pages with titles containing siren
- Cyren (disambiguation)
- Siran (disambiguation)
- Sirena (disambiguation)
- Sirene (disambiguation)
- Syreen, an alien race in the computer game series Star Control
- Syren (disambiguation)