Icarus is a character in Greek mythology.
Icarus or Ikarus may also refer to:
People Roger Squires (1932–2023), crossword compiler who has used the pseudonym Icarus Icarus (wrestler) (born 1982), wrestler with the Chikara organization
Places Icarus (island), in the Aegean Sea Ikaros (Failaka Island), in the Persian Gulf
Aviation Aircraft Hartman Ikarus, a 1950s British human-powered ornithopter Icarus I, Icarus II and Icarus V, series of rigid-wing hang gliders designed by Taras Kiceniuk, Jr. Ikarus C42, a microlight aircraft Ikarus IK-2, the most notable indigenous Yugoslav aircraft of the 1930s and World War II era Icarus, a prototype space rescue vehicle tested by Aleksandr Serebrov
Aviation businesses and organizations Ikarus Drachen Tomas Pellicci, a German hang glider manufacturer Icaro Air, an Ecuadorian airline Icarus School, a military aviation academy Icarus, a Greek airline that preceded Olympic Airlines Ikarus, a Yugoslav aircraft manufacturer later renamed Ikarbus
Other uses in aviation Coupe Icare ("Icarus Cup"), a flight festival
Other businesses and organizations Icarus Project, a mental health organization Icarus Theatre Collective, a British theatre company Ikarus (Hungarian company), a Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarbus, a Serbian bus manufacturer formerly known as Ikarus Icarus FC, an association football kit and sportswear brand
Arts and entertainment Film and television Icarus (Planet of the Apes), a spacecraft in the Planet of the Apes franchise Icarus Base, a place in the series Stargate Universe Icarus, an orbital superweapon in the James Bond film Die Another Day Icarus I, and Icarus II, spacecraft in Sunshine Icarus (2010 film) (also The Killing Machine), an action film Icarus (2017 film), a documentary by Bryan Fogel Icarus (2022 film), an animated fantasy drama "Icarus" (Scandal), an episode of the TV series Scandal "Icarus", the eleventh episode of Smallville, Season 10 "Icarus", the seventh episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Fictional characters Icarus (comics), a Marvel Comics character Icarus, a mecha in Chōjin Sentai Jetman Icarus, a Deus Ex character Icarus, a character in Hercules: The Animated Series Icarus, a character in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Ikaros, a character in Heaven's Lost Property Icarus, a primary character based on the Greek myth in the Cirque du Soleil show Varekai
Music
Albums Icarus (Paul Winter Consort album), 1972 Icarus (The Forms album), 2003 Icarus (Chicosci album), 2004 Icarus, 2011 EP by Periphery Icaro, album by Renato Zero Icarus (Cryalot EP), 2022 Icarus, 2024 EP by Khary and Abhi the Nomad
Songs "Icarus", a 1969 song written by Ralph Towner, included on Icarus (Paul Winter Consort album) "Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel", a song by Kansas on the album Masque, 1975 "Icarus", a song by Santigold on the album Top Ranking "Icarus", a song by Jason Webley on the album Only Just Beginning "Ikarus", a song by Unheilig on Phosphor "Icarus", a song by Bastille on the album Bad Blood "Icarus II", a song by Kansas on the album Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000 "Icarus", a song by Eden on the album vertigo "Icarus" (Madeon song), 2012 "Icarus" (Greeeen song), 2015 "Icarus" (R3hab song), 2016 "Icarus", a song by JJ Project on the EP Verse 2, 2017 "Icarus", a song by Emma Blackery from the 2018 album Villains "Icarus", a song by Starset on the album Horizons, 2021
Other uses in music Icaros, shamanic medicine songs Icarus (band), from London, England
Other media Icarus (magazine), a Trinity College student publication Icarus (sculpture), 1973 by Michael Ayrton
Software and video games Icarus (video game), a sci-fi survival video game developed by RocketWerkz Ikarus (typography software), a type design and production software developed by URW foundry Ikarus (Scheme implementation), a free software optimizing incremental compiler for R6RS Scheme Icarus Verilog, an implementation of the Verilog hardware description language BioShock Infinite, codenamed "Project Icarus" during development Ikarus (chess), a computer chess program
Science and technology Space 1566 Icarus, an asteroid ICARUS experiment, a neutrino detector at Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy Icarus (crater), on the Moon, named for the Ralph Towner composition by the Apollo 15 Astronauts Icarus (journal), a planetary science journal Icarus (star), most distant individual star detected (as of April 2018) IKAROS, an interplanetary uncrewed solar sail spacecraft Project Icarus (interstellar), a design study of an interstellar spacecraft based on Project Daedalus Project Icarus (photography) (2009), a project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Other uses in science and technology Icarus (plant), a fern genus ICARUS Initiative, an international project studying the migration routes of flying animals IKZF1, a protein in humans that is encoded by the IKZF genes of the Ikaros family zinc finger group
Other uses HMS Icarus, the name of several ships , a patrol boat of the US Coast Guard USCGC Icarus (WMSM-920), a Heritage-class cutter of the US Coast Guard Ikarus, a restaurant in Hangar-7 in Salzburg, Austria Icarus affair, an incident involving the 1867 murder of two British sailors in Nagasaki Operation Ikarus, a World War II German plan to invade Iceland
See also Project Icarus (disambiguation) Icaros (disambiguation) Ikaros (disambiguation) Ikaris, a Marvel Comics character Ikaris (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the Marvel Cinematic Universe adaptation