Angel (disambiguation)

For the geometric concept, see angle.

Angel may refer to:

• Angel, a supernatural entity in many religions. This is the original meaning.
  • Angels in art, widely depicted in many cultures
  • Angel of death, a specific manifestation in some religions

Comics

• Angel (Golden Age), a character from the Golden Age of Comic Books
• Angel Salvadore, a character who first appeared in New X-Men
• Archangel (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero formerly known as Angel, best known as a member of the X-Men
• A number of angels have also appeared as supernatural characters in Marve Comics

Literature

• "The Angel", a Hans Christian Andersen short story
• Angel, a 1957 novel by the novelist Elizabeth Taylor
• Frank Angel, hero of a series of Western books by Frederick H Christian
• Angels (novel), a 1983 Denis Johnson novel

Games

• Engel (role-playing game), (the German word for angel), a role-playing game
• Angel (King of Fighters), a character from King of Fighters
• Angel, the callsign of Wing Commander computer game character Jeannette Devereaux

Television

• Angel (Buffyverse), a supporting character from the American TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Angel (TV series), a spin-off from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series featuring that character
  • Angel (Buffy episode), an episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Angels (TV series), a British television series set in a hospital
• Angel Interceptor, a type of air/space craft in the TV series Captain Scarlet
• PVT Avery "Angel" King, a soldier from the TV show Over There
• Angel, a female supporting character in the anime series The Big O
• Angel (Lilo & Stitch) (aka Experiment 624) from Lilo & Stitch: The Series
• Angel (Neon Genesis Evangelion), a monster in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion

Theatre

• Angel (musical), a 1978 Broadway musical based on the Thomas Wolfe novel Look Homeward, Angel
• Angel Dumott Schunard, a character in the musical Rent

Music

• Performers:
  • Angel (singer), a Californian singer, formerly of teen band No Secrets
  • Angel (band), a 1970s progressive rock band from New York
  • The Angels (band), an American band
  • The Angels (Australian band), an Australian band
  • Angels and Airwaves, an American band
  • angels, a Japanese violin duo who performed on the Area 88 soundtrack
• Songs:
  • "Angel" (Madonna song), a song by Madonna from the 1985 album Like A Virgin
  • "Angel" (Eurythmics song), a song by Eurythmics from the 1990 album We Too Are One
  • "Angel" (Sarah McLachlan song), a song by Sarah McLachlan from the 1997 album Surfacing
  • "Angel" (Pharrell Williams), a song by Pharrell Williams from the 2005 album In My Mind
  • "Angel" (Shaggy song), a reggae song by Shaggy that was a number-one worldwide hit in 2001
  • "Angel" (Jimi Hendrix song), a song by Jimi Hendrix later released by Rod Stewart
  • "Ange", a song by Moi dix Mois from the album Dix Infernal
  • "Angel" (Angela Winbush song), a song by Angela Winbush that reached number-one in 1987
  • "Angel", a song by Massive Attack from the 1998 album Mezzanine
  • "Angel", a 1988 song by Aerosmith
  • "Angel", a 1973 song by Aretha Franklin
  • "Angel Attack," a background music featured on the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • "Angel Baby," a 1961 song by Rosie & the Originals and a 1958 song by Dean Martin
  • "Engel" (single) (the German word for angel), a single by Rammstein
  • "Angels" (song), a single by British singer Robbie Williams; covered by American singer Jessica Simpson
  • "Angels", a song by Within Temptation from the 2004 album The Silent Force
  • "Descending Angels", a song by Michael Jackson
  • "Angel of the Morning", a 1968 song by Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts
• Albums:
  • Angel, an album by the Ohio Players
• Companies:
  • Angel Records, a record label

People

• List of people by name: Angel for persons with the surname Angel
• All pages with titles beginning with Angel, for persons with the given name Angel

Places

• The Angel, Islington, an area of north London, also represented in the British edition of the game Monopoly
• Angel tube station, the London Underground station at The Angel, Islington
• The original kingdom of the Angles, called Angulus in the Historia Britonum and identified with the district Angeln in the German province of Schleswig
• The German name of the Úhlava river in the Czech Republic

Sports

• Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a Major League Baseball team based in Anaheim, California
• Angel Medina, also known as Spanish Angel, or simply Angel, a former professional wrestler
• Angel Williams Known has Angel, currently working for the wwe in its dsw promotion

Other

• Angel (coin), a gold coin first used in France in 1340
• Angel (paintball), an electropneumatic paintball gun manufactured by WDP in the United Kingdom
• Angel investors, or simply "angels", affluent individuals who provide capital for business start-ups
• Angel of the North, a sculpture in Gateshead in northern England
• Angel, the United States Secret Service codename for Air Force One
• Destroying Angels, a nickname for members of the poisonous mushroom genus Amanita
• ANGELS is a radio brevity code indicating altitude of friendly aircraft
• Angels: God's Secret Agents, a book about angels
• ANGEL Learning is a software company
• Hell's Angels, an international motorcycle club
• The Guardian Angels, an international street safety group
• British radar operator's jargon for a large diffuse radar echo, often caused by a flock of birds.
• "Angel" can be a nickname for a military aircraft.

See also

• Dark Angel (disambiguation)
• Fallen angel (disambiguation)

Etymology

See Angel#Etymology.