Icon (disambiguation)
An icon, from the Greek word for image, is a religious painting in the tradition of Eastern Christianity.
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Icon may also refer to:
People with the name
- No Min-woo, a South Korean actor and musician whose stage name as a singer is ICON
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional characters
- Icon (character), a Milestone/DC comic book superhero
- Icon the Ungodly, a character from The world of Legend
Literature
- Icon (novel), a 1997 fiction novel by Frederick Forsyth
- Icon, a novel by Bodie and Brock Thoene
- iCon: Steve Jobs, a 2005 biography of Steve Jobs by Jeffrey Young
- Icons: Creativity with Camera and Computer, an illustrated book by photographer Douglas Kirkland
Groups and labels
- Icon (band), an American heavy metal/glam metal band (1981–1990)
- Icon Records, a Canadian record label founded in 2006
Albums
- Icon (album series), a series of compilation albums released by Universal Music Enterprises
- Icon (Benighted album) (2007)
- Icon (Vince Gill album) (2010)
- Icon (Icon album) (1984)
- Icon (Paradise Lost album) (1993)
- Icon (Wetton and Downes album) (2005)
- Icon (Trisha Yearwood album) (2010)
- DAAS Icon, a 1990 comedy album by Doug Anthony All Stars
- Icon 2 (2011), an album by George Strait
- Iconic (EP), by Icona Pop
- Icons (None More Black album) (2010)
Periodicals
- Icon (architecture magazine), British architecture and design magazine
- Icon (lifestyle magazine), a fashion and celebrity magazine
- ICON, a magazine published by Singapore Press Holdings
Television
- "Icon" (Stargate SG-1), a 2004 television episode of Stargate SG-1
- Icons (TV series), an American documentary TV show
Other uses in architecture, arts, entertainment, and media
- Architectural icon, a groundbreaking or unique building
- Icon (film), a 2005 thriller film
- Def Jam: Icon, a 2007 fighting video game
Brands and enterprises
- Hotel Icon (Houston), a boutique hotel located in Houston, Texas, USA
- ICON Aircraft, a light-sport aircraft manufacturer in Vacaville, California, USA
- Icon Books, a London-based publisher
- Icon Comics, a Marvel comics imprint
- Icon Group International, a publisher of automatically generated books compiled from Internet sources
- Icon Health Publications, an imprint of Icon Group International
- Icon Health & Fitness, an exercise equipment manufacturer and marketer based in Logan, Utah, USA
- Icon Productions, an American independent production company
- Icon Films, a British independent television production company
- ICON plc, an Irish-based global pharmaceutical company
- Nokia Lumia Icon, a high-end smartphone by Nokia that runs Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 operating system
- Geely Icon, a sport utility vehicle model
Computing and technology
- Icon (computing), a pictogram used in a graphical user interface
- Icon (programming language), a high-level programming language
- ICON (microcomputer), a computer built in the 1980s
Organizations
- Consorzio ICoN, a consortium of 21 Italian universities, focusing on philology
- Icon FC, an amateur association football club in New Jersey, United States
- Icon Theatre, a British theatre company
- Institute of Conservation, a British cultural heritage organisation
- International Council on Nanotechnology, a group concerned with risks and use of nanotechnology
Cultural and popular culture symbols
- Cultural icon, a visual identity that is associated with cultural significance to a cultural group
- Gay icon, an LGBT cultural icon
- Horror icon, a person or fictional character considered to be significant to one or more genres of horror
- Pop icon, a celebrity, character, or object whose exposure in pop culture constitutes a defining characteristic of a given society or era
- Secular icon, an image of a person or thing used for other than religious purpose
Science
- ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic, the global numerical weather prediction model of the German weather service, see Numerical weather prediction
- Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), a NASA satellite mission to study Earth's ionosphere
Science fiction conventions
- Icon (Iowa science fiction convention)
- I-CON, an American science fiction fan convention
- ICon festival, an Israeli science fiction and fantasy fan convention
- List of ICON science fiction conventions
Visual symbols
- Computer icon, a pictogram used in a graphical user interface
- Digital on-screen graphic, a logo or icon displayed on screen
- Iconicity, in linguistics
- Iconography, the content of images, and the study of that subject
- Pictogram, or icon, conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object
Other uses
- Icon (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, UK
- Icon Complex, a proposed, multi-purpose low-rise building in Hobart
See also
- Icahn (disambiguation)
- Icône, a residential tower in Montreal, Canada
- Ikon (disambiguation)
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