Venus (disambiguation)  

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The Birth of Venus (detail), a 1486 painting by Sandro Botticelli

Sleeping Venus (c. 1510, detail) Giorgione

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Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun.

Venus may also refer to:

• Venus (mythology), the Roman goddess of love, in Greek mythology known as Aphrodite
• Venus symbol (♀) (disambiguation page)

People

• Venus Williams, professional tennis player
• Venus, an alias for Angelica Costello, a pornographic actress
• Venus Terzo, an actress
• The so-called Hottentot Venus, Saartjie Baartman

Places

• Venus, Florida, a town in the United States
• Venus, Texas, a town in the United States
• Venus, Romania, a resort in Romania

Science

• Venus (genus), a genus of clams in the bivalve mollusc family Veneridae
• VENUS (Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea), an oceanographic observatory near Victoria, B.C., Canada
• Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), a carnivorous plant
• a Yellow fluorescent protein, a yellow Green fluorescent protein derivative

Arts and entertainment

Paintings and sculptures

• Rokeby Venus, a painting by the Spanish artist Velázquez
• Venus (mural), 10-story-high painting by New York artist Knox Martin
• The Birth of Venus (Botticelli), a famous painting
• Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue
• Venus figurines, group of prehistoric objects
• Many artworks, not necessarily of the classical goddess, see the list in Venus (mythology)
• Venus of Mierlo, prehistoric engraving
• Venus of Willendorf, prehistoric statuette

Films

• Venus (film), 2006 movie starring Peter O'Toole

Music

• Venus (band), a Belgian pop group
• "Venus" (Frankie Avalon song)
• "Venus" (Low song)
• "Venus" (Shocking Blue song), notably covered by Bananarama
• "Venus" (Tackey and Tsubasa song)
• "Venus", a 2004 song by Air on their album Talkie Walkie
• "Venus", a track on Television's 1977 album Marquee Moon
• Venus, the Bringer of Peace, from Gustav Holst's The Planets
• Venus is the first full length album from Toledo, Ohio rock group We Are The Fury
• Venus is a single by The Feelers off their first album Supersystem
• "Venus" (Butthole Surfers song) is a song by the Butthole Surfers on their 2001 album, "Weird Revolution"
• Vénus, a 2008 album by Sheryfa Luna

Writings

• The Venus series, science fiction novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Venus (novel), a novel in the series Grand Tour by Ben Bova

Fictional characters

• Venus (Marvel Comics), the Marvel Comics character, based on the goddess Venus
• Venus (comic), a Wonder Woman pastiche from Big Bang Comics
• Venus (TMNT), the short-lived sister of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Venus A, a female mecha from the Great Mazinger manga and anime series
• Sailor Venus or Minako Aino, one of the Sailor Senshi from the anime/manga, Sailor Moon
• Venus, a nightclub singer from the game EarthBound
• Venus, the female ninja in the Uesugi clan in Devil Kings whose name is only Kasuga, and Venus is her Devil Kings name
• Venus Flytrap (WKRP in Cincinnati), the on-air name of a disc jockey in the television situation comedy WKRP in Cincinnati
• Venus, a glamorous doctor of French origin on Fireball XL5

Maritime

• HMS Venus, the name of five ships of the Royal Navy (1758 - 1972).
• USS Venus, a Crater class cargo ship of the United States Navy.
• Vénus, a corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1794.
• Venus, Junon class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1806.
• Template:MV, a Dutch coaster launched in 1939.

Technology

• LG Venus (VX8800), a Verizon mobile phone manufactured by LG Electronics
• VENUS Engine, an image processing system used in Panasonic digital cameras

Other

• Venus Swimwear, online and catalog retailer of women's clothing and swimwear
• Venus Bucureşti, a defunct Romanian football team
• A street name of the drug 2C-B

See also

• venous, blood vessels