A noble is a member of the

nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...

. Noble may also refer to:

Places

Antarctica

* Noble Glacier, King George Island * Noble Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land *

Noble Peak Noble Peak () is a peak in the Comer Range, 720 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Lockley Point and marking the northeast end of a prominent ridge on the northwest side of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered ...

, Wiencke Island *

Noble Rocks A noble is a member of the nobility. Noble may also refer to: Places Antarctica * Noble Glacier, King George Island * Noble Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land * Noble Peak, Wiencke Island * Noble Rocks, Graham Land Australia * Noble Island, Gr ...

, Graham Land

Australia

Noble Island Noble Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Howick Group National Park and is about 100 km south-east of Cape Melville, Queensland. It is around 30 hectares or 0.3 square km in size. It was the home of the indigenou ...

, Great Barrier Reef

United States

* Noble (SEPTA station), a railway station in Abington, Pennsylvania * Noble, Illinois, a village *

Noble, Iowa Noble is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri Riv ...

, an unincorporated community *

Noble, Louisiana Noble is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 259 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.7 km), all land. Demog ...

, a village * Noble, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

Noble, Oklahoma Noble is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 6,985 at the 2020 census, a 7.8% increase from 2010. Noble is Cleveland County's third-largest city behind N ...

, a city *

Noble County (disambiguation) Noble County is the name of several counties in the United States: *Noble County, Indiana *Noble County, Ohio *Noble County, Oklahoma See also *Nobles County, Minnesota Nobles County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Mi ...

Noble Township (disambiguation) Noble Township may refer to: Illinois * Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois Indiana * Noble Township, Cass County, Indiana * Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana * Noble Township, LaPorte County, Indiana * Noble Township, Noble County, I ...

People

Noble (given name) Noble is the given name of the following people: * Noble David Cook (1941–2024), author and historian of colonial Peru * Noble Craig (died 2018), American actor and Vietnam War veteran * Noble Doss (1920–2009), American National Football League ...

Noble (surname) Noble is an English surname which commonly appears in multiple areas of the United Kingdom. The surname first appears in 1199, during the reign of Richard I and it is common in Edinburgh, Scotland. Notable people Notable people with the surname i ...

Animals

Noble (horse) Noble (1783 – after 1796) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from May 1786 to May 1788 he ran at least three times and won two races. He won the seventh running of The Derby as a 30/1 outsider in what w ...

, a British Thoroughbred *

Noble Decree Noble Decree (foaled 6 March 1970) was an American-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old colt he won two of his first five races before ending his season with a win in the Observer Gold Cup. He was rated the b ...

, an American-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse * Noble snipe, a small stocky wader *

Vaguely Noble Vaguely Noble (1965–1989) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United Kingdom and France. The colt is best known as the winner of the 1968 Group One Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe when he defeated the best horses from Engla ...

, an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Arts, entertainment, and media

Characters

* Noble, the humanoid werewolf form of Savage/Noble, the only fully organic Transformer, from the ''Beast Machines'' series * Noble ''(Ninjago)'', a character in ''Ninjago'' *

Noble Kale Ghost Rider is the name of multiple superheroes or antiheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western comics, Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rid ...

, a Marvel Comics character *

Donna Noble Donna Noble is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Portrayed by British actress and comedian Catherine Tate, she is a companion of the Tenth and Fourteenth Doctors (both portr ...

, a companion in the sci-fi series ''Doctor Who'' * Geoff and Sylvia Noble, the parents of the companion Donna Noble, in the sci-fi series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'' * NOBLE team, a UNSC special warfare unit composed of Spartans, biochemically augmented supersoldiers that appear in '' Halo: Reach'' * The Noble Family, a family of comic book superheroes in the series ''

Noble Causes ''Noble Causes'' is an American comic book series created and written by Jay Faerber, illustrated by a variety of artists and published by Image Comics. It was launched in 2002. The series follows the lives of the Nobles, a wealthy superhero f ...

Films

* ''Noble'' (film), a 2014 Irish film * ''

Noble Aspirations ''Noble Aspirations'' (), also known as ''The Legend of Chusen'', is a 2016 Chinese xianxia television series based on Xiao Ding ()'s best-seller novel '' Zhu Xian''. Produced by H&R Century Pictures Co., Ltd, the series stars Li Yifeng, Zhao L ...

'', a 2016 Chinese film * ''Noble Savage'' (film), a 2018 Israeli drama film

Music

Groups and labels

Noble (record label) Noble is a Japanese record label founded in 2001. Specializing in experimental electronic music, especially with influences from glitch and post-rock, artists from its roster have been influential and popular in the Japanese electronic music and ...

, a Japanese record label founded in 2001 * Noble Street Studios, a recording studio

Albums

* ''Noble'' (album), the debut album by Versailles * ''

Noble Justice ''Noble Justice'' is the debut studio album by United States, American rapper Young Noble, released on May 28, 2002. Track listing References External links OutlawzMedia.net
Official Website 2002 debut albums Albums produced b ...

'', the debut studio album by Young Noble * '' Noble Live'', a 2010 live album by Versailles * ''Noble Savage'' (album), a 1985 studio album by Virgin Steele

Songs

*"Noble Savage", a song on the Virgin Steele album ''Noble Savage'' * "Noble Surfer", a song from ''

Surfin' U.S.A. "Surfin' U.S.A." is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys, credited to Chuck Berry and Brian Wilson. It is a rewritten version of Berry's " Sweet Little Sixteen" set to new lyrics written by Wilson and an uncredited Mike Love. The s ...

'' by the Beach Boys

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* '' Noble, My Love'', a 2015 South Korean web drama *

Noble savage In Western anthropology, Western philosophy, philosophy, and European literature, literature, the Myth of the Noble savage refers to a stock character who is uncorrupted by civilization. As such, the "noble" savage symbolizes the innate goodness a ...

, a literary stock character * Noble Warriors, a fantasy series, trilogy

Chemistry

* Noble gas (data page) *

Noble gas The noble gases (historically the inert gases, sometimes referred to as aerogens) are the members of Group (periodic table), group 18 of the periodic table: helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), radon (Rn) and, in some ...

Noble metal A noble metal is ordinarily regarded as a metallic chemical element, element that is generally resistant to corrosion and is usually found in nature in its native element, raw form. Gold, platinum, and the other platinum group metals (ruthenium ...

Coins

* Noble (English coin), a medieval gold coin * Noble (Manx coin), a platinum bullion coin

Companies

* Noble (company), a production studio based in Los Angeles, California * Noble Air, a defunct Turkish airline *

Noble Automotive Noble Automotive Ltd, more commonly known simply as Noble, is an English sports car manufacturer based in Leicester. Noble Automotive Ltd. was established in 1999 by Lee Noble in Leeds, West Yorkshire, for producing high-speed sports cars with ...

, a British automobile manufacturer * Noble Brothers Foundry, an ironworks manufacturer based in Rome, Georgia, United States *

Noble Corporation Noble Corporation plc is an offshore drilling contractor organized in London, England. Its affiliate, Noble Corporation, is organized in the Cayman Islands. It is the corporate successor of Noble Drilling Corporation. The company operates 24 dr ...

, a Cayman Islands company providing offshore drilling rigs and platforms *

Noble Energy Noble Energy, Inc. was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration headquartered in Houston, Texas. In October 2020, the company was acquired by Chevron Corporation. The company was known as Noble Affiliates, Inc. until 2002. As of December ...

, an English company engaged in the exploration for and production of petroleum and natural gas *

Noble Group Noble Resources Trading Holdings Limited (commonly known as Noble resources) is a commodity trader based in Hong Kong. It trades energy products and industrial raw materials. Its predecessor, Noble Group Ltd was embroiled in an accounting fraud ...

, a Hong Kong–based trading firm *

Noble Systems Corporation Noble Systems Corporation (NSC) was a privately held company based in Atlanta, Georgia, which developed call center technology, including outbound dialing systems for collections and inbound call management systems for customer relationship manage ...

, a privately held company which develops call center technology * Nobleworks, a publisher of greeting cards

Court Cases

* '' Noble v Alley'' * '' Noble Investments Ltd v Keenan'' * Noble siblings case

Schools

Noble High School (disambiguation) Noble High School may refer to one of the following high schools in the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal repu ...

Noble Network of Charter Schools Noble Schools (formerly known as the Noble Network of Charter Schools and as Noble Street Charter School) is an open enrollment, public Charter schools in the United States, charter network of high schools and middle schools serving students thro ...

, a public charter high school in Chicago

Ships

* HNLMS ''Van Galen'' (G84), a 1941 Royal Netherlands Navy World War II destroyer originally built as HMS ''Noble'' (G84) * , two ships

Other uses

* Golden Noble, an old English cultivar of the domesticated apple *

National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) is a membership group of primarily black Law enforcement agency, law enforcement CEOs and command level officials in local, state, county, and federal government. Headquartered ...

, or NOBLE * Noble baronets, three titles in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom *

Noble polyhedron A noble polyhedron is one which is isohedral (all faces the same) and isogonal (all vertices the same). They were first studied in any depth by Edmund Hess and Max Brückner in the late 19th century, and later by Branko Grünbaum. Classes of n ...

, a polyhedron which is isohedral and isogonal * North of Boston Library Exchange, or NOBLE, a cooperative effort of 28 libraries * Hyundai Universe Xpress Noble