Babe or babes may refer to: * Babe, a term of endearment * A newborn baby * An attractive (especially female) person

People

Nickname

* Babe Adams (1882–1968), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Babe Barna Herbert Paul "Babe" Barna (March 2, 1915 – May 18, 1972) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1937–1938), New York Giants (1941–1943) and Boston Red Sox (1943). Barna batted left-handed and ...

(1917–1972), American Major League Baseball left fielder * Woolf Barnato (1895–1948), British financier and racing driver * Babe Borton (1888–1954), Major League Baseball first baseman * John H. Brown Jr. (1891–1963), American football player and United States Navy vice admiral *

Babe Clark Otho Myron "Babe" Clark (May 7, 1889 – January 10, 1974) was an American football player who played for the Rochester Jeffersons from 1914 to 1920. He played college football at Cornell, where he also participated in hockey and crew. He was a m ...

(1889–1974), American football player *

Babe Dahlgren Ellsworth Tenney "Babe" Dahlgren (June 15, 1912 – September 4, 1996) was an American professional baseball infielder. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1946 for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Boston Braves, C ...

(1912–1996), American Major League Baseball infielder who replaced Lou Gehrig *

Babe Didrikson Zaharias Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (; Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. She won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer Ol ...

(1911–1956), American multi-sport female athlete, most noted as a golfer * Babe Dye (1898–1962), Canadian professional ice hockey forward *

Babe Ellison Herbert Spencer "Bert" Ellison (November 15, 1896 – August 11, 1955) was an American baseball player. He played professional baseball for 14 years from 1915 to 1928, including five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers from 19 ...

(1895–1955), Major League Baseball player * Babe Frump (1901–1979), American offensive guard in the National Football League *

Babe Herman Floyd Caves "Babe" Herman (June 26, 1903 – November 27, 1987) was an American professional baseball player and scout. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right fielder between and , most prominently as a member of the Brooklyn Dodg ...

(1903–1987), American Major League Baseball right fielder *

Jacquelyn Kelley Jacquelyn Kelley ée Savage(November 11, 1926 – May 12, 1988) was an American utility infielder/outfielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 140 lb., she batted and th ...

(1926–1988), member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League * Babe Laufenberg (born 1959), American retired National Football League quarterback * Howard "Babe" Lydecker (1911–1969), half of the

Lydecker brothers Howard and Theodore Lydecker, always known—and billed—as such, were Howard "Babe" Lydecker (June 8, 1911 – September 26, 1969) and Theodore Lydecker (November 7, 1908 – May 25, 1990), a special effects team primarily working as contract ...

, a movie special effects team *

Babe London Babe London (born Jean Glover, August 28, 1901 – November 29, 1980) was an American actress and comedian, most remembered for her one-time partnership with Oliver Hardy in the 1931 Laurel and Hardy two-reeler '' Our Wife''. Career Lon ...

(1901–1980), American actress and comedian * Babe Martin (1920–2013), American Major League Baseball outfielder * Babe McCarthy (1923–1975), American professional and collegiate basketball coach * Babe Paley (1915–1978), American socialite and style icon *

Babe Parilli Vito "Babe" Parilli (May 7, 1930 – July 15, 2017) was an American football quarterback and coach who played professionally for 18 seasons. Parilli spent five seasons in the National Football League (NFL), three in the Canadian Football League ...

(1930–2017), American quarterback in the National, American, and Canadian Football Leagues *

Babe Parnell Frederick Anthony Parnell (January 9, 1901 – May 29, 1982) was an American football player who played four seasons with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He first enrolled at Colgate University before transferring to Alle ...

(1901–1982), American football player * Babe Pinelli (1895–1984), American third baseman and umpire in Major League Baseball * Babe Pratt (1916–1988), Canadian ice hockey defenseman *

Babe Russin Irving "Babe" Russin (June 18, 1911 – August 4, 1984) was an American tenor saxophone player. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Russin played with some of the best known jazz bands of the 1930s and 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey a ...

(1911–1984), American jazz saxophonist *

Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Su ...

(1895–1948), American Major League baseball player *

Babe Scheuer Abraham "Babe" Scheuer (January 2, 1913 – March 13, 1997) was an American football tackle who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at New York University and attended James Ma ...

(1913–1997), American football player * Babe Siebert (1904–1939), Canadian National Hockey League player * Emmett "Babe" Wallace (1909–2006), American singer, composer, actor * Babe Ziegenhorn (1918–1970), American professional basketball player

Stage or ring name

Oliver Hardy Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his ...

(1892–1957), American comic actor sometimes billed as "Babe Hardy" early in his career * Babe the Farmer's Daughter, a ring name of professional wrestler and businessperson Ursula Hayden (born 1966)

Surname

* Jerome Babe (1837–1893), American inventor and miner * Thomas Babe (1941–2000), American playwright

Places

* Babe (Bragança), a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança, Portugal *

Babe (Sopot) Babe ( sr-cyrl, Бабе) is a village in the municipality of Sopot, suburban municipality of Belgrade, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 332 people. Mining In the early 2000, a new sports complex "Babe" wa ...

, a village in Serbia

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Babe the Blue Ox, companion of the mythical lumberjack Paul Bunyan * Babe, the title character of the Dick King-Smith book ''

The Sheep-Pig ''The Sheep-Pig'', or ''Babe, the Gallant Pig'' in the US, is a children's novel by Dick King-Smith, first published by Gollancz in 1983 with illustrations by Mary Rayner. Set in rural England, where King-Smith spent twenty years as a farmer, i ...

'' * Babe Carano, from '' Game Shakers'' * Babe Carey, a character in the American soap opera ''All My Children''

Films

* ''Babe'' (film), a 1995 Australian film based on the book ''The Sheep-Pig'' ** '' Babe: Pig in the City'', the 1998 sequel * ''

The Babe ''The Babe'' is a 1992 American biographical sports drama film about the life of famed baseball player Babe Ruth, who is portrayed by John Goodman. Directed by Arthur Hiller, written by John Fusco, it was released in the United States on Apri ...

'', a 1992 film about baseball player Babe Ruth starring John Goodman

Music

Groups

Babe (Dutch band) Babe was a Dutch girl-pop band in the 1970s and 1980s. The producer was Peter Koelewijn. History Babe was designed after Luv', another very famous Dutch girl-pop band, mostly performing bubblegum pop. The trio was formed by producer and perf ...

, a girl-pop band *

Babe (Serbian band) Babe ( sr-cyr, Бабе; translation: ''Grandmas'') is a Serbian rock band formed in Belgrade in 1992. Babe was formed as a supergroup, consisting of vocalist and guitarist Žika Milenković (of Bajaga i Instruktori), vocalist and drummer Gora ...

, a rock band * BaBe, a Japanese pop duo

Songs

* "Babe" (Styx song), from the 1979 album ''Cornerstone'' * "Babe" (Take That song), from the 1993 album ''Everything Changes'' * "Babe" (Hyuna song), from the 2017 EP ''Following'' * "Babe" (Sugarland song), from the 2018 album ''Bigger'' * "Babe", by Emeli Sandé from the album ''

Long Live the Angels ''Long Live the Angels'' is the second studio album by Scottish recording artist Emeli Sandé, released on 11 November 2016 by Virgin Records. The lead single from the album, "Hurts (song), Hurts", was released on 16 September 2016. Sandé embark ...

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Babe'' (comics), a comic book by artist/writer John Byrne

Other uses

* Tropical Storm Babe (disambiguation), one Atlantic Ocean and six Pacific Ocean cyclones *

Bristol Babe The Bristol Babe was a British-built light single-seat biplane, intended for the private flyer and produced immediately after the First World War. Only two flew. Development The Bristol Babe was the creation of Frank Barnwell, a flying enthu ...

, a single-seat biplane produced after the First World War * B.a.B.e., a women's rights organization in Croatia * Babe, a fragrance sold by Fabergé *A

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at video game conventions or comic book conventions