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Places in the United States

* Birdie, Georgia, an unincorporated community *
Birdie, Mississippi Birdie is an unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi. Birdie is located on Mississippi Highway 315, northwest of Marks. References Unincorporated communities in Quitman County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities ...
, an unincorporated community


People with the name

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Birdie Blye Birdice Blye-Richardson (March 24, 1871 - June 23, 1935) better known as Birdie Blye, was an American pianist. At 5 year old she was "an infant prodigy" who was taught by the best teachers in the United States and Europe. At the age of 10, she ...
(1871–1935), American pianist *
Birdy (singer) Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den BogaerdeDebrett's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, Kelly's Directories, 2000 pg. 1629 (born 15 May 1996), better known by her stage name Birdy, is an English singer and songwriter. She won the music c ...
(born 1996), the stage name of English singer-songwriter Jasmine van den Bogaerde * Birdy, pseudonym of a former guitarist of the glam punk band Trashcan Darlings *
Henry Robertson Bowers Henry Robertson Bowers (29 July 1883 – c. 29 March 1912) was one of Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910–1913, all of whom died during their return from the South Pole. Early life Bowers was b ...
(1883–1912), nicknamed "Birdie", participant in Robert Falcon Scott's doomed race to the South Pole *
Byrd Spilman Dewey Byrd "Birdie" Spilman Dewey (née Julia Bird Spilman; February 16, 1856 – April 1, 1942) was an American author, land investor, and co-developer of the Town of Boynton. She lived in Florida from 1881 until her death in 1942. Her best known w ...
(1856–1942), nicknamed "Birdie", American author and land investor * Birdy Sweeney (1931–1999), Irish actor and comedian * Birdie Tebbetts (1912–1999), American baseball player and manager * Jack Ward ( 1553–1622), nicknamed "Birdy", notorious English pirate and Barbary Corsair


Arts and entertainment


Fictional characters

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Birdie (Street Fighter) The main titles of the ''Street Fighter'' fighting game series have introduced a varied cast of 80 ''World Warriors'' from the main series, and 34 from several spin-offs, for a total of 114 playable characters who originated from different countri ...
, in Capcom's video games *
Betty Draper Elizabeth "Betty" Hofstadt Francis (formerly Draper) is a fictional character on AMC's television series '' Mad Men'', wife of Don Draper ( Jon Hamm) and mother of his three children. Blonde and beautiful but emotionally distant and immature, s ...
, on ''Mad Men'', whom Don Draper affectionately refers to as "Birdie" *
Birdie the Early Bird McDonaldland is a McDonald's media franchise and the fictional fantasy world inhabited by Ronald McDonald and his friends. Starting with the creation of Ronald McDonald in 1963 it is primarily developed and published by McDonald's, initial at ...
, the first identifiably female McDonaldland character *
Birdy (comics) Birdy is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Her first appearance was in ''X-Men vol. 2 #6''. Fictional character biography Birdy became the partner of Sabretooth. She would use her telep ...
, a Marvel Comics villain * Birdy, in the Conker platform video game series * Birdy, also known as Torii, a robotic pet in ''
Gundam SEED is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the '' Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has ...
'' and '' Gundam SEED Destiny'' * Birdy, the title character of ''
Birdy the Mighty is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. His initial attempt with the story ran in Shogakukan's ''Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' from 1985 to 1988, but it was eventually abandoned. Over a decade later, Yuki began a rebo ...
'', a Japanese manga series * Wang Po-Te in '' Your Name Engraved Herein'' goes by the name Birdy, named after the character in the movie of the same name


Music

* ''Birdy'' (Birdy album) (2011) * ''Birdy'' (Peter Gabriel album), 1985 soundtrack of the film ''Birdy'' * ''Birdy'', an album by Bloodthirsty Butchers * "Birdie", a song by Avril Lavigne from the album ''
Head Above Water ''Head above Water'' is a 1986 non-fiction book by Nigerian novelist Buchi Emecheta. It was published in 1986 in the African Writers Series by Heinemann and has been described as " anecdotal autobiography." Plot summary ''Head above Water'' is ...
'' * "Birdy", a song by British Sea Power from the single "
Remember Me Remember Me may refer to: Film and television Film * Remember Me (1979 film), ''Remember Me'' (1979 film), an American documentary short by Dick Young * Remember Me (1985 film), ''Remember Me'' (1985 film), an Australian TV movie * Remember Me? (f ...
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Other

* ''Birdie'' (novel), by Tracey Lindberg * ''Birdy'' (novel), by William Wharton * ''Birdie'' (film), starring Maeve Dermody and Sam Parsonson, and directed by Shelly Lauman * ''Birdy'' (film), starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage, and directed by Alan Parker, based on Wharton's novel * Birdie (given name)


Brands and enterprises

* Birdy (bicycle), a folding bicycle * Birdy Airlines (2002–2004), an airline based in Belgium


Sports

* Birdie (golf), a score of one under par on a hole in golf * A
gun dog Gun dogs, or bird dogs, are types of hunting dogs developed to assist hunters in finding and retrieving game, usually quail, dove, or duck. Gun dogs are divided into three primary types: retrievers, flushing dogs, and pointing breeds. Types ...
that gets excited by birds *
Shuttlecock A shuttlecock (also called a birdie or shuttle) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or plastic (or a synthetic alternative) embedded into a rounded cork (or rubber) base. T ...
, in badminton


Other uses

* Birdie, the common nickname for a small
parabolic aluminized reflector light A parabolic aluminized reflector lamp (PAR lamp or simply PAR) is a type of electric lamp that is widely used in commercial, residential, and transportation illumination. It produces a highly directional beam. Usage includes theatrical lightin ...
* Birdy, unwanted artifacts that occur in
noise reduction Noise reduction is the process of removing noise from a signal. Noise reduction techniques exist for audio and images. Noise reduction algorithms may distort the signal to some degree. Noise rejection is the ability of a circuit to isolate an un ...
or in "frequency mixing". * BIRDIE, Martin AN/GSG-5 Battery Integration and Radar Display Equipment


See also

* Byrdie Green (1936–2008), American jazz and R&B singer {{disambiguation Nicknames Lists of people by nickname fr:Vocabulaire du golf#B