Icarus In Greek mythology, Icarus (; , ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of King Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, Minos suspected that Icarus and Daedalu ...

is a character in Greek mythology. Icarus or Ikarus may also refer to:

People

* Roger Squires (1932–2023), crossword compiler who has used the pseudonym Icarus *

Icarus (wrestler) Ronald Grams (born July 26, 1982) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is known for his 18-year tenure with the Chikara (professional wrestling), Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he debuted under the nam ...

(born 1982), wrestler with the Chikara organization

Places

Icarus (island) Ikaria, also spelled Icaria (; ), is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos. Administratively, Ikaria forms a separate municipality within the Ikaria regional unit, which is part of the North Aege ...

, in the Aegean Sea *

Ikaros (Failaka Island) Ikaros () was the Hellenistic name for what is now the Failaka Island of Kuwait. It is located southeast of the spot where the Tigris and Euphrates empty into the Persian Gulf. For thousands of years, the island served as a strategic point in ...

, in the Persian Gulf

Aviation

Aircraft

* Hartman ''Ikarus'', a 1950s British human-powered ornithopter * Icarus I, Icarus II and Icarus V, series of rigid-wing hang gliders designed by Taras Kiceniuk, Jr. *

Ikarus C42 The Ikarus C42 is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear, general aviation microlight aircraft, manufactured in Germany by Comco Ikarus. It is used primarily for flight training, touring and personal flying. Design and development The Ikarus C42 is ...

, a microlight aircraft * Ikarus IK-2, the most notable indigenous Yugoslav aircraft of the 1930s and World War II era * Icarus, a prototype space rescue vehicle tested by

Aleksandr Serebrov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov (, 15 February 1944 – 12 November 2013) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1967), and was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. He retired on 10 May 1995. ...

Aviation businesses and organizations

Ikarus Drachen Tomas Pellicci Ikarus Drachen Tomas Pellicci (English: Thomas Pellicci) is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Stephanskirchen, founded by Tomas Pellicci. The company specializes in the design and construction of beginner hang gliders for schools and fli ...

, a German hang glider manufacturer * Icaro Air, an Ecuadorian airline * Icarus School, a military aviation academy * Icarus, a Greek airline that preceded

Olympic Airlines Olympic Airlines (, ''Olympiakés Aerogrammés'' – OA), formerly named Olympic Airways, was the flag carrier airline of Greece. The airline's head office was located in Athens. The airline operated services to 37 domestic destinations and ...

* Ikarus, a Yugoslav aircraft manufacturer later renamed

Ikarbus Ikarbus a.d. (full legal name: ''Ikarbus – Fabrika autobusa i specijalnih vozila a.d.'') is a Serbian bus manufacturer based in Zemun, Belgrade. It was originally established as an aircraft manufacturer in 1923, under the name Ikarus. In 1954 ...

Other uses in aviation

Coupe Icare Coupe Icare, also known as the Icarus Cup, is an annual festival of free flight held between Saint-Hilaire (on the border of Chartreuse Mountains) and Lumbin (in the valley of Isère in France). The festival typically lasts four days and is held ...

("Icarus Cup"), a flight festival

Other businesses and organizations

Icarus Project The Icarus Project (2002–2020) was an American network of peer-support groups and media projects with the stated aim of changing the social stigmas regarding mental health. The project was rebranded as Fireweed Collective in 2020. History In 2 ...

, a mental health organization *

Icarus Theatre Collective The Icarus Theatre Collective is a British theatre company located in London, England. History The Icarus Theatre Collective is a mid-scale theatre company that functions as a collective. A team of artists and managers run the company under the d ...

, a British theatre company *

Ikarus (Hungarian company) Ikarus is a bus manufacturer based in Budapest and Székesfehérvár, Hungary. It was established in 1895 as Imre Uhry's Blacksmith Workshop and Coach Factory ''(Hungarian language, hun.: Uhry Imre Kovács- és Kocsigyártó Üzeme)'' and durin ...

, a Hungarian bus manufacturer *

, a Serbian bus manufacturer formerly known as Ikarus * Icarus FC, an association football kit and sportswear brand

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Icarus'' (''Planet of the Apes''), a spacecraft in the ''Planet of the Apes'' franchise *

Icarus Base "Air" is the three-part opening episode of the military science fiction television series ''Stargate Universe''. The first two parts aired on Syfy in the United States on October 2, 2009, while the third part aired on October 9. In Canada, SP ...

, a place in the series ''Stargate Universe'' * Icarus, an orbital superweapon in the James Bond film ''

Die Another Day ''Die Another Day'' is a 2002 spy film and the twentieth film in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It was directed by Lee Tamahori, produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and written by Neal Purvis and Rober ...

'' * ''Icarus I'', and ''Icarus II'', spacecraft in ''Sunshine (2007 film), Sunshine'' * Icarus (2010 film), ''Icarus'' (2010 film) (also ''The Killing Machine''), an action film * Icarus (2017 film), ''Icarus'' (2017 film), a documentary film by Bryan Fogel * Icarus (Scandal), "Icarus" (''Scandal''), an episode of the TV series ''Scandal'' * "Icarus", the eleventh episode of Smallville (season 10), ''Smallville'', Season 10 * "Icarus", the seventh episode of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 10), Law & Order: Criminal Intent''

Fictional characters

* Icarus (comics), a Marvel Comics character * Icarus, a mecha in ''Chōjin Sentai Jetman'' * Icarus, a Major Deus Ex characters#Icarus, ''Deus Ex'' character * Icarus, a character in ''Hercules: The Animated Series'' * Icarus, a character in ''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'' * Ikaros, a character in ''Heaven's Lost Property'' * Icarus, a primary character based on the Greek myth in the Cirque du Soleil show ''Varekai''

Music

* Icaros, shamanic medicine songs * Icarus (band), a band from London, England

Albums

* Icarus (Paul Winter Consort album), ''Icarus'' (Paul Winter Consort album), 1972 * Icarus (The Forms album), ''Icarus'' (The Forms album), 2003 * Icarus (Chicosci album), ''Icarus'' (Chicosci album), 2004 * ''Icarus'', 2011 EP by Periphery (band), Periphery * ''Icaro'', album by Renato Zero * Icarus (Cryalot EP), ''Icarus'' (Cryalot EP), 2022 * ''Icarus'', 2024 EP by Khary and Abhi the Nomad

Songs

* "Icarus", a 1969 song written by Ralph Towner, included on Icarus (Paul_Winter_Consort_album), ''Icarus'' (Paul Winter Consort album) * "Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel", a song by Kansas on the album ''Masque (Kansas album), Masque'', 1975 * "Icarus", a song by Santigold on the album ''Top Ranking'' * "Icarus", a song by Jason Webley on the album ''Only Just Beginning'' * "Ikarus", a song by Unheilig on ''Phosphor (album), Phosphor'' * "Icarus", a song by Bastille on the album ''Bad Blood (Bastille album), Bad Blood'' * "Icarus II", a song by Kansas on the album ''Somewhere to Elsewhere'', 2000 * "Icarus", a song by Eden on the album ''Vertigo (Eden album), vertigo'' * Icarus (Madeon song), "Icarus" (Madeon song), 2012 * Icarus (Greeeen song), "Icarus" (Greeeen song), 2015 * Icarus (R3hab song), "Icarus" (R3hab song), 2016 * "Icarus", a song by JJ Project on the EP ''Verse 2'', 2017 * "Icarus", a song by Emma Blackery from the 2018 album ''Villains (Emma Blackery album), Villains'' * "Icarus", a song by Starset on the album ''Horizons (Starset album), Horizons'', 2021

Other media

* Icarus (magazine), ''Icarus'' (magazine), a Trinity College student publication * Icarus (sculpture), ''Icarus'' (sculpture), 1973 by Michael Ayrton

Software and video games

* Icarus (video game), ''Icarus'' (video game), a sci-fi survival video game developed by RocketWerkz * Ikarus (typography software), a type design and production software developed by URW foundry * Ikarus (Scheme implementation), a free software optimizing incremental compiler for R6RS Scheme * Icarus Verilog, an implementation of the Verilog hardware description language * ''BioShock Infinite'', codenamed "Project Icarus" during development * Ikarus (chess), a computer chess program

Science and technology

Space

* 1566 Icarus, an asteroid * ICARUS experiment, a neutrino detector at Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy * Icarus (crater), on the Moon, named for the Ralph Towner composition by the Apollo 15 Astronauts * Icarus (journal), ''Icarus'' (journal), a planetary science journal * Icarus (star), most distant individual star detected (as of April 2018) * IKAROS, an interplanetary uncrewed solar sail spacecraft * Project Icarus (interstellar), a design study of an interstellar spacecraft based on Project Daedalus * Project Icarus (photography) (2009), a project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Other uses in science and technology

* Icarus (plant), ''Icarus'' (plant), a fern genus * ICARUS Initiative, an international project studying the migration routes of flying animals * IKZF1, a protein in humans that is encoded by the IKZF genes of the Ikaros family zinc finger group

Other uses

* HMS Icarus, HMS ''Icarus'', the name of several ships * , a patrol boat of the United States Coast Guard * Ikarus, a restaurant in Hangar-7 in Salzburg, Austria * Icarus affair, an incident involving the 1867 murder of two British sailors in Nagasaki * Operation Ikarus, a World War II German plan to invade Iceland