Paragon may refer to:

Places

Paragon, Indiana Paragon is a town in Ray Township, Morgan County, Indiana, Ray Township, Morgan County, Indiana, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 556 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 659 in 2010 United States ...

, a town in the United States * Paragon, Nebraska, former community in the United States *

The Paragon, Bath The Paragon in the Walcot area of Bath, Somerset, England is a street of Georgian houses which have been designated as listed buildings. It was designed by Thomas Warr Attwood. It now forms part of the A4. Numbers 1 to 21 are 3 storey house ...

, a Georgian street in the Walcot area of Bath * The Paragon, Blackheath, London, built by

Michael Searles Michael Searles (1750–1813) was an English commercial architect of large houses, particularly in London. His most notable achievement is perhaps The Paragon in Blackheath. Searles was the son of a Greenwich surveyor, also named Michael Sear ...

McLaren Technology Centre The McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Group and its subsidiaries, located on a site in Woking, Surrey, England. The complex consists of two buildings: the original McLaren Technology Centre, which acts as the main he ...

, formerly called the Paragon Technology Centre *

Hull Paragon Interchange Hull Paragon Interchange is a transport interchange providing rail, bus and coach services located in the city centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. The G. T. Andrews-designed station was originally named ''Paragon Station'', and together ...

, a railway station and transportation complex in Kingston upon Hull, England *

Paragon International School (Cambodia) Paragon International School (Formerly Zaman International School) is a private bilingual international school in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. Paragon ISC is certified by the Cambodian Ministry of Education, is a CIS (Council ...

, a private school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia * Paragon International University, a private university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Shopping malls

The Paragon, Singapore The Paragon is a luxury shopping complex located in the Orchard Road area of Singapore. Background It was redeveloped in the late 1990s, transforming it into a modern glass-covered building. It has been described as “posh and sleek”. In Janu ...

, a shopping mall *

Siam Paragon Siam Paragon () is a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the largest malls in Thailand, along with Iconsiam, CentralWorld and Central WestGate. It is located right in front of Siam BTS station, an interchange station on both Sukhumvi ...

, a shopping complex in Bangkok, Thailand

Companies

Paragon Cable Paragon Cable was a cable system based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was owned by Houston Industries. Beginnings Formed in the 1980s, Paragon Cable was the largest cable provider in Minnesota with 177,100 subscribers in the Twin Cities and So ...

, a cable company based in Minneapolis; acquired by Time Warner Cable in 1999 * Paragon China, a British manufacturer of bone china *

Paragon Gaming Paragon Gaming is a gaming company based in Enterprise, Nevada that owns and manages casinos in the United States and formerly in Canada. History Paragon Gaming was founded in 2000 by cousins Diana Bennett and Scott Menke, who were experienced gam ...

, an American casino company * Paragon Group of Companies, a British mortgage lender *

Paragon Software Paragon Software Corporation was an American video game developer based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Founded on December 12, 1985, by Mark E. Seremet and Antony Davies, the company was best known for games developed around licenses from Marvel ...

, a video game company founded in 1987 *

Paragon Software Group Paragon Software Group is a German software company that develops hard drive management software, low-level file system drivers and storage technologies. Overview The company is headquartered in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, with offices in t ...

, a software company founded in 1994 *

Paragon Solutions Paragon Solutions is an Israeli spyware company. Paragon has tried to market itself as more responsible than other spyware vendors as competitors like NSO Group and Cytrox, Intellexa have been involved in scandals. History Paragon was founded ...

, an Israeli spyware company *

Paragon Space Development Corporation Paragon Space Development Corporation is an American company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. Paragon is a provider of environmental controls for extreme and hazardous environments. They design, build, test and operate life-support systems and l ...

, a space hardware company * Paragon Studios, a video game company founded in 2007 *

Parragon Parragon Books Ltd, a United Kingdom publishing company, was formed in 1988 by friends Guy Parr and Paul Anderson. In 2001, it became part of D. C. Thomson & Co. History Parragon began its early years by developing business through overstocks ...

Books Ltd, a United Kingdom publishing company

In arts and entertainment

In comics

* Paragon (Cooper Roth), Marvel Comics superhero * Paragon (Maya), a fictional character in the video game ''Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects'' *

Paragon (DC Comics) Paragon is a supervillain published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Justice League, Justice League of America'' #224 (March 1984), and was created by Kurt Busiek and Chuck Patton. Fictional character biography In his initial appearance Par ...

, a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics

In gaming

Paragon (video game) ''Paragon'' was a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game developed and published by Epic Games, powered by their own Unreal Engine 4. The game started buy-to-play early access in March 2016, and then launched free-to-play access ...

, a cancelled MOBA video game *Paragon, an elite member of Dwarven society, revered like a god by Dwarves in the game '' Dragon Age: Origins'' *Paragon, one of the professions available in the PC game ''

Guild Wars Nightfall ''Guild Wars Nightfall'' is a fantasy action role-playing game and the third stand-alone campaign in the ''Guild Wars'' series developed by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT corporation. ''Nightfall'' was released worldwide on October 27, 2006, h ...

'' *Paragon City, a fictional city in the computer game ''

City of Heroes ''City of Heroes'' (''CoH'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game originally created by Cryptic Studios prior to the IP’s acquisition by NCSoft. Previously developed by the now-defunct Paragon Studios, it is currently developed ...

'' *Paragon Levels, a leveling system in the computer game ''

Diablo 3 ''Diablo III'' is a 2012 online-only action role-playing dungeon crawling game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment as the third installment in the ''Diablo'' franchise. It was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in May 2012, ...

'' *Paragon points, a type of scoring/level system in the game series ''

Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the galaxy using technology left behind by Elder race, a ...

'' *Paragon, a solid-state pinball table from

Bally Manufacturing Bally Manufacturing, later renamed Bally Entertainment, was an American company that began as a pinball and slot machine manufacturer, and later expanded into casinos, video games, health clubs, and theme parks. It was acquired by Hilton Hotels ...

. *Paragon, a type of upgrade in

Bloons TD 6 ''Bloons TD 6'' is a 2018 tower defense game developed and published by Ninja Kiwi and created in Unity. In ''Bloons TD 6'', various monkeys are placed around the map to defend against "Bloons" that are travelling towards the exit. The sixth a ...

In music

*"Paragon", a 2023 album by

Floor Jansen Floor Jansen (; born 21 February 1981) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She is the third and current lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Jansen first became known as the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band After Forever f ...

* ''Paragon'' (album), a 2004 album by Exists *"Paragon", a song by Northlane from the album ''

Mesmer Franz Anton Mesmer ( ; ; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorized the existence of a process of natural energy transference occurring between all animate and inanimate objects; this he cal ...

'', 2017 *"Paragon", a song by Omnium Gatherum from the album ''

Origin Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics and manga * ''Origin'' (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002 * ''The Origin'' (Buffy comic), a 1999 ''Buffy the Vampire Sl ...

'', 2021 *

Paragon (band) Paragon is a German Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Hamburg. History Paragon was founded by guitarist Martin Christian (who in many of the band's album booklets is written as Martin Wöbcke when it comes to songwriting-credits). Aft ...

, a heavy metal band from Germany *

The Paragons The Paragons were a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, initially active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was "The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt. Career The Paragons were originally Garth "Tyrone" Ev ...

, a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica *Paragon cymbals, a line of cymbals made by Sabian, designed specifically for drummer Neil Peart

Other uses in arts and entertainment

JBL Paragon The JBL D44000 Paragon is a one-piece stereo loudspeaker created by JBL that was introduced in 1957 and discontinued in 1983; its production run was the longest of any JBL speaker. At its launch, the Paragon was the most expensive domestic loud ...

, an iconic loudspeaker system from JBL *

John Paragon John Dixon Paragon (December 9, 1954 – April 3, 2021) was an American actor, writer and director. He was best known for his work on the television series '' Pee-wee's Playhouse'', where he portrayed Jambi the Genie and voiced Pterri the Ptero ...

(1954–2021), actor, writer, and director *Paragon, a sentient vessel from Robin Hobb's ''

Liveship Traders Trilogy The ''Liveship Traders'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels by American author Robin Hobb. A nautical fantasy series, the ''Liveship Traders'' is the second trilogy set in the ''Realm of the Elderlings'' and features pirates, sea serpents, a famil ...

Other uses

* Paragon (typography), the size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point *

Paragon (diamond) In Gemology, gemmology the term Wiktionary:paragon, paragon refers to any flawless diamond with a mass of at least 100 Carat (mass), carats. Currently the largest flawless natural diamond (as opposed to Synthetic diamond, synthetic diamond) in the ...

, a diamond that originated in Brazil weighing 137.82 carats * Paragon CRT, a method of corneal refraction developed by Paragon Vision Sciences *

Intel Paragon The Intel Paragon is a discontinued series of massively parallel supercomputers that was produced by Intel in the 1990s. The Paragon XP/S is a productized version of the experimental ''Touchstone Delta'' system that was built at Caltech, launch ...

, a series of massively parallel supercomputers * HMS ''Paragon'', the name of two ships of the Royal Navy *Paragon, a mountain bike in the

Gary Fisher Gary Christopher Fisher (born November 5, 1950) is considered one of the inventors of the modern mountain bike. Fisher started competing in road and track races at age 12. He was suspended in 1968 because race organizers cited a rule that his ...

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