Severn (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Severn most commonly refers to the River Severn, the longest in the United Kingdom.
Severn may also refer to:
Rivers
[edit]Australia
[edit]Canada
[edit]New Zealand
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]- River Severn, the longest river in the United Kingdom
- Severn Estuary, the estuary of that river
- Bristol Channel, also known as the Severn Sea, the stretch of water to the west of the estuary
- River Seven, a river in North Yorkshire, England
United States
[edit]Places
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Severn, Ontario and Port Severn
- Fort Severn, a Hudson's Bay Company post at the mouth of the Severn River in northern Ontario
- Fort Severn Airport, Ontario, Canada
- Fort Severn First Nation, the northernmost community in Ontario
- Severn Bridge, Ontario, Canada
United Kingdom
[edit]- Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, England
- Severn (Caldicot ward), an electoral ward in Monmouthshire, Wales
- Severn Stoke
United States
[edit]- Severn, Maryland, a census-designated place
- Severn, North Carolina, a town
- Fort Severn, one of the three original military bases that now make up the United States Naval Academy
People
[edit]People with the given name
[edit]- Severn Cullis-Suzuki (born 1979), environmental activist, speaker, television host and author
- Severn Darden (1929–1995), American comedian
- Severn Teackle Wallis (1816–1894), American lawyer
People with the surname
[edit]- Christopher Severn (born 1935), American former screen actor
- Claud Severn (1869–1933), British colonial governor of Hong Kong, son of Walter Severn
- Cliff Severn (1925-2014), American cricketer and child screen actor
- Dan Severn (born 1958), American martial artist and professional wrestler
- Edmund Severn (1862–1942), American violinist and composer
- Ernest Severn (1933-1987), American child screen actor
- James Severn (born 1991), English association footballer
- John Severn (1781–1875), English politician
- Joseph Severn (1793–1879), English portrait and subject painter
- Raymond Severn (1930-1994), American cricketer and child screen actor
- Walter Severn (1830–1904), English watercolour artist, son of Joseph Severn
- William Severn (1938-1983), American child screen actor
- Winston Severn (born 1942), American former cricketer and child screen actor
- Yvonne Severn (1927-2006), American child screen actress
People with the title
[edit]- Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1964) has the title Viscount Severn as one of his subsidiary titles.
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Severn Sound, a UK Independent Local Radio station that broadcast throughout Gloucestershire
- Severn Valley (Cthulhu Mythos), a fictional setting in the writings of Ramsey Campbell
- The Severn (radio), a radio station serving Shrewsbury and Oswestry, England
Ships
[edit]- HMS Severn, the name of nine ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy
- Severn-class lifeboat, the largest class of lifeboat used by the RNLI
- SS Severn River
- USS Severn (1867), a ship from the American Civil War
Other uses
[edit]- Severn, a codename of an early beta version of the Fedora operating system, then known as Red Hat Linux 9.0.93
- Severn School, an independent preparatory school in Severna Park, Maryland