Severin

Severin, Séverin or Severinus may refer to:

Places

* Drobeta-Turnu Severin, a region in Romania
* Severin, Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia
* Severin na Kupi, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
* Saint-Séverin (Paris), a church in Paris, France
* Severin, Germany, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

People

*any of several early or medieval Christian saints, including
**Severin of Cologne, 4th Century
**Saint Severinus of Noricum, the Apostle to Noricum, 5th Century
**Saint Severinus of Septempeda, 6th Century
**A hermit who lived on the site of the current Saint-Séverin church in the 5me Arrondissement of Paris
* Severin Roesen (ca. 1815-1872), a painter known for his still lifes of flowers and fruit
* Arban Severin, American composer, musician and film actress. Wife of Steven Severin
* Jakob Severin, who helped establish Ilulissat
* Jay Severin, an American radio show host
* John Severin, cartoonist
* Mark Severin, British artist (1906-1987) specialising in erotic art, especially bookplates
* Steven Severin, British musician and composer, member of Siouxsie & the Banshees
* Severin, a post-hardcore alternative rock band from Washington, D.C. that existed between 1989 and 1993.
* Tim Severin, explorer and writer

Fictional characters

* Severin von Kusiemski, a character in the novel "Venus in Furs" by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
* Severin, a character in the movie "Shortbus". The character, a dominatrix, presumably adopted her name as a reference to the character in "Venus in Furs"
* Severin Winter, a character who is a wrestling prodigy in "The 158-Pound Marriage", a novel by "John Irving"
* Severin, Severin, a character appearing in the Velvet Underground song "Venus in Furs", which is based upon the aforementioned novel, "Venus in Furs".

Firms

* Severin Elektro GmbH, a German electric appliance manufacturer

ee also

*Severino