- Barbarossa
Barbarossa (Italian: 'Red Beard') may refer to:
* Barbarossa, nickname of three famous people in history:
**Frederick I (Barbarossa) (1122-1190)
**Barbarossa I (c. 1474-1518), an Ottoman-Turkish privateer andBey ofAlgiers
**Barbarossa (Ottoman admiral) (c. 1478-1546), an Ottoman-Turkish privateer and Admiral-of-the-Fleet
*Operation Barbarossa , the codename used by Nazi Germany for its invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.The operation inspired a number of wargames, the most famous of which are:
*Barbarossa (board game) (1988) a riddle-based board game by Klaus Teuber
*Barbarossa (video game) (1992) for theSuper Nintendo Entertainment System
* Barbarossa (orBarbaroux in French), an Italian red wine
*Barbarossatown , the nickname for five cities in Germany
*Barbarossa Rugner , the Emperor of the Scarlet Moon Empire in Konami's "Suikoden"
* "Barbarossa" (2001), an album byOrplid
* "Barbarossa", a song bySordid Humor
*Barbarosa , a 1982 movie featuringWillie Nelson andGary Busey .
* "Barbarossa" (album) (1996) by Cubanate
*Barbarossa (Dune) , a Titan in the Dune Universe
*Hector Barbossa , a main character in thePirates of the Caribbean films.
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