Common may refer to: As an Irish surname, it is anglicised from Irish Gaelic surname Ó Comáin.

Places

* Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Clapham Common, originally common land, now a park in London, UK * Common Moss, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Lexington Common, a common land area in Lexington, Massachusetts * Salem Common Historic District, a common land area in Salem, Massachusetts

People

* Common (rapper) (born 1972), American hip hop artist, actor, and poet * Andrew Ainslie Common (1841–1903), English amateur astronomer * Andrew Common (1889–1953), British shipping director * John Common, American songwriter, musician and singer * Thomas Common (1850–1919), Scottish translator and literary critic

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Common'' (film), a 2014 BBC One film, written by Jimmy McGovern, on the UK's Joint Enterprise Law * Dol Common, a character in ''The Alchemist'' by Ben Jonson * Harvard Common Press of Boston, Massachusetts, a publisher of cookbooks and parenting books *'' The Common Room'', a former interactive TV show on ITV Play *”Common”, a song by Zayn from his 2018 album Icarus Falls

Religion

* Common (liturgy), a part of certain Christian liturgy * Common, translation of tum'ah, a biblical term for ritual impurity, used by some common English translations of the bible

Science and technology

* COMMON (user group), the largest association of users of mid-range IBM computers * COMMON, a Fortran statement * Common or

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Other uses

* Common (behavior), vulgar behavior or attitude of a common person * Common (company), an American coliving company founded in 2015 * Common (horse), a British thoroughbred racehorse * Common Application, an undergraduate college admission application * Common land or town common, land on which multiple entities share certain traditional rights, such as grazing livestock or collecting firewood * Common language, also known as

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