Darwin may refer to:

Common meanings

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...

(1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection *

Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin ( ; Larrakia: ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory. It is the smalle ...

, a territorial capital city in Australia

Arts and entertainment

* ''Darwin'' (1920 film), a German silent film * ''Darwin'' (2011 film), a documentary * ''Darwin'' (2015 film), a science fiction film by Alain Desrochers * Darwin (''seaQuest DSV''), a dolphin in the TV series ''seaQuest DSV'' * ''

Darwin! ''Darwin!'' is the second studio album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, released in 1972 on the Ricordi label. It is a concept album about the birth and the evolution of life on Earth. The album is highly rated by progressive rock fans as one of the ...

'', a 1972 album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso * '' Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist'', a 1991 biography of Charles Darwin *

Darwin (Marvel Comics) Armando Muñoz, also known by his codename Darwin, is a mutant superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Edi Gathegi played the character in the film '' X-Men: First Class''. Publication history Darwin first appe ...

, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe associated with the X-Men * Darwin Watterson, a character from the 2011 TV series '' The Amazing World of Gumball''

Astronomy

1991 Darwin 1991 Darwin, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 6 May 1967, by Argentine astronomers Carlos Cesco and Arnold Klemola at ...

, a main-belt asteroid *

Darwin (lunar crater) Darwin is a lunar impact crater of the type categorised as a walled plain. It lies in the southeastern part of the Moon, and is sufficiently close to the limb to appear significantly foreshortened when viewed from the Earth. Attached to its sout ...

Darwin (Martian crater) Darwin may refer to: Common meanings * Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection * Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...

* Darwin (spacecraft), a European Space Agency project

Computing

* Darwin (operating system), the Unix base for Apple's iOS and macOS operating systems *

Darwin (programming game) Darwin was a programming game invented in August 1961 by Victor A. Vyssotsky, Robert Morris Sr., and M. Douglas McIlroy. ( Dennis Ritchie is sometimes incorrectly cited as a co-author, but was not involved.) The game was developed at Bell Labs, ...

Darwin (programming language) Darwin is a closed source programming language developed by Gaston Gonnet and colleagues at ETH Zurich. It is used to develop the OMA orthology inference software, which was also initially developed by Gonnet. The language backend consists of th ...

Darwin (ADL) Darwin is an architecture description language (ADL). It can be used in a software engineering context to describe the organisation of a piece of software in terms of components, their interfaces and the bindings between components. Darwin encoura ...

, an architecture description language * Darwin Information Typing Architecture * Darwin Streaming Server

People

Darwin (surname) Darwin is a surname that is a modern spelling of Anglo-Saxon and Old English name Deorwine. Notable people with the surname include: *Members of Charles Darwin's family: **Anne Darwin (1841–1851), daughter of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) **Berna ...

, a surname (including a list of people with the name) *

Darwin (given name) Darwin is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Darwin Atapuma (born 1988), Colombian cyclist * Darwin Cerén (born 1989), Salvadoran footballer *Darwin Cook (born 1958), American basketball coach and former player * Darwin Echever ...

, a given name (including a list of people with the name)

Places

Antarctica

Darwin Glacier (Antarctica) Darwin Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica. It flows from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin Mountains and the Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The lower part of the glacier was mapped by the British National Antarctic Exp ...

, Oates Land *

Darwin Mountains The Darwin Mountains is a group of mountains between the Darwin and Hatherton glaciers in Antarctica. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major Leonard Darwin, at that time Honorary Secretary of the R ...

, Oates Land *

Mount Darwin (Antarctica) Mount Darwin () is a prominent nunatak or glacier island, at the head of the Beardmore Glacier, near the edge of the polar plateau and about 5 mi WSW of Mount Bowers, rising to about 2,500 m (8,200 ft). It was discovered and named ...

, Ross Dependency

Australia

Northern Territory

* City of Darwin *

Darwin River, Northern Territory Darwin River is an outer suburban area in Darwin. The name of the locality derived from the Darwin River which flows through the locality.

Division of Darwin The Division of Darwin was an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1903 and abolished in 1955, west coast Tasmania locations at the last election held when it was replaced by the Division of Braddon. It was n ...

, a 1903–1955 election division

Tasmania

Darwin, Tasmania *''See also the Australian federal electoral Division of Darwin (1903–1955) for the electoral division now known as Division of Braddon'' Darwin was a surveyed and short-lived community at the eastern side of Mount Darwin on the West Coast Ra ...

, a short-lived community * Mount Darwin (Tasmania) * Darwin Crater, a suspected meteorite impact crater

Chile

Darwin Channel The Darwin Channel forms a westward continuation of the Aisén Fjord and links it to the Pacific Ocean at Isquiliac Island. It is located in the coast of Chile at approximately 45.4° south latitude. This is one of the main channels situated betwe ...

* Darwin Sound * Cordillera Darwin, Tierra del Fuego, a mountain range **

Mount Darwin (Andes) Mount Darwin () is a peak in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego forming part of the Cordillera Darwin, the southernmost range of the Andes, just to the north of the Beagle Channel. Monte Darwin was for a long time considered as the highest peak in ...

, in the mountain range

United States

Darwin, California Darwin is an unincorporated mining community in Inyo County, California, United States. It is located southeast of Keeler, at an elevation of . The population was 43 at the 2010 census, down from 54 at the 2000 census. History It is named a ...

, an unincorporated community *

Mount Darwin (California) Mount Darwin is a flat-topped mountain in the Sierra Nevada, on the border of between Fresno and Inyo counties in Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness of California. History Two Australian geologists, Ernest Clayton Andrews a ...

Darwin Falls Darwin Falls is a waterfall located on the western edge of Death Valley National Park near the settlement of Panamint Springs, California. Although there exists a similarly named Darwin Falls Wilderness adjacent to the falls, the falls themselves ...

, a waterfall in California *

Darwin Township, Clark County, Illinois } Darwin Township is located along the Wabash River in eastern Clark County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 347 and it contained 148 housing units. The township was named for the village of Darwin, which was named for the ...

Darwin, Illinois Darwin is an unincorporated community in Darwin Township, Clark County, Illinois, Darwin Township, Clark County, Illinois, Clark County, Illinois, United States. Darwin is located along the Wabash River across from the state of Indiana. Darwin wa ...

, an unincorporated community in the township *

Darwin, Minnesota Darwin is a city in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 350 at the 2010 census. It is one of several places claiming to be home of the largest ball of twine in the world. History Darwin was platted in 1869, and named f ...

, a city * Darwin, Ohio, an unincorporated community *

Darwin, Oklahoma Darwin is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in western Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States, nine miles west of Antlers, Oklahoma, Antlers. It is approximately one-half mile east of the Atoka Count ...

, an unincorporated community * Darwin, Texas, a ghost town *

Darwin, Virginia Darwin is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States. History Darwin was named for the son of a postal official. References

Unincorporated communities in Dickenson County, Virginia Unincorporated ...

, an unincorporated community

Outer space

Other

Darwin, Río Negro Darwin is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina.Ministerio del Interior

Referenc ...

, Argentina, a municipality *

Darwin (ward) Darwin is a ward of the London Borough of Bromley, named after Charles Darwin, who lived and worked in the ward for 40 years. Geography It is the largest ward in Greater London, covering a very rural area including Downe, Cudham, Leaves Green, Lu ...

, an electoral ward in Greater London *

Darwin, Falkland Islands Darwin is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, lying on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, north of Goose Green. It was known occasionally (and still is from time to time) as Port Darwin. At ...

, a settlement *

Darwin Island Darwin Island (Spanish: ''Isla Darwin'') is among the smallest in the Galápagos Archipelago with an area of just . It is named in honour of English scientist Charles Darwin. With no dry landing sites, Darwin Island's main attractions are fo ...

, Galapagos Islands * Mount Darwin (New Zealand) - see List of mountains of New Zealand by height

Schools in England

Darwin College, Cambridge Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded on 28 July 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after one of the ...

Darwin College, Kent Darwin College is the fourth-oldest college of the University of Kent, an English higher education institution in the United Kingdom. It was opened in 1970. Namesake After much debate, the college was named after Charles Darwin, the biologist ...

Sport

* Darwin Baseball League, a North Australian league *

Darwin Rugby League The Darwin Rugby League is a former rugby league competition based in Darwin, Northern Territory. The competition is administered by the Northern Territory Rugby League which is the body that takes care of the league's affairs. It administered the ...

, a North Australian league

Transport

* Darwin Airline, an airline in Switzerland * Darwin International Airport, an airport in Australia

Other uses

* Darwin (unit), a unit of evolutionary change *

Darwin Medal The Darwin Medal is one of the medals awarded by the Royal Society for "distinction in evolution, biological diversity and developmental, population and organismal biology". In 1885, International Darwin Memorial Fund was transferred to the ...

, awarded by the Royal Society for biology * Darwin Awards, tongue-in-cheek awards for people who remove themselves from reproducing through their stupidity *

Darwin Shopping Centre The Darwin Shopping Centre is the main shopping centre in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, comprising approximately 17 per cent of the town centre's retail offer by leasable area. It was built by John Laing Developments in 1989 and refurbish ...

, Shrewsbury * The Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum, London