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is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to:

Places

Dinamo (Moscow Metro) Dinamo (russian: Дина́мо) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line. It opened on 11 September 1938 as part of the second stage of the system. It was named for the former Dinamo Stadium, the home stadium of FC Dynamo Moscow. P ...

, a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia *

Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro) Dinamo (russian: link=no, Динамо) is a station of the Yekaterinburg Metro which was opened on December 22, 1994. It is located between stations Uralskaya and Ploshchad 1905 Goda. Dinamo stadium and the "Uralochka" Palace of Sporting Games ...

, a station of the Yekaterinburg Metro, Yekaterinburg, Russia

People

Dynamo (magician) Steven Frayne (born 17 December 1982), better known by his stage name Dynamo, is a British magician born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His television show '' Dynamo: Magician Impossible'' ran from July 2011 to September 2014, and saw him win th ...

, stage name of English magician Steven Frayne

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Dynamo (Fox Feature Syndicate) Dynamo is a fictional superhero that appeared in comic books published by Fox Feature Syndicate. He originally appeared in ''Science Comics'' #1 (February 1940) under the name Electro. He appeared for the first time as Dynamo in ''Science Comi ...

, a 1940s comic book character * Dynamo, a character from the ''Mega Man X'' series * Dynamo, a comic book character and member of the ''

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'' is a fictional team of superheroes that appeared in comic books originally published by Tower Comics in the 1960s. They were an arm of the United Nations and were notable for their depiction of the heroes as everyday peop ...

'' * Dynamo, one of the "stalkers" from the movie '' The Running Man'' * Captain Dynamo (comics), a fictional comic book superhero *

Crimson Dynamo Crimson Dynamo (Russian: Багровое Динамо, '; also Красное Динамо (Krasnoe Dinamo)) is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics who have all been powered armo ...

, the name of several fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe, most of whom have been supervillains *

Dynamo 5 Dynamo 5 is a fictional comic book superhero team created by writer Jay Faerber and artist Mahmud A. Asrar, which appears in an eponymous series published by Image Comics. The team first appeared in ''Dynamo 5'' #1 (Jan. 2007). The monthly ...

, a fictional superhero team appearing in the comic book of the same name *

Dynamo Duck Dynamo Duck (french: Saturnin le canard) was the main character in the children's series ''The Adventures of Dynamo Duck'', which aired on television in the early 1990s. Overview The origin of the series lies with the French film maker Jean Toura ...

, the main character in the children's television series ''The Adventures of Dynamo Duck'' *''

Dynamo Joe ''Dynamo Joe'' was a comic book series published by First Comics from 1986–1988. Created, plotted and drawn by Doug Rice, it was scripted first by John Ostrander then by Phil Foglio. Ben Dunn sometimes filled in for Rice on the art. The series ...

'', a 1980s comic book series *

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, a 1998 BBC educational character

Music

Albums

* ''Dynamo'' (Avengers in Sci-Fi album), a 2010 album by Japanese electro-rock band Avengers in Sci-Fi * ''Dynamo'' (Soda Stereo album), a 1992 album by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo

Other music

* Dynamo, a collaboration project of Muriel Moreno and Marc Collin of Nouvelle Vague * Dynamo Open Air, an annual heavy metal music festival held in the Netherlands

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''

'', a 1998 British educational programme and website * ''Dynamo'' (play), a 1929 play by Eugene O'Neill * ''Captain Dynamo'' (video game), a platform game developed by Codemasters and released for the Commodore Amiga and other platforms in 1993

Brands and enterprises

* Dynamo, a brand of laundry detergent, owned by

Colgate-Palmolive Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American multinational consumer products company headquartered on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The company specializes in the production, distribution, and provision of household, health car ...

* Dynamo Corporation, American manufacturer of pool and air hockey tables

Science, engineering, and technology

Astrophysics

* Dynamo theory, a theory relating to magnetic fields of celestial bodies * Solar dynamo, the physical process that generates the Sun's magnetic field

Software

* DYNAMO (programming language), a simulation language * Dynamo (storage system), a distributed data store * Amazon DynamoDB, a storage system

Sports

Association football clubs

* Dinamo Zagreb, a Croatian football club * Dynamo FC (disambiguation) *

FC Dinamo București Fotbal Club Dinamo București (), commonly known as Dinamo București or simply Dinamo, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest. Founded in 1948, they have spent almost List of unrelegated association f ...

, a Romanian football club *

FC Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...

, a Ukrainian football club * Houston Dynamo FC, an American soccer club

Basketball teams

* BC Dynamo Moscow, a Russian basketball team * BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg, a Russian basketball team * BC Dinamo Tbilisi, a Georgian basketball team * Dinamo Basket Sassari, an Italian basketball team * CS Dinamo București (basketball), a Romanian basketball team

Ice hockey teams

Dinamo Riga Dinamo Riga ( lv, Rīgas Dinamo) is a professional ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. The club is affiliated with HK Zemgale/LLU. The club was re-founded on 7 April 2008 as a successor of ...

, an ice hockey team *

HC Dynamo Minsk Hockey Club Dinamo Minsk (russian: Дина́мо-Минск; be, Дынама-Мінск, ''Dynama-Minsk'') is an ice hockey team based in Minsk, Belarus. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. Dinamo h ...

, an ice hockey team *

HC Dinamo Moscow HC Dynamo Moscow () is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League. Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and have won the ...

, an ice hockey team *

HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg Hockey Club Dinamo Saint Petersburg (russian: link=no, Хоккейный клуб "Динамо" Санкт-Петербург), is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. They are members of the Supreme Hockey ...

, an ice hockey team

Multi-sports clubs

* Dynamo Sports Club, a multi-sports club of the Soviet Union * SC Dynamo Berlin, a multi-sportsclub in East Berlin, affiliated to SV Dynamo * SV Dynamo, a multi-sports association of the German Democratic Republic *

CS Dinamo București CS Dinamo București is a Romanian sports society based in Bucharest. History The club was founded in 1948, after the merge of Unirea Tricolor MAI with Ciocanul București. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cs Dinam ...

, a multi-sports association of Ministry of Internal Affairs from Romania

Other sports

* Durham Dynamos, the limited overs team of Durham County Cricket Club * Dynamo Kazan Bandy Club *

Dynamo Moscow (bandy club) Dynamo Moscow Bandy Club (russian: Динамо клуб по хоккею с мячом, Москва) is a Russian Bandy club from Moscow which was founded in 1923. The bandy team plays in the new Ice Palace Krylatskoye in the outskirts of M ...

Dynamo Moscow (women's volleyball) WVC Dinamo Moscow (russian: ЖВК Динамо Москва) is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Moscow which is currently playing in the Super League. It was established in 1926 and dissolved in 1992, but was reestablished in 2004. I ...

Dynamo Leningrad (bandy club) Dynamo Leningrad (russian: Динамо Ленинград) was a bandy club which existed from 1924-1965 in Saint Petersburg. During that time, Saint Petersburg was called Leningrad. The club won the bronze medals in the Soviet Union champi ...

Futsal Dinamo MNK Futsal Dinamo is a Croatian professional futsal club from Zagreb, established on 21st March 2012. Futsal Dinamo is a List of fan-owned sports teams, fan owned club. Members of the club elect their leadership through democratic elections and t ...

, a Croatian futsal team * CS Dinamo București (men's handball), a Romanian handball team

Stadiums

Belarus

* Dinamo Stadium (Minsk), Belarus

Romania

* Dinamo Stadium (Bucharest), Romania

Russia

* Dynamo Sports Palace, an indoor sporting arena in Moscow * Dynamo Stadium (Moscow) * Dynamo Stadium (Bryansk) *

Dynamo Stadium (Vladivostok) The Dynamo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vladivostok, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the wor ...

Ukraine

* Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine

Uzbekistan

* Dynamo Samarkand Stadium, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Other uses

* Dynamo (typeface), a typeface designed by K. Sommer for Ludwig & Mayer in 1930 * Dunwich Dynamo, an annual bicycle ride from London to Dunwich, England *

Jugendkulturhaus Dynamo (), also known as the , is a youth center in Zürich, Switzerland. The space hosts workshops, concerts, and plays. It also includes a restaurant and club. History The Drahtschmidli opened as a spa on the Limmat in 1772. When he inherited it, W ...

, a cultural center for youth in Zürich * Operation Dynamo, the World War II mass evacuation of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk * In physics, dynamo theory is a mechanism by which a celestial body generates a magnetic field {{Disambiguation