8 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 8 or eight may also refer to:

Years

AD 8 AD 8 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camillus and Quinctilianus (or, less frequently, 761 Ab urbe condita). The ...

, the eighth year of the AD era * 8 BC, the eighth year before the AD era

Art

The Eight (Ashcan School) Robert Henri (; June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929) was an American painter and teacher. As a young man, he studied in Paris, where he identified strongly with the Impressionists, and determined to lead an even more dramatic revolt against A ...

, a group of twentieth century painters associated with the Ashcan School * The Eight (painters), an avant-garde art movement of Hungarian painters

Motor vehicles

Bentley Eight The Eight was Bentley's "entry-level" offering from 1984 until 1992. Distinguished mainly by a wire-mesh grille radiator instead of vertical slats, the Eight also had somewhat less equipment than the similar Mulsanne on which it was based. This ...

, Bentley's "entry-level" offering from 1984 until 1992 *

Leyland Eight The Leyland Eight was a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923. The car was designed by the chief engineer of Leyland Motors, J.G. Parry-Thomas and his assistant Reid Railton, and was intended to be the finest car available. I ...

, a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923 *

Mercury Eight The Mercury Eight is an automobile that was marketed by the Mercury division of Ford between 1939 and 1951. The debut model line of the Mercury division, Ford slotted the full-size Mercury Eight between the Ford Deluxe (later Custom) model line ...

, a first Post War Mercury car design * Morris Eight, a small car inspired by the Ford Model Y * Standard Eight, a small car produced by Standard Motor Company 1938–59 * Wolseley Eight, a four-door, light saloon car produced by Wolseley Motors Limited from 1946 to 1948 * Straight eight, automobile engine * Eight cylinder, automobile engine

Sports

Eight (rowing) An eight is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers, who sit in ...

, rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing *

Figure 8 (belay device) The figure 8 belay device is a piece of metal (usually an aluminum alloy) in the shape of an 8 with one large end and one small end. Usage This device utilizes a large surface area in contact with a climbing rope to provide sufficient friction ...

, rock climbing equipment also known as an "eight"

Transportation

8 (New York City Subway service) 8 was a designation given to two New York City Subway services. It was first used by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation for its Astoria Line from 1917 to 1949. The ex-Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) Third Avenue El subsequen ...

, designation given to several IRT services * 8 (Los Angeles Railway), a line operated by the Los Angeles Railway * Eighth Avenue (Brooklyn), a major street in Brooklyn, New York City *

Eighth Avenue (Manhattan) Eighth Avenue is a major north–south avenue on the west side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic below 59th Street. It is one of the original avenues of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 to run the length of Manhattan, ...

, a major avenue in Manhattan, New York City *

List of highways numbered 8 The following highways are numbered 8. For roads numbered A8, see list of A8 roads. For roads numbered N8, see list of N8 roads. Route 8, or Highway 8, may refer to: International * Asian Highway 8 * European route E08 * European route E008 ...

* List of public transport routes numbered 8

Film, TV, and theatre

* ''8'' (2008 film), an anthology of eight short films *'' 8: The Mormon Proposition'', a 2010 American documentary film * ''8'' (upcoming film), an upcoming Indian Tamil film * ''Eight'' (1998 film), a British short film directed by Stephen Daldry *

Channel 8 (disambiguation) Channel 8 or TV 8 may refer to Television networks, channels and stations * Channel 8 (Israel), a television channel in Israel; see List of television channels in Israel * Channel 8 (Singaporean TV channel), a Chinese-language television channel in ...

, several television stations * ''8'' (play), a 2011 play about California's Proposition 8 by Dustin Lance Black * ''Eight'' (play), the first play written by Ella Hickson

Literature

* ''The Eight'' (novel), an American author Katherine Neville's first novel

Music

Eight (Japanese band) Eight (sometimes typeset as √eight or THE EIGHT) was a Japanese visual kei rock band from Hokkaido. They were formed in 2004 by Nachi and Kyotaro after Nachi's previous band Werkmare had disbanded. The band used to be signed to Nachi's own labe ...

, a Japanese metal band *

Eight (Korean band) 8Eight () is a South Korean co-ed vocal trio group consisting of Baek Chan, Lee Hyun, and Joo Hee. On December 21, 2014, Baek Chan and Joo Hee's contracts with Big Hit Entertainment and Source Music expired and the group became temporarily disban ...

, stylized as 8Eight, a South Korean pop group

Albums

* ''8'' (Anggun album), 2017 * ''8'' (Arvingarna album), 2005 * ''8'' (Do As Infinity video), a 2004 video album * ''8'' (Gian Marco Zignago album), 2006 * ''8'' (Hunter EP), 2009 * ''8'' (Incubus album), 2017 * ''8'' (J. J. Cale album), 1983 * ''8'' (Kekal album), 2011 * ''8'' (Luis Fonsi album), 2014 * ''8'' (Statik Selektah album), 2017 * ''Eight'' (Do As Infinity album), 2011 * ''Eight'' (New Model Army album), 2000 * ''Ei8ht'' (album), a 2012 album by Nik Kershaw *''8'' (2008), an album by

Bo Kaspers Orkester Bo Kaspers Orkester is a Swedish pop-rock band with strong influences of jazz, formed in 1991. Consist of Bo Sundström, Fredrik Dahl, Michael Malmgren and Mats Schubert and won a Grammis award in 1998 for ''artist of the year''. Discography Alb ...

Songs

*"8 Ball" by Herb Alpert, 1985 *"Eight", a song by Karma to Burn from the album '' Wild, Wonderful Purgatory'', 1999 *"8" by Billie Eilish, 2019 *"

Eight (song) "Eight" (Korean: 에잇; ''eit'') (stylized in all lowercase) is a song recorded by South Korean singer-songwriter IU featuring Suga, a rapper of South Korean boy band BTS. It was released as a digital single on May 6, 2020 by EDAM Entertainmen ...

" by IU featuring Suga, 2020

Typography

*8, the X-SAMPA symbol for the

close-mid central rounded vowel The close-mid central rounded vowel, or high-mid central rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , a lowercase Ɵ, barred letter o. The character ɵ has been use ...

, equivalent to the IPA symbol *8, a common substitute for the ou-ligature ȣ *8, a letter in the

Old Italic script The Old Italic scripts are a family of similar ancient writing systems used in the Italian Peninsula between about 700 and 100 BC, for various languages spoken in that time and place. The most notable member is the Etruscan alphabet, which ...

(𐌚) with the value /f/

Other uses

*8, numerical symbol for the month of

August August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...

*8, the number used on a

seven-segment display A seven-segment display is a form of electronic display device for displaying decimal numerals that is an alternative to the more complex dot matrix displays. Seven-segment displays are widely used in digital clocks, electronic meters, basic ...

Windows 8 Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was Software release life cycle#Release to manufacturing (RTM), released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012; it was subsequently made available for downl ...

, an operating system by Microsoft *

Eight, West Virginia Eight was an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The Eight post office closed in 1936. See also * List of places with numeric names This is a list of places with numeric names. 0 * :nl:N ...

, an unincorporated community