The

eagle Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...

is a large bird of prey. Eagle or The Eagle may also refer to:

Places

England

Eagle, Lincolnshire Eagle is a village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-west from Lincoln and east from North Scarle. Eagle is part of the civil parish of Eagle and Swinethorpe. The population of the civil parish take ...

, a village

United States

Eagle, Alaska Eagle ( in Hän Athabascan) is a city on the south bank of the Yukon River near the Canada–US border in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. It includes the Eagle Historic District, a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The ...

, a city *

Eagle Village, Alaska Eagle Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 67 at the 2010 census. The village was destroyed in spring 2009 during severe flooding. Ice dams formed on the river, ...

, a census-designated place *

Eagle, Colorado The Town of Eagle is the Statutory Town that is the county seat of Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 7,511 at the 2020 United States Census, a +15.41% increase since the 2010 United States Census. Eagle is the part o ...

, a statutory town *

Eagle, Idaho Eagle is a city in Ada County, Idaho, 10 miles northwest of Boise. The population was 30,346 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water ...

, a city *

Eagle, Illinois Eagle is an unincorporated community in Mountain Township, Saline County, Illinois, United States. Eagle is southeast of Harrisburg Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of ...

, an unincorporated community *

Eagle, Michigan Eagle is a village in southwest Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 123 at the 2010 census. The village is within Eagle Township in the southwest corner of the county. It is near Interstate 96 about northwest of Lan ...

, a village *

Eagle, Nebraska Eagle is a village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 1,024. History Eagle was platted in 1886 when the Missouri Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. An early variant name was "Sunl ...

, a village * Eagle, New Jersey, a ghost town *

Eagle, New York Eagle is an incorporated town in Wyoming County, New York. The population was 1,194 at the 2000 census. The town is on the south border of the county. History The town of Eagle was established in 1817 from a division of the town of Arcade. G ...

, a town *

Eagle, Pennsylvania Eagle (also "Uwchland", "Windsor" or the "Village of Eagle") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2020, Eagle had a population of 498. Located a ...

, an unincorporated community * Eagle, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Eagle, Wisconsin Eagle is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 1,950. The village is located within the Town of Eagle. History The town's name comes from an 1836 incident when pioneer Thomas Sugden and t ...

, a village * Eagle (town), Wisconsin *

Eagle, Richland County, Wisconsin Eagle is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 593 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Balmoral, Basswood, and Eagle Corners are located in the town. Geography According to the United States ...

, a town * Eagle Township (disambiguation)

Multiple instances

Eagle Creek (disambiguation) Eagle Creek may refer to: Places Canada * Eagle Creek (Burnaby), a river in British Columbia *Eagle Creek (Saskatchewan), a river in Saskatchewan *Eagle Creek Regional Park, a park in Saskatchewan * Rural Municipality of Eagle Creek No. 376, a ...

* Eagle Island (disambiguation) *

Eagle Lake (disambiguation) Eagle Lake may refer to: Cities, towns, townships etc. Canada * Eagle Lake, Haliburton County, Ontario * Eagle Lake, Parry Sound District, Ontario * Eagle Lake 27, Ontario (Indian reserve) * Eagle Lake, Kenora District, Ontario United States * E ...

* Eagle Pass (disambiguation) * Eagle River (disambiguation)

Outer space

Eagle Nebula The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and ...

Eagle (crater) Eagle is a 22-metre long impact crater located on the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) portion of the planet Mars. The ''Opportunity'' rover came to rest inside Eagle crater whe ...

, landing spot on Mars of the rover ''Opportunity''

Arts and entertainment

Films

* ''The Eagle'' (1918 film), directed by

Elmer Clifton Elmer Clifton (March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American writer, director and actor from the early silent days. A collaborator of D.W. Griffith, he appeared in ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) and ''Intolerance'' (1916) before giving ...

* ''The Eagle'' (1925 film), a silent film starring Rudolph Valentino * ''The Eagle'' (1959 film), a Polish film * ''Eagle'' (1990 film), a Croatian film * ''The Eagle'' (2011 film), a British film starring Channing Tatum * ''The Eagle'' (TV series), a Danish crime series

Music

Eagle Records Eagle Records is a British record label, a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment, itself a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In the United Kingdom, the label's managing director is Lindsay Brown, former manager of Van Halen, while in the Un ...

, a record label *

The Eagle Band The Eagle Band was an American jazz band during the Ragtime and Early Jazz periods, (1895–1929) stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana. The instrumentation of the band was clarinet, drums, trombone, trumpet, guitar, and string bass, with one pe ...

, an American jazz band in New Orleans (1895–1929) * Eagle, a rock band formed by former members of the

Beacon Street Union The Beacon Street Union was an American psychedelic rock band in the late 1960s, named for a street in their native Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The band was composed of Boston College students, singer John Lincoln Wright (September 23, ...

* ''The Eagle'' (album), a 1990 album by Waylon Jennings * "Eagle" (song), a 1977 song by ABBA * "The Eagle" (song), a 1991 song recorded by Waylon Jennings * "Eagle", a 2001 song recorded by Gotthard on the album ''

Homerun HOMERUN was a secret US aerial reconnaissance operation against the USSR in 1956. History Project HOMERUN was conducted between March and May 1956. During that time RB-47E and RB-47H reconnaissance aircraft flew almost daily flights over the North ...

Other arts and entertainment

* ''The Eagle'' (poem), written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson * ''The Eagle'' (novel), the final book in Jack Whyte's Arthurian cycle *

Eagle (Middle-earth) In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, the Eagles or Great Eagles, "The Council of Elrond", "Of the Ruin of Doriath" were immense birds that were sapient and could speak. The Great Eagles resembled actual eagles, but were much larger. Thorondor is s ...

, the Great Eagles of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth * ''Eagle'' (Calder), a 1971 abstract sculpture by Alexander Calder * ''Eagle'' (British comics), a UK comic * '' Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President'', a 1997 manga by Kaiji Kawaguchi * The Eagle, hero of the six-issue American comic book series '' Red Menace'' *

Eagle Transporter ''Space: 1999'' is a British science-fiction television programme that ran for two series from 1975 to 1977. In the opening episode, set in the year 1999, nuclear waste stored on the Moon's far side explodes, knocking the Moon out of orbit an ...

, a fictional vehicle from the ''Space: 1999'' television series

Businesses

Eagle Electric Eagle Electric Manufacturing Company, founded in 1920, was a maker of electrical devices, switches and circuit units based in Long Island City, New York, in the borough of Queens. History The company was founded by Louis Ludwig and his younger br ...

Eagle Food Centers Eagle Food Centers was a chain of supermarkets that operated in Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois for several years. The company was based in Milan, Illinois. The company operated stores under many names, including BOGO'S, Eagle Country M ...

, a former chain of grocery stores *

Eagle Games Eagle Games, now known as Eagle-Gryphon games, is a board game publisher. Background Eagle Games was founded in 2001 by Glenn Drover, and was bought by Ashland, Oregon-based FRED Distribution, Inc. doing business as Gryphon Games in 2007. From 2 ...

, a board game publisher * Eagle Insurance, a vehicle insurance agency based in Chicago, IL *

Eagle Mobile ALBtelecom Mobile, formerly known as ''Eagle Mobile'', is a mobile communication company that operates in Albania. Back in March 2008, it was first founded as a subsidiary of ALBtelecom, which had been privatized in October 2007, with a majority ...

* Eagle Pencil Company, now known as Berol * Eagle Snacks *

The Eagle, Cambridge The Eagle (formerly known as the Eagle and Child) is a Grade II listed public house in Cambridge, England which opened in 1667 as a coaching inn. It is the second oldest pub in Cambridge, after the Pickerell Inn. The street frontage, located o ...

, a pub * ''The Eagle'', a pub in Clerkenwell, London, the original

gastropub A gastropub or gastro pub is a pub that serves gourmet comfort food. The term was coined in the 1990s, though similar brewpubs existed during the 1980s. Etymology The term ''gastropub'' (derived from gastronomy) was coined in 1991, when David E ...

* The Eagle Tavern, a still-existing London pub cited in ''

Pop Goes the Weasel "Pop! Goes the Weasel" (Roud 5249) is a traditional English and American song, a country dance, nursery rhyme, and singing game that emerged in the mid-19th century. It is commonly used in Jack-in-the-box toys and for ice cream trucks. The song ...

'' * The Eagle (bar), a name shared by multiple gay bars

Computer software and hardware

Eagle (application server) EAGLE is a Web-based, mainframe-powered application server which provides direct, secure, high performance Internet access to mainframe computer data and transactions using real-time transaction processing rather than middleware or external gat ...

, a CICS-to-Web development environment *

EAGLE (program) EAGLE is a scriptable electronic design automation (EDA) application with schematic capture, printed circuit board (PCB) layout, auto-router and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) features. EAGLE stands for Easily Applicable Graphical Layout E ...

, an electronic design automation software *

Eagle Computer Eagle Computer of Los Gatos, California, United States, was an early microcomputer manufacturing company. Spun off from Audio-Visual Laboratories (AVL), it first sold a line of popular CP/M computers which were highly praised in the computer mag ...

, an early IBM-PC clone manufacturer *

Fujitsu Eagle The Fujitsu M2351 "Eagle" was a hard disk drive with an SMD interface that was used on many servers in the mid-1980s. It offered an unformatted capacity of 470 MBNet capacity available would range between 330-380 MB, depending on formatting in ...

, a model of disk drive popular in the 1980s * The development codename of the

Data General Eclipse MV/8000 The Eclipse MV/8000 was the first in a family of 32-bit minicomputers produced by Data General during the 1980s. Codenamed ''Eagle'' during development, its architecture was a new 32-bit design backward compatible with the previous 16-bit Eclipse ...

* Eagle, a

deep packet inspection Deep packet inspection (DPI) is a type of data processing that inspects in detail the data being sent over a computer network, and may take actions such as alerting, blocking, re-routing, or logging it accordingly. Deep packet inspection is oft ...

system

In the military

Fisher P-75 Eagle The Fisher P-75 Eagle was an American fighter aircraft designed by the Fisher Body Division of General Motors. Development started in September 1942 in response to United States Army Air Forces requirement for a fighter possessing an extremel ...

, a World War II US Army Air Forces fighter *

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force selected McDonnell Douglas's ...

, a fighter aircraft *

AAM-N-10 Eagle The AAM-N-10 Eagle was a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the Bendix Corporation for use by the United States Navy. Intended for carriage by the Douglas F6D Missileer fleet defense fighter, the Eagle program was cancelled before testing ...

, an American air-to-air missile *

Rolls-Royce Eagle The Rolls-Royce Eagle was the first aircraft engine to be developed by Rolls-Royce Limited. Introduced in 1915 to meet British military requirements during World War I, it was used to power the Handley Page Type O bombers and a number of oth ...

, a V-12 aircraft engine of World War I * Rolls-Royce Eagle XVI, an experimental aero engine developed in 1925 *

Rolls-Royce Eagle (1944) The Rolls-Royce Eagle Mk XXII is a British 24-cylinder, sleeve valve, H-block aero engine of 46 litre (2,807 cubic inches) displacement. It was designed and built in the early-1940s by Rolls-Royce Limited and first ran in 1944. It was liqui ...

, an H-24 aircraft engine of the late 1940s * , various British Royal Navy ships * , various United States Navy ships *

Eagle-class patrol craft The Eagle-class patrol craft were anti-submarine vessels of the United States Navy that were built during World War I using mass production techniques. They were steel-hulled ships smaller than contemporary destroyers but having a greater operatio ...

, a United States Navy class *

Mowag Eagle The MOWAG Eagle is a wheeled armored vehicle designed by the Swiss MOWAG corporation. It has gone through several generations of development. The current vehicle, introduced in November 2003, is the Eagle IV, which is based on the Duro IIIP chassi ...

, a reconnaissance vehicle * Roman eagle, the standard of a legion *

French Imperial Eagle The French Imperial Eagle (''Aigle de drapeau'', lit. "flag eagle") refers to the figure of an eagle on a staff carried into battle as a standard by the ''Grande Armée'' of Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars. Although they were presented with ...

Publications

* The Eagle (newspaper), a list of daily newspapers * ''The Eagle'' (magazine), the magazine of St. John's College, University of Cambridge * ''Eagle'' (British comics), an illustrated comics paper for boys (1950-1994)

People

* Eagle (name), a family name and given name, and lists of people with that name *

Laxsgiik The Laxsgiik (variously spelled) is the name for the Eagle "clan" (phratry) in the language of the Tsimshian nation of British Columbia, Canada, and southeast Alaska. It is considered analogous or identical to identically named groups among the nei ...

, the Eagle Clan of the Tsimshian First Nation of British Columbia, Canada *

Ed Belfour Edward John Belfour (born April 21, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Belfour was born in Carman, Manitoba and grew up playing hockey. He played junior hockey for the Winkler Flyers before going to the University of ...

(born 1965), Canadian retired ice hockey player nicknamed "The Eagle" *

Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards Michael David Edwards (born 5 December 1963), better known as Eddie the Eagle, is an English ski-jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the ...

(born 1963), British ski jumper *

Espen Bredesen Espen Bredesen (born 2 February 1968) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career At World Cup level he won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he performed badly, coming last in the nor ...

(born 1968), Norwegian former ski jumper dubbed "Espen the Eagle" * The Eagle, nickname of Anisur Rahman Zico (born 1997), Bangladeshi football goalkeeper * The Eagle and American Eagle, and

Jackie Fulton George Hines (born June 1, 1963) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known by his ringname Jackie Fulton, who competed in regional and independent promotions including the American Wrestling Association, East Coast Championship Wrest ...

, ring names of American retired professional wrestler George Hines (born 1963) * Starship Eagle, a ring name of

Dan Spivey Daniel Eugene Spivey (born October 14, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler best known under the ring names "Dangerous" Dan Spivey, Dangerous Dan The Left Hand Man, Danny Spivey, Mr. America, and Waylon Mercy, and initially worked ...

(born 1952), American retired professional wrestler * The Eagle, nickname of

Khabib Nurmagomedov Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov av, ХIабиб ГӀабдулманапил НурмухӀамадов (born 20 September 1988) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the lightweight division of the Ultima ...

(born 1988), Russian retired mixed martial artist

Radio stations

96.4 Eagle Radio Eagle Radio was a local radio station in the Surrey and North East Hampshire area of England. Based in Guildford in the Guildford College campus, Eagle Radio was part of the UKRD Group of radio stations. Launch Peter Gordon launched 96.4 The Ea ...

, a radio station in Guildford, England * CFXL-FM, a classic and contemporary rock station in High River, Alberta, Canada * CKCH-FM, a country station in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada * CKUV-FM, a classic rock station in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada *

KGLK KGLK (107.5 FM broadcasting, FM, "The Eagle @ 106.9 & 107.5") is a classic rock-formatted radio station licensed to Lake Jackson, Texas, and simulcast on KHPT in Conroe, Texas, Conroe. The facility is owned by Cox Media Group, and is part of a fo ...

, a classic rock station in Lake Jackson, Texas, US *

KKGL KKGL (96.9 FM, "The Eagle") is a commercial radio station located in Nampa, Idaho that serves the Boise area. KKGL airs a classic rock format. This station is also an affiliate for the Bob and Tom Show Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to: Plac ...

, a classic rock radio station in Boise, Idaho, US *

KNWN-FM KNWN-FM (97.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Oakville, Washington, and serving the Seattle metropolitan area and the Olympic Peninsula. It is owned by Lotus Communications. KNWN-FM broadcasts an all-news radio format, simulcas ...

, a classic rock radio station in Seattle, Washington, US *

WTOB (AM) WTOB (980 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, which serves the Piedmont Triad area. The station is currently owned by Richard Miller and Robert Scarborough, Ken Hauser and Richard Parker thro ...

, a radio station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US *

WXGL WXGL (107.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to St. Petersburg, Florida, and serving the Tampa Bay Area. It is owned by Cox Media Group and calls itself "The Eagle - Tampa Bay's Classic Hits." WXGL airs a classic hits radio format ...

, a classic rock station in Florida, US

Vehicles

Aircraft

* Airtrike Eagle 5, a German ultralight *

American Aerolights Eagle The American Aerolights Eagle is an American ultralight aircraft that was produced by American Aerolights, introduced in 1975. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' ...

, an ultralight * Buckeye Eagle, an American powered parachute * Wills Wing Eagle, an American hang glider

Cars

AMC Eagle AMC may refer to: Film and television * AMC Theatres, an American movie theater chain * AMC Networks, an American entertainment company ** AMC (TV channel) ** AMC+, streaming service ** AMC Networks International, an entertainment company *** AM ...

, American Motors, from 1980 to 1987 *

Eagle (automobile) Eagle was a brand of the Chrysler Corporation following the purchase of American Motors Corporation (AMC) in 1987 and marketed through the end of the 1998 model year. It was aimed at the enthusiast driver and promoted as more "European" than the ...

, Chrysler Corporation, from 1988 to 1998 *

Eagle HF89 The Eagle HF89 and its evolution, the Eagle HF90, is a racing car built and entered by Dan Gurney's All American Racers team, for the IMSA GT Championship. It was raced from 1989 until 1991 in IMSA's premier sports-car racing category, the GTP (G ...

, an IMSA Grand Touring Prototype built by All American Racers in 1989 *

Eagle MkIII The Eagle MkIII is a sports prototype racing car built by All American Racers in 1991 to IMSA GTP specifications. Powered by a turbocharged Toyota inline-4 engine, the car was campaigned in the IMSA Camel GT series by Dan Gurney's Toyota-sponsored ...

, an IMSA Grand Touring Prototype built by All American Racers in 1991 *

North American Eagle Project The North American Eagle Project was a jet powered car that was intended to challenge the (Mach 1.02) land speed record set by the ThrustSSC in 1997. The venture was a collaboration between Canadian and US engineers, pilots, and mechanics. In 20 ...

, to attempt the land speed record *

Eagle Mk1 The Eagle Mk1, commonly referred to as the Eagle T1G, was a Formula One racing car, designed by Len Terry for Dan Gurney's Anglo American Racers team. The Eagle, introduced for the start of the 1966 Formula One season, is often regarded as being ...

, a 1960s Formula One car

Ships and boats

* USCGC ''Eagle'', various US Coast Guard ships * , a ferry operated by Southern Ferries 1971 to 1975 * ''Eagle'' (yacht), a 12-metre class yacht * ''Eagle'' (ship), a 20th century freighter sunk to create an artificial reef * ''Eagle'' (steamboat), a 1900 passenger steamboat * ''Eagle'' (HBC vessel), a brigantine operated by the HBC from 1827 to 1837 - see Hudson's Bay Company vessels *

Herreshoff Eagle The Herreshoff Eagle, also called the Herreshoff Eagle 21, is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by Halsey Chase Herreshoff as a Cruising (maritime), cruiser and first built in 1976.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's ...

, an American sailboat design

Other vehicles

* Eagle Bus (1958–1993) * Lunar Module ''Eagle'', a spacecraft used in the Apollo 11 mission * South Devon Railway ''Eagle'' class steam locomotive

Other uses

Eagle (golf) In golf, par is the predetermined number of strokes that a proficient (scratch, or zero handicap (golf), handicap) golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the pars ...

, a score of two under par *

Eagle (heraldry) The eagle is used in heraldry as a charge, as a supporter, and as a crest. Heraldic eagles can be found throughout world history like in the Achaemenid Empire or in the present Republic of Indonesia. The European post-classical symbolism of t ...

, in a coat of arms *

Eagle (English coin) Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagles are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, ju ...

, a nickname for a 13th-century coin *

Eagle (United States coin) The eagle was a United States $10 gold coin issued by the United States Mint from 1792 to 1933. The eagle was the largest of the five main decimal base-units of denomination used for circulating coinage in the United States prior to 1933, the ...

, a $10 gold coin *

European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation The “European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation” (EAGLE) was created in 1985 by European scientific and technical information centres and libraries in order to produce the bibliographic database “System for Information on Grey Liter ...

, a bibliographic database producer * Racehorse that fell in the

1848 Grand National The 1848 Grand National Steeplechase was the tenth official annual running of a handicap steeplechase horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday, 1 March. It attracted a then record, field of 29 competitors for a prize valued a ...

The American School in London The American School in London (ASL) is a private, independent school in St John's Wood, London, England, for students from kindergarten through high school. The school's mission statement is: "The American School in London empowers each student ...

mascot * Eagle (typeface) *

Emerging and growth-leading economies Emerging and growth-leading economies (EAGLEs) are a grouping of key emerging markets developed by BBVA Research. The EAGLE economies are expected to lead global growth in the next 10 years, and to provide important opportunities for investor ...

, a group of emerging national economies