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 ...

(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 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), 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 ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who attend ...

Astronomy

* 1991 Darwin, 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 sou ...

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) Darwin was a suggested European Space Agency, ESA Cornerstone mission which would have involved a constellation of four to nine spacecraft designed to directly detect Earth-like Exoplanet, planets orbiting nearby stars and search for evidence of ...

, a European Space Agency project

Computing

Darwin (operating system) Darwin is an open-source Unix operating system first released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code derived from NeXTSTEP, BSD, Mach, and other free software projects' code, as well as code developed by Apple. Darwin forms the Unix ...

, 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 (ADL) Darwin is an architecture description language (ADL). It can be used in a software engineering Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of sof ...

, an architecture description language *

Darwin Information Typing Architecture The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) specification defines a set of document types for authoring and organizing topic-oriented information, as well as a set of mechanisms for combining, extending, and constraining document types. It i ...

Darwin Streaming Server Darwin Streaming Server (DSS) was the first open sourced RTP/RTSP streaming server. It was released March 16, 1999 and is a fully featured RTSP/ RTP media streaming server capable of streaming a variety of media types including H.264/MPEG-4 AV ...

People

* Darwin (surname), 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 Echeve ...

, 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 E ...

, 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 ...

, 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 The City of Darwin is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin City, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of a ...

* Darwin, Northern Territory *

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 ...

, 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 ...

, a short-lived community *

Mount Darwin (Tasmania) Mount Darwin is a mountain located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. With an elevation of above sea level, the mountain is situated on the West Coast Range. On the eastern side of the mountain is Darwin, a long-abandoned tow ...

Darwin Crater Darwin Crater is a suspected meteorite impact crater in Western Tasmania about south of Queenstown, just within the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park. The crater is expressed as a rimless circular flat-floored depression, in diam ...

, a suspected meteorite impact crater

Chile

* Darwin Channel * Darwin Sound * Cordillera Darwin, Tierra del Fuego, a mountain range ** Mount Darwin (Andes), in the mountain range

United States

* Darwin, California, an unincorporated community * Mount Darwin (California) * Darwin Falls, a waterfall in California * Darwin Township, Clark County, Illinois ** Darwin, Illinois, an unincorporated community in the township * Darwin, Minnesota, a city * Darwin, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Darwin, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community * Darwin, Texas, a ghost town * Darwin, Virginia, an unincorporated community

Outer space

Other

* Darwin, Río Negro, Argentina, a municipality * Darwin (ward), an electoral ward in Greater London * Darwin, Falkland Islands, a settlement * Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands * Mount Darwin (New Zealand) - see List of mountains of New Zealand by height

Schools in England

* Darwin College, Cambridge * Darwin College, Kent

Sport

* Darwin Baseball League, a North Australian league * Darwin Rugby League, 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, 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, Shrewsbury * The Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum, London#The Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum, London