Paragon may refer to:

Places

Paragon, Indiana Paragon is a town in Ray Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 467 at the 2020 census. History Paragon was founded in the early 1850s about the same time the first store was opened in the community in 1852. A ...

, a town in the United States * Paragon, Nebraska, former community in the United States *

The Paragon, Bath The Paragon in the Walcot area of Bath, Somerset, England is a street of Georgian houses which have been designated as listed buildings. It was designed by Thomas Warr Attwood. It now forms part of the A4. Numbers 1 to 21 are 3 storey hous ...

, a Georgian street in the Walcot area of Bath * The Paragon, Blackheath, London, built by

Michael Searles Michael Searles (1750–1813) was an English commercial architect of large houses, particularly in London. His most notable achievement is perhaps The Paragon in Blackheath. Searles was the son of a Greenwich surveyor, also named Michael Sea ...

The Paragon, Singapore The Paragon is a luxury shopping complex located in the Orchard Road area of Singapore. Background It was redeveloped in the late 1990s, transforming it into a modern glass-covered building. It has been described as “posh and sleek”. In Janu ...

, a shopping mall *

Siam Paragon Siam Paragon ( th, สยามพารากอน) is a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the largest malls in Thailand, along with IconSiam, CentralWorld and CentralPlaza WestGate. Siam Paragon includes a range of specialty s ...

, a shopping complex in Bangkok, Thailand * McLaren Technology Centre, formerly called the Paragon Technology Centre *

Hull Paragon Interchange Hull Paragon Interchange is a transport interchange providing rail, bus and coach services located in the city centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. The G. T. Andrews-designed station was originally named ''Paragon Station'', and togethe ...

, a railway station and transportation complex in Kingston upon Hull, England *

Paragon International School (Cambodia) Paragon International School (Formerly Zaman International School) is a private bilingual international school in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. Paragon ISC is certified by the Cambodian Ministry of Education, is a CIS(Council o ...

, a private school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia * Paragon International University, a private university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Companies

Paragon China The Paragon China Company was a British manufacturer of bone china from 1919 to 1960, based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, previously known as the Star China Company, and more recently part of the Royal Doulton group. Paragon was noted for produci ...

, a British manufacturer of bone china *

Paragon Gaming Paragon Gaming is a gaming company based in Enterprise, Nevada that owns and manages casinos in the United States and formerly in Canada. History Paragon Gaming was founded in 2000 by cousins Diana Bennett and Scott Menke, who were experienced ga ...

, an American casino company * Paragon Group of Companies, a British mortgage lender *

Paragon Software Paragon Software Corporation was an American video game developer based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Founded on December 12, 1985, by Mark E. Seremet and Antony Davies, the company was best known for games developed around licenses from Marv ...

, a video game company founded in 1987 * Paragon Software Group, a software company founded in 1994 *

Paragon Space Development Corporation Paragon Space Development Corporation is an American company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. Paragon is a provider of environmental controls for extreme and hazardous environments. They design, build, test and operate life-support systems and l ...

, a space hardware company *

Paragon Studios Paragon Studios was a video game developer, and wholly owned subsidiary of NCsoft. Founded in November 2007 as NCsoft NorCal, the studio's remit was to further develop the ''City of Heroes'' and ''City of Villains'' franchises following the acq ...

, a video game company founded in 2007 *

Parragon Parragon Books Ltd, a United Kingdom publishing company, was formed in 1988 by friends Guy Parr and Paul Anderson. In 2001, it became part of D. C. Thomson & Co. History Parragon began its early years by developing business through overstocks ...

Books Ltd, a United Kingdom publishing company

In arts and entertainment

In comics

* Paragon (Cooper Roth), Marvel Comics superhero * Paragon (Maya), a fictional character in the video game ''Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects'' *

Paragon (DC Comics) Paragon is a supervillain published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Justice League of America'' vol. 1 #224 (March 1984), and was created by Kurt Busiek and Chuck Patton. Fictional character biography In his initial appearance Paragon faced ...

, a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics

In gaming

Paragon (video game) ''Paragon'' was a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena game developed and published by Epic Games. Powered by their own Unreal Engine 4, the game started buy-to-play early access in March 2016, and free-to-play access to its open beta s ...

, a cancelled MOBA video game * Paragon: The Overprime (video game), a MOBA video game by SoulEVE Netmarble *Paragon, an elite member of Dwarven society, revered like a god by Dwarves in the game '' Dragon Age: Origins'' *Paragon, one of the professions available in the PC game ''

Guild Wars Nightfall ''Guild Wars Nightfall'' is a fantasy action role-playing game and the third stand-alone campaign in the ''Guild Wars'' series developed by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT corporation. ''Nightfall'' was released worldwide on October 27, 2006 af ...

'' *Paragon City, a fictional city in the computer game ''

City of Heroes ''City of Heroes'' (''CoH'') was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game which was developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSOFT. The game was launched in North America on April 28, 2004, and in Europe by NCsoft Europe on Febru ...

'' *Paragon Levels, a leveling system in the computer game ''

Diablo 3 ''Diablo III'' is a hack-and-slash action role-playing game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment as the third installment in the ''Diablo'' franchise. It was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in May 2012, PlayStation 3 and X ...

'' *Paragon points, a type of scoring/level system in the game series ''

Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn and Preston Watamaniuk. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the known unive ...

'' *Paragon, a solid-state pinball table from

Bally Manufacturing Bally Manufacturing, later renamed Bally Entertainment, was an American company that began as a pinball and slot machine manufacturer, and later expanded into casinos, video games, health clubs, and theme parks. It was acquired by Hilton Hotel ...

In music

* ''Paragon'' (album), a 2004 album by Exists *"Paragon", a song by Northlane from the album ''

Mesmer Franz Anton Mesmer (; ; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorised the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all animated and inanimate objects; this he called "anim ...

'', 2017 *

Paragon (band) Paragon is a speed metal band from Hamburg, Germany. Biography Paragon was founded by guitarist Martin Christian (who in many of the band's album booklets is written as Martin Wöbcke when it comes to songwriting-credits). After releasing so ...

, a heavy metal band from Germany *

The Paragons The Paragons were a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, initially active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was "The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt. Career The Paragons were originally Garth "Tyrone" Ev ...

, a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica *Paragon cymbals, a line of cymbals made by Sabian, designed specifically for drummer Neil Peart

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* JBL Paragon, an iconic loudspeaker system from JBL *

John Paragon John Dixon Paragon (December 9, 1954 – April 3, 2021) was an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his work on the television series ''Pee-wee's Playhouse'', where he portrayed Jambi the Genie and provided the voice for Pterri ...

(1954–2021), actor, writer, and director *Paragon, a sentient vessel from Robin Hobb's ''

Liveship Traders Trilogy The ''Liveship Traders'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels by American author Robin Hobb. A nautical fantasy series, the ''Liveship Traders'' is the second trilogy set in the ''Realm of the Elderlings'' and features pirates, sea serpents, a family ...

Other uses

* Paragon (typography), the size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point *

Paragon (diamond) The largest flawless diamond in the world is known as The Paragon, a D-color gem weighing , and the tenth largest white diamond in the world. The gem was mined in Brazil and attracted attention for being an exceptional white, flawless stone of great ...

, a diamond that originated in Brazil weighing 137.82 carats * Paragon CRT, a method of corneal refraction developed by Paragon Vision Sciences *

Intel Paragon The Intel Paragon is a discontinued series of massively parallel supercomputers that was produced by Intel in the 1990s. The Paragon XP/S is a productized version of the experimental ''Touchstone Delta'' system that was built at Caltech, launched ...

, a series of massively parallel supercomputers * HMS ''Paragon'', the name of two ships of the Royal Navy *Paragon, a mountain bike in the

Gary Fisher Gary Christopher Fisher (born November 5, 1950) is considered one of the inventors of the modern mountain bike. Fisher started competing in road and track races at age 12. He was suspended in 1968 because race organizers cited a rule that his h ...

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