Redbeard or Red Beard may refer to:
People
* Frederick Barbarossa (Redbeard), another name for
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (german: link=no, Friedrich I, it, Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on ...
(1122–1190)
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Oruç Reis
Oruç Reis ( ota, عروج ريس; es, Aruj; 1474 – 1518) was an Ottoman corsair who became Sultan of Algiers. The elder brother of the famous Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa, he was born on the Ottoman island of Midilli (Lesbos in p ...
or Redbeard (''Barbarossa'') (1474–1518), Ottoman naval commander
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Hayreddin Barbarossa or Red Beard (1478–1546), privateer and Ottoman admiral
* Ragnar Redbeard, pseudonymous author of 1896 book ''
Might is Right
''Might Is Right'' ''or The Survival of the Fittest'' is a book by pseudonymous author Ragnar Redbeard, generally believed to be a pen name of Arthur Desmond. First published in 1896,Gilmore, Peter H.; Introduction, Might is Right: The Authorit ...
''
* Redbeard, former DJ at Q102 in Dallas, Texas and host of ''
In the Studio''
Other uses
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Red Beard (nuclear weapon), a British tactical nuclear weapon
* ''
Red Beard
is a 1965 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, in his last collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune. Based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's 1959 short story collection, '' Akahige Shinryōtan'', the film takes pl ...
'', a 1965 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa
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''Redbeard'' (comics), a series of Belgian comic books
* Redbeard, a common epithet of
Thor
Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred groves ...
, a major god in Norse mythology
*Redbeard, the nickname for Victor Trevor, a childhood friend of Sherlock Holmes's, from the BBC television show ''
Sherlock''
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Redbeard (card game), the Swedish card game of Rödskägg
*
Redbeard Inc., an American comics publisher
See also
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Barbarossa (disambiguation)
Barbarossa, a name meaning "red beard" in Italian, primarily refers to:
* Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190), Holy Roman Emperor
* Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478–1546), Ottoman admiral
* Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Uni ...
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Bluebeard (disambiguation)
Bluebeard is the title character in a 1697 fairy-tale by Charles Perrault.
Bluebeard may also refer to:
People
*Joe Ball (1896-1938), American serial killer
*Clara Green Carl (1877-???), American suspected serial killer
* Alfred Leonard Cline (18 ...
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Blackbeard (disambiguation)
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