Lucifer (disambiguation)

Lucifer is a folklore figure associated with the planet Venus, subsequently used in Christianity as a name for the devil.

Lucifer may also refer to:

Astronomy

• Lucifer, the ancient Roman name for the planet Venus; see Venus in culture
• 1930 Lucifer, an asteroid

People

• Lucifer of Cagliari (d. May 20, 370 or 371), bishop of Cagliari (353–370/371)
• Lucifer of Siena (c. 306), first bishop of Siena
• Lucifer (wrestler), ring name of professional wrestler Tim Burke (1960–2011)
• "Lucifer", pseudonym used by composer Mort Garson for his 1971 album Black Mass
• "Lucifer", an alias used by Dunk Rock, vocalist for the band UFX
• Hendrick Lucifer (1583–1627), famous pirate and brute

Arts, entertainment, and media

Art

• Lucifer, 1945 bronze statue in entrance hall of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery by Sir Jacob Epstein
• Le génie du mal, known informally in English as Lucifer or The Lucifer of Liège, 1848 religious sculpture executed in white marble
• Lucifer (Stuck), an 1890 painting by Franz Stuck

Books, literature and periodicals

• Lucifer (magazine), a journal published by Helena Blavatsky
• Lucifer (play), written by Joost van den Vondel in the 17th century about the fallen angel
• "Lucifer," a 1964 short story by Roger Zelazny from The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories
• I, Lucifer (Duncan novel), a 2003 novel by Glen Duncan
• Lucifer the Lightbearer, an anarchist journal 1883–1906 by Moses Harman
• Lucifer (comics), with several meanings

Film and TV

• Lucifer (1921 film), lost Austrian film with Anita Berber
• Lucifer (2019 Indian film), a Malayalam film
  • Lucifer 2, its 2024 sequel
• Lucifer (2019 Nigerian film)
• Luzifer (film) 2021 Austrian film
• Lucifer (South Korean TV series), a 2007 television series
• Lucifer (TV series), a 2016 American Fox/Netflix television series

Fictional characters

• Lucifer (Battlestar Galactica), a Cylon character in Battlestar Galactica
• Lucifer (Cinderella), the family cat in Disney's animated movie Cinderella
• Lucifer, a character in the video game DemiKids
• Lucifer Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel), a demonic king character in Hazbin Hotel
• Lucifer, a character in Supernatural
• Lucifer (DC Comics), a character created by Neil Gaiman for DC Comics and later adapted into a TV show of the same name

Music

Groups

• Lucifer (multinational band), a Swedish/German heavy metal band formed in 2014
• Lucifer (British band), a solo rock project formed in 1972
• Lucifer (Japanese band), a rock band formed in 1999
• Lucifer, a 1970s Detroit soul/jazz group signed to Invictus Records

Albums

• Lucifer (Kenny Barron album), a 1975 album by jazz pianist Kenny Barron
• Lucifer, a 2003 album by Of the Wand & the Moon
• Lucifer (Shinee album), 2010
• Lucifer, a 2012 album by Peaking Lights
• Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10, a 2008 album by the Bar Kokhba Sextet composed by John Zorn

Songs

• "Lucifer" (Bob Seger song), 1970
• "Lucifer" (Blue System song), 1991
• "Lucifer" (Shinee song), a 2010 promotional single
• "Lucifer", an instrumental title from the 1979 album Eve by The Alan Parsons Project
• "Lucifer", a 2003 hip-hop song by Jay-Z from The Black Album
• "Lucifer", a 2007 single by Blutengel from Labyrinth
• "Lucifer", a 2009 song Behemoth from Evangelion
• "Lucifer", a 2015 song by XOV

Science and technology

• Lucifer (cipher), a block cipher which was the forerunner to DES
• Lucifer (crustacean), a genus of sea life
• LUCIFER, the Large Binocular Telescope in southeastern Arizona, United States

Other uses

• Lucifer match, an obsolete word for matches, especially the non-safety type tipped with potassium chlorate and antimony sulfide

See also

• Lucifer Hill, a mountain
• Lucifer Peak, a mountain in Canada
• Lucifer Rising (film)
• Lucifera (comics), an Italian comic character
• Lucifera Demon Lover, a film
• Luciferase, a bioluminescent enzyme
• Luciferin, a generic term for the light-emitting compound found in organisms that generate bioluminescence
• Luciferianism, a system of beliefs