Veil (disambiguation)

A veil is an article of clothing.

Veil may also refer to:

Biology

• Veil (mycology), two structures associated with the fruiting bodies of some fungi
• Caul, a membrane sometimes found on the face of a newborn child
• A yeast film similar to flor, developing at the surface of wine in a barrel

People with the surname

• Hans-Jürgen Veil (born 1946), German wrestler
• Rüdiger Veil (born 1966), German legal scholar
• Simone Veil (1927–2017)French lawyer and politician
• Theodor Veil (1879-1965), a German architect; see Deutscher Werkbund § Members

Popular culture

Characters

• Veil (comics), a mutant in the Marvel Comics universe
• Veil, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
• The Veil, a creature in Doctor Who

Film and television

• The Veil (2016 film), a 2016 film directed by Phil Joanou and starring Jessica Alba
• The Veil (2017 film), a 2017 film directed by Brent Ryan Green
• The Veil (American TV series), a 1958 American horror/suspense anthology television series
• The Veil (South Korean TV series), a 2021 television series
• Veil (TV series), a 2023 Singaporean television series
• The Veil (upcoming TV series)

Music

• The Veils, a UK-based rock band
• Veil (album), a 1993 album by Band of Susans
• The Veil (album)

Other popular culture

• Veil, a subordinate gateway realm in the 2009 video game Wolfenstein
• Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, a 1987 book by political reporter Bob Woodward

Other uses

• Veil (cosmetics), used to fixate the makeup and give a finish
• Video Encoded Invisible Light, a technology for encoding digital information in the luminance signal for copy protection

See also

• Veiled (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Veil
• Vail (disambiguation)
• Vejle, a town in Denmark