Severn (disambiguation)

Severn most commonly refers to the River Severn, the longest in the United Kingdom.

Severn may also refer to:

Rivers

Australia

• Severn River (New South Wales)
• Severn River (Queensland)

Canada

• Severn River (central Ontario)
• Severn River (northern Ontario)

New Zealand

• Severn River (New Zealand)

United Kingdom

• River Severn, the longest river in the United Kingdom
• Severn Estuary, the estuary of that river
• Bristol Channel, also known as the Severn Sea, the stretch of water to the west of the estuary
• River Seven, a river in North Yorkshire, England

United States

• Severn River (Maryland)
• Severn River (Virginia)

Places

Canada

• Severn, Ontario and Port Severn
• Fort Severn, a Hudson's Bay Company post at the mouth of the Severn River in northern Ontario
• Fort Severn Airport, Ontario, Canada
• Fort Severn First Nation, the northernmost community in Ontario
• Severn Bridge, Ontario, Canada

United Kingdom

• Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, England
• Severn (Caldicot ward), an electoral ward in Monmouthshire, Wales
• Severn Stoke

United States

• Severn, Maryland, a census-designated place
• Severn, North Carolina, a town
• Fort Severn, one of the three original military bases that now make up the United States Naval Academy

People

People with the given name

• Severn Cullis-Suzuki (born 1979), environmental activist, speaker, television host and author
• Severn Darden (1929–1995), American comedian
• Severn Teackle Wallis (1816–1894), American lawyer

People with the surname

• Christopher Severn (born 1935), American former screen actor
• Claud Severn (1869–1933), British colonial governor of Hong Kong, son of Walter Severn
• Cliff Severn (1925-2014), American cricketer and child screen actor
• Dan Severn (born 1958), American martial artist and professional wrestler
• Edmund Severn (1862–1942), American violinist and composer
• Ernest Severn (1933-1987), American child screen actor
• James Severn (born 1991), English association footballer
• John Severn (1781–1875), English politician
• Joseph Severn (1793–1879), English portrait and subject painter
• Raymond Severn (1930-1994), American cricketer and child screen actor
• Walter Severn (1830–1904), English watercolour artist, son of Joseph Severn
• William Severn (1938-1983), American child screen actor
• Winston Severn (born 1942), American former cricketer and child screen actor
• Yvonne Severn (1927-2006), American child screen actress

People with the title

• Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1964) has the title Viscount Severn as one of his subsidiary titles.

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Severn Sound, a UK Independent Local Radio station that broadcast throughout Gloucestershire
• Severn Valley (Cthulhu Mythos), a fictional setting in the writings of Ramsey Campbell
• The Severn (radio), a radio station serving Shrewsbury and Oswestry, England

Ships

• HMS Severn, the name of nine ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy
• Severn-class lifeboat, the largest class of lifeboat used by the RNLI
• SS Severn River
• USS Severn (1867), a ship from the American Civil War

Other uses

• Severn, a codename of an early beta version of the Fedora operating system, then known as Red Hat Linux 9.0.93
• Severn School, an independent preparatory school in Severna Park, Maryland

See also

• Seven (disambiguation)
• Severny (disambiguation)