Birdman

Birdman or birdmen may refer to:

Flying

• Avian humanoid, a person with avian characteristics in mythology, folklore, and popular fiction
• Birdman, a wingsuit flying parachutist
  • Birdman Rally, a competition where people attempt to fly with home-made contraptions
  • International Birdman, the original Birdman rally

Business

• Birdman Enterprises, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer from 1973 to 1987
• Birdman Aircraft, an American ultralight manufacturer in the 1970s and early 80s
• Birdman, a brand of wingsuits owned by Jari Kuosma

Arts and entertainment

Music

• "Birdman", a 1970 song by Ian McDonald and Michael Giles from the album McDonald and Giles
• "Birdmen", a 1982 song by Felt from the album Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty
• "Birdman", a 1994 song by Ride from the album Carnival of Light
• "The Birdman" (song), a 1994 song by Our Lady Peace
• Birdman (album), a 2002 album by Birdman, then known as Baby
• Birdman (film score), a soundtrack album from the 2014 film
• Birdman Records, an independent music label
• "Jean the Birdman", 1993 music video

Film and television

• The Bird Men (former name The Birder), a 2013 film starring Fred Willard
• Birdman (film), also called Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), a 2014 film by Alejandro González Iñárritu
• Birdperson, a character in the television series Rick and Morty
• Harvey Birdman, a fictional Hanna-Barbera character
  • Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
  • Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Comics and literature

• Bird-Man, the alias shared by three villainous Marvel Comics characters
• Birdman, a character in Birdman and Chicken, 1970s British comic strip
• Birdman, a character in Fujiko F. Fujio's manga Perman
• Birdman (novel), a 2000 novel by Mo Hayder
• Birdmen (manga), a 2013 manga series by Yellow Tanabe

People

• Chris Andersen (born 1978), American retired basketball player nicknamed "The Birdman"
• Lincoln Beachey (1887–1915), American pioneering aviator sometimes called the "Master Birdman"
• Birdman (rapper) (born 1969), stage name for American rapper Bryan Williams
• Brett Burton (born 1978), Australian Rules Footballer for the Adelaide Crows
• Tony Hawk (born 1968), American skateboarder nicknamed "The Birdman"
• Albin K. Longren (1882–1950), American aviation pioneer
• Robert Stroud (1890–1963), the "Birdman of Alcatraz", American prisoner and author famous for raising birds
• Koko B. Ware (James Ware, born 1957), American professional wrestler

Other uses

• Birdman, the avian themed dancing warrior from artwork connected to the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
• Tangata manu (literally "the bird-man"), the winner of a ritual competition on Easter Island

See also

• Bird people (disambiguation)
• Birdman burial, an elaborate elite personage burial from the Mound 72 archaeological site at Cahokia, Illinois, U.S.
• Birdman of the Coorong, a 19th-century Irish-Australian bushranger
• Hawkman (disambiguation)
• Junior Birdmen, a former boys club in the US
• Wingman (disambiguation)