# Birdman

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**Birdman** or **birdmen** may refer to:

## Flying

- [Avian humanoid](/source/Avian_humanoid), a person with avian characteristics in mythology, folklore, and popular fiction
- Birdman, a [wingsuit flying](/source/Wingsuit_flying) parachutist - [Birdman Rally](/source/Birdman_Rally), a competition where people attempt to fly with home-made contraptions - [International Birdman](/source/International_Birdman), the original Birdman rally

### Business

- [Birdman Enterprises](/source/Birdman_Enterprises), a Canadian aircraft manufacturer from 1973 to 1987
- [Birdman Aircraft](/source/Birdman_Aircraft), an American ultralight manufacturer in the 1970s and early 80s
- Birdman, a brand of wingsuits owned by [Jari Kuosma](/source/Jari_Kuosma)

## Arts and entertainment

### Music

- "Birdman", a 1970 song by Ian McDonald and Michael Giles from the album *[McDonald and Giles](/source/McDonald_and_Giles)*
- "Birdmen", a 1982 song by Felt from the album *[Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty](/source/Crumbling_the_Antiseptic_Beauty)*
- "Birdman", a 1994 song by Ride from the album *[Carnival of Light](/source/Carnival_of_Light_(album))*
- ["The Birdman" (song)](/source/The_Birdman_(song)), a 1994 song by Our Lady Peace
- [*Birdman* (album)](/source/Birdman_(album)), a 2002 album by Birdman, then known as Baby
- [*Birdman* (film score)](/source/Birdman_(film_score)), a soundtrack album from the 2014 film
- [Birdman Records](/source/Birdman_Records), an independent music label
- "[Jean the Birdman](/source/Jean_the_Birdman)", 1993 music video

### Film and television

- *The Bird Men* (former name *The Birder*), a 2013 film starring [Fred Willard](/source/Fred_Willard)
- [*Birdman* (film)](/source/Birdman_(film)), also called *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)*, a 2014 film by Alejandro González Iñárritu
- [Birdperson](/source/Birdperson), a character in the television series *Rick and Morty*
- [Harvey Birdman](/source/Harvey_Birdman), a fictional Hanna-Barbera character - *[Birdman and the Galaxy Trio](/source/Birdman_and_the_Galaxy_Trio)*, an American animated TV series (1967–1968) starring [Harvey Birdman](/source/Harvey_Birdman) - *[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law](/source/Harvey_Birdman,_Attorney_at_Law)*, an American adult animated television sitcom

### Comics and literature

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

## People

- [Chris Andersen](/source/Chris_Andersen) (born 1978), American retired basketball player nicknamed "The Birdman"
- [Lincoln Beachey](/source/Lincoln_Beachey) (1887–1915), American pioneering aviator sometimes called the "Master Birdman"
- [Birdman (rapper)](/source/Birdman_(rapper)) (born 1969), stage name for American rapper Bryan Williams
- [Brett Burton](/source/Brett_Burton) (born 1978), Australian Rules Footballer for the Adelaide Crows
- [Tony Hawk](/source/Tony_Hawk) (born 1968), American skateboarder nicknamed "The Birdman"
- [Albin K. Longren](/source/Albin_K._Longren) (1882–1950), American aviation pioneer
- [Jock Orr](/source/Jock_Orr) (1908-1988), a man known for feeding gulls in [Cathedral Square, Christchurch](/source/Cathedral_Square,_Christchurch)
- [Robert Stroud](/source/Robert_Stroud) (1890–1963), the "Birdman of Alcatraz", American prisoner and author famous for raising birds
- [Koko B. Ware](/source/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](/source/Southeastern_Ceremonial_Complex#Birdman)
- [Tangata manu](/source/Tangata_manu) (literally "the bird-man"), the winner of a ritual competition on Easter Island

## See also

- [Bird people (disambiguation)](/source/Bird_people_(disambiguation))
- [Birdman burial](/source/Birdman_burial), an elaborate elite personage burial from the Mound 72 archaeological site at Cahokia, Illinois, U.S.
- [Birdman of the Coorong](/source/Birdman_of_the_Coorong), a 19th-century Irish-Australian bushranger
- [Hawkman (disambiguation)](/source/Hawkman_(disambiguation))
- [Junior Birdmen](/source/Junior_Birdmen), a former boys club in the US
- [Wingman (disambiguation)](/source/Wingman_(disambiguation))

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