# Valentine

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A **valentine** is a card or gift given on [Valentine's Day](/source/Valentine's_Day), or one's sweetheart.

**Valentine** or **Valentines** may also refer to:

## People and fictional characters

- [Valentine (name)](/source/Valentine_(name)), a given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional characters so named - [Saint Valentine of Rome](/source/Saint_Valentine), the eponym of Valentine's Day - [Pope Valentine](/source/Pope_Valentine), pope for two months in 827
- [Valentine (writer)](/source/Valentine_(writer)), pseudonym of Archibald Thomas Pechey
- Gary Valentine, stage name of [Gary Lachman](/source/Gary_Lachman) (born 1955), American writer and guitarist, member of the band Blondie
- Funny Valentine, the main villain of *[Steel Ball Run](/source/Steel_Ball_Run)*

## Places

### United States

- [Valentine, Arizona](/source/Valentine,_Arizona), an unincorporated community
- [Valentine, Indiana](/source/Valentine,_Indiana), an unincorporated town
- [Valentine, Kansas City](/source/Valentine,_Kansas_City), a neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri
- [Valentine, Nebraska](/source/Valentine,_Nebraska), a city
- [Valentine National Wildlife Refuge](/source/Valentine_National_Wildlife_Refuge), Nebraska
- [Valentine, New Jersey](/source/Valentine,_New_Jersey), an unincorporated community
- [Valentine, Texas](/source/Valentine,_Texas), a town
- [Valentines, Virginia](/source/Valentines,_Virginia), an unincorporated community

### Elsewhere

- [Cape Valentine](/source/Cape_Valentine), Elephant Island, Antarctica
- [Valentine, New South Wales](/source/Valentine,_New_South_Wales), Australia, a suburb of Lake Macquarie
- [Valentine Falls](/source/Valentine_Falls), a waterfall in New South Wales
- [Valentine, Haute-Garonne](/source/Valentine,_Haute-Garonne), France, a commune
- [Valentines (ward)](/source/Valentines_(ward)), a ward of Redbridge London Borough Council, Greater London
- [Valentine (river)](/source/Valentine_(river)), a river in the Haute-Vienne department, France
- [Valentines, Uruguay](/source/Valentines,_Uruguay), a town

## Buildings

- [Valentine Theatre](/source/Valentine_Theatre), Toledo, Ohio
- [The Valentine](/source/The_Valentine), a museum of local history in Richmond, Virginia

## Arts and entertainment

### Film and television

- [*Valentine* (film)](/source/Valentine_(film)), a 2001 horror film
- [*Valentine* (2017 film)](/source/Valentine_(2017_film)), a documentary by Paul Thomas Anderson about the making of the album *Something to Tell You*
- [*Valentine* (TV series)](/source/Valentine_(TV_series)), an American romantic comedy-drama television show
- ["Valentine" (*The Secret Circle*)](/source/Valentine_(The_Secret_Circle)), a 2012 episode of *The Secret Circle*

### Literature

- [*Valentine* (novel)](/source/Valentine_(novel)) an 1832 novel by George Sand
- [*Valentines* (short story collection)](/source/Valentines_(short_story_collection)), a 2007 collection of short stories by Olaf Olafsson

#### Performers and labels

- [Valentine Records](/source/Valentine_Records), an independent British label
- [The Valentines (doo-wop band)](/source/The_Valentines_(doo-wop_band)), an American group of the mid-1950s
- [The Valentines (rock band)](/source/The_Valentines_(rock_band)), an Australian band active from 1966–1970

#### Albums

- [*Valentine* (Snail Mail album)](/source/Valentine_(Snail_Mail_album)) (2021)
- [*Valentine* (Bill Frisell album)](/source/Valentine_(Bill_Frisell_album)) (2020)
- [*Valentine* (Roy Harper album)](/source/Valentine_(Roy_Harper_album)) (1974)
- [*Valentines* (EP)](/source/Valentines_(EP)), by Mariah Carey (1999)

#### Songs

- ["Valentine" (5 Seconds of Summer song)](/source/Valentine_(5_Seconds_of_Summer_song)) (2018)
- ["Valentine" (Jim Brickman song)](/source/Valentine_(Jim_Brickman_song)) (1997), a hit for Martina McBride
- ["Valentine" (Maurice Chevalier song)](/source/Valentine_(Maurice_Chevalier_song)) (1925)
- ["Valentine" (Delays song)](/source/Valentine_(Delays_song)) (2006)
- ["Valentine" (Laufey song)](/source/Valentine_(Laufey_song)) (2022)
- ["Valentine" (Lloyd song)](/source/Valentine_(Lloyd_song)) (2007)
- ["Valentine" (Måneskin song)](/source/Valentine_(M%C3%A5neskin_song)) (2023)
- ["Valentine" (Snail Mail song)](/source/Valentine_(Snail_Mail_song)) (2021)
- ["Valentine" (T'Pau song)](/source/Valentine_(T'Pau_song)) (1988)
- ["Valentine" (Jessie Ware and Sampha song)](/source/Valentine_(Jessie_Ware_and_Sampha_song)) (2011)
- "Valentine", by Fiona Apple from *[The Idler Wheel...](/source/The_Idler_Wheel...)*
- "Valentine", by [Blonde Redhead](/source/Blonde_Redhead)
- "Valentine", by Inhaler from *[Cuts & Bruises](/source/Cuts_%26_Bruises)*
- "Valentine", by Justice from *[Cross](/source/Cross_(Justice_album))*
- "Valentine", by [Kina Grannis](/source/Kina_Grannis)
- "Valentine", by [Tatiana Okupnik](/source/Tatiana_Okupnik)
- "Valentine", by Train from *[A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat](/source/A_Girl,_a_Bottle,_a_Boat)*
- "Valentine", by Xandria from *[Neverworld's End](/source/Neverworld's_End)*
- "Valentine", by XXXTentacion from *[Revenge](/source/Revenge_(XXXTentacion_album))*
- "Valentine", by YK Osiris from *[The Golden Child](/source/The_Golden_Child_(album))*
- "Valentine", by the Get Up Kids from *[Something to Write Home About](/source/Something_to_Write_Home_About)*
- "Valentine", by the Replacements from *[Pleased to Meet Me](/source/Pleased_to_Meet_Me)*
- "Valentine", from the musical *[Love Birds](/source/Love_Birds_(Sherman))*

## Sea vessels

- [HMS *Valentine*](/source/HMS_Valentine), four Royal Navy vessels
- [USS *Valentine*](/source/USS_Valentine), a 1945 World War II stores ship
- [*Valentine* (1780 EIC ship)](/source/Valentine_(1780_EIC_ship)), an East Indiaman

## Other uses

- [Valentine School (disambiguation)](/source/Valentine_School_(disambiguation))
- [Valentine tank](/source/Valentine_tank), a British Second World War tank model
- [447 Valentine](/source/447_Valentine), an asteroid
- [Valentine (restaurant)](/source/Valentine_(restaurant)), a chain in Quebec, Canada
- Valentine, a racehorse who competed in the [1840 Grand National](/source/1840_Grand_National) Steeplechase
- Valentine, a [sunflower](/source/Sunflower) variety
- [Valentine Formation](/source/Valentine_Formation), a geologic unit in Nebraska, United States
- [Olivetti Valentine](/source/Olivetti_Valentine), a typewriter

## See also

- [Valentin](/source/Valentin)
- [Valentine Building (disambiguation)](/source/Valentine_Building_(disambiguation))
- [Valentine House (disambiguation)](/source/Valentine_House_(disambiguation))
- [Valentiner (disambiguation)](/source/Valentiner_(disambiguation))
- [Valentinian (disambiguation)](/source/Valentinian_(disambiguation))
- [Valentin (disambiguation)](/source/Valentin_(disambiguation))
- [Valentina (disambiguation)](/source/Valentina_(disambiguation))
- [Valentini (disambiguation)](/source/Valentini_(disambiguation))
- [Valentino (disambiguation)](/source/Valentino_(disambiguation))
- [Valentinus (disambiguation)](/source/Valentinus_(disambiguation))

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