Black Swan (disambiguation)
# Black Swan (disambiguation)

Black swan is the common name for Cygnus atratus, an Australasian waterfowl.

(The) Black Swan(s) may also refer to:

## Film and television

* The Black Swan (film), a 1942 swashbuckler film
* Black Swans (film), a 2005 Dutch drama film
* Black Swan (film), a 2010 film starring Natalie Portman
* "Black Swan", an episode of FlashForward
* "The Black Swan", an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm

## Literature

* Black Swan (imprint), an imprint of Transworld Publishers, UK
* The Black Swan (Lackey novel), a fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey
* The Black Swan (Mann novel), a short book by Thomas Mann
* The Black Swan (Sabatini novel), a 1932 pirate adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini
* The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, a 2007 book about uncertainty by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
* Black Swan (comics), a German Marvel Comics mercenary and enemy to Deadpool and Agent X
* "The Black Swan", a 1994 work of short fiction by Grace Andreacchi
* "Black Swans", a 1997 essay by Lauren Slater

## Music

### Artists

* Elizabeth Greenfield (1809–1876), or The Black Swan, an American singer
* The Black Swans, an American indie rock band
* Blackswan, a South Korean girl group

### Albums

* Black Swan (album), an album by Athlete
* blkswn, an album by Smino, or its title track
* The Black Swan (Bert Jansch album)
* The Black Swan (Story of the Year album), or its title track
* The Black Swan (The Triffids album)

### Songs

* "Black Swan", a 2020 song by BTS from Map of the Soul: 7
* "Black Swan", a song by Tori Amos from several singles including Past the Mission
* "Black Swan", a 2006 song by Belladonna from Metaphysical Attraction
* "Black Swan", a 2005 song by Greg Dulli from Amber Headlights
* "Black Swan", a 2007 song by Megadeth from some versions of United Abominations
* "Black Swan", an aria in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium
* "Black Swan", a 2006 song by Thom Yorke from The Eraser
* "Black Swan", a 2020 song by TWRP, from the album Over the Top

### Labels

* Black Swan Records, a 1920s US record label
* Black Swan Records (UK), a 1960s UK record label

## Pubs and hotels

* The Black Swan, Oldstead, an inn in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, England
* The Black Swan, York, a pub in York, England
* Black Swan Hotel, Devizes, an inn in Devizes, Wiltshire, England

## Ships

* HMS Black Swan (L57), a sloop of the Royal Navy launched in 1939
   * Black Swan-class sloop
* Black Swan-class sloop-of-war, a proposed British Royal Navy warship class

## Stage

* Black Swan State Theatre Company, a theatre company of Western Australia
* Black Swan Theatre, a performance venue for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
* The Black Swan or Odile, a character in Swan Lake by Peter Tchaikovsky

## Other uses

* Black Swan (dredge), a bucket dredge used in Perth, Western Australia, 1872–1911
* Black Swan (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
* Black Swans (special forces), a special forces unit in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Black Swan Data, a London-based technology and data science company
* Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, now The Lester Prize, an Australian art prize
* Black Swan Project, the code name of a shipwreck recovery project
* The Black Swan, a character in the 2000 PC game Crimson Skies
* Black Swan Nickel Mine, a mine in Western Australia
