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Messenger, Messengers, The Messenger or The Messengers may refer to:

People

• Courier, a person or company that delivers messages, packages, or mail
• Messenger (surname)
• Hermes, the messenger of the Greek gods and goddesses
• Bicycle messenger, a bicyclist who transports packages through cities
• Messenger-at-arms, an officer of the Scottish Court of Session
• Messenger of the Court, a court officer responsible for carrying communications and executing other orders
• Prophets and messengers in Islam
• Muhammad and other prophets in Islam, who were known as Messengers of Allah (God)

Science and technology

Biology and chemistry

• Chemical messenger (disambiguation), such as a hormone or neurotransmitter, a molecule used for cellular signalling
• Messenger RNA (mRNA), RNA that carries information from DNA to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in a cell

Electronics and computing

• Instant messenger, a tool for online text communication
  • Facebook Messenger, an instant messaging service by Meta
  • Microsoft Messenger service, an instant messaging service by Microsoft
    • Windows Live Messenger, the client for said service, formerly named MSN Messenger
    • Windows Messenger, a predecessor of the above client
  • Yahoo Messenger, an instant messaging service by Yahoo!
• Windows Messenger service, a networking component of earlier versions of Microsoft Windows

Space exploration

• MESSENGER, a NASA probe to Mercury launched in 2004

Transport

• Messenger cable, a continuous loop of cable or chain attached to a capstan used to raise the anchor cables on 17th–19th century sailing ships
• Miles Messenger, a British 1940s liaison aircraft
• Messenger (sternwheeler), an 1876 sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
• Verville-Sperry M-1 Messenger, 1921 American biplane
• Messenger (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1897-1906, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
• Renault Messenger, a commercial van

Literature

• Messenger (novel), a 2004 novel written by Lois Lowry
• The Messenger (Silva novel), a 2006 novel by Daniel Silva
• The Messenger (Zusak novel), a 2002 novel by Markus Zusak
• The Messenger, a 2001 fantasy novel by Douglas Niles

Periodicals

• Fort Dodge Messenger, a newspaper printed in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States
• Messenger (magazine), a Mormon fundamentalist publication
• Messenger Newspapers, a group of newspapers in Adelaide, South Australia
• The Messenger (magazine), a monthly magazine associated with the Harlem Renaissance
• Messenger of the Sacred Heart, a Jesuit magazine published in Ireland
• The Missionary Messenger, a journal of the British Methodist Episcopal Church in Toronto, Canada
• The Messenger (Madisonville, Kentucky), a U.S. newspaper published in Madisonville, Kentucky
• The Messenger (Mount Airy, North Carolina), a U.S. newspaper published in Mount Airy, North Carolina
• Il Messaggero ("The Messenger"), a newspaper based in Rome, Italy
• Messenger, an American magazine published by the Church of the Brethren.
• Messenger of Mathematics, a British mathematics journal published between 1872 and 1929, sometimes abbreviated as Messenger
• The Messenger, a quarterly astronomical journal published by the European Southern Observatory
• The Messenger (website), an American news website founded in 2023 and shut in 2024

In film and television

• Mohammad, Messenger of God, a 1976 film directed by Moustapha Akkad
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, a 1999 film directed by Luc Besson
• "Messenger", an episode of Power Rangers SPD
• The Messenger (1918 film), a film starring Oliver Hardy
• The Messenger (1937 film), directed by Raymond Rouleau
• The Messenger, a 1986 film directed by Fred Williamson
• The Messenger, an unfinished film by Sergei Bodrov Jr.
• Messengers, a 2004 drama film starring Michele Hicks
• The Messenger (2008 film), a film by Çağan Irmak
• The Messenger (2009 film), a film by Oren Moverman
• The Messenger (2015 British film), a horror film directed by David Blair
• The Messenger (2015 Canadian film), a documentary film directed by Su Rynard
• The Messenger (TV series), a 2023 Australian TV series based on the novel by Marcus Zusak
• The Messengers (film), 2007 horror film directed by the Pang Brothers
• The Messengers (TV series), a 2015 American television series
• MSG: The Messenger, a 2015 Indian action film by Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
  • MSG-2 The Messenger, sequel, released the same year
• "Messenger" (Andor), an episode of Andor

In gaming

• Messenger (video game), 2025 browser game
• The Messenger (2000 video game), 2000 adventure game
• The Messenger (2018 video game), 2018 platform game developed by Sabotage

In music

• Messenger Records, a record label
• The Messenger, piano composition by Valentyn Sylvestrov

Groups

• The Messengers (producers), a musical songwriting and production duo
• The Messengers Choir, East African gospel group based in the United States
• Paul Kelly and the Messengers, an Australian rock band, active 1987–1992
• Messengers (American band), an American Christian metal band
• Messengers (Scottish band)

Albums

• Messenger (Edwin McCain album), 1999
• Messenger (Jimmy Little album), 1999
• Messenger (Joe Pug album), 2010
• Messengers (album), 2007, by August Burns Red
• The Messenger (Ernest Dawkins album), 2006
• The Messenger (Casey Jones album), 2006
• The Messenger (Kurt Elling album), 1997
• The Messenger (Matt Joe Gow and the Dead Leaves album), 2009
• The Messenger (Johnny Marr album), 2013

Songs

• "The Messenger" (song), by Daniel Lanois
• "The Messenger", by Domine on their 2007 album Ancient Spirit Rising
• "The Messenger", by Linkin Park on their 2010 album A Thousand Suns
• "The Messenger", by Patrick Wolf on his 2009 album The Bachelor
• "Messenger", by Blonde Redhead on their 2004 album Misery Is a Butterfly
• "Messenger", by Paul McCartney on his 1997 album Standing Stone
• "Messengers", by Casiopea from Active, 1992
• "Messengers", by Lagwagon on their 1998 album Let's Talk About Feelings

Other uses

• Messenger (horse) (1780–1808), an English thoroughbred horse
• Messenger (Plymouth sculpture), a 2018 bronze statue of a female actor in Plymouth, England
• The Messenger (David Wynne sculpture), a 1981 bronze statue of a horse and rider in Sutton, London
• The Messenger (painting), a 1674 painting by Johannes Verkolje

See also

• Messenger bag, a type of bag often used by bicycle messengers
• Messenger Feast, a celebration of the Inupiaq and Yup'ik peoples of Alaska
• Rasul (disambiguation), Arabic for messenger
• قاصد (disambiguation), Arabic for messenger
• All pages with titles beginning with Messenger
• All pages with titles containing Messenger or Messengers