Barbarossa

Not to be confused with Barbarosa.

Barbarossa, a name meaning "red beard" in Italian, primarily refers to:

• Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190), Holy Roman Emperor
• Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478–1546), Ottoman admiral
• Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, commencing 22 June 1941

It may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

For people in the arts, see § People.

Fictional characters

• Barbarossa, pirate and protagonist in the 1953 film Raiders of the Seven Seas
• Barbarossa, a character in the Legends of Dune trilogy
• Barbarossa, a character in the book Thief Lord
• Barbarossa, a commander in the 2014 anime Lord Marksman and Vanadis

Music

• Barbarossa (album), a 1996 album by Cubanate
• Barbarossa, a 2001 album by Orplid
• "Barbarossa", a 1994 song by Sordid Humor
• "Barbarossa", a 1993 song by Sex Gang Children
• "Barbarossa", a 2012 song by Lamb of God

Games

• Barbarossa (board game), a board game by Klaus Teuber
• Barbarossa (card game), a card game by Arclight Games
• Barbarossa: The Russo-German War 1941-45, a 1969 board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc.
• Barbarossa (video game), a 1992 war simulation game released for the Super Famicom in Japan
• Operation Barbarossa – The Struggle for Russia, a PC game

Other arts and entertainment

• Barbarossa (film), an Italian film starring Rutger Hauer
• The Barbaroosa, a fictional pirate ship in the Miniskirt Pirates light novel series by Yūichi Sasamoto and corresponding anime Bodacious Space Pirates
• Barbaroslar, a Turkish TV series also known as Barbarossa

People

• Oruç Reis (c. 1474–1518), called Barbarossa or Aruj, Ottoman Turkish captain and Bey of Algiers
• Theodore Cotillo Barbarossa (1906–1992), American sculptor
• Luca Barbarossa (born 1961), Italian singer-songwriter
• David Barbarossa (born 1961), British drummer
• Sergio Barbarossa, Italian engineer
• Barbarossa (musician) or James Mathé, a British musician who performs under the alias Barbarossa

Ships

• Barbarossa class ocean liner, a class of ten German ocean liners built between 1896 and 1902
  • SS Barbarossa, seized by the US during World War I and renamed USS Mercury (ID-3012)
• SMS Kaiser Barbarossa, a German pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1900
• Barbaros Hayreddin, an Ottoman battleship of World War I
• RV Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa, a Turkish seismographic research/survey vessel owned and operated by the Turkish Petroleum Corporation

Other uses

• Barbarossa (grape), name of several Italian wine grapes
• Barbaroux, a French wine grape that is sometimes known as Barbarossa
• 1860 Barbarossa (1973 SK), a main-belt asteroid

See also

• Barbarossa city, a nickname for five German cities that Emperor Barbarossa stayed in or near for some time
• Barbarosa, a 1982 American film starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey
• Barbarosa, Texas, a community in the United States
• Barbossa (disambiguation)