Alcatraz (disambiguation)

Alcatraz is an island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States.

Alcatraz may also refer to:

Buildings and structures

• Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a former maximum-security Federal prison on Alcatraz Island
• Fort Alcatraz, a military post on Alcatraz Island
• Alcatraz Island Lighthouse
• Alcatraz East, crime museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Places

• Alcatraz, Cape Verde, a village on the island of Maio
• Little Alcatraz (formerly known as Paul Pry Rock), a small rock in San Francisco Bay roughly 81 yards (74 m) off the Model Industries Building, off the northwest coast of Alcatraz Island

People

• Al Katrazz (born 1971), ringname of wrestler Brian Fleming

Events

• Battle of Alcatraz (May 2 to 4, 1946), the result of an unsuccessful escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
• June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt, at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
• Occupation of Alcatraz (November 20, 1969 to June 11, 1971), an occupation of Alcatraz Island by 89 American Indians and supporters

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Alcatraz, the main character in the 2011 videogame Crysis 2 by Crytek
• Alcatraz Smedry, the main character of five juvenile fiction novels by Brandon Sanderson

Games

• Alcatraz (video game), a 1992 sequel to the Infogrames game, Hostages
• Alcatraz coup, an illegal bridge (card game) manoeuvre
• Alcatraz: Prison Escape, a 2001 computer video game

Music

• Alcatraz (album), by the Mr. T Experience
• Alcatraz, a Welsh rock band formed by members of Quicksand (Welsh band)
• Alcatrazz, an American heavy metal band 1983–1987
• Alkatrazz, a British heavy metal band 1981–1983

Films and television

• Alcatraz Island (film), a 1937 Warner Bros. film
• Alcatraz (TV series), a 2012 Fox television series

Plants and animals

• Alcatraz, a Spanish name for Zantedeschia (the calla lily)
• Bothrops alcatraz, a species of snake in the family Viperidae
• Scinax alcatraz, a species of frog in the family Hylidae

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Alcatraz
• All pages with titles containing Alcatraz
• Alcaraz (disambiguation)