Whirlwind (disambiguation) explained

A whirlwind is any kind of vertical wind vortex.

Whirlwind may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

• Whirlwind (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
• The Black Whirlwind, a Jade Empire video game character
• Marilyn Whirlwind, in the television show Northern Exposure
• Whip Whirlwind, a former identity of DC Comics character Max Mercury

Film and television

• The Whirlwind (serial film), a 1920 American film serial directed by Joseph A. Golden
• The Whirlwind (1933 film), an American Western
• Whirlwind (1941 film), a Spanish film
• Whirlwind (1951 film), an American Western directed by John English starring Gene Autry
• Whirlwind (1953 film), an Iranian film
• Whirlwind (1964 film), a Japanese historical drama film
• Whirlwind (1988 film), a 1988 Soviet action film directed by Bako Sadykov
• The Whirlwind (TV series), a 2024 South Korean political drama
• "Whirlwind", an episode in the documentary series The World at War
• "The Whirlwind" (The Punisher), an episode of the television series The Punisher

Music

• Whirlwind (band), a Sri Lankan rock band
• Whirlwind (Andrew Gold album), 1980
• Whirlwind (Lainey Wilson album), 2024
• The Whirlwind (album), by Transatlantic, 2009
• Whirlwind, an album by Maddie Poppe, 2019
• Whirlwinds, an album by Deodato, 1984
• "Whirlwind", a song by Broder Daniel, 1998
• "Whirlwind", a song by Roxy Music from Siren, 1975

Roller coasters

• WhirlWind (Seabreeze), a roller coaster at Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, New York
• Whirlwind, the former name of the roller coaster Bocaraca
• Whirlwind, a roller coaster at the defunct Olentangy Park
• Whirlwind, a spinning roller coaster at Waldameer Park in Erie, Pennsylvania

Other arts, entertainment and media

• Whirlwind (novel), a 1986 novel by James Clavell
• The Whirlwind (newspaper), a satirical British weekly published in 1890 and 1891
• Whirlwind (pinball), a pinball machine made by Williams

Aviation

• Westland Whirlwind (fighter), a Second World War, twin-engined fighter plane
• Westland Whirlwind (helicopter), a helicopter
• Butterworth Westland Whirlwind, a replica of the Westland Whirlwind fighter
• Wright Whirlwind, a series of aircraft engines

Places

• Whirlwind, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
• Whirlwind Inlet, an ice-filled inlet along the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica
  • Whirlwind Glaciers, four prominent converging glaciers which flow into the west side of Whirlwind Inlet
• Whirlwind Peak, a mountain in Canada

Ships

• HMS Whirlwind, the name of two British Royal Navy destroyers
• USS Whirlwind, the name of two United States Navy patrol vessels
• Whirlwind (yacht), a yacht which attempted to qualify for the 1930 America's Cup

Sports

Nickname

• Robert Walter Johnson (1899–1971), African-American physician, college football player and football and tennis coach nicknamed "Whirlwind"
• Jimmy White (born 1962), English snooker player nicknamed "The Whirlwind"
• Cliff Wilson (1934–1994), Welsh snooker player nicknamed "The Whirlwind"

Teams

• Boston Whirlwinds, a former basketball team
• Paterson Whirlwinds, the original name of the former basketball team the Paterson Crescents
• Wandsworth Whirlwinds, a rugby league club in London
• West Texas Whirlwinds, a basketball team
• Zhejiang Whirlwinds, a Chinese basketball club

Other uses

• Operation Whirlwind, a failed 1991 Croatian Army offensive in the Croatian War of Independence
• Whirlwind I, a pioneering, Cold War, real-time computer developed for the United States Navy
• Whirlwind mill, a pulverizing machine
• Whirlwind Recordings, a London-based independent record label
• Whirlwind USA, an American audio equipment manufacturer

See also

• Tourbillon (disambiguation), French for whirlwind
• Reap the whirlwind (disambiguation)
• Wirbelwind, German for whirlwind, a World War II anti-aircraft vehicle