Editing Charon (disambiguation)

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'''[[Charon]]''', in Greek mythology, is the ferryman who carried the souls of the dead to the underworld.

'''Charon''' may also refer to:

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==Arts, entertainment, and media==
*[[Caronte (album)|''Caronte'' (album)]] (''Charon''), a 1971 album by Italian band The Trip
*[[Charon (band)]], a Finnish gothic metal band
*[[Charon (CrossGen)]], a comic book character from CrossGen Entertainment's Sigilverse
*[[Charon (Dungeons & Dragons)|Charon (''Dungeons & Dragons'')]], a lord of the Yugoloths whose primary function is to provide passage across the River Styx for a steep price
*[[Charon (Marvel Comics)]], a villainous wizard
*[[Charon (The Three Worlds)]], a fictional human species from Ian Irvine's arc of novels, ''The Three Worlds Cycle''
*Charon, an ''[[Eve Online]]'' freighter
*Charon, a summon from a password-enhanced ''[[Golden Sun: The Lost Age]]'' and ''Golden Sun: Dark Dawn''
* ''Charon V'', a fictional submarine in Michael Crichton's novel ''[[Sphere (novel)|Sphere]]''
*[[Commander Charon]], one of the Galactic Commanders from ''Pokémon Platinum''

==People with the name==
*Charon, a Theban military commander (''fl.'' mid-4th century BC); see [[Androcydes (painter)|Androcydes]]
*Charon of [[Naucratis]], a historian 
*Charon of [[Carthage]], a historian
*Charon of [[Lampsacus]], a historian 
*[[Alexios Charon]], early 11th-century Byzantine official
*[[Charon Asetoyer]] (born 1951), Comanche activist and women's health advocate
*[[Carl Charon]] (born 1940), former American football player
*[[Jacques Charon]] (1920–1975), French actor and film director
*[[Jean-Émile Charon]] (1920–1998), French nuclear physicist, philosopher and writer.  
*[[Joel M. Charon]] (1939–2018), professor emeritus of sociology at Minnesota State University at Moorhead 
*[[Rita Charon]] (born 1949), physician and literary scholar 
*[[Viala Charon]] (1794–1880), French soldier, Governor General of Algeria, Senator of France

==Places==
*[[Charon (moon)]], a moon of the dwarf planet Pluto
*[[Charon, Louisiana]], United States, an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish

==Science and technology==
*[[Charon (gun)]], an open source 3D-printable gun
*[[Charon (arachnid)|''Charon'' (arachnid)]], a genus of whipspider
*[[Charon (software)]], a legacy hardware emulator for VAX, Alpha, HP 3000, PDP-11, and SPARC systems
*''[[Blue Origin Charon]]'', the first flight test vehicle of Blue Origin

==Other uses==
*[[Charon (horse)]], a racehorse
*[[HMS Charon|HMS ''Charon'']], several ships of the British Royal Navy

==See also==
*[[Caron (disambiguation)]]
*[[Eugenie Margeurite Honoree Charen]] (1786–1855), French painter
*[[Mona Charen]] (born 1957), American columnist, political analyst and writer
*[[Charron (disambiguation)]]
*[[Charun (disambiguation)]]
*[[Chaeron (disambiguation)]]

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