Black Swan (disambiguation)
Black swan is the common name for Cygnus atratus, an Australasian waterfowl.
(The) Black Swan(s) may also refer to:
Film and television
- The Black Swan (film), a 1942 swashbuckler film
- Black Swans (film), a 2005 Dutch drama film
- Black Swan (film), a 2010 film starring Natalie Portman
- "Black Swan", an episode of FlashForward
- "The Black Swan", an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Literature
- Black Swan (imprint), an imprint of Transworld Publishers, UK
- The Black Swan (Lackey novel), a fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey
- The Black Swan (Mann novel), a short book by Thomas Mann
- The Black Swan (Sabatini novel), a 1932 pirate adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini
- The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, a 2007 book about uncertainty by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Black Swan (comics), a German Marvel Comics mercenary and enemy to Deadpool and Agent X
- "The Black Swan", a 1994 work of short fiction by Grace Andreacchi
- "Black Swans", a 1997 essay by Lauren Slater
Music
Artists
- Elizabeth Greenfield (1809–1876), or The Black Swan, an American singer
- The Black Swans, an American indie rock band
- Blackswan, a South Korean girl group
Albums
- Black Swan (album), an album by Athlete
- blkswn, an album by Smino, or its title track
- The Black Swan (Bert Jansch album)
- The Black Swan (Story of the Year album), or its title track
- The Black Swan (The Triffids album)
Songs
- "Black Swan", a 2020 song by BTS from Map of the Soul: 7
- "Black Swan", a song by Tori Amos from several singles including Past the Mission
- "Black Swan", a 2006 song by Belladonna from Metaphysical Attraction
- "Black Swan", a 2005 song by Greg Dulli from Amber Headlights
- "Black Swan", a 2007 song by Megadeth from some versions of United Abominations
- "Black Swan", an aria in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium
- "Black Swan", a 2006 song by Thom Yorke from The Eraser
- "Black Swan", a 2020 song by TWRP, from the album Over the Top
Labels
- Black Swan Records, a 1920s US record label
- Black Swan Records (UK), a 1960s UK record label
Pubs and hotels
- The Black Swan, Oldstead, an inn in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, England
- The Black Swan, York, a pub in York, England
- Black Swan Hotel, Devizes, an inn in Devizes, Wiltshire, England
Ships
- HMS Black Swan (L57), a sloop of the Royal Navy launched in 1939
- Black Swan-class sloop-of-war, a proposed British Royal Navy warship class
Stage
- Black Swan State Theatre Company, a theatre company of Western Australia
- Black Swan Theatre, a performance venue for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
- The Black Swan or Odile, a character in Swan Lake by Peter Tchaikovsky
Other uses
- Black Swan (dredge), a bucket dredge used in Perth, Western Australia, 1872–1911
- Black Swan (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
- Black Swans (special forces), a special forces unit in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Black Swan Data, a London-based technology and data science company
- Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, now The Lester Prize, an Australian art prize
- Black Swan Project, the code name of a shipwreck recovery project
- The Black Swan, a character in the 2000 PC game Crimson Skies
- Black Swan Nickel Mine, a mine in Western Australia
See also
- Black swan emblems and popular culture
- Black swan problem, the problem of induction in philosophy
- Black swan theory, a term developed by Nassim Taleb to label unexpected, rare events
- Faulty generalization, including the black swan fallacy
- Inverted Swan, a stamp featuring a printing error
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