Cain (disambiguation)
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Cain is the first mentioned son of Adam and Eve in the Bible.
Cain may also refer to:
Cain may also refer to:
Persons with the given name Cain
- Cain VelasquezCain VelasquezCain Ramirez Velasquez is an American mixed martial artist fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is a two-time All-American collegiate wrestler from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, and a Junior College National Champ at Iowa...
(born 1982), Mexican American mixed martial arts fighter and 2010 UFC Heavyweight Champion
Persons with the surname Cain or Caïn
- Arthur CainArthur CainArthur James Cain FRS was a British evolutionary biologist and ecologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989.- Life :...
(1921–1999), British evolutionary biologist and ecologist - Chris CainChris CainChris Cain is an American blues and jazz guitarist with an international following.He began playing professionally as a teenager in local clubs, at festivals, and at private events....
(born 1955), jazz and blues guitarist - Dean CainDean CainDean Cain is an American actor. He is most widely known for his role as Clark Kent/Superman in the popular American television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.-Early life:...
(born 1966), American actor - Elizabeth CainElizabeth CainElizabeth Jane "Liz" Cain is an Australian former pair skater and current figure skating coach. With brother Peter Cain, she is the 1976 World Junior bronze medalist and four time Australian national champion.Their highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was 12, in 1977. They...
(born 1962), Australian ice skater - Henri CaïnHenri CainHenri Caïn was a French dramatist, opera and ballet librettist. He wrote over forty librettos from 1893 to his death, for many of the most prominent composers of the Parisian Belle Epoque....
(1857–1937), French playwright and librettist - Herb CainHerb CainHerbert James Cain was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Maroons, Montreal Canadiens, and Boston Bruins.-Playing career:Herbert Cain grew up in Newmarket and played junior hockey for the Newmarket Redmen and the...
(1913–1982), Canadian professional ice hockey player - Herman CainHerman CainHerman Cain is a candidate for the 2012 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination.Cain has a background as a business executive, syndicated columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He served as chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza from 1986 to 1996...
(born 1945), American businessman, talk show host and candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination - James M. CainJames M. CainJames Mallahan Cain was an American author and journalist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labeling, he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the roman noir...
(1892–1977), American crime writer - Jonathan CainJonathan CainJonathan Cain is an American musician, best known for his work with The Babys, Journey and Bad English.-Early life:...
(born 1950), musician - Matt CainMatt CainMatthew Thomas Cain is an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants...
(born 1984), baseball pitcher - Michael CainMichael CainMichael Cain is a pianist and composer.- Biography :Michael Cain first started playing the piano at the age of four and was quickly improvising and composing...
(born 1966), pianist composer - Stephen CainStephen CainStephen Cain is a Canadian poet and academic.In his three books of poetry Cain demonstrates an interest in various poetic forms including sound poetry and concrete poetry, as well as constraint-based writing and procedural poetics...
(born 1970), Canadian poet - Syd CainSyd CainSidney B. "Syd" Cain was a British production designer who worked on more than 30 films, including four in the James Bond series in the 1960s and 1970s....
(1918–2011), British production designer - Timothy CainTimothy CainTimothy Cain is a game producer best known as the producer, lead programmer and one of the main designers of the 1997's computer game Fallout. In 2009 he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.-Early life:...
, American video game programmer - Tyler CainTyler CainTyler Cain is an American former college basketball player for the University of South Dakota . He is best known for being the inaugural winner of the Great West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award in 2009–10, the conference's first as a Division I basketball league...
(born 1988), American basketball player
Characters
- Cain, the decoy assassin in Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity
- Cain and Abel (comics)Cain and Abel (comics)Cain and Abel are a pair of fictional characters in the DC Comics universe based on the Biblical Cain and Abel. They are key figures in DC's "Mystery" line of the late 1960s and 1970s, which became the mature-readers imprint, Vertigo, in 1993....
, most notably seen in The Sandman series and House of Mystery - Cain DingleCain DingleCain Dingle is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Jeff Hordley.-Character creation:In 2000 series producer Kieran Roberts introduced three new members of the Dingle family. The new characters were introduced to the regular cast in 2000, who first arrived...
, Emmerdale character - Ciaphas CainCiaphas CainThe Ciaphas Cain series is a collection of science fiction novels set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. They center on the eponymous character, an Imperial Commissar of the Imperial Guard, and his varied and colorful career.-Novels:...
, fictional character from the Warhammer 40,000 universe - Commander CainCommander CainCommander Cain is a fictional character in the original Battlestar Galactica science fiction TV series, portrayed by the American actor Lloyd Bridges.-Description:...
, of the Battlestar Pegasus in Battlestar Galactica - David Cain (comics), a fictional character from DC Comics and father to the previous Batgirl
- Helena CainHelena CainAdmiral Helena Cain is a fictional character in the reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica, portrayed by Michelle Forbes.-Youth:...
, Admiral in Battlestar Galactica - Valkyrie Cain, main character from the Skulduggery Pleasant novels
- Cain C. Hargreaves, a fictional character from Kaori YukiKaori Yukiis a female Japanese manga artist best known for her gothic manga such as Earl Cain, its sequel Godchild, and Angel Sanctuary. Yuki debuted in 1987 with which ran in the manga anthology Bessatsu Hana to Yume published by Hakusensha. Her work is typically serialized in one of Hakusensha's two shōjo...
's work: Godchild - Cain, main antagonist from the 1990 film RoboCop 2RoboCop 2RoboCop 2 is a 1990 science fiction action film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bayer, Tom Noonan and Gabriel Damon. Set in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, Michigan...
- Cain, alter ego of CogliostroCogliostroCogliostro is a supporting character in Todd McFarlane's Spawn comic series. Cogliostro was created in 1993 by author Neil Gaiman and artist Todd McFarlane and introduced in Spawn issue #9.-Al Simmons:...
, a supporting character in Todd McFarlane's Spawn comic series - Deckard Cain, a character in the Diablo video game series
Other
- Cain (band)Cain (band)Cain is an Italian black metal band formed by ex members of VII Arcano and Theatres des Vampires. Their music is a raw, thrash influenced black metal with a simple Oi!-influenced musical structure. Their lyrics, written by M. Pelle Curse, deals with the glory of ancient Rome and some far right...
, an Italian national socialist black metal band - Cain (novel)Cain (novel)Cain is the final novel by Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago. It was first published in 2009....
, final novel by Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago - Cain (play), a 1821 play by Lord Byron
- Cain (software)Cain (software)Cain and Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows. It can recover many kinds of passwords using methods such as network packet sniffing, cracking various password hashes by using methods such as dictionary attacks, brute force and cryptanalysis attacks.Cryptanalysis attacks are done...
, network packet analyzing software - Cain's BallroomCain's BallroomCain's Ballroom is a historic music venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, built in 1924 to serve as a garage for one of Tulsa's founders, Tate Brady. Madison W. "Daddy" Cain purchased the building in 1930 and named it , where he charged 10¢ for dance lessons. The academy was the site of the Texas Playboys'...
, Tulsa, Oklahoma - Conflict Archive on the InternetConflict Archive on the InternetCAIN is a database containing information about Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the Present. The project began in 1996, with the website launching in 1997. The project is based within the University of Ulster at its Magee campus...
(CAIN), a website documenting the Northern Irish 'Troubles' - Slang for cocaineCocaineCocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
, a type of drug - Cain (cigar brand), a cigar brand made by Oliva Cigar Co.Oliva Cigar Co.Oliva Cigar Co. the manufacturer of several brands of cigars primarily grown and produced in Nicaragua and sold worldwide. The family-owned company traces its roots to patriarch Melanio Oliva, who began growing tobacco in Pinar del Río, Cuba in 1886...
- Caín (film), a 1984 Colombian drama film directed by Gustavo Nieto Roa
- Mount CainMount CainMount Cain is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located east of Woss and 2 km north of Mount Abel it is home to a local ski hill operated by Mount Cain Alpine Park Society.----...
, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
See also
- Caine (disambiguation)
- Cane (disambiguation)Cane (disambiguation)Cane are very tall perennial grasses, with flexible stalks, that grow in damp soils.Taxa of cane are:*Arundo, Old World canes*Arundinaria, New World canes*Arundo donax, Giant Cane*Arundinaria appalachiana, Hill Cane...
- Kain (disambiguation)