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, whose group chose the name Indians of All Tribes (IOAT), seeking to reclaim the island under the US honor the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) between the U.S. and the Lakota, which stated all retired, abandoned or out-of-use federal land was returned to the Native people who once occupied it
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)
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