Alcatraz (disambiguation)

Alcatraz is an island in San Francisco Bay, California, US.

Alcatraz may also refer to:

Places

• Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a former maximum-security Federal prison on Alcatraz Island, US
• Fort Alcatraz, a military post on Alcatraz Island, US
• Alcatraz Island Lighthouse, on Alcatraz Island, US
• Alligator Alcatraz, the informal name for an immigration detention facility in Florida, US
• Alcatraz, Cape Verde, a village on the island of Maio

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

Film and television

• Alcatraz Island (film), a 1937 Warner Bros. film
• Alcatraz (TV series), a 2012 Fox television series

Other uses

• Battle of Alcatraz (1946), the result of an unsuccessful escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
• Al Katrazz (born 1971), ringname of wrestler Brian Fleming
• Alcatraz Battalion, a Ukrainian military unit comprising former prisoners

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Alcatraz
• All pages with titles containing Alcatraz
• Bothrops alcatraz (Alcatrazes lancehead), a species of snake in the family Viperidae
• Ololygon alcatraz (Alcatraz snouted Treefrog), a species of frog in the family Hylidae
• Alcatraz East, crime museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, US
• Little Alcatraz, a small rock off the northwest coast of Alcatraz Island, US
• 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
• Alcaraz (disambiguation)