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Egg (disambiguation)

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An egg is an organic vessel in which an embryo begins to develop.

Egg, EGG or eggs may also refer to:

Biology

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  • Egg cell, the female reproductive cell (gamete) in oogamous organisms

Food

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Places

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People

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  • Antonio Brack Egg (1940–2014), former Peruvian Minister of the Environment
  • Augustus Egg (1816–1863), English artist
  • Mr Egg (born 1959), Scottish musician, born James Matthew McDonald
  • Oscar Egg (1890–1961), Swiss racing cyclist

Arts, entertainment, and media

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Fictional entities

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  • Egg, the name of the inhabited neutron star in the book Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward
  • Aegon V Targaryen, nicknamed "Egg", a titular character from the Tales of Dunk and Egg stories by George R. R. Martin
  • Ann Veal, also known as Egg, a character on the show Arrested Development
  • The Egg, an antagonist featured in two episodes of the animated series Count Duckula; "00 Duck", series 3, episode 12 (1991) and "Venice a Duck, Not a Duck!", series 4, episode 13 (1991)
  • Eggs Trubshaw, the protagonist of the 2014 animated film The Boxtrolls

Films

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Games

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Music

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Groups

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Albums

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Television

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Other arts, entertainment, and media

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Brands and enterprises

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  • Egg (car), a Swiss car make in business from 1896 to 1919
  • Egg (chair), a chair designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958
  • EG&G, an American defense contractor, founded in 1931 and defunct since 2009
  • Egg Banking, a British internet bank established in 1996
  • Egg London, a famous nightclub in England
  • L'Oeuf (the Egg), an aluminum and plexiglass car designed by Paul Arzens

Science and technology

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Other uses

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  • Darning egg, a sewing tool
  • EGG Project, or Global Consciousness Project, a parapsychology experiment begun in 1998 at Princeton University
  • Erbgesundheitsgericht, the Genetic Health Court of Nazi Germany
  • World egg or Cosmic egg, a mythological motif found in the creation myths of many cultures and civilizations
  • Egging, the act of throwing eggs at people or property
  • Egg, in LGBT slang a transgender person who has not yet realized that they are trans

See also

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