Barbarossa

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Barbarossa, a name meaning "red beard" in Italian, primarily refers to:

• Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190), Holy Roman Emperor
• Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478–1546), Ottoman admiral
• Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, commencing 22 June 1941

It may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

People

• Oruç Reis (c. 1474–1518), called Barbarossa or Aruj, Ottoman Turkish captain and Bey of Algiers
• Friedrich III (1831–1888), refers as "Barbarossa of German liberalism" in literary-political epithet
• Theodore Cotillo Barbarossa (1906–1992), American sculptor
• Luca Barbarossa (born 1961), Italian singer-songwriter
• David Barbarossa (born 1961), British drummer
• Sergio Barbarossa, Italian engineer
• Barbarossa (musician) or James Mathé, a British musician who performs under the alias Barbarossa

Ships

• Barbarossa class ocean liner, a class of ten German ocean liners built between 1896 and 1902
  • SS Barbarossa, seized by the US during World War I and renamed USS Mercury (ID-3012)
• SMS Kaiser Barbarossa, a German pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1900
• Barbaros Hayreddin, an Ottoman battleship of World War I
• RV Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa, a Turkish seismographic research/survey vessel owned and operated by the Turkish Petroleum Corporation

Other uses

• Barbarossa (grape), name of several Italian wine grapes
• Barbaroux, a French wine grape that is sometimes known as Barbarossa
• 1860 Barbarossa (1973 SK), a main-belt asteroid

See also

• Barbarossa city, a nickname for five German cities that Emperor Barbarossa stayed in or near for some time
• Barbarosa, a 1982 American film starring Willie Nelson and Gary Busey
• Barbarosa, Texas, a community in the US
• Barbossa (disambiguation)

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