Empire (disambiguation)

An empire is a group of states or peoples under centralized rule.

Empire may also refer to:

Buildings

 * Empire (skyscraper), formerly the Imperia Tower, a complex in Moscow, Russia
 * Empire, Colombo, a residential complex in Sri Lanka
 * Empire State Building, a skyscraper in New York City

Places in the United States

 * Empire, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama
 * Empire, Arkansas
 * Empire, California, in Stanislaus County
 * Empire, Mendocino County, California
 * Empire, Colorado
 * Empire, Georgia
 * Empire, Kentucky
 * Empire, Louisiana
 * Empire, Michigan
 * Empire, Missouri
 * Empire, Nevada
 * Empire, Ormsby County, Nevada
 * Empire, Ohio
 * Empire, Oregon
 * Empire, Wisconsin
 * Empire, Wyoming

Comics and graphic novels

 * Empire (comics), a 2000 DC Comics miniseries
 * Empire (graphic novel), by Samuel R. Delany and Howard Chaykin
 * Empyre, a 2020 Marvel Comics miniseries

Films

 * Empire (1964 film), by Andy Warhol
 * Empire (1986 film), by Alexander Sokurov
 * Empire (2002 film), starring John Leguizamo
 * The Empire Strikes Back, a 1980 film referred to as "Empire" by the Star Wars community

Computer and videogames

 * Empire (1972 video game), a 1972 4X wargame
 * Empire (1977 video game), a 1977–2004 series of turn-based strategy games invented by Walter Bright
 * Empire: Wargame of the Century, video game developed by Walter Bright and published by Interstel Corporation in 1987
 * Empire (online game), a 1992 MUD, or text-based online role-playing game
 * Empire (PLATO), a 1973 space battle game for the PLATO system
 * Empire, a 1980s strategy game for the BBC Micro
 * Empire, or Empire: Alpha Complex, the working titles for the Xbox Live Arcade game Shadow Complex
 * Empire!, a 1986 space trading and combat video game
 * Empire: Total War, a 2009 strategy computer game
 * Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, a 2003 computer game in the Empire Earth series
 * The Empire, a video game trilogy (I: World Builders, II: Interstellar Sharks, III: Armageddon), developed by David Mullich

Other games

 * Empire LRP, a large UK fest game run by Profound Decisions
 * The Empire (Warhammer)

Literature

 * Empire (Card novel), by Orson Scott Card
 * Empire (Hardt and Negri book), a 2000 book about imperialism by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
 * Empire (H. Beam Piper book), a short story collection
 * Empire (Saylor novel), by Steven Saylor
 * Empire (Vidal novel), a Narratives of Empire book by Gore Vidal
 * Empire, a The Legend of Sigmar book by Graham McNeill
 * Empire, a Galaxy Science Fiction Novel by Clifford D. Simak
 * Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, a book by Niall Ferguson
 * Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British, a book by Jeremy Paxman
 * Empire Trilogy, a fantasy series by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
 * Galactic Empire (series), a sci-fi series by Isaac Asimov
 * The Empire (play), by DC Moore

Groups

 * Empire (band), a British-German metal band
 * Empire (English band)
 * Empire (group), a Japanese idol group
 * Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), an emo group
 * Empires (band), an American rock group

Albums

 * Empire (Circle album), 2004, or the title song
 * Empire (Scott Colley album), 2010
 * Empire (Frankie DeCarlos album), 2011
 * Empire (EP), by The Word Alive, 2009
 * Empire (Kasabian album), 2006
 * Empire (Madball album), 2010, or the title song
 * Empire (Derek Minor album), 2015 album by American artist Derek Minor
 * Empire (Queensrÿche album), 1990
 * Empire (Super8 & Tab album), 2010
 * Empire, from the Hood to Hollywood, 2015 album by American rapper Master P
 * Empires (Animosity album), 2005, or the title song
 * Empires (Hillsong United album), 2015, or the title song
 * Empires (Jimi Jamison album), 1999
 * Empires (VNV Nation album), 1999
 * The Empire (album), by Vader, 2016

Songs

 * "Empire" (Kasabian song), 2006
 * "Empire" (Queensrÿche song), 1990
 * "Empire" (Shakira song), 2014
 * "Empire", a song by Bomb the Bass
 * "Empire", a song by Boysetsfire on the album The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years
 * "Empire", a song by August Burns Red on the album Leveler
 * "Empire", a song by David Byrne on the album Grown Backwards
 * "Empire", a song by Chimaira on the album Resurrection
 * "Empire", a song by Fear Factory on the album Transgression
 * "Empire", a song by Ella Henderson on the album Chapter One
 * "Empire", a song by Hybrid on the album Disappear Here
 * "Empire", a song by In Strict Confidence on the album Face the Fear
 * "Empire", a song by Mac on the album Shell Shocked
 * "Empire", a song by Machinae Supremacy on the album Redeemer
 * "Empire", a song by Of Monsters and Men on the album Beneath the Skin
 * "Empire", a song by Pete Philly and Perquisite on the album Mystery Repeats
 * "Empire", a song by Superheist on the album Identical Remote Controlled Reactions
 * "Empire", a song by The Black Angels on the album Passover
 * "Empire", a song by Trampled by Turtles on the album Duluth
 * "Empire", a song by Dar Williams on the album My Better Self
 * "Empires", a song by 10 Years on the album The Autumn Effect
 * "Empires", a song by Chicane on the album Easy to Assemble
 * "Empires", a song by Snog
 * "Empires (Bring Me Men)", a 2002 song by Lamya on the album Learning from Falling
 * "Empires" (Alicja Szemplińska song), the Polish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Periodicals

 * Empire (film magazine), a British film magazine
 * Empire (newspaper), an Australian newspaper
 * Empire (South African magazine), 2007–2008
 * Empire News, an 1884–1960 British newspaper

Television

 * Empire (1962 TV series), a Western series
 * Empire (1984 TV series), a sitcom
 * Empire (2005 TV series), a historical drama series
 * Empire (2006 TV series), a current-events television series
 * Empire (2012 TV series), a documentary series
 * Empire (2015 TV series), a music industry drama series
 * "Empire" (Law & Order), a 1999 episode of the police/legal drama series

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

 * Empire (show), a contemporary circus show that debuted in New York City
 * Galactic Empire (Star Wars), a fictional autocracy in the Star Wars franchise

Airlines

 * Empire Airlines (1976–1985), a defunct American airline
 * Empire Airlines, an American airline
 * Empires Airlines, an American airline that operated in the 1940s

Motor vehicles

 * Empire (1901 automobile), an American automobile manufactured 1901–1902
 * Empire (1910 automobile), an American automobile manufactured 1910–1919

Other brands and enterprises

 * Empire Company, a Canadian holding company
 * Empire Theatres, the second-largest movie theatre chain in Canada and a subsidiary of the above company
 * Empire Distribution, an American distribution company and record label
 * Empire Interactive, a video game publisher
 * Empire Records (disambiguation), any of several record labels
 * Empire Theatre (41st Street), a Broadway theatre that was prominent in the first half of the twentieth century
 * Empire Today, an American home furnishing company
 * Moss Empires music hall theatres, and now cinemas as well, originally including:
 * O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
 * Empire Cinemas, a British cinema chain, or any of its theatres
 * Empire, Leicester Square, a central London cinema owned by Empire Cinemas


 * Hackney Empire, London
 * Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England

Plants and animals

 * Empire (apple), a cultivar of apple
 * Empire (biology), a taxonomic rank of organisms

Transportation

 * Empire ships, ships prefixed Empire - many ships operated by the British Government
 * Short Empire, a pre-WWII flying boat

Sports

 * Empire Cricket Club, Barbados
 * Empire Games, a sporting festival now known as the Commonwealth Games
 * The Empire (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable, formed in 2020 in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)

Other uses

 * Empire (program), a computer software for molecular orbital calculations
 * Empire High School, Tucson, Arizona
 * Empire silhouette, a style of women's fashion
 * Empire style, a design movement
 * Project EMPIRE, a design-study for a human mission to Mars