Electra (disambiguation)

Electra was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology.

Electra or Elektra may also refer to:

Greek mythology

 * Electra (Pleiad), one of the Pleiades
 * Electra, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo
 * Electra (Oceanid), the wife of Thaumas and mother of Iris and the Harpies

Terrestrial features

 * Mount Electra
 * Electra Lake

Outer space

 * Electra (star), 17 Tauri
 * 130 Elektra, an asteroid

Municipalities

 * Electra, California
 * Electra, Texas
 * Electra, Queensland, a locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia

Buildings

 * Electra (San Diego), a condominium tower located in downtown San Diego
 * Electra Building, Vancouver, a skyscraper
 * Electra House, a building at 84 Moorgate, London, England
 * Electra High School
 * Electra Tower

People

 * Carmen Electra (born 1972), American model, actress, and singer
 * Elektra (name), female given name
 * Elektra (wrestling) (born 1970), stage name of Donna Adamo, professional wrestling valet and adult model
 * Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–1960), American museum founder
 * Electra Waggoner Biggs (1912–2001)
 * Electra Carlin (1912–2000)
 * Electra Collins Doren (1861–1927), suffragette and library scientist
 * Dorian Electra (born 1992)
 * Justine Electra
 * Electra Waggoner (1882–1925)
 * Electra Mustaine (born 1998)

Comics

 * Elektra: Assassin (1986), a comics miniseries dedicated to the Marvel character

Fictional characters

 * Electra (cat), in T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and in the musical Cats
 * Elektra (comics), a Marvel Comics character
 * "Electra", Cathy's dog in the Cathy comic strip
 * Electra the Electric Train, a character in Starlight Express
 * Elektra King, in The World is not Enough
 * Elektra (Tracy Beaker Returns character)
 * Elektra, the princess of the Electric Eels from Sea Princesses

Film

 * Electra (1962 film), based on the Euripides play
 * Electra, a 1996 Shannon Tweed film
 * Elektra (2005 film), a film based on the Marvel character
 * Elektra (2010 film), a Malayalam psychological drama film

Groups

 * Electra (band), an electronic musical band from the United Kingdom
 * Electra (Israeli band), an Israeli rock'n'roll band
 * Elektra (band), a pop rock band from Iceland

Albums

 * Electra (album), by Alice Caymmi
 * Electra (Arild Andersen album)
 * Elektra (Suspekt album), 2011
 * Elektra: The Album, the soundtrack to the 2005 film

Songs

 * "Electra" (song), a 2009 song by heavy metal band Dio

Operas

 * Elektra (opera), by Richard Strauss
 * Electra, by Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner
 * Elektra, by Mikis Theodorakis

Plays

 * Electra (Euripides play)
 * Electra (Sophocles play)
 * Electra (Giraudoux play), 1930
 * Electra (Wijesinha play), 1986
 * Elektra, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocles
 * Elektra (started in 1949, first performed 1987), a play by Ezra Pound and Rudd Fleming
 * Electra, a 1901 play written by Benito Pérez Galdós

Business

 * Electra (company), electricity and water company in Cape Verde
 * Elektra (espresso machines), an Italian producer of high-quality espresso machines
 * Electra Bicycle Company, a Vista, California-based bicycle brand/company
 * Electra Guitars, a brand of imported electric guitar of the 70s and 80s
 * Electra Partners Europe, the pan-European private equity firm renamed Cognetas
 * Electra Private Equity, the London-based listed investment trust
 * Elektra Records, a U.S. record label
 * Grupo Elektra, a Mexican corporation
 * Electra Airways, airline

Science and technology

 * Electra (radio), telecommunications transceiver for Mars spacecraft
 * Electra, an iOS jailbreak app
 * Electra (genus), a genus of aquatic invertebrates, including Electra pilosa
 * Elektra (bug), a genus of insects in the tribe Mirini
 * Electra (teletext), a teletext service from the early 1980s to the early 1990s
 * Electra complex, a psychiatric concept
 * Electra, a satellite also known as Explorer-1 Prime
 * Elektra (layout engine)
 * Elektra, a navigation system developed from the Lorenz beam
 * Electra (satellite), a project for a communications satellite with all-electric propulsion

Transportation

 * Buick Electra, full-size premium automobiles built by the Buick division of General Motors
 * Lockheed L-188 Electra, an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed
 * Lockheed Model 10 Electra, a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane airliner from the 1930s
 * Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior, an eight-seat, six-passenger all-metal twin-engine transport aircraft of the late 1930s
 * Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, a civil cargo and passenger aircraft
 * Electra, an express electric locomotive of the type British Rail Class 77 built in 1953 for the Woodhead Line
 * Electra, an early codename for the British Rail Class 91 electric locomotive
 * Electra, a Great Western Railway Firefly class 2-2-2 locomotive
 * Harley-Davidson Electra Glide, a motorcycle in the FL model series since 1965
 * HMS Electra, five ships
 * USS Electra
 * HS Elektra

Organizations

 * Electra (arts organisation), London-based non-profit arts organisation
 * Elektra Berlin, a German association football club

Other uses

 * Electra (typeface), a serif typeface
 * Electra (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse