Independent

Independent or Independents may refer to:

Artist groups

 * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
 * Independents (Oporto artist group), a Portuguese artist group historically linked to abstract art and to Fernando Lanhas, the central figure of Portuguese abstractionism

Groups, labels, and genres

 * Independent music, a number of genres associated with independent labels
 * Independent record label, a record label not associated with a major label
 * Independent Albums, American albums chart

Albums

 * Independent (Ai album), 2012
 * Independent (Faze album), 2006
 * Independent (Sacred Reich album), 1993

Songs

 * "Independent" (song), a 2007 song by Webbie
 * "Independent", a 2002 song by Ayumi Hamasaki from H

News and media organizations

 * The Independent, a British online newspaper.
 * The Malta Independent, a Maltese newspaper and online newspaper
 * Independent Online (South Africa), a news and information website based in South Africa, owned by Sekunjalo Investments since 2013
 * Independent News & Media, the largest publisher of print material in South Africa and owner of Independent Online until 2013
 * Independent Media Center (also known as Indymedia or IMC), an open publishing network of journalist collectives that report on political and social issues, e.g., in The Indypendent newspaper of NYC
 * ITV (TV network) (Independent Television), a British television channel

Periodicals

 * Grand Island Independent, a newspaper published in Grand Island, Nebraska
 * Indy Week, formerly known as the Independent Weekly and originally the North Carolina Independent
 * Irish Independent, newspaper
 * Long Beach Independent, a morning edition newspaper published in Long Beach, California
 * Marshall Independent, a daily newspaper published in Marshall, Minnesota
 * San Francisco Independent, formerly the largest non-daily U.S. newspaper
 * Santa Barbara Independent, a news, arts, and alternative newspaper published every Thursday in Santa Barbara, California, United States

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

 * Independents (film), a 2008 American documentary
 * Independent bookstore, bookstore that is not part of a chain
 * Independent film, film produced by a small movie studio
 * Independent media, media that is free of influence by government or corporate interests
 * Independent publisher, small press not associated with a major publisher
 * Independent radio, radio stations independent of government or conglomerate interference
 * Independent sources, in journalism, two or more sources which attest to a given piece of information
 * Independent station, television or radio station that is not affiliated with any network

Mathematics and statistics

 * Dependent and independent variables, the argument of a mathematical function
 * Independent, in Independence (probability theory), a variable whose occurrence does not affect the probability of occurrence of another
 * Independence (mathematical logic), unprovability of a sentence (e.g. the Parallel postulate) from other sentences (e.g. the remaining Euclidean geometry axioms)

Military

 * Independent Company, a World War II British unit
 * Independent Highland Companies, units of Scottish Highlanders in the 17th and 18th centuries
 * Independent Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Companies of the American Civil War
 * Norwegian Independent Company 1, a World War II Norwegian unit
 * British Army Independent Companies of Foot, British units in the French and Indian Wars

Politics

 * Independent city, city that does not form part of another local government entity
 * Independent politician, not affiliated with any political party
 * Independent voter, not a member of any political party
 * Independent voting movement (U.S.), not affiliated with any political party
 * Independents (political party), a political party in the Czech Republic

Religion

 * Independent (religion), name for supporters of a disestablished Protestant church during the English Civil War, closely identified with support for the English Commonwealth, of which Oliver Cromwell is best known
 * Independent church, or non-denominational church, a church unaffiliated with a denominational organization
 * Union of Welsh Independents, Congregationlist denomination in Wales

Sports
In U.S. college sports, schools that are not members of an NCAA or NAIA athletic conference, including:
 * Independent circuit, professional wrestling shows not associated with the major wrestling promotions
 * NCAA Division I FBS independent schools, for football
 * NCAA Division I FCS independent schools, for football
 * NCAA Division I independent schools (baseball)
 * NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
 * NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
 * NCAA Division I independent schools (soccer)
 * NCAA Division II independent schools, for all sports
 * NCAA Division III independent schools, for all sports
 * NCAA independent schools (lacrosse), for all divisions
 * NAIA independent schools, for all sports

Other uses

 * Independent Institute, an American libertarian think tank
 * Dependent and independent verb forms in Goidelic languages
 * Independent business, privately owned companies
 * Independent clothes store, boutique not associated with the larger retailers
 * Independent contractor, organisation or individual which provides goods or services under terms specified in a contract
 * Independent school, school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation
 * Independent Truck Company, an American skateboarding brand
 * Vickers A1E1 Independent, British multi-turreted tank designed during the Interwar period