Ramesses

Ramesses may refer to:

Pharaohs of the nineteenth dynasty

 * Ramesses I, founder of the 19th Dynasty
 * Ramesses II, also called "Ramesses the Great"
 * Prince Ramesses (prince), second son of Ramesses II
 * Prince Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben, a son of Ramesses II

Pharaohs of the twentieth dynasty

 * Ramesses III, adversary of the Sea Peoples
 * Ramesses IV
 * Ramesses V
 * Ramesses VI
 * Ramesses VII
 * Ramesses VIII
 * Ramesses IX
 * Ramesses X
 * Ramesses XI

Locations

 * Pi-Ramesses, founded by pharaoh Ramesses II on the former site of Avaris

Books

 * Ramses the Damned, an alternate title of the novel The Mummy by Anne Rice
 * The Ramses (Ramsès) series of five best-selling historical novels, by French author and Egyptologist Christian Jacq

Entertainers and artists

 * Albert Marchinsky, an illusionist whose stage name was "The Great Rameses"
 * Ramases, an early-1970s-era British musician
 * Ramsés VII, pseudonym used by Argentine singer-songwriter Tanguito (1945-1972)
 * Ramesses (band), an English sludge/doom metal band, formed by ex-Electric Wizard members Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening
 * Ramses Shaffy (1933–2009), Dutch singer
 * Ramses Younan (1913–1966), Egyptian painter and writer

Fictional characters

 * King Ramses, a minor villain in the animated cartoon Courage the Cowardly Dog
 * Ramses Emerson, a fictional character in the "Amelia Peabody" book series by U.S. author Elizabeth Peters
 * Ramses, a summon creature in the Game Boy Advance game Golden Sun
 * Ramses XIII, protagonist of the 1895 historical novel Pharaoh by Bolesław Prus

Military

 * MV Ramses, a German blockade runner sunk by HMAS Adelaide in 1942
 * The Ramses II tank, an Egyptian main battle tank

Products

 * Ramses, a brand of condom manufactured by Durex

Sports

 * Rameses (mascot), the mascot for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill