Sphinx (disambiguation)

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.

Sphinx or Sphynx may also refer to:

In Egypt

 * Great Sphinx of Giza, the giant Sphinx statue near the Great Pyramids
 * Sphinx of Memphis, a stone sphinx located near the ruins of Memphis
 * Sphinx International Airport, a public airport serving the city of Giza

Antarctica

 * Mount Sphinx, in the Prince de Ligne Mountains, Queen Maud Land
 * Sphinx Hill, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
 * Sphinx Island, Graham Land
 * Sphinx Mountain, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land
 * Sphinx Peak, Victoria Land

Canada

 * The Sphinx (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia
 * Sphinx Dome, a lava dome in British Columbia

Europe

 * Sphinx (Romania), a natural rock formation in the Carpathian Mountains
 * Sphinx (Scotland), meteorological feature in the Cairngorms
 * Sphinx, a Turkish rock outcrop in ANZAC Cove

United States

 * The Sphinx (Kings Canyon National Park), in California
 * The Sphinx (Wyoming), a mountain in the Wind River Range
 * Sphinx Mountain (Madison County, Montana)

Fictional entities

 * Sphinx (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
 * S.P.H.I.N.X., an organization in The Venture Bros.
 * The Sphinx, a character in the 1999 film Mystery Men
 * Sphinx, a character in the TV series Mahō Sentai Magiranger

Film and television

 * The Sphinx (1916 film), an American lost silent film
 * The Sphinx (1920 film), an Italian silent film
 * The Sphinx (1933 film), an American film directed by Phil Rosen
 * Sphinx (film), a 1981 American film adaptation of Robin Cook's novel (see below)
 * "Sphinx" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), a television episode
 * "The Sphinx" (Extreme Ghostbusters), a television episode

Literature and periodicals

 * Sphinx (novel), a 1979 novel by Robin Cook
 * The Sphinx (Aeschylus), a fragmentary satyr play in the Seven Against Thebes trilogy
 * The Sphinx (magazine), a 1902–1953 magazine for magicians
 * The Sphinx (poem), an 1894 poem by Oscar Wilde
 * "The Sphinx", an 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
 * The Sphinx, a journal of Alpha Phi Alpha

Music

 * Sphynx (band), a 1990s American dance music act
 * The Sphinx (album), a 2011 album, or the title song, by Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D'Arby)
 * The Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983, a 2006 album by Amanda Lear
 * Sphynx (album), a 2003 album by Melechesh
 * "The Sphinx" (song), a 1978 song by Amanda Lear
 * Sphinx, a song by Gojira from their 2021 album Fortitude

Other media

 * Sphinx (Marc Quinn sculpture), a 2006 sculpture of Kate Moss
 * Sphinx, a 1984 role-playing game
 * The Sphinx, a 2013 sculpture produced by Banksy during the Better Out Than In residency in New York City

Organisations

 * Sphinx (senior society), a secret society at Dartmouth College
 * Sphinx Senior Society, a senior society at the University of Pennsylvania
 * Sphinx Organization, aiding the development of young Black and Latino classical musicians
 * Sphinx Resources, a Canadian mining company
 * Sphinx Systems, a Swiss firearms manufacturer

Science and technology

 * Sphinx (gene), a non-coding RNA in Drosophila
 * Sphinx (moth), the common name of many moths in the family Sphingidae
 * Sphinx (genus), a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae
 * Sphinx (satellite), an American test satellite
 * Sphynx cat, a breed of hairless cat
 * Sphinx tiling, a geometric tiling using the "sphinx" hexiamond

Computing

 * Sphinx (documentation generator), a free, open-source, extensible documentation generator
 * Sphinx (home automation system), a conceptual home environment designed in the Soviet Union in 1987
 * Sphinx (search engine), an SQL full-text search engine
 * CMU Sphinx, a free voice recognition engine from Carnegie Mellon University
 * Sphinx, codename for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0; see History of Microsoft SQL Server

Transport

 * CSS Sphynx, later the Japanese ironclad Kōtetsu, a 19th-century warship
 * HMS Sphinx, several ships of the Royal Navy
 * French ship Sphinx, several ships of the French Navy
 * La Mouette Sphinx, a French hang glider design

Other uses

 * Le Sphinx, a Paris brothel founded in 1931
 * Sphinx Ting, Taiwanese actor and model
 * Sphinx, a typeface produced by Deberny & Peignot
 * Sphinx, a disc golf fairway driver by Infinite Discs
 * Sphinx, a nickname for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of United States
 * Sphinx Observatory at the Jungfraujoch glacier saddle in Switzerland