Veil (disambiguation)

A veil is an article of clothing.

Veil may also refer to:

Biology

 * Veil (mycology), two structures associated with the fruiting bodies of some fungi
 * Caul, a membrane sometimes found on the face of a newborn child
 * A yeast film similar to flor, developing at the surface of wine in a barrel

People with the surname

 * Hans-Jürgen Veil (born 1946), German wrestler
 * (born 1966), German legal scholar
 * Simone Veil (1927–2017)French lawyer and politician
 * (1879-1965), a German architect; see

Characters

 * Veil (comics), a mutant in the Marvel Comics universe
 * Veil, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
 * The Veil, a creature in Doctor Who

Film and television

 * The Veil (2016 film), a 2016 film directed by Phil Joanou and starring Jessica Alba
 * The Veil (2017 film), a 2017 film directed by Brent Ryan Green
 * The Veil (American TV series), a 1958 American horror/suspense anthology television series
 * The Veil (South Korean TV series), a 2021 television series
 * Veil (TV series), a 2023 Singaporean television series
 * The Veil (miniseries)

Music

 * The Veils, a UK-based rock band
 * Veil (album), a 1993 album by Band of Susans
 * The Veil (album)

Other popular culture

 * Veil, a subordinate gateway realm in the 2009 video game Wolfenstein
 * Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, a 1987 book by political reporter Bob Woodward

Other uses

 * Veil (cosmetics), used to fixate the makeup and give a finish
 * Video Encoded Invisible Light, a technology for encoding digital information in the luminance signal for copy protection