Witness (disambiguation)

A witness is someone who has first-hand knowledge of something, such as a crime or wedding, and usually by seeing it.

Witness or The witness may also refer to:

Films

 * The Witness (1969 French film), a drama film
 * The Witness (1969 Hungarian film), a satirical film, also known as A tanú
 * Witness (1985 film), a film directed by Peter Weir, starring Harrison Ford
 * Witness (1988 film), a Malayalam film
 * The Witness (1992 film), a short film starring Elijah Wood and Gary Sinise
 * Witness (1995 film), an Indian film
 * Witness (2022 film), a 2022 Indian Tamil-language drama film
 * The Witness (2000 film), a film by James LaVeck and Jenny Stein
 * Witnesses (2003 film), a Croatian film
 * The Witnesses, a 2007 French film by André Téchiné
 * The Witness (2012 film), a Philippine film
 * The Witness (2015 Chinese film), a crime drama film
 * The Witness (2015 American film), a documentary about the murder of Kitty Genovese
 * The Witness (2018 film), a South Korean thriller
 * Witnesses (2018 film), a historical drama by Konstantin Fam

Games

 * The Witness (1983 video game), an interactive fiction computer game
 * The Witness (2016 video game), an exploration-puzzle game

Literature

 * Witness (memoir), an autobiography by Whittaker Chambers
 * Witness (novel), a 2001 verse novel of historical fiction by Karen Hesse
 * Witness: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory to New Generations, a 2015 book Holocaust survivors
 * Witness (character), several characters by Marvel Comics

Groups

 * Witness (American band), an Atlanta rock band
 * Witness (gospel group), a female gospel quartet
 * Witness (UK band), an English alternative rock band
 * A Witness, an English post-punk band

Albums

 * Witness (Benjamin Booker album), 2017
 * Witness (Blessthefall album), 2009
 * Witness (Dave Douglas album), 2001
 * Witness (Halo James album), 1990
 * Witness (Katy Perry album), 2017
 * Witness (Modern Life Is War album), 2005
 * Witness (Show of Hands album), 2006
 * Witness (Spooky Tooth album), 1973
 * Witness (Vola album), 2021
 * The Witness (album), 2021 album by Suuns

Songs

 * "The Witness" (song), a song by members of the American rock band Tool
 * "Witness", a song by Tori Amos from The Beekeeper
 * "Witness", a song by Joan as Police Woman from The Classic
 * "Witness", a song by Sarah McLachlan from Surfacing
 * "Witness", a song by Immanuel Wilkins from The 7th Hand (2022)
 * "Witness", a song by Bo Bice from See the Light
 * "Witness", a song by Red Fang from Red Fang
 * "Witness", a song by Jordan Feliz

Periodicals

 * Witness (magazine), a magazine published by the Black Mountain Institute
 * Witness (religious newspaper) edited by Hugh Miller in the mid nineteenth century
 * The Witness (newspaper), a South African daily newspaper published in Pietermaritzburg

Plays

 * Witness (play), a 1968 play by Terrence McNally
 * Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, a series of BBC Radio plays

Series

 * Witness (2006 TV programme), a documentary programme that airs on Al Jazeera English
 * Witness (TV series), a Canadian documentary television series (1992–2004)
 * The Witness (TV series), a 1960-61 television show broadcast on the CBS network
 * Witnesses (TV series), a 2014 French television series (Les Témoins)

Episodes

 * "Witness" (Better Call Saul), a 2017 episode of the American crime drama television series Better Call Saul
 * "Witness" (Person of Interest), a 2011 episode of the American drama television series Person of Interest
 * "Witness" (The Secret Circle), a 2012 episode of the American television series The Secret Circle
 * "The Witness" (Queen of Swords), a 2000 episode of the TV series Queen of Swords

Religion

 * Witnessing or evangelism, a name for proselytising in Christianity
 * Jehovah's Witnesses, a restorationist Christian denomination whose name references the above

Other uses

 * Witness (mathematics), a value τ for variable x with the property that φ(τ) is true, rendering the existential statement ∃x φ(x) true as well; τ is then said to be a witness for the statement ∃x φ(x)
 * Witness, a number that plays a role in a primality test
 * Witness, a cast-iron sculpture by Antony Gormley
 * Witness (altar), a monument in the Book of Joshua
 * Witness (organization), a non-profit organization started by Peter Gabriel
 * Witnesses, different documents of a single, original text in textual criticism