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X (disambiguation)

X is the 24th letter of the English alphabet.

X may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Film

  • X (1963 film), subtitled The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, an American science fiction film
  • X (1986 film), a Norwegian drama directed by Oddvar Einarson
  • X (1996 film), an anime film directed by Rintaro, based on the X manga by CLAMP
  • X (2022 film), an American horror film directed by Ti West
  • X the Unknown, a 1956 British science fiction horror film
  • X, alternate title for Malcolm X (1992 film), by Spike Lee
  • ', a 2011 thriller by Australian director Jon Hewitt
  • ', a 2015 Indian anthology film
  • X rating, a designation for adult-only films

Television

  • Kamen Rider X, a Japanese series in the Kamen Rider franchise
  • Ultraman X, a 2015 Japanese tokusatsu series
  • X (TV series), a Japanese anime series based on the X manga by CLAMP
  • X, the production code for the 1966 Doctor Who serial The Ark

Video games

Literature

Music

Bands

Albums

Operas

Songs

Stations

  • WXNY-FM, known as "La X 96.3", a Spanish radio station in New York City
  • XETRA-FM/91.1 MHz, licensed to Tijuana, using the moniker "91X".
  • Radio X, a British radio station which grew out of the former XFM

Roller coasters

  • X2 (roller coaster), at Six Flags Magic Mountain, formerly known as X
  • in Thorpe Park, England, formerly known as X

Companies

Other organizations

  • X (demo party), a Dutch demoscene party which started in 1995
  • Organization X, a resistance organization active during the Axis occupation of Greece and the Greek Civil War
  • X University, informal interim name of Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University
  • , London-based cooperative network project to support migrant sex workers

Language script and phonetic

People

In arts and entertainment

  • Director X (born 1975), Canadian music video director, also known as X and Little X
  • Márcia X (1959–2005), Brazilian performer and visual artist
  • Princess X (musician), former stage name of musician Liza Fox (active since 2010)
  • DMX (rapper) (1970–2021), American rapper commonly referred to as "X"
  • Shaun Ryder (born 1962), English musician also known as X
  • Terminator X (born 1966), stage name for American DJ Norman Roberts, who worked with Public Enemy
  • XXXTentacion (1998–2018), American rapper commonly referred to as "X"
  • X, ring name of wrestler Carl Ouellet (born 1967)

Other people

  • X González (born 1999), American gun control activist
  • Clyde X (1931–2009), Nation of Islam official
  • Khoisan X (1955–2010), political activist
  • Laura X (born 1940), feminist historian
  • Malcolm X (1925–1965), civil rights activist
  • Michael X (1933–1975), activist and criminal
  • Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (born 2000), climate activist, often known as "X"
  • X, the girl in the X Case, a landmark court case about abortion in Ireland
  • X, pseudonymous author of the 1947 Foreign Affairs "X Article", formally titled "The Sources of Soviet Conduct"
  • X, surname often assumed by members of the Nation of Islam

Science, technology, and mathematics

Astronomy

Computing

  • OS X (pronounced 'OS ten'), former name of the Apple macOS operating system
  • X Window System, referred to as X or X11, a client-server display protocol often used in UNIX environments
  • X file format, used by DirectX
  • X, the mnemonic for the execute instruction on the TI-990 and the TMS9900
  • X#, a High-level assembler for the x86 processor architecture as part of the Cosmos operating system

Mathematics

Physics

  • X (charge), a conserved quantum number in particle physics
  • X band, part of the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum
  • X unit, unit of length in physics

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

Automobiles

  • Tesla Model X, an electric crossover by Tesla
  • HiPhi X, an electric crossover automobile produced from 2020
  • Zeekr X, a battery electric compact crossover SUV
  • BMW X models, a series of SUV models

Other uses

See also