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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ1589529 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tempest is a synonym for a storm.

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare.

Tempest or The Tempest may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Films

The Tempest (1908 film), a British silent film

The Tempest (1911 film), an American silent film

Tempest (1928 film), a John Barrymore film

The Tempest (1935 film), a Chinese film of the 1930s

Tempest (1958 film), an Alberto Lattuada film

The Tempest (1960 film), an American television film

The Tempest (1963 film), an Australian television film

The Tempest (1979 film), a film by Derek Jarman

Tempest (1982 film), a Paul Mazursky film

The Tempest, a 1998 made-for-TV film by Jack Bender

The Tempest (2010 film), a Julie Taymor film

Tempest, a 2012 film by Rob Curry and Anthony Fletcher

Tempest (2015 film), an animated short film

Literature

Tempest (Bulis novel), a 1998 Doctor Who spin-off novel by Christopher Bulis

Tempest (Denning novel), a 2006 Star Wars novel by Troy Denning

The Tempest (Dryden and D'Avenant play), a 1667 adaptation of Shakespeare's play by John Dryden and William d'Avenant

The Mock Tempest, a parody of The Tempest by Dryden and D'Avenant by Thomas Duffet

The Tempest, a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel by Susan Wright

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume IV: The Tempest, part of the comic book series

Music

Classical music

The Tempest (Sullivan), Arthur Sullivan's 1861 incidental music to Shakespeare's play

The Tempest (Sibelius), Jean Sibelius's 1926 incidental music to Shakespeare's play

The Tempest (Tchaikovsky), an 1873 symphonic fantasy by Tchaikovsky

"Tempest Sonata" or Piano Sonata No. 17, a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven

The Tempest, Op. 46 (1880), a symphonic poem by Zdeněk Fibich

Operas

The Tempest (Adès), a 2004 opera by Thomas Adès

The Tempest (Hoiby), a 1986 opera by Lee Hoiby, after Shakespeare

La Tempesta, a 1850 opera in Italian, by Fromental Halévy, after Shakespeare

The Tempest (Smith), a 1756 opera by John Christopher Smith

The Tempest, opus Z 631, a 1695 (?) semi-opera attributed to Henry Purcell

Bands

Tempest (Celtic rock band), an American Celtic rock band group

Tempest (musician), electronic/alternative American rock band founded by Gabrielle Wortman

Tempest (British band), a British progressive rock group

Tempest (South Korean band), a South Korean boy group

The Tempest (band), a British pop band

Albums

Tempest (Balflare album), 2006

Tempest (Bob Dylan album), 2012

Tempest (Jesse Cook album), 1995

Tempest (Tussle album), 2012

The Tempest (album), by Insane Clown Posse, 2007

Songs

"Tempest" (Bob Dylan song), 2012

"Tempest" (Deftones song), 2012

"Tempest", by A Storm of Light from Forgive Us Our Trespasses, 2009

"Tempest", by Delta-S from Voyage to Isis, 2007

"Tempest", by Ethel Cain from Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You, 2025

"Tempest", by Low from Double Negative, 2018

"Tempest", by Lucius from Nudes, 2018

"Tempest", by Namie Amuro from the triple A-side single "Naked"/"Fight Together"/"Tempest", 2011

"The Tempest", by Mike Oldfield from Music of the Spheres, 2008

"The Tempest", by Pendulum from In Silico, 2008

"7empest" (pronounced "tempest"), by Tool from Fear Inoculum, 2019

Paintings

The Tempest (Giorgione), a 1508 work by Giorgione

The Tempest, a 1913–1914 painting by Oskar Kokoschka also known as The Bride of the Wind

Sculptures

The Tempest (La Tempête) sculpture by Auguste Rodin

The Tempest (Hebald), an outdoor sculpture by Milton Hebald in Central Park, New York, U.S.

Television

Tempest (TV series), a 2025 South Korean drama

"Tempest" (Smallville), a 2002 episode of Smallville

The Tempest, a Dharma Initiative station on Lost

Other arts and entertainment

Tempest (comics), various comic book titles and characters

Tempest (video game), a 1981 arcade game from Atari

Tempest (Magic: The Gathering), an expansion to the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game

The Tempest (Ars Magica), a series of adventures for role-playing game Ars Magica published in 1990

Tempest, a fictional starship in the video game Mass Effect: Andromeda

Tempest, the second original class introduced in the video game Diablo Immortal.

Claire-Ann Byers (codenamed Tempest), an operator from Delta Force (2025 video game)

Military

Hawker Tempest, a World War II–era British Royal Air Force fighter plane

BAE Systems Tempest, a planned British Royal Air Force fighter plane

HMS Tempest (H71), an R-class destroyer launched in 1917

HMS Tempest (N86), a T-class submarine launched in 1941

USS Tempest (1862), a Civil War gunboat

USS Tempest (1869), a monitor renamed USS Yuma

USS Tempest (PC-2), a Cyclone-class coastal patrol ship launched in 1992

SD Tempest, a tugboat supporting the United Kingdom's Naval Service

Operation Tempest, a World War II operation of the Polish Home Army

Tempest, a variant of the Centurion tank used in Singapore

Tempest MPV, a British army version of the Cougar military vehicle

People

Tempest (surname)

Tempest Anderson (1846–1913), English ophthalmic surgeon, amateur photographer and vulcanologist

Tempestt Bledsoe (born 1973), American actress

Tempest DuJour, American drag queen

Tempest Storm, stage name of American exotic dancer, burlesque dancer, and film actress Annie Blanche Banks (1928–2021)

Transportation

Tempest (ship), a steamship of the Anchor Line that vanished in 1857

Tempest (keelboat)

Moyes Tempest, a glider produced by Moyes Microlights

Pontiac Tempest, an automobile produced by General Motors from 1961 to 1970 and 1987 to 1991

VinFast Tempest, an electric scooter manufactured by VinFast

Other uses

Tempest (codename), a standard of shielding for wires and computers used by the U.S. and other governments

Tempest Peak, a mountain in Ross Dependency, Antarctica

Tempest Stele, a stele erected by Egyptian Pharaoh Ahmose I c.

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