Mourning Dove

Pigeon is a common name for birds of the taxonomic family Columbidae, particularly the rock dove.

Pigeon may also refer to:

Places

• Pigeon, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Pigeon, Michigan, a village
• Pigeon, Wisconsin, a town
• Pigeon, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Pigeon Township (disambiguation)
• Pigeon Point, Minnesota, a peninsula
• Pigeon Mountain (disambiguation)
• Pigeon Peak, Colorado
• Pigeon Spire, British Columbia, Canada, a peak
• Pigeon Key, Florida, a small island
• Pigeon Island (disambiguation)
• Pigeon Lake (disambiguation)
• Pigeon River (disambiguation)
• Pigeon Creek (disambiguation)

People

Surname

• Charles Pigeon (1838–1915), French inventor of the Pigeon lamp
• David Pigeon, 18th century New England militia commander
• Jean Pigeon (1654–1739), French astronomer/cartographer
• Louis-Joseph Pigeon (1922–1993), Canadian politician
• Michel Pigeon (born 1945), Canadian politician
• Pamela Pigeon (born 1918), New Zealander who was the first female commander in Britain's Government Communications Headquarters
• Steve Pigeon (born 1960), American politician

Other

• Glenn McGrath (born 1970), Australian former cricketer nicknamed "Pigeon"
• Jandamarra (born c.1873), Aboriginal Australian warrior known as "Pigeon" by the European settlers

In the military

• HMS Pigeon, various Royal Navy ships
• USS Pigeon, three US Navy ships
• Project Pigeon, World War II project to use pigeons to control guided missiles

Entertainment

• Pigeons (album), by indie rock band Here We Go Magic
• "Pigeon" (song), by Cannibal Ox
• "Pigeon" (Pushing Daisies), an Emmy Award-winning episode of Pushing Daisies
• Pigeon (film), a 2004 Canadian short film
• "The Pigeon" (Australian Playhouse), a 1966 Australian television play
• The Pigeon (1969 film), a 1969 American made-for-television crime drama film
• Pigeons, alternate title to the 1970 film The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
• The Pigeon (novella), a novella by Patrick Süskind
• "The Pigeon," the title character of a series of children's picture books, starting with Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, by Mo Willems
• Pigeon, the Japanese name of Pidgeotto, a fictional species of Pokémon
• "Pigeon", a season 4 premiere episode of Servant (TV series)

Other uses

• Pigeon (Korean company), a South Korean manufacturer of household products
• Gatard Statoplan Pigeon, a French 1970s light utility airplane

See also

• Pidgeon (disambiguation)
• Pidgin (disambiguation)
• Pijon (disambiguation)
• Stool pigeon
• All pages with titles beginning with Pigeon