Desdemona (disambiguation)

Desdemona is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello.

Desdemona may also refer to:

Fictional characters

• Desdemona (Disdemona), a character in the tale Hecatommithi (1565) by Giovanni Battista Giraldi, a.k.a. Cinthio
• Desdemona Stephanides, a character in the book Middlesex by author Jeffrey Eugenides
• Desdemona, a cat character in the comic strip Mutt and Jeff
• Desdemona, a character in a Jimmy Buffett novel Where Is Joe Merchant?
• Desdemona, a character in the book Vurt by author Jeff Noon
• Desdemona, a character in the Midnighters trilogy by the author Scott Westerfeld
• Desdemona, a character recreated as Kynaston, played by Billy Crudup in the film Stage Beauty
• Desdemona, a rôle from Shakespeare's Othello in the film O, renamed Desi Brable, played by Julia Stiles (1999/2001)
• Desdemona, a soprano role in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello (1887)
• Desdemona, a soprano role in the 1816 opera Otello by Gioachino Rossini
• Desdemona Fuscus, a character in the comic strip and webcomic Kevin and Kell
• Desdemona, a character in the children's Cairo Jim novels by Geoffrey McSkimming

Music

• "Desdemona" (John's Children song), written by Marc Bolan and first recorded by John's Children
• "Desdemona", a song by Billy Merson
• "Desdemona", a 1971 single by The Searchers
• "Desdemona", a song by The Allman Brothers from the 2003 album Hittin' the Note

Space

• 666 Desdemona, an asteroid
• Desdemona (moon), a moon of Uranus

Other uses

• Desdemona (play), written by Toni Morrison
• Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief, written by Paula Vogel
• Desdemona Sands Light, a former lighthouse in Oregon, U.S.
• Desdemona, a typeface included with early versions of Microsoft software, such as Office 4.3
• Desdemona, Texas
• ST Desdemona, a Cypriot tugboat