A wizard is a person with magical, or at least exceptional, abilities.

Wizard or wizards may also refer to:

In literature:

• Wizard (Middle-earth), powerful entities from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
• Wizard (Oz), a character in L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its movie adaptations
• Wizards (Discworld), as featured in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
• Wizarding world inhabitants, in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling

In games:

• Wizards of the Coast, a Seattle-based games publisher known for Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons
• Wizard (character class), magic-wielding character types in many role-playing games
  • Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons), the Dungeons & Dragons class
• Wizardry, a series of "dungeon crawl" computer games from the 1980s
• Wizard (computer game), a 1983 Commodore 64 game that was later rereleased in 1986 as "Ultimate Wizard"
• Wizard card game, a trick-taking card game

In film:

• Wizards (movie), a 1977 animated post-apocalyptic fantasy/science fiction film by Ralph Bakshi
• The Wizard (film), a 1989 American film about a skilled Nintendo player
• The Wizard (TV series), a short-lived 1980s CBS television series

In comics:

• The Guide to Comics, a monthly magazine that spawned succesful spinoffs in other areas of interest
• Wizard (DC Comics), a supervillain and enemy of the Justice Society of America
• Wizard (Marvel Comics), a supervillain and enemy of the Fantastic Four, also known as "The Wingless Wizard"

Among specific people:

• Grand Wizard and Imperial Wizard, titles in the Klu Klux Klan
• The Wizard of New Zealand (Ian Brackenbury Channell), an eccentric called a "living work of art"
• Thomas Edison, an inventor nicknamed the "Wizard of Menlo Park"
• Ozzie Smith, a baseball player nicknamed "The Wizard"

In sports:

• Washington Wizards, a team in the National Basketball Association
• Kansas City Wizards, a team in Major League Soccer (Football)
• The NAB Cup, known as the Wizard Cup from 2002-2005, an Australian-rules football competition that was previously sponsored by Wizard Home Loans, an Australian financial organisation.

In technology:

• Wizard (software), a computer user interface that leads a user through dialog steps
• HTC Wizard, a QWERTY-keyboard mobile smartphone

In anime and manga:

• "Wizard", Ohjiro Mihara’s angel in the anime and manga series Angelic Layer
• Wizard pack, a weapon system in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
• Wizardmon, a Wizard Digimon from Digimon

In music:

• Wizard (German band), a power metal/speed metal band
• Wizards (band), a power metal band from Brazil
• Wizzard, a 1970s British glam rock band
• The Wizzard, a calypso singer from Dominica
• The Wizard (song), the name of several songs, including one by Black Sabbath in 1970 and one by Uriah Heep in 1972
• Pinball Wizard, a song from The Who’s rock opera Tommy

Wizard can also refer to:

• Wizard (psychology), a person who impacts on another’s self image

See also

• Magic (paranormal)
• Warlock
• Witch (disambiguation)