Midge (disambiguation)
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A midge is a very small, two-winged flying insect.
Midge may also refer to:
Military
- Folland Midge, a British subsonic light fighter aircraft
- HMQS Midge, an Australian torpedo launch
- Canadair CL-89, a surveillance drone called Midge in UK service
People
Given name or nickname
- Midge Bosworth (born 1941), former Australian racing driver
- Toughie Brasuhn (1923-1971), American roller derby skater
- Midge Costanza (1932–2010), American politician
- Midge Decter (born 1927), American neoconservative journalist and author of various books
- Midge Didham (born 1945), New Zealand retired jockey
- Mildred Gillars (1900–1988), American broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II
- Midge Gillies, British journalist and biographer
- Marjorie Gladman (born c. 1900), American amateur tennis player
- Midge Mackenzie (1938–2004), Dublin born writer and film maker
- Midge Marsden (born 1945), New Zealand blues and R&B guitarist, harmonica-player, and singer
- Midge Miller (1922–2009), Wisconsin Democratic politician
- Midge Potts, transgender political activist
- Marjorie Rendell (born 1947), American jurist and first lady of Pennsylvania
- Midge Richardson (1930-2012), American nun and educator turned author and editor of Seventeen magazine
- Midge Ure (born 1953), Scottish guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Midge Williams (1915–1952), African American Swing Jazz vocalist during the 1930s and 1940s
Surname
- Tiffany Midge, Native American poet
Fictional characters
- Midge Hadley, in the Barbie line of dolls by Mattel
- Midge Klump, from Archie Comics
- Midge Pinciotti, from the TV show That '70s Show
- Midge Carter, in play I'm Not Rappaport and its adaptations
- Midge, a pet mouse in Mary, Mungo and Midge, an animated series for children
- Midge, a common name for Marge Simpson given to her frequently by Moe Szyslak
Other uses
- Midge Lake, Livingston Island, Antarctica
- Midge the Sea Lion (1985-2010), a resident of the Oklahoma City zoo
- Midge Linux, a Linux mini-distribution for routers
- JC Midge, a kit car
See also
- Midget
- "Mij", an Iraqi otter featured in the book Ring of Bright Water
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