Plague or The Plague may refer to:
Agriculture, fauna, and medicine Plague (disease), (commonly referred to as bubonic plague or black death), caused by infectious bacteria Yersinia pestis An epidemic or pandemic of infectious disease (medical or agricultural) Acute overpopulation of pests afflicting the environment or agriculture, including: Swarms of pest insects such as locusts Rodent plagues Plague, collective noun for common grackles
Historical plagues List of epidemics Antonine Plague, an ancient pandemic in 165–189 CE brought to the Roman Empire by troops returning from campaigns in the Near East Black Death, the Eurasian pandemic beginning in the 14th century, also known as "The Plague" Great Northern War plague outbreak, a European outbreak in the early 18th century Great Plague of London, a massive outbreak in England that killed an estimated 20% of London's population in 1665–1666 Plague of Athens, a devastating epidemic which hit Athens in ancient Greece in 430 BCE Plague of Justinian, a pandemic in 541–542 CE in the Byzantine Empire Plague Riot, a riot in Moscow in 1771 caused by an outbreak of bubonic plague
Modern plagues Third plague pandemic or Third Plague, a major plague pandemic that began in China in 1855 until 1960 Manchurian plague (1910–11): Part of the third plague pandemic HIV/AIDS, originally referred to as the "gay plague" when it was discovered in the 1980s (see History of HIV/AIDS) Vole plague in Castile and León (Spain), in 2007.
Art, media, and entertainment Art Plague (painting), by Arnold Böcklin
Fictional entities Plague, Lisbeth Salander's hacker friend and colleague in the Hacker Republic, e.g., see The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest#Trial The Plague (G.I. Joe), a Cobra special forces team in the comic book G.I. Joe: America's Elite The Plague, a duo of demonic assassins in the movie Hobo with a Shotgun
Films Plague (1979 film), a science-fiction film The Plague (1992 film), a drama film The Plague (2006 film), a horror film Plague (2014 film), an Australian horror film The Plague (2025 film), a psychological drama thriller film
Games Corrupted Blood incident, a virtual plague that occurred in the video game World of Warcraft Plague Inc., a strategy game for smartphones and tablets by Ndemic Creations Plague!, a card game about the Black Plague in England Plague of Shadows (Plague Knight), a character and DLC gamemode for Shovel Knight The Plague, a playable killer character of Babylonian origin from the asymmetrical-survival horror Dead by Daylight "A Plague Tale: Innocence" and "A Plague Tale: Requiem", survival horror games set in 14th century France
Literature Plague, a 2000 young adult novel by Malcolm Rose Plague, a 1977 thriller novel by Graham Masterton Plague 99, a novel by Jean Ure The Plague (novel), a novel by Albert Camus "The Plague" (Dragon Prince), an epidemic which affects both humans and dragons in Melanie Rawn's novel The Plague (magazine), New York University's comedy magazine
Music Artists The Plague (American band), a hardcore punk band from Cleveland The Plague (British band), a punk rock band The Plague (New Zealand band), a theatrical punk/art rock band
Albums Plague (Klinik album) Plagues (album), by The Devil Wears Prada The Plague, by Demon The Plague (Brotha Lynch Hung album)
EPs The Plague (Nuclear Assault EP) The Plague (I Hate Sally EP)
Songs "Plague" (song), by Crystal Castles from the 2012 album III "The Plague", by Demon from the 1983 album by the same name "The Plague," an unreleased song by The Mountain Goats that appears on the 2020 live album The Jordan Lake Sessions "THE PLAGUE," a song by Melanie Martinez
Musicals Plague! The Musical, by David Massingham and Matthew Townend
Television "Plague" (The Dead Zone), a 2003 episode "Plague" (Deadwood), a 2004 episode "The Plague" (Diagnosis: Murder), a 1994 episode "The Plague" (Doctor Who), second episode of the 1966 serial The Ark "Plague" (Domina), a 2021 episode "The Plague" (Father Ted), a 1996 episode The Plague, English title of 2018 Spanish TV series La peste
Religion Plagues of Egypt, the 10 calamities that God inflicted on Egypt in the book of Exodus The seven plagues poured out from seven bowls in Revelation 15:5-16:21
Technology Capacitor plague, a condition afflicting computer motherboards in which capacitors fail
See also Plaque (disambiguation)