Faust (disambiguation)

Last updated October 09, 2025

Faust is the protagonist of a German legend about a magician who makes a pact with the Devil. The character is based on a real person, Johann Georg Faust (c. 1500), but the story is fictional, and modeled largely on ancient sources.

Arts and entertainment

Literature

Faust (1856), a novella by Ivan Turgenev
Faust (1866), a satirical poem by Estanislao del Campo
Faust (1980), a novel by Robert Nye
Faust (magazine) (2003–present), a Japanese literary anthology

Classical music and opera

Faust (Spohr) (1816), an opera by Louis Spohr
Faust Overture (c. 1840), a concert overture by Richard Wagner
La damnation de Faust (1846), a work for orchestra and chorus by Hector Berlioz
Faust Symphony (1857), a symphony by Franz Liszt
Faust (1859, revised 1869), an opera by Charles Gounod
Doktor Faust (1925), an opera by Ferruccio Busoni

Popular music

Faust (band) (1971–present), a German krautrock band
Faust (album) (1971), an album by the band Faust
"Faust" (2001), a song by Gorillaz from G-Sides
"Faust Arp" (2007), a song by Radiohead from In Rainbows
Bård Guldvik "Faust" Eithun, the former drummer of Norwegian metal band Emperor

Theatre

Randy Newman's Faust (1995), a musical by Randy Newman
Der Faust (2006–present), an annual German theatre prize
Faust (2012), a play by Edgar Brau
Faust (EWTC show) (2016), a play by the East West Theatre Company

Comics

Faust (manga) (1950), a manga by Osamu Tezuka
Felix Faust, a character in DC Comics continuity (introduced 1962)
Faust (comics) (1987–2012), a series of comic books by David Quinn and Tim Vigil
Sebastian Faust, a character in DC Comics continuity (introduced 1993)
Faust VIII, a character in Shaman King (1994–2004, 2021–present manga and anime series)
Frau Faust (2014–2017), a manga by Kore Yamazaki

Film and television

Faust (1926 film), directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Faust (1960 film), directed by Peter Gorski
Faust (1994 film), directed by Jan Švankmajer
Faust: Love of the Damned (film) (2000), directed by Brian Yuzna
Dark Faust, a character in Ultraman Nexus (2004–2005 Japanese TV series)
Faust, a character in Beyblade: Metal Masters (2010–2011 anime series)
Faust (2011 film), directed by Alexander Sokurov
Ilsa Faust, a character in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015 film)
Johnny Faust, a character in American Satan (2017 film) and Paradise City (2021–present TV series)
The Last Faust (2019 film), directed by Philipp Humm

Gaming

Faust, a character in Vendetta (1991 video game)
Faust (Guilty Gear), a character in Guilty Gear (1998–present video game series)
Faust (video game) (1999 graphic adventure game)
Faust, a character in Jazz and Faust (2002 graphic adventure game)
Faust, a character in Limbus Company

Other media

Faust (paintings) (1976–1979), a series by Nabil Kanso

Other

Max Brand, pen name of American author Frederick Faust
Alex Faust, an American sportscaster
James E. Faust, an American lawyer and religious leader
FAUST (programming language), a purely functional language for signal processing
MV Faust, a cargo carrier in service 2007–present
SS Faust, a coaster in service 1920–1926

Places named after Faust

Faust, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada
Faust, Missouri, a ghost town
Faust, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
Faust, Utah, an unincorporated community