Alfred may refer to: People: Alfred (bishop) (died 943) Alfred the Great (849–899), king of Wessex Alfred Aetheling (died 1036), son of King Ethelred II of England Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. Alfred Hitchcock, an English film director and producer. Alfred Newton, an English zoologist and ornithologist. In geography: Lake Alfred, Florida Alfred, Maine Alfred (town), New York Alfred (village), New York Alfred, North Dakota Alfred, Texas Alfred, Ontario, Canada Alfred Island, Nunavut, Canada Alfred Town, a village in New South Wales, Australia Mount Alfred, British Columbia, Canada In fiction: Alfred, a fictional penguin in the comic strip Zig et Puce Alfred J. Kwak, a Dutch animated television series Alfred Pennyworth, a DC comic book character who serves as Batman's butler Alfred Brooks, the main character in The Contender, created by Robert Lipsyte Alfred F. Jones, a personification of the United States in the series Axis Powers Hetalia In music: Alfred (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne Alfred (Dvořák opera), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák Ships: HMS Alfred (1778) HMS King Alfred HMS Royal Alfred (1864) USS Alfred (1774) Other: Alfred (name) Alfred (racehorse), a leading competitor for the 1849 Grand National Steeplechase that finished fourth Alfred (software), an application launcher for Mac OS X Alfred Music Publishing, a sheet music publisher Alfred State College, New York Alfred University, New York The Alfred Hospital, a hospital in Melbourne, Australia