Adonis is a hero in Greek mythology. Adonis may also refer to: Places Adonis, Missouri, USA Adonis, West Virginia, USA Adonis River or Abraham River, a river in Lebanon 2101 Adonis, a near-Earth asteroid People with the name Adonis (musician), house music pioneer Adunis (born 1930), Syrian poet ADONXS, Slovak singer-songwriter Surnamed Adrian Adonis or Keith Franke (1954–1988), American professional wrestler Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis (born 1963), British politician Bernard Adonis, a member of the National Assembly of Seychelles Joe Adonis (1902–1971), New York mobster Neil Adonis (born 1969), South African baseball player Given named Adonis Alexander (born 1996), American football player Adonis Medina (born 1996), Dominican baseball player Adonis Stevenson (born 1977), Haitian-Canadian professional boxer Fictional characters Adonis "Donnie" Creed, protagonist of the film Creed and its sequel Adonis, a fictional character from Dyosa Adonis Otogari, singer from Ensemble Stars! Adonis, a minor character in the Teen Titans animated series Transportation , a US Navy ship name , a United States Navy landing craft repair ship , a British Royal Navy ship name , a British Royal Navy schooner Adonis class schooners, a class of Royal Navy vessels , a wooden brigantine built at Jervis Bay, New South Wales Technology ADONIS (software), a business process analysis tool KL-7 or ADONIS, a cipher machine ADONIS, an adaptive optics system on the ESO 3.6 m Telescope Biology Adonis (plant), a genus in the plant family Ranunculaceae Species called adonis Acanthicus adonis (A. adonis), a species of catfish Ancistrobasis adonis (A. adonis), a species of sea snail Asaphodes adonis (A. adonis), a species of moth Astrophanes adonis (A. adonis), a species of beefly Atheniella adonis (A. adonis), a species of mushroom Brettus adonis (B. adonis), a species of spider Carinodrillia adonis (C. adonis), a species of sea snail Chrysoritis adonis (C. adonis), a species of butterfly Adonis tetra (L. adonis), a species of fish Macaria adonis (M. adonis), a species of moth Macrocneme adonis (M. adonis), a species of moth Mahatha adonis (M. adnois), a species of crab Micrixalus adonis (M. adonis), a species of frog Morpho adonis (M. adonis), a species of butterfly Mycena adonis (M. adonis), a species of fungus Phanaeus adonis (P. adonis), a species of beetle Psaltoda adonis (P. adonis), a species of cicada Suillellus adonis (S. adonis), a species of fish Other uses Adonis (musical), an 1884 burlesque musical Adonis (cocktail), a cocktail named after the musical