Black widow may refer to: Spiders Black widow spider, a common name for some species of spiders in the genus Latrodectus American species Latrodectus apicalis, the Galapagos black widow Latrodectus curacaviensis, the South American black widow Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow Latrodectus mactans, the southern black widow Latrodectus variolus, the northern black widow Eurasian species Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, the Mediterranean black widow or European black widow Oceanian species Latrodectus hasseltii, the redback spider or Australian black widow People Black Widow (Chechnya), also known as Shahidka, female suicide bombers from Chechnya or Dagestan Florentine Rost van Tonningen (1914–2007), Dutch neo-Nazi nicknamed Zwarte weduwe (Black Widow) Murderers Black Widows of Liverpool, two women hanged for murder in 1884 Belle Gunness, 25-40 victims spanning from 1884 to 1908 Vera Renczi (1903-1960), murdered 35 men, including her husband and her son Betty Neumar (1931–2011), dubbed "Black Widow" or "Black Widow Granny", accused of murdering one of her husbands Blanche Taylor Moore (born 1933), convicted murderer Griselda Blanco (1943–2012), Colombian drug trafficker, known for her ordering or committing the murders of three ex-husbands Catherine Nevin (1950-2018), responsible for the 1996 murder of Tom Nevin in Jack White's Inn Stacey Castor (born 1967), convicted murderer Lynn Turner (murderer) (1968–2010), convicted murderer Black Widow Murders, murders committed in 1999/2005 by two elderly women in Los Angeles Áurea Vázquez-Rijos who hired a hitman for the Murder of Adam Anhang in 2005, extradited back to Puerto Rico in 2015 and convicted in 2018 Melissa Ann Shepard (born 1935), Canadian murderer Patrizia Reggiani (born 1948), ex-wife of Maurizio Gucci convicted of arranging his murder Chisako Kakehi (born 1946), Japanese serial killer currently awaiting execution for three murders Lyda Southard, American serial killer of husbands of other family members using arsenic from flypaper Athletes Jeanette Lee (pool player) (born 1971), so-called because of her fondness for wearing black Sonya Thomas (born 1967), top-ranked competitive eater Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Black Widow (Marvel Comics), the name of several distinct characters: Black Widow (Claire Voyant) Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) Black Widow (Yelena Belova) In the : Natasha Romanoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Yelena Belova (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Melina Vostokoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Dottie Underwood The Black Widow, a Batman villain played by Tallulah Bankhead Black Widow, a character from the Saturday Night Slam Masters series of games by Capcom Film and television The Black Widow (serial), a 1947 movie serial starring Bruce Edwards