- German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- the chief character of a medieval legend, represented as selling his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power.
- a tragedy by Goethe (Part 1, 1808; Part 2, 1832).
- an opera (1859) by Charles Gounod.
- a magician and alchemist who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power
