Religion
- Hebrew Bible
- The Passover "Angel of Death", a destroying angel commonly described as the deliverer of the tenth plague in the Book of Exodus
- Destroying angel (Bible) – other destroying angels, named and unnamed, in the Bible
- Later Judaism
- Michael, carries Adam to his grave in some texts
- Gabriel, angel of death over kings
- Samael
- Christianity
- Michael, good angel of death
- Samael, evil angel of death
- Abaddon, also called Apollyon, a destroying angel in the Book of Revelation
- Santa Muerte – a sacred figure venerated primarily in Mexico and the United States, possibly a syncretism between Mesoamerican and Catholic beliefs (the name literally translates to "Holy Death" or "Saint Death")
- Islam
- Azrael
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