Hercules (disambiguation)
Hercules is the mythical Roman hero and son of the god Jupiter.
Hercules may also refer to:
Animals
- Species Latin binomial name abbreviations
Companies and corporations
- Hercules (corporation), a multi-national computer product manufacturer
- Hercules (vehicles) a Greek manufacturer of farm vehicles
- Hercules Gas Engine Company, an engine manufacturer from Cincinnati, Ohio
- Hercules Motor Car Company, a former automobile manufacturer in New Albany, Indiana
- Hercules Inc., formerly a chemical company that merged with and became Ashland, Inc.
- Hercules Cycle and Motor Company, a former major British bicycle manufacturer
- Hercules GmbH, a former motorcycle and bicycle company in Nürnberg, Germany
Drama and media
- Hercules (Handel), a music drama by George Frideric Handel
- Hercules (1958 film), starring Steve Reeves
- Hercules (1983 film), starring Lou Ferrigno
- Hercules (1997 film), the Disney animated film
- Hercules (TV miniseries), an NBC 2005 TV miniseries
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, a TV series from 1995–1999, starring Kevin Sorbo
- Hercules in New York, Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1970 film debut
- Hercules Returns, a 1993 Australian comedy film
- The Mighty Hercules, a 1963 animated television series
- The Sons of Hercules, a 1970s television series
- Young Hercules, a 1998 television series
- "Hercules", a song by Midnight Oil, from their 1985 EP Species Deceases
- Hercules, a superhero in the 1970s Filmation animated cartoon Space Sentinels
- Hercules, a superhero in the 1970s Filmation animated cartoon The Freedom Force
- "Herculean" (song), a single by The Good, the Bad, and the Queen
- Hercules (1984 video game), a 1980s video game for home computers published by Interdisc, Alpha Omega and The Power House
- Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae, a setting of Mass dedicated to Ercole d'Este I
In fiction
- Hercules (Disney character), a fictional character from the Disney movie Hercules
- Hercules (jurisprudence), the name of the ideal judge of legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin
- Hercules (TUGS), a fictional character from children's series TUGS
- Hercules (comics), any of the various versions of that mythical hero in comics, the two most prominent of which are:
- Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, a character from the British 1950's comedy radio programme The Goon Show
- HerculesKabuterimon, a Digimon character
- Berserker (Fate/stay night), The Moon Light, Visual Game and Anime character, depicted as Hercules or Heracles
People
- Hercules (chef), a slave belonging to George Washington
- Hércules Brito Ruas, a former football (soccer) player from Brazil
- Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821–1906), English artist
- Hercules Burnett (1865–1936), a Major League Baseball player
- Hércules de Miranda (1912–1982), a Brazilian footballer
- Hércules Florence (1804–1879), a French-Brazilian painter and inventor
- Hercules Huncks, one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England
- Hercules Kyvelos, a welterweight boxer from Canada
- Hercules Linton (1836–1900), a Scottish shipbuilder and designer
- Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, the 5th governor of Hong Kong
- Hercules Ross (1745–1816), a Scottish merchant involved in the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade
- Hercules Seghers (1589–1638), a Dutch painter and printmaker
- Hercules Taylour (1759–1790), an Irish soldier and politician
- Herculez Gomez, an American soccer player
- Ercole Dembowski, an Italian astronomer
- Erekle II, a king of Georgia in the Caucasus
- Francis, Duke of Anjou (1555–1584), birth name Hercule François
- Ray Fernandez, a former WWF wrestler whose ring name was Hercules
- Ruben Cruz, a retired Puerto Rican wrestler known by his ring name Hercules Ayala
Places
- Hercules, California, a small town named after an explosive used by the former California Powder Works company
- Hercules (constellation), a constellation
- Hercules (crater), a lunar impact crater
- Hercules Glades Wilderness, a wilderness area in Missouri
- Hercules Mine, Idaho, a silver mine in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains in Idaho
- Hercules monument (Kassel), the landmark of Kassel, Hesse, Germany
- Hercules Station & Terminal, a direct rail-to-ferry transit hub in Hercules, California
- Herculaneum, an ancient Roman town in Campania, Italy
- Băile Herculane, a spa town in Romania where Hercules supposedly rested during his travels
- Great Altar of Hercules, a temple of the Forum Boarium, Rome, Italy
- Temple of Hercules Victor, a temple of the Forum Boarium, Rome, Italy
- Tower of Hercules, an ancient Roman lighthouse at A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Teams
Technology
Vehicles
- Hercules (1872–1889), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
- Hercules was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
- Hercules (1907), a 1907 built steam tug now preserved in San Francisco, California
- Hercules (motorcycle), a brand of motorcycles built by Sachs Motorcycles
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a military transport aircraft
- de Havilland Hercules, a 1920s airliner/mailplane
- HMS Hercules, several ships of the Royal Navy
- Hughes H-4 Hercules, or "Spruce Goose", the largest flying boat ever built
- M88 Hercules (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System), armored battlefield recovery vehicle
- SS Hercules a number of steamships with this name
Other
See also