Hero (disambiguation)

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A hero is a person who performs extraordinary deeds for the benefit of others.

Hero may also refer to:

People

• Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD), ancient Greek mathematician
• Hero the Younger (fl. 938), Byzantine land surveyor
• Agent Hero, codename for Soviet double agent Oleg Penkovsky (1919–1963)
• Hero, stage name of Justin Cassell (fl. 1950s), Montserratian calypso musician
• Chris Hero (born 1979), stage name of Chris Spradlin, American professional wrestler
• Hero (singer), stage name of Kim Jaejoong (born 1986), former member of Korean boy band TVXQ and current member of JYJ

Ancient religion

• Hero, someone worshipped in the Greek hero cult
• Hero, priestess of Aphrodite in the Greek myth of Hero and Leander

Arts and entertainment

Comics

• H.E.R.O. (comics), a comic book series
• Hero, a fictional horse used by the character Phantom
• Hero, a character in the web comic RPG World
• Hero Brown, a character in the comic book series Y: The Last Man
• Hero or Shen, a character in the Dragon Ball franchise, see List of Dragon Ball characters

Gaming

• H.E.R.O., a 1984 computer and video game
• Hero Online, a 2006 online roleplaying game
• Hero System, a generic roleplaying game system published by Hero Games
• Hero, common name for the franchise of musical performance simulation games including Guitar Hero

Literature

• Hero, a female character in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
• Hero, a priestess in Hero and Leander (poem) by Christopher Marlowe
• Hero (novel), a 2007 novel by Perry Moore
• The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama, a book written by FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan

Film

• The Hero (1917 film), an American silent comedy starring Oliver Hardy
• Nayak: The Hero, US title of Nayak, a 1966 Bengali drama directed by Satyajit Ray
• The Hero, US title of Bloomfield, a 1971 British-Israeli drama
• Hero (1983 film), an Indian romance musical
• Hero (1984 film), a Tollywood film directed by Vijaya Bapineedu
• Hero (1985 film), a Pakistani action-romance musical
• Hero (1987 film), a British documentary about the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico
• Hero (1992 film), an American comedic drama
• Hero (1997 film), a Hong Kong film directed by Corey Yuen
• Hero (2000 film), a short subject film directed and written by Mark Bamford
• Hero (2002 film), a Chinese wuxia adventure
• The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, a 2003 Bollywood action-adventure
• The Hero (2004 film), an Angolan war drama
• Hero (2007 film), a Japanese film based on the TV series of the same name
• Hero (2008 film), a Telugu-language film
• Heroes (2008 film), a Bollywood film starring Sohail Khan and Salman Khan
• Hero (2011 film), an American baseball drama
• Hero (2012 film), a Malayalam film

Music

Albums

• Hero (Clarence Clemons album), 1985
• Hero (Kirk Franklin album), 2005
• Hero (Divinefire album), 2005
• Hero (Charlotte Perrelli album), 2008
• Hero (van Canto album), 2008
• Hero (Super Junior album), a 2013 Japanese album by South Korean boy band Super Junior

Opera and musicals

• Hero, a male character in the 1962 musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• The Hero (opera), a 1976 opera by Gian Carlo Menotti
• !Hero, a 2003 rock opera

Songs

• "Hero" (Mariah Carey song), 1993
• "Hero" (David Crosby song), 1993
• "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2001
• "Hero" (Superchick song), 2002
• "Hero" (Chad Kroeger song), featuring Josey Scott from the film Spider-Man
• "Hero" (Europe song), 2004
• "Hero/Heroine", a 2007 song by Boys Like Girls
• "Hero" (Nas song), 2008
• "Hero" (Charlotte Perrelli song), 2008
• "Hero" (Skillet song), 2009
• "Hero", a song by Heather Dale
• "Hero", a song by Cassie Davis from Differently
• "Hero", a song by Bethany Dillon from Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• "Hero", a song by Darren Hayes from The Tension and the Spark
• "Hero", a song by James from The Night Before
• "Hero", a song by Jesse J, featured on the Kick-Ass 2 soundtrack
• "Hero", a song by Linnéa Handberg Lund
• "Hero", a song by Machinae Supremacy
• "Hero", a song by Ministry, featured in the game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
• "Hero", a song by Nightrage from Sweet Vengeance
• "Hero", a song by Ozzy Osbourne from No Rest for the Wicked
• "Hero", a song by Regina Spektor, featured on the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack
• "Hero", a song by The Verve Pipe from The Verve Pipe
• "Hero", a song by Zion I & The Grouch from Heroes in the City of Dope
• "Hero", a version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips
• "Hero", a song by Sterling Knight from Starstruck

Publications

• HERO (magazine), an American gay periodical (1997–2002)
• Hero (magazine), a UK fashion semi-annual publication

Television

• Hero (TV channel), an anime channel in the Philippines
• Hero (2001 TV series), a Japanese drama
• Hero (2009 TV series), a Korean drama
• "Hero" (Angel), a 1999 episode of Angel
• "Hero" (Battlestar Galactica), a 2006 episode of Battlestar Galactica
• "Hero" (Sanctuary)", an episode of Sanctuary
• Captain Hero, a character on the TV series Drawn Together
• "Hero" (The Unit), an episode of the television series The Unit
• Hero (Indian TV Series), an Indian superhero soap

Government

• H.E.R.O. (Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK), a website of the United Kingdom educational system
• H.E.R.O. (Highway Emergency Response Operator), a program of the Georgia Department of Transportation
• Hero (title), a title presented by governments to their citizens for great achievements

Manufacturing companies

• Hero Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer
• Hero MotoCorp, an Indian motorcycle manufacturer originally named Hero Honda, a joint venture between the Hero Group and Honda Motor Company
• Hero Group, a fruit product manufacturer
• The Shanghai Hero Pen Company

Sports and racing

• Hero's, a mixed martial arts organization
• Heroic (horse) (1921–1939), Australian racehorse
• HERO, HERO2, and HERO3 are generations of sports cameras made by GoPro

Technology

• HERO (robot), a series of educational robots
• HTC Hero, a smartphone running the Android platform

Transportation

• Hero, a locomotive of the South Devon Railway Dido class
• HMS Hero, six ships of the British Royal Navy
• Hero (pinnace), a steam-powered boat
• Hero, a British sloop used by Nathaniel B. Palmer to explore the Antarctic Peninsula between 1820 and 1822

Other uses

• Hero sandwich, a regional name for a submarine sandwich
• HEROs, Hyper Extremely Red Objects, astronomical sources of radiation with extreme redshift
• Hero (genus), a genus of sea snails and sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Heroidae
• Hero (given name), the personal name.
• Hero, a roller coaster at Flamingo Land Resort.

See also

• Heros (disambiguation)
• Heroes (disambiguation)
• Heroine (disambiguation)
• The Hero (disambiguation)
• The Heroes (disambiguation)
• People's Hero (disambiguation)
• Antihero
• Superhero

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