Hero (disambiguation)

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A hero is somebody who performs great and noble deeds of bravery.

Hero may also refer to:

People

• Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD), ancient Greek mathematician and engineer
• Hero (given name), including a list of people with the given name
• Hero (singer)
  (Kim Jaejoong, born 1986), South Korean singer
• Justin Cassell (fl. 1950s), known as Hero, Montserratian calypso musician
• Oleg Penkovsky (1919–1963), codename Hero, Soviet double agent
• Hero of Byzantium, mid-10th century Byzantine author

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

• Protagonist, sometimes called hero, the main character in a story
• Hero, priestess of Aphrodite in the Greek myth of Hero and Leander
  • and in Hero and Leander (poem) by Christopher Marlowe
  • and in Hero and Leander (1819 poem) by Leigh Hunt
• Hero, in the 1962 musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• Hero or Shen, in Dragon Ball
• Hero, the protagonists of the Dragon Quest series
• Hero (Much Ado About Nothing), in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
• Hero, a horse of comic character
  Phantom
• Hero, a name of comic book character the
  Forgotten One
• Hero, in video game Quest for Glory
• Captain Hero
  , in TV series Drawn Together
• Hero Brown, in comic book series Y: The Last Man
• Hero Cruz, a DC comics character
• HERO, a character in the 2020 role-playing video game
  OMORI

Film and television

Films

• Hero (1982 film), a British adventure-fantasy film
• Hero (1983 film), a Hindi romantic action film
• Hero (1984 film), a Telugu film
• Hero (1985 film), a Pakistani Urdu action-romance musical
• Hero (1987 film), a British documentary about the 1986 FIFA World Cup
• Hero (1992 film), an American comedy drama
• Hero (1997 film), a Hong Kong martial arts film
• Hero (2000 film), an American short film
• Hero (2002 film), a Chinese wuxia film
• Hero (2006 film), a Bengali-language action comedy
• Hero (2007 film), a Japanese film based on the TV series
• Hero (2008 film), a Telugu-language action comedy
• Hero (2012 film), a Malayalam-language action comedy thriller
• Hero (2015 Hindi film), a remake of the 1983 Hindi film
• Hero (2015 Japanese film), based on the TV series
• Hero (2019 Tamil film), a superhero film
• Hero (2019 Russian film), a spy action comedy
• Hero (2021 film), a Kannada-language action film
• Hero (2022 Indian film), a Telugu-language action film
• Hero (2022 Chinese film), a Chinese-language drama film
• Hero (2022 South Korean film), a Korean-language drama film
• Hero, an animated short film promoting the Overwatch game
• Hero – Beyond the Boundary of Time, a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film
• Hero: The Real Hero
  , a version of the 2007 Telugu film Desamuduru
• Hero: The Superstar, a 2014 Bangladeshi action comedy film, featuring Shakib Khan

Television

• Hero (TV channel), a former pay TV channel in the Philippines
• Hero (2001 TV series), a Japanese drama
• Hero (2009 TV series), a South Korean action comedy
• Hero (2016 TV series), a Singaporean drama
• Hero - Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai
  , a 2005 Indian superhero series
• "Hero" (Angel), a 1999 episode
• "Hero" (Battlestar Galactica), a 2006 episode
• "Hero" (Better Call Saul), a 2015 episode
• "Hero" (Sanctuary)
  ", a 2009 episode
• "Hero" (Smallville)
  , a 2008 episode
• "Hero" (The Unit)
  , a 2009 episode

Gaming

• Hero (board game), 1980
• H.E.R.O. (video game), 1984
• Hero Online, a 2006 online roleplaying game
• Hero System, a generic roleplaying game system published by Hero Games

Literature

• Hero (magazine), an American LGBT magazine 1997–2002
• Hero (British magazine), a men's fashion and lifestyle magazine from 2009
• Hero (novel), a 2007 novel by Perry Moore
• H.E.R.O. (comics), an American comic book series
• HERO, a graphic novel series by Yoshitaka Amano
• Hero Illustrated, a mid-1990s American comic book-themed magazine

Music

Albums

• Hero (Bölzer album), 2016
• Hero (Charlotte Perrelli album), 2008
• Hero (Clarence Clemons album), 1985
• Hero (Divinefire album)
  , 2005
• Hero (John Paul Young album), 1975
• Hero (Kirk Franklin album), 2005
• Hero (Maren Morris album), 2016
• Hero (Super Junior album), 2013
• Hero (van Canto album)
  , 2008

Opera and musicals

• Hero (musical), a 1976 rock musical
• !Hero, a 2003 rock opera

Songs

• "Hero" (Afrojack and David Guetta song), 2021
• "Hero" (Chad Kroeger song), 2002
• "Hero" (Charlotte Perrelli song), 2008
• "Hero" (David Crosby song), 1993
• "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2001
• "Hero" (Europe song), 2004
• "Hero" (Family of the Year song), 2012
• "Hero" (Mariah Carey song), 1993
• "Hero" (Namie Amuro song), 2016
• "Hero" (Nas song), 2008
• "Hero" (Noah song), 2014
• "Hero" (Skillet song), 2009
• "Hero" (Weezer song), 2020
• "Hero", by Bethany Dillon from Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• "Hero", by Cash Cash featuring Christina Perri from Blood, Sweat & 3 Years
• "Hero", by Cassie Davis from Differently
• "Hero", by Darren Hayes from The Tension and the Spark
• "Hero", a 2002 song from the film by Faye Wong
• "Hero", by Issues from Headspace (Issues album), 2016
• "Hero", by James from The Night Before
• "Hero", by Jars of Clay from The Long Fall Back to Earth, 2009
• "Hero", by Jessie J from Kick-Ass 2 soundtrack
• "Hero", by Kid Cudi and Skylar Grey from the Need for Speed film soundtrack
• "Hero", by Linnéa Handberg Lund
• "Hero", by Lucy
• "Hero", by Machinae Supremacy
• "Hero", by Ministry
• "Hero", by Monsta X
• "Hero", by Neu! from Neu! '75
• "Hero", by the Newsboys from Love Riot
• "Hero", by Nightrage from Sweet Vengeance
• "Hero", by Ozzy Osbourne from No Rest for the Wicked
• "Hero", by Regina Spektor from 500 Days of Summer
• "Hero", by Royce da 5'9" from The Allegory
• "Hero", by Sevdaliza from ISON
• "Hero", by Sevendust from Next
• "Hero", by Sterling Knight from Starstruck
• "Hero", by Steve Taylor from Meltdown
• "Hero", by Superchick from Last One Picked
• "Hero", by The Verve Pipe from The Verve Pipe
• "Hero", by Toni Braxton from the album Pulse
• "Hero", 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/Heroine", a 2007 song by Boys Like Girls
• "Hero (Kibō no Uta)" / "Cha-La Head-Cha-La"
  , by Flow, 2013
• "Hero / Sweet Jewel", by Fairies, 2011

Businesses and organisations

• Hero Certified Burgers, a Canadian restaurant chain
• Hero Motors Company, an Indian company group
  • Hero Cycles, an Indian bicycle manufacturer
  • Hero MotoCorp, formerly Hero Honda, an Indian motorcycle manufacturer
  • Hero Motors, a former Indian moped and scooter manufacturer
• Hero Group, a Swiss food company
• Hero (supermarket), a retail chain in Indonesia
• Hero Tires, a brand of Federal Corporation
• Shanghai Hero Pen Company, Chinese manufacturer of the Hero fountain pen
• Highway Emergency Response Operators, in Georgia, U.S.

Mythology

• Hero, the general concept
• Hero (Greece)
  , the mortal offspring of a human and a god, or a man more than human but less than a god
• Hero, priestess of Aphrodite in the Greek myth of Hero and Leander
• Hero (son of Priam), one of the sons of king Priam

Science and technology

• Heroidae
• HERO (robot), a series of 1980s educational robots
• HTC Hero, a smartphone
• HERO camera series by GoPro
• High-Energy Replicated Optics
  , a high-altitude X-ray telescope
• Hyper extremely red objects, astronomical sources of radiation with extreme redshift

Transportation and military

• Hero (pinnace), a steam-powered boat, launched 1895
• Hero (1807 ship), a British whaler
• Hero (sloop), that explored the Antarctic in 1820
• Hero-class patrol vessels
  , nine ships of the Canadian Coast Guard
• RV Hero, an Antarctic research 1968–2017
• HMS Hero, several ships of the Royal Navy
• Hero, a South Devon Railway Dido class locomotive
• Hamilton-class cutter of the U.S. Coast Guard, some of which are known as "Hero class"
• Hero, loitering munition systems by UVision Air

Other uses

• Hero (title), a title presented by governments to their citizens for great achievements
• Hero, a roller coaster at Flamingo Land Resort in Yorkshire, England
• Hero (sandwich)
  , a New York name for a submarine sandwich
• Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK, a former British website
• Houston Equal Rights Ordinance
  , or 2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1
• North Hero, Vermont, a town in the United States

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Hero
• All pages with titles containing Hero
• All pages with titles containing H.E.R.O.
• Heroes (disambiguation)
• Heros (disambiguation)
• Heroic (disambiguation)
• Heroine (disambiguation)
• Herro, given name and surname
• Herrö (disambiguation)
• Hiro (disambiguation)
• The Hero (disambiguation)
• The Heroes (disambiguation)
• Superhero (disambiguation)
• Antihero
• Greek hero cult
• Hero's, a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion
• Nayak (disambiguation) (lit. 'Hero' in Indic languages)
• 英雄 (disambiguation)

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