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:

Contents 1 Heroic figures 2 Given name 3 Literature 4 Film 5 Music 5.1 Album 5.2 Song 5.3 Other 6 Television 7 Comics 8 Gaming 9 Technology 10 Sports 11 Manufacturing companies 12 Other uses 13 See also

[edit] Heroic figures

• Hero (title), a title presented by governments to their citizens for great achievements
• A demigod worshipped in the Greek hero cult

[edit] Given name

• Hero and Leander, a Greek legend
• Hero of Alexandria, ancient mathematician
• Hero the younger, ancient Greek physicist
• Hero (singer), stage name of a member of the Korean boy band TVXQ

[edit] Literature

• Hero (novel)
• A female character in the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing

[edit] Film

Sortable table

Year	Title	Country	Description
1958	Heroism	Poland	a Polish war drama (original title Eroica)
1983	Hero	India	a Bollywood film
1985	Hero	Pakistan	a Pakistani action film
1987	Hero	UK	a documentary about the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico
1992	Hero	USA	an American comedic drama
1997	Hero	Hong Kong	a Hong Kong film directed by Corey Yuen
2002	Hero (英雄: Ying xiong)	China	a Chinese wuxia film
2003	The Hero	USA	8 minute short. An ordinary man will do extraordinary things...
2003	The Hero: Love Story of a Spy	India	a Bollywood action-adventure
2007	Hero	Japan	a Japanese film based on the TV series of the same name

[edit] Music

[edit] Album

• Hero (album), by Kirk Franklin
• Hero (van Canto album), by van Canto
• Heroine (album), by From First to Last
• Heroine, an album by the Wild Strawberries
• Heroine (Minori Chihara album)
• Hero (Charlotte Perrelli album)

[edit] Song

• "Hero" (Mariah Carey song)
• "Hero" (Chad Kroeger song), featured in the film Spider-Man
• "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song)
• "Hero" (Nas song)
• "Hero" (Superchick song)
• "Hero" (Charlotte Perrelli song)
• "Hero" (Europe song)
• "Hero/Heroine", a song by Boys Like Girls
• "Hero" (David Crosby song), a song by David Crosby and Phil Collins on the album Thousand Roads
• "Hero", a song by Bethany Dillon on the album Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• "Hero", a song by Darren Hayes on the album The Tension and the Spark
• "Hero", a song by Ministry, featured in the game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
• "Hero", a song by Ozzy Osbourne on the album No Rest for the Wicked
• "Hero", a song by Linnéa Handberg Lund
• "Hero", a song by Machinae Supremacy
• "Hero", a song by Skillet
• "Hero", a song by Zion I & The Grouch from Heroes in the City of Dope
• "Heroine", a song by Nami Tamaki on the album Make Progress
• "Hero", a song by Arashi

[edit] Other

• !Hero, a rock opera
• Justin Cassell, a calypso musician
• A character in the Sondheim musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

[edit] 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

[edit] Comics

• H.E.R.O. (comics), a comic book series
• Hero, a fictional horse used by the 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 Dragon Ball media

[edit] Gaming

• H.E.R.O., a 1984 computer and video game
• Hero Online, an online roleplaying game
• Hero System, a generic roleplaying game system published by Hero Games

[edit] Technology

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

[edit] Sports

• HERO'S, a mixed martial arts organization
• Chris Hero, American professional wrestler

[edit] Manufacturing companies

• Hero Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer
• Hero Honda, a motorcycle manufacturer
• Hero Group, a fruit product manufacturer

[edit] Other uses

• 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
• Heroic (horse), an Australian racehorse
• A locomotive of the South Devon Railway Dido class
• HMS Hero, the name of six ships of the British Royal Navy
• Hero, a British sloop used by Nathaniel B. Palmer to explore the Antarctic Peninsula between 1820 and 1822
• Hero Parade, a gay pride parade in New Zealand
• Hero sandwich
• Hyper extremely red objects (HEROs) are astronomical energy sources that radiate mainly in the red part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and have unusually high levels of infrared emission. These are thought to be very highly redshifted galaxies.
• Hero (title) is the title of an official honour in many countries.
• "Agent Hero," codename for the Soviet double-agent Oleg Penkovsky.

[edit] See also

• Heros (disambiguation)
• Heroes (disambiguation)
• Heroin (disambiguation)
• The Hero (disambiguation)
• Antihero
• Superhero

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