Heron (disambiguation)
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A heron is a type of wading bird.
Heron may also refer to:
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[edit] Business
- Heron International, a United Kingdom based property development company
- Heron Tower, a skyscraper in London
- Heron Foods, a frozen food shop in the United Kingdom
- Heron Plastics, a kit car manufacturer in the 1950s and 1960s
- Heron S.A., a Greek power company
[edit] People
- Heron or Hero of Alexandria (c. 10-70), ancient Greek mathematician and engineer, creator of Heron's formula
- Saint Heron (107-127), third Bishop of Antioch
- Edward Heron-Allen (1861-1943), English writer, scientist and Persian scholar
- Francis Heron (1853-1914), English footballer
- Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011), American poet and civil rights activist
- Hubert Heron (1852-1914), English footballer
- Sir John Heron (1470-1522), English courtier during reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII
- John Heron (born 1928), social scientist
- John Heron-Maxwell (1836-1899), Scottish Liberal politician
- Martin Wilkes Heron (1850-1920), bartender and creator of Southern Comfort
- Matilda Heron (1830-1877), popular Irish-American actress
- Mike Heron (born 1942), Scottish musician and composer
- Patrick Heron (1920–1999), St Ives, Cornwall painter
- Sir Richard Heron, 1st Baronet (1726-1805), Chief Secretary for Ireland
- Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet (1765–1854), British Whig politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby 1812–18 and Peterborough 1819–47
- Robert Heron (writer) (1764–1807) was a Scottish writer
- Robert Heron (presenter), co-host of the Internet television program Tekzilla
[edit] Places
- Heron, Montana
- Heron, Belgium
- Heron Island (disambiguation), various islands
- Heron Lake (disambiguation), several lakes and a small city
- Heron Park, Ottawa, Canada
- Heron Road (Ottawa)
- Heron (crater), an impact crater on the Moon
[edit] Vehicles
- HMS Heron, various ships and installations of the Royal Navy
- USS Heron, three ships of the US Navy
- Heron (dinghy)
- Hawker Heron, a biplane fighter
- de Havilland Heron, a four-engine aircraft
- IAI Heron, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- Heron TP, an alternative name for the Eitan (UCAV) unmanned aircraft
- Heron, a Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway steam locomotive built in 1861
- Heron Cars, a New Zealand car maker
- Heron (automobile), a Formula Junior racing car
[edit] Other uses
- Heron Baronets, two extinct baronetcies
- "Heron", a song by Avail from their 2000 album One Wrench
- Hardy Heron, the codename for the 8.04 LTS release of Ubuntu
- Heron Stakes, a thoroughbred race in Great Britain
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