Nero (disambiguation)

Nero is the Italian word for "black" or the Finnish word for "genius" and it may refer to:

People:

• Nero, Roman emperor
• Nero (son of Germanicus), related to some emperors
• Gaius Claudius Nero, Roman consul and hero of The Battle of the Metaurus in 207 BC
• Nero Hawley, freed slave and soldier in the Continental Army
• Peter Nero, American pianist and composer
• Nero is the middle name of Jeff Hardy a wrestler.

Places:

• Nero, Kentucky
• Nero, Mozambique
• Lake Nero, in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
• Nero Island, an island in the Dodecanese archipelago, in the Aegean Sea

In fiction:

• The Adventures of Nero, Belgian comics series
• Nero Wolfe, fictional detective
• Nero (DC Comics), supervillain opponent of the Green Lantern
• Nero (Devil May Cry), main protagonist of the video game Devil May Cry 4
• Vice Principal Nero, character from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Nero, minor villain in the British cartoon series Danger Mouse
• Nero the Sable, member of the fictional Tsviets of Deepground in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
• Nero, character in Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django
• Nero, character from the manga and anime One Piece
• Nero Chaos, villain in the Tsukihime visual novel game series
• Nero, Romulan mining captain and villain, played by Eric Bana in the 2009 film Star Trek

Software:

• Nero AG, German software company (formerly known as Ahead Software), and its products:
  • Nero Digital, suite of MPEG-4-compatible audio and video compression codecs
  • Nero Burning ROM, CD/DVD authoring application
  • Nero Multimedia Suite, a suite of CD/DVD authoring tools and digital entertainment products that includes Nero Burning ROM, among other software
• Nero, chess engine
• NERO - Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives, video game in which soldiers are evolved with the NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies algorithm

Music:

• Nero (band), a dubstep and drum and bass duo from London, UK
• Nero & the Gladiators, an early 1960s British instrumental pop group
• Nero's Day At Disneyland, an experimental breakcore group
• "Nero", a 1981 single by post-punk band Theatre of Hate
• Nero (record label), Swedish record label
• Nero Bellum, lead singer of the musical group Psyclon Nine
• "Nero", song by the Mexican rock group Molotov
• "Nero's Decay", song by post-hardcore band Alesana's album On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax
• The Age of Nero, 2008 album by Norwegian black metal band Satyricon
• "Nero", album by Two Steps From Hell; also, one of the songs from the album is called "Nero"

Other:

• Caffè Nero, chain of coffee houses
• NERO, acronym for New England Role Playing Organization, a live action role-playing game
• Nero d'Avola, Sicilian red wine grape variety
• NERO (confectionery), Norwegian liquorice-based dark chocolate confection

See also

• Neron (disambiguation)
• Nerone (disambiguation)