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 (Dragon Quest III)
    • Hero (Dragon Quest IV)
    • Hero (Dragon Quest V)
  • Hero (Much Ado About Nothing), in Shakespeare's play
  • Hero, a horse of comic character Phantom
  • Hero, a name of comic book character the Forgotten One
  • Hero, in the video game Quest for Glory
  • Captain Hero, in TV series Drawn Together
  • Hero Brown, in the comic book series Y: The Last Man
  • Hero Cruz, a DC comics character
  • Hero, a character in the 2020 role-playing video game Omori
  • Hiro Protagonist, the main character in Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snow Crash

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 – Beyond the Boundary of Time, a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film
  • 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: The Real Hero, a version of the 2007 Telugu film Desamuduru
  • Hero (2008 film), a Telugu-language action comedy
  • Hero (2012 film), a Malayalam-language action comedy thriller
  • Hero: The Superstar, a 2014 Bangladeshi action comedy film, featuring Shakib Khan
  • 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

Television

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

Gaming

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

Literature

  • Hero (magazine), an American LGBT magazine 1997–2002
  • Hero Illustrated, a mid-1990s American comic book-themed magazine
  • H.E.R.O. (comics), 2003 American comic book series
  • Hero (novel), a 2007 novel by Perry Moore
  • Hero (British magazine), a men's fashion and lifestyle magazine from 2009
  • HERO, a graphic novel series by Yoshitaka Amano

Music

Albums

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

Opera and musicals

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

Songs

  • "Hero", by Neu! from Neu! '75, 1975
  • "Hero", a 1983 version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" recorded by Gladys Knight & The Pips
  • "Hero", from Meltdown (Steve Taylor album), 1984
  • "Hero", from ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ by Ministry, 1992
  • "Hero" (David Crosby song), 1993
  • "Hero" (Mariah Carey song), 1993
  • "Hero", by Linnéa Handberg Lund, 1998
  • "Hero", by Ozzy Osbourne from No Rest for the Wicked, 1998
  • "Hero", by The Verve Pipe from The Verve Pipe, 1999
  • "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2001
  • "Hero", by Darren Hayes from The Tension and the Spark, 2001
  • "Hero", by Machinae Supremacy, 2001
  • "Hero" (Chad Kroeger song), 2002
  • "Hero", a 2002 song from the film by Faye Wong
  • "Hero", by Superchick from Last One Picked, 2002
  • "Hero", by Nightrage from Sweet Vengeance, 2003
  • "Hero" (Europe song), 2004
  • "Eiyuu" (英雄) (translated "Hero") by doa (Japanese band), 2004
  • "Hero", by Bethany Dillon from Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 2005
  • "Hero", by Sevendust from Next, 2005
  • "Hero", by Regina Spektor from Begin to Hope, 2006
  • "Hero", by Zion I & The Grouch from Heroes in the City of Dope, 2006
  • "Hero/Heroine", a 2007 song by Boys Like Girls
  • "Hero" (Charlotte Perrelli song), 2008
  • "Hero" (Nas song), 2008
  • "Hero", from The Night Before (James album), 2008
  • "Hero" (Skillet song), 2009
  • "Hero", by Cassie Davis, from Differently, 2009
  • "Hero", by Jars of Clay from The Long Fall Back to Earth, 2009
  • "Hero", by Sterling Knight from Starstruck (2010 film)
  • "Hero", from Pulse (Toni Braxton album), 2010
  • "Hero / Sweet Jewel", by Fairies, 2011
  • "Hero" (Family of the Year song), 2012
  • "Hero", by Jessie J from Kick-Ass 2 soundtrack, 2013
  • "Hero", by Jessie J from Kick-Ass 2 soundtrack, 2013
  • "Hero (Kibō no Uta)" / "Cha-La Head-Cha-La", by Flow, 2013
  • "Hero", by Jessie J from Kick-Ass 2 soundtrack, 2013
  • "Hero", by Kid Cudi and Skylar Grey from the Need for Speed film soundtrack, 2014
  • "Hero" (Noah song), 2014
  • "Hero", by Kid Cudi and Skylar Grey from the Need for Speed film soundtrack, 2014
  • "Hero" (Namie Amuro song), 2016
  • "Hero", by Cash Cash featuring Christina Perri, from Blood, Sweat & 3 Years, 2016
  • "Hero", from Headspace (Issues album), 2016
  • "Hero", by the Newsboys from Love Riot, 2016
  • "Hero", by Monsta X, 2017
  • "Hero", by Sevdaliza from ISON, 2017
  • "Hero" (Weezer song), 2020
  • "Hero", by Royce da 5'9" from The Allegory, 2020
  • "Hero", by Lucy, 2021
  • "Hero" (Afrojack and David Guetta song), 2021

Businesses and organisations

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

  • Hero (gastropod), a genus in the family 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, Antarctic research vessel, 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

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)
Topics referred to by the same term
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