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 of Dragon Quest IV
- Hero of Dragon Quest V
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

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, 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
Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, or 2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1
North Hero, Vermont, a town in the United States