Hero (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Given name 2 Literature 3 Film 4 Music 4.1 Album 4.2 Song 4.3 Other 5 Fiction 6 Gaming 7 Sports 8 Products 9 Organization 10 Other Uses 11 See also

A hero (male) or heroine (female) is a real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.

Hero may refer to:

• Superhero, a hero with extraordinary powers, usually starring in a comic book, television series, or film
• Hero (title), presented by various governments to their citizens for acts of self-sacrifice and other great achievements.
• A demigod worshipped in the Greek hero cult

Hero or Heroine may also refer to:

[edit] Given name

• Hero and Leander, a Greek legend
• Hero of Alexandria, ancient mathematician
• Hero the younger, ancient Greek physicist

[edit] Literature

• Hero, of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
• Hero (novel), a novel about a teenage superhero by Perry Moore

[edit] Film

• Hero (2007 film), a Japanese film based on the TV series of the same name
• Hero (2002 film), (Chinese: 英雄; Pinyin: Yīngxióng) a Chinese film starring Jet Li
• Hero (1995 film), a Hong Kong film starring Jessica Hsuan
• Hero (1992 film), an American film starring Dustin Hoffman
• Hero (Urdu film), a Pakistani film starring Rangeela
• Hero (1986 film), official film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico
• Hero (1983 film), a Bollywood film starring Jackie Shroff
• The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, a 2003 Bollywood film starring Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta
• Heroism (film), a 1958 Polish film
• The Movie Hero, a 2003 American romantic comedy

[edit] Music

[edit] Album

• Hero (album), a gospel album by singer Kirk Franklin
• Heroine (album), by post-hardcore band From First to Last
• HEROINE (album), by J-pop singer Minori Chihara.

[edit] Song

• "Hero" (Chad Kroeger song), a single from the film Spider-Man
• "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song)
• "Hero" (Mariah Carey song)
• "Hero" (song), a song on the 2007 self-titled debut album The Bogrolls
• "Hero" (Superchick song)
• "Hero" (Charlotte Perrelli song), the winner of Swedish Melodifestivalen 2008.
• "Hero/Heroine", a song by Boys Like Girls
• “Heroine”, a song by J-Pop singer Nami Tamaki
• A song by Bethany Dillon
• A song by the Australian singer/songwriter Darren Hayes
• A song by the Swedish hard rock band Europe
• A song by industrial band Ministry, featured in "Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2"
• A song by the Swedish Metal band Machinae Supremacy
• A bubblegum dance song by Miss Papaya
• A song by Ozzy Osbourne from his 1988 album No Rest for the Wicked
• A song by David Crosby and Phil Collins from Crosby's 1993 album Thousand Roads
• "(What it Takes to Be a) Hero", a song by AIK, used for the Bionicle soundtrack.

[edit] Other

• !Hero, a rock opera based on the story of Jesus
• A protagonist in the Stephen Sondheim musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• The pseudonym of calypso artist Justin Cassell

[edit] Fiction

• H.E.R.O. (comics), a short-lived comic book series of the early 2000s, loosely based on Dial H for Hero
• The horse of The (21st) Phantom
• A character of the web comic RPG World
• Hero (Dragon Ball) or Shen, a character in Dragon Ball media
• Hero Brown, a character in the comic book series Y: The Last Man
• Hero (TV channel), an anime cable channel in the Philippines
• Hero (TV series), a 2001 Japanese drama
• Hero (Angel episode), an episode of Angel
• Hero (Battlestar Galactica), an episode of Battlestar Galactica
• Captain Hero, a character on the Drawn Together animated television series
• The Greatest American Hero, an American television series.

[edit] Gaming

• H.E.R.O. (Helicopter Equipped Rescue Operation), a 1983 computer and video game
• Hero online, an MMORPG made by Netgames
• Hero System, a generic roleplaying game system published by Hero Games
• No More Heroes, a video game originally known simply as Heroes

[edit] Sports

• HERO'S, a mixed martial arts organization based in Japan
• Chris Hero, an American professional wrestler
• The name used for the strong safety position by the Penn State Nittany Lions football team

[edit] Products

• Hero (helio), a wireless mobile device manufactured by Pantech Curitel and sold by Helio
• HERO (robot), a series of hobby robots formerly sold by Heathkit
• Hero sandwich, or submarine sandwich
• HMS Hero, the name of six historical ships of the British Royal Navy

[edit] Organization

• Hero group, A Swiss manufactuer of food products - primarily jams and fruit juices
• Hero Parade, a gay Pride Parade in New Zealand
• Hero Cycles, a manufactuer of Bicycle in India and holding company.
• Hero Honda, a manufactuer of Motorcycle in India.

[edit] Other Uses

• H.E.R.O. (Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK), the official gateway website to the UK higher education system
• H.E.R.O. (Highway Emergency Response Operator), the name of the Georgia State Dept. of Transportation Highway Emergency Response Units.
• Heroic (horse), champion Australian racehorse and sire of the 1930s
• One of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives
• High Energy Replicated Optics (HERO) project, a NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center balloon-bourne X-ray telescope.[1]

[edit] See also

• Heros
• Heroes
• Heroin (disambiguation)
• The Hero
• Anti-hero
• List of literary works with eponymous heroines