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A hero is somebody who performs great and noble deeds of bravery.

Hero may also refer to:

People [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

Fictional characters [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

Films [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

Albums [ edit ]

• Hero (Bolzer 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 [ edit ]

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

Songs [ edit ]

• "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 Linnea 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 (Kib? no Uta)" / "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" , by Flow, 2013
• " Hero / Sweet Jewel ", by Fairies, 2011

Businesses and organisations [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

• 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

See also [ edit ]

• 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
• Herro (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)

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