Hero (disambiguation)

A hero is a person who performs extraordinary deeds for the benefit of others.

Hero may also refer to:

People

  • Hero (given name), the personal name
  • Hero (singer), stage name of Kim Jaejoong (born 1986), former member of Korean boy band TVXQ and current member of JYJ
  • Hero, stage name of Justin Cassell (fl. 1950s), Montserratian calypso musician
  • Agent Hero, codename for Soviet double agent Oleg Penkovsky (1919–1963)
  • Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD), ancient Greek mathematician
  • Hero the Younger (fl. 938), Byzantine land surveyor

Ancient religion

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional character

Films

Gaming

  • Hero, common name for the franchise of musical performance simulation games including the Guitar Hero series of music rhythm games
  • H.E.R.O. (video game), a 1984 computer and video game
  • Hero Online, a 2006 online roleplaying game
  • Hero System, a generic roleplaying game system published by Hero Games

Music

Albums

Opera and musicals

Songs

Television

Channels

Series

Episodes

Comics

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Government

Manufacturing companies

Science

  • Hero (gastropod), a genus of sea snails and sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Heroidae
  • High-Energy Replicated Optics (HERO) a balloon-borne high-altitude X-ray telescope
  • Hyper Extremely Red Objects (HEROs), astronomical sources of radiation with extreme redshift

Sports and racing

  • Hero's, a mixed martial arts organization
  • HERO, HERO2, HERO3, and HERO4, generations of sports cameras made by GoPro

Technology

  • HERO (robot), a series of educational robots
  • Hero image, a large graphic with a small amount of text, at the top of a page.
  • HTC Hero, a smartphone running the Android platform

Transportation

Other uses

  • Hero, a roller coaster at Flamingo Land Resort.
  • Hero prop, a highly detailed prop in a theater or film production intended for close-up viewing
  • Hero sandwich, a regional name for a submarine sandwich
  • Hero stone, the name for many old memorials found all over India
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See also

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