Halo

HALO, halo, halos or haloes may refer to:

Most common meanings

 * Halo (optical phenomenon)
 * Halo (religious iconography), a ring of light around the image of a head
 * Halo (franchise), a sci-fi video game series (2001–2021)

Fictional characters and worlds

 * Halo (DC Comics), a 1983 superheroine
 * Halo Array or halos, fictional megastructures in the video game
 * The titular character of The Ballad of Halo Jones, a sci-fi comic strip

Film and television

 * Halo (1996 film), an Indian drama film
 * Halo (2007 cancelled film), a project directed by Niell Blomkamp
 * Halo (TV series), a 2022 adaptation of the game
 * Nickelodeon HALO Awards, an American television special (2008–2018)

Music

 * Halo Records, a British record label (formed 2000)

Bands

 * Halo (Christian rock band), an American band
 * Halo (metal band), an Australian band
 * Halo (UK band)
 * HALO (South Korean group)
 * The Halos, an American doo wop group

Albums

 * Halo (Azonic album) (1994)
 * Halo (Bakar album) (2023)
 * Halo (Current 93 album) (2004)
 * Halo (Juana Molina album) (2017)
 * Halo, by Severina (2019)

Songs

 * "Halo" (Beyoncé song) (2008)
 * "Halo" (Lumix song) (2022)
 * "Halo" (Soil song) (2001)
 * "Halo" (Starset song) (2015)
 * "Halo" (Texas song) (1997)
 * "Haloes", a song from the album The Tubes by The Tubes
 * "Halos" by +/- from Xs on Your Eyes
 * "Halo", by All That Remains from Madness
 * "Halo", by Basement from Promise Everything
 * "Halo", by Bethany Joy Galeotti from Friends with Benefits: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 2
 * "Halo", by Bloc Party from Intimacy
 * "Halo", by Cage the Elephant from Melophobia
 * "Halo", by The Cure from Join the Dots
 * "Halo", by Deep Blue Something from Home
 * "Halo", by Depeche Mode from Violator
 * "Halo", by Endless Shame from Generation Blind
 * "Halo", by Foo Fighters from One by One
 * "Halo", by Linkin Park from LP Underground X: Demos
 * "Halo", by Hieroglyphics from Full Circle
 * "Halo", by Machine Head from The Blackening
 * "Halo", by Porcupine Tree from Deadwing
 * "Halo", by The Pussycat Dolls from Doll Domination
 * "Halo", by Red Flag
 * "Halo", by Ryan Adams from Prisoner (B-Sides)
 * "Halo", by Slash from Apocalyptic Love
 * "Halo", by Tinchy Stryder from Catch 22
 * "Halo", by Takida from Bury the Lies

Other arts and entertainment

 * Halo (sculpture), a kinetic sculpture in Australia
 * Halo (b-boy move), a dance move
 * Halo (nightclub), a venue in Bournemouth, England
 * Halo (bar), a gay bar in Washington, D.C.

Military

 * HALO jump, High Altitude-Low Opening parachute jump
 * Operation Halo, the Canadian contribution to the 2004 United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
 * Mil Mi-26, a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter (NATO reporting name: Halo)
 * Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface, U.S. Navy program

Medicine and psychology

 * Halo brace, a cervical brace
 * Halo effect, a cognitive bias
 * Halo sign, a radiological diagnostic

People

 * Halo Khan Ardalan, Kurdish ruler of Ardalan from 1590 to 1616
 * Halo Meadows (1905–1985), American actress
 * Thea Halo (born 1941), American writer and painter
 * Laurel Halo, stage name of American electronic musician Laurel Anne Chartow (born 1985)
 * Takashi Hirose (swimmer) (1923–2002), American swimmer nicknamed "Halo"

Ancient Greece

 * Halos (Thessaly), a town and polis of ancient Thessaly
 * Halos (Delphi), a space near the temple of Apollo in Delphi

United States

 * Halo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
 * Halo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
 * The Halo (building complex), Newark, New Jersey

Sport

 * Los Angeles Angels, a Major League Baseball team, nicknamed the Halos
 * Halo (horse) (1969–2000), American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire
 * Halo (safety device), for racing cars

Astronomy and space

 * Dark matter halo, a hypothetical structure in outer space
 * Galactic halo, a component of a galaxy
 * Halo orbit, a concept in orbital mechanics
 * Helium and Lead Observatory, a supernova neutrino detector
 * Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module of the planned Lunar Gateway space station
 * Halo (crater), on the Moon
 * Stellar halo

Other science, technology and mathematics

 * Halo (mathematics), in non-standard analysis
 * Project Halo, in artificial intelligence
 * Halo antenna
 * Halo nucleus, in physics
 * HaloIPT, a wireless vehicle charging technology under WiTricity

Other uses

 * HALO Trust, a landmine-clearance NGO headquartered in Scotland (founded 1988)
 * HALO Urban Regeneration, a Scottish start-up support firm (founded 1988)
 * Wonderful Halos, a brand name of mandarin oranges sold by The Wonderful Company