Hercules (disambiguation)

Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek mythological hero Heracles.

Hercules may also refer to:

Animals

 * Hercules beetle
 * Hercules (bear) (1975–2001), Scottish wrestling bear
 * Hercules (liger), the world's largest living cat
 * Hercules moth, of family Saturniidae
 * Hercules parrot, an extinct giant parrot species from New Zealand

Fictional characters

 * Hercules (comics), various versions of the mythical hero in comics
 * Hercules (Disney character)
 * Hercules (TUGS), in the British children's television series TUGS
 * Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, a character from the British 1950s comedy radio programme The Goon Show
 * Hercules, a superhero in the 1970s Filmation animated cartoon Space Sentinels

Film

 * Hercules (1958 film), starring Steve Reeves
 * Hercules (1983 film), starring Lou Ferrigno
 * The Adventures of Hercules (1985 film), sequel to the 1983 film
 * Hercules (1997 film), a Disney animated film
 * Hercules (2014 film), an action-adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson

Television

 * The Mighty Hercules, a 1963–1966 Canadian-American animated television show
 * Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, a 1995–1999 American syndicated action television series starring Kevin Sorbo
 * Hercules (1998 TV series), based on the 1997 Disney film
 * Hercules (miniseries), a 2005 American television miniseries that aired on NBC

Music

 * Hercules (Handel), a music drama by George Frideric Handel
 * "Hercules", a 1973 song by Aaron Neville
 * "Hercules", a song by Midnight Oil from their 1985 EP Species Deceases
 * Hercules (soundtrack), for the 1997 Disney film
 * "Hercules", a song from Elton John's 1972 album Honky Château
 * "Hercules", a song from George Watsky's 2009 album Watsky
 * "Hercules", a song from Young Thug's 2016 mixtape I'm Up

Video games

 * Hercules (1984 video game), for home computers
 * Disney's Hercules (video game), 1997, based on the Disney film

Other arts and entertainment

 * Hercules (franchise), a Disney media franchise
 * Hercules (musical), 2019, based on the 1997 Disney film
 * Hercules (Piero della Francesca), a 15th-century fresco
 * Hercules (Seneca), a play

Astronomy

 * Hercules (constellation), in the northern hemisphere
 * Hercules (dwarf galaxy), near the Milky Way galaxy
 * Hercules Superclusters
 * Hercules Cluster
 * Hercules (crater), a lunar impact crater

Businesses

 * Hercules (Bulgarian company), a defunct maker of commercial vehicles
 * Hercules (nightclub), Helsinki, Finland
 * Hercules (vehicles), a Greek manufacturer of farm vehicles
 * Hercules Computer Technology, a former computer peripheral manufacturer
 * Hercules Cycle and Motor Company, a former British bicycle manufacturer
 * Hercules Engine Company, in Canton, Ohio, US
 * Hercules Gas Engine Company, in Cincinnati, Ohio, US
 * Hercules Inc., a chemical company which merged with and became Ashland, Inc.

Military

 * HMS Hercules, any of several Royal Navy ships
 * Hughes H-4 Hercules, a prototype strategic airlift flying boat
 * Lockheed C-130 Hercules, an American military transport aircraft
 * Bristol Hercules, a British aircraft engine
 * Nike Hercules, a surface-to-air missile used by US and NATO armed forces
 * M88 Hercules, a US Army armored battlefield recovery vehicle

Mononym or professional name

 * Hercules (gangster) (born 1960s), Indonesian crime boss
 * Hercules (wrestler), WWF professional wrestler Ray Fernandez (1956–2004)
 * Ruben Cruz (1950–2020), Puerto Rican professional wrestler known by his ring name, Hercules Ayala
 * Richard Sandrak (born 1992), American bodybuilder known as Little Hercules

Given name

 * Hércules Brito Ruas (born 1939), Brazilian footballer known as Brito
 * Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821–1906), English artist
 * Hercules Burnett (1865–1936), American baseball player
 * Hércules de Miranda (1912–1982), Brazilian footballer
 * Hércules Florence (1804–1879), French-Brazilian painter and inventor
 * Hercules Huncks (died 1660), English soldier, one of the Regicides of King Charles I
 * Hercules Kyvelos (born 1975), Canadian welterweight boxer
 * Sir Hercules Langrishe, 1st Baronet (1729–1811), Irish politician
 * Sir Hercules Langrishe, 5th Baronet (1859–1943), Irish soldier, sailor and yachtsman
 * Hercules Linton (1836–1900), Scottish shipbuilder and designer
 * Hercules Mata'afa (born 1995), American football player
 * Hercules Mulligan, (1740–1825), tailor and spy for the patriot forces in the American Revolutionary War
 * Hércules Pereira do Nascimento (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
 * Hercules Posey (1748–1812), slave owned by George Washington
 * Hercules Read (Charles Hercules Read, 1857–1929), British archaeologist and curator at the British Museum
 * Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead (1824–1897), the 5th governor of Hong Kong
 * Hercules Ross (1745–1816), Scottish merchant involved in the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade
 * Hercules Seghers (1589–1638), Dutch painter and printmaker
 * Hercules Taylour (1759–1790), Irish soldier and politician

Surname

 * Kylie Hercules (born 1989), Saint Helena politician and official
 * Olia Hercules (born 1984), London-based Ukrainian chef, food writer and food stylist

Places

 * Hercules, California, a small town
 * Hercules, Missouri, an unincorporated community
 * Mount Hercules, Antarctica
 * Port Hercules, Monaco

Teams

 * Hércules (Salvadoran football club)
 * Hércules CF, a football team based in Alicante, Spain
 * JS Hercules, a football team based in Oulu, Finland
 * USV Hercules, a football club based in Utrecht, Netherlands

Technology

 * Nikon NASA F4, one of the first digital cameras, used by NASA as HERCULES
 * Hercules (emulator), an IBM mainframe emulator
 * Hercules (processors), a line of safety microcontrollers from Texas Instruments
 * Hercules Graphics Card, an early graphics card for the IBM PC
 * Hercules PSU, a power supply unit for audiophile turntables

Transportation

 * de Havilland Hercules, 1920s British airliner and mailplane
 * Fletcher Hercules, American ultralight trike aircraft
 * Hercules (1872–1889), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
 * Hercules, one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
 * Hercules, various ships
 * SS Hercules, several steamships
 * Hercules (motorcycle), built by Sachs Motorcycles
 * Hercules (locomotive), built in 1838 for the Beaver Meadow Railroad
 * Hughes H-4 Hercules, better known as the "Spruce Goose", American 1940s prototype flying boat, the largest ever built
 * Paladin Hercules, American powered parachute design
 * Hercules Cycles, brand of bicycles produced by Tube Investments of India
 * Hercules station, proposed train station and ferry terminal for Hercules, California

Other

 * Judge Hercules, a metaphorical "ideal judge" posited by legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin
 * Hercules (roller coaster), former structure in Allentown, Pennsylvania
 * Hercules (tree), a giant sequoia in the Mountain Home Grove, California
 * Winter Storm Hercules, designated by The Weather Channel in the United States in 2014
 * Resupply Depot Hercules, an orbiting space station concept by Bigelow Aerospace
 * Hercules silver mine, in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Idaho
 * the "Hercules gene", a popular name for variants of the MSTN gene coding for myostatin