Hero (disambiguation)

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

Hero may also refer to:

People

 * 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

Fictional characters

 * 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

Films

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

Albums

 * Hero (Bölzer 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

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

Songs

 * "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 Linnéa 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 (Kibō no Uta)" / "Cha-La Head-Cha-La", by Flow, 2013
 * "Hero / Sweet Jewel", by Fairies, 2011

Businesses and organisations

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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