Heron (disambiguation)

Heron is a family of wading birds.

Heron may also refer to:

Business

 * Heron International, a United Kingdom-based property development company
 * Heron Tower, a skyscraper in London
 * Heron Foods, a frozen food retail chain in the United Kingdom
 * Heron Plastics, a kit car manufacturer in the 1950s and 1960s

People

 * Heron or Hero of Alexandria (c. 10 – 70), ancient Greek mathematician and engineer, creator of Heron's formula (area of triangle) and Heron's method (square root)
 * Saint Heron (107–127), third Bishop of Antioch
 * Heron (martyr) (died 202), Egyptian martyr
 * Heron Ricardo Ferreira (born 1958), a Brazilian professional football manager
 * Heron (surname)
 * Clan Heron, a Scottish border-riding clan
 * Heron Baronets, two extinct baronetcies
 * Heron (footballer), Heron Crespo da Silva, Brazilian footballer
 * Mike "Heron" Herard, hip hop producer

Places

 * Heron, Montana
 * Héron, Belgium
 * Heron Island (disambiguation), various islands
 * Heron Lake (disambiguation), several lakes and a small city
 * Heron Park, Ottawa, Canada
 * Heron Road (Ottawa)
 * Heron (crater), an impact crater on the Moon
 * Martins Heron, Berkshire, England

Vehicles

 * HMS Heron, various ships and installations of the Royal Navy
 * USS Heron, three ships of the US Navy
 * Heron (dinghy)
 * Hawker Heron, a biplane fighter
 * de Havilland Heron, a four-engine aircraft
 * IAI Heron, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
 * Heron TP, an alternative name for the Eitan (UCAV) unmanned aircraft
 * Heron, a Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway steam locomotive built in 1861
 * Heron Cars, a New Zealand car maker
 * Heron (automobile), a Formula Junior racing car

Other uses

 * Heron (band), a 1970s English folk-rock band
 * "Heron", a song by Avail from their 2000 album One Wrench
 * Hardy Heron, the codename for the 8.04 LTS release of Ubuntu
 * Heron Stakes, a thoroughbred race in Great Britain
 * Heron's fountain, a hydraulic machine invented by physicist Heron aka "Hero of Alexandria"
 * Heron's formula, gives the area of a triangle when the length of all three sides are known.
 * Heronian triangle, a triangle with integer side-lengths and integer area.
 * Heron's method, an early method of approximating square root.
 * Nickname for Inter Miami CF.