HERO (DISAMBIGUATION)

A 'hero' (male) or 'heroine' (female) is a person of great bravery who performs extraordinary and praiseworthy deeds.
'Hero' or 'HERO' may also refer to:

Contents

People

Literature

National decorations

Media

Film

Television

Episodes

Music

Songs

Comics

Gaming

Other

See also

People

★ Hero of Alexandria, ancient mathematician

★ Chris Hero, an American professional wrestler

★ Justin "Hero" Cassell, a Montserratian Calypsonian

★ Hero the younger, ancient Greek physicist

★ Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, in the myth of Hero and Leander.

Literature

★ Superhero, a hero with extraordinary powers, usually starring in a comic book, television series, or film

★ Anti-hero

★ Hero and Leander, a Greek legend

★ Hero, of William Shakespeare's ''Much Ado About Nothing''

★ Hero, the horse of The (21st) Phantom

★ Hero, of the web comic ''RPG World''

★ Hero Brown, in the comic book series ''

★ Captain Hero, a character on the ''Drawn Together'' animated television series

National decorations

★ Hero (title)

★ Hero of the Soviet Union

★ Hero of Socialist Labor

★ Hero of Belarus

★ Hero of the Russian Federation

★ Hero of Ukraine

Media

Film

★ ''Hero'' (2002 film), (Chinese: 英雄; Pinyin: Yīngxióng) a Chinese film starring Jet Li

★ ''Hero'' (1995 film), a Hong Kong film starring Jessica Hsuan

★ ''Hero'' (1992 film), an American film starring Dustin Hoffman

★ ''Hero'' (1986 film), official film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico

★ ''Hero'' (1983 film), a Bollywood film starring Jackie Shroff

★ ''Heroism'' (film), a 1958 Polish film

Television

★ ''The Greatest American Hero'', an American television series.

★ Hero (TV channel), an anime cable channel in the Philippines

★ ''Hero'' (TV series), a 2001 Japanese drama

★ ''Hero'', an Indian television show for kids shown on Hungama TV

Episodes

★ ''Hero'' (''Angel'' episode), an episode of ''Angel''

★ ''Hero'' (Battlestar Galactica), an episode of ''Battlestar Galactica''

Music

★ ''!Hero'', a rock opera based on the story of Jesus

★ ''Hero'' (album), a gospel album by singer Kirk Franklin

★ ''Heroine'' (album), by post-hardcore band From First to Last

Songs

★ "Hero", a song by Ozzy Osbourne from his 1988 album ''No Rest for the Wicked''

★ "Hero" (Chad Kroeger song), a single from the film ''Spider-Man'' and from the ''Bratz: Fashion Pixiez'' DVD

★ "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song)

★ "Hero" (Mariah Carey song)

★ "Hero", a song by the Swedish Metal band Machinae Supremacy

★ "Hero", a song by David Crosby and Phil Collins from Crosby's 1993 album ''Thousand Roads''

★ "Hero" (Superchick song)

★ "Hero", a song by the Australian singer/songwriter Darren Hayes

★ "HERO", a song originally to be included on Utada Hikaru's "Boku wa Kuma" single

★ "Hero", a song by Bethany Dillon

Comics

★ H.E.R.O. (comics), a short-lived comic book series of the early 2000s, loosely based on ''Dial H for Hero''

Gaming

★ ''H.E.R.O.'' (Helicopter Equipped Rescue Operation), a 1983 computer and video game

★ ''Hero'' (computer game), an Angband inspired roguelike game written by Brad Miller

★ ''No More Heroes'', a video game originally known simply as ''Heroes''

★ Hero (Warcraft), a special type of unit in ''Warcraft III''

★ Hero System, a generic roleplaying game system published by Hero Games

★ Hero online, a MMORPG made by Netgames

★ Heroism (computer game)[1], a massively-multiplayer real-time strategy made by ZoopTEK.

Other

★ Hero, the name used for the strong safety position by the Penn State Nittany Lions football team

★ HERO'S, a mixed martial arts organization based in Japan

★ H.E.R.O. (Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK) - official gateway website to the UK higher education system

★ H.E.R.O. (Highway Emergency Response Operator) - the name of the Georgia State Dept. of Transportation Highway Emergency Response Units.

★ HERO (Health & Education Relief Organization) - a nonprofit to facilitate humanitarian construction projects in Haiti

★ HERO (robot), a series of hobby robots formerly sold by Heathkit

★ Heroic (horse), champion Australian racehorse and sire of the 1930s

★ The Hero Initiative (formerly known as ACTOR), a comic-book-based charity to help creators in need

★ Hero Parade, a gay Pride Parade in New Zealand

★ Hero sandwich, or submarine sandwich

★ Heroes (confectionery), a popular brand of chocolates sold in the UK and Australia (where they are known as Cadbury Favourites)

★ Hero (1860 – 1887), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives

★ Hero (helio), a wireless mobile device manufactured by Pantech Curitel and sold by Helio

★ Hero group, A Swiss manufactuer of food products - primarily jams and fruit juices

★ There is also a supermarket chain (Primarily in Indonesia) named Hero.

See also

★

★ Heroin (disambiguation)

★ The Hero

★ HMS ''Hero'', the name of six historical ships of the British Royal Navy