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Contents 1 Film 2 Television 3 Music 4 Gaming 5 People 5.1 Fictional people 6 National decorations 7 See also

A hero is a person performing an extraordinary and praiseworthy deed.

Hero or heroes may also refer to:

• H.E.R.O. (comics), a short-lived comic book series of the early 2000s, loosely based on Dial H for Hero
• HERO (robot), a series of hobby robots formerly sold by Heathkit
• Heroic (horse), champion Australian racehorse and sire of the 1930s
• Hero (novel), by Festus Iyayi
• HMS Hero, the name of six historical ships of the British Royal Navy
• The Hero Initiative (formerly known as ACTOR), a comic book based charity to help creators in need
• Hero Pen Company, a writing instrument manufacturer in China
• Hero Parade, a gay Pride Parade in New Zealand
• Hero sandwich, or submarine sandwich
• Heroes (book), a short novel by American author Robert Cormier
• GDOT HERO, Georgia Department of Transportation's highway emergency response operators
• Superhero, a hero with extraordinary powers, usually starring in a comicbook
• "Hero", a Tango move in Argentinian Tango in which the woman rotates about the man.
• Hero (1860–1887), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives

[edit] Film

• Heroism (film), Polish film
• Heroes (film) (1977), with Henry Winkler and Sally Field
• Hero (1983 film), a Bollywood film starring Jackie Shroff
• Hero (1986 film), official film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico
• Hero (1992 film), an American film starring Dustin Hoffman
• Hero (1995 film), a Hong Kong film starring Jessica Hsuan
• Hero (2002 film), a 2002 Chinese film starring Jet Li

[edit] Television

• Hero (TV series), a 2001 Japanese drama
• Hero (channel), an anime cable channel in the Philippines
• "Heroes" (Stargate SG-1), a two-part episode of Stargate SG-1
• Heroes (TV series), a 2006 American television series on NBC
• "Hero" (Battlestar Galactica), an episode of Battlestar Galactica

[edit] Music

• "Hero", a song by Ozzy Osbourne from his 1988 album No Rest for the Wicked
• Heroes (1993 album), by Mark O'Connor
• "Hero" (Chad Kroeger song), a single from the film Spider-Man
• "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song)
• "Hero" (Mariah Carey song)
• "Hero" (Europe song)
• "Hero" (Superchick song), a song by Superchick
• !Hero, a rock opera based on the story of Jesus
• "Heroes", an album by David Bowie
  • "Heroes" (song), the single from the album
  • "Heroes" Symphony, by Philip Glass, inspired by the album
• Hero (album), a gospel album by singer Kirk Franklin
• "Heroes", a single by the hard rock band Shinedown
• Héroes del Silencio, Spanish rock band
• Heroes of Sand, song by the Brazilian metal band Angra
• "Heroes" (Elena Paparizou song), the official song of the 2006 European Athletics Championship by Elena Paparizou

[edit] Gaming

• H.E.R.O., a 1983 video game
• Hero (computer game), an Angband inspired roguelike game written by Brad Miller
• No More Heroes (video game), an upcoming video game originally known as Heroes
• Hero (Fire Emblem), a recurring class in the Fire Emblem series
• Hero (Warcraft), a special type of unit in Warcraft III
• Hero System, a generic roleplaying game system
• Hero (MMORPG), a Korean MMORPG

[edit] People

• Hero of Alexandria, ancient Greek mathematician
• Chris Hero, an American professional wrestler
• Justin "Hero" Cassell, a Montserratian calypsonian
• Hero the younger, ancient Greek physicist

[edit] Fictional people

• Captain Hero, a character on the Drawn Together animated television series
• Hero, of the Greek myth Hero and Leander
• Hero, of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
• Hero, of the web comic RPG World
• Hero Brown, in the comic book series Y: The Last Man

[edit] National decorations

• Hero (Title)
• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Hero of Socialist Labor
• Hero of Belarus
• Hero of the Russian Federation
• Hero of Ukraine

[edit] See also

• Heroine

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