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A hero
Hero
A hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion...

is a person who performs extraordinary deeds for the benefit of others.

Hero may also refer to:

People

Hero of Alexandria
Hero of Alexandria
Hero of Alexandria was an ancient Greek mathematician and engineerEnc. Britannica 2007, "Heron of Alexandria" who was active in his native city of Alexandria, Roman Egypt...

(c. 10–70 AD), ancient Greek mathematician
Hero the younger
Hero the younger
Hero the younger is the name given without any sufficient reason to a Byzantine land-surveyor who wrote a treatise on land-surveying modelled on the works of Hero of Alexandria, especially the Dioptra.-Literature:...

(fl. 938), Byzantine land surveyor
Agent Hero, codename for Soviet double agent Oleg Penkovsky
Oleg Penkovsky
Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky, codenamed HERO ; April 23, 1919, Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Soviet Russia, – May 16, 1963, Soviet Union), was a colonel with Soviet military intelligence in the late 1950s and early 1960s who informed the United Kingdom and the United States about the Soviet Union...

(1919-1963)
Hero, stage name of Justin Cassell
Justin Cassell
Justin "Hero" Cassell is a Montserratian calypsonian, popularly regarded as one of the pioneers of calypso from Montserrat. He began performing in the 1950s. His brother is Arrow, who is easily the most famous musician in Montserratian history....

(fl. 1950s), Montserratian calypso musician
Chris Hero
Chris Hero
Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...

, nom de guerre of Chris Spradlin (born 1979), American professional wrestler
Hero (singer)
Hero (singer)
Kim Jaejoong , also known by his stage name Hero, is a Korean singer-songwriter, actor, and director....

, stage name of Kim Jaejoong (born 1986), former member of Korean boy band TVXQ and current member of JYJ.

Ancient religion

Hero, any demigod worshipped in the Greek hero cult
Greek hero cult
Hero cults were one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion. In Homeric Greek, "hero" refers to a man who was fighting on either side during the Trojan War...
Hero, priestess of Aphrodite in the Greek myth of Hero and Leander
Hero and Leander
Hero and Leander is a Byzantine myth, relating the story of Hērō and like "hero" in English), a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos on the European side of the Dardanelles, and Leander , a young man from Abydos on the opposite side of the strait. Leander fell in love with Hero...
Hero, A son of Priam
Priam
Priam was the king of Troy during the Trojan War and youngest son of Laomedon. Modern scholars derive his name from the Luwian compound Priimuua, which means "exceptionally courageous".- Marriage and issue :...

King of Troy
Troy
Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida...

Comics

H.E.R.O. (comics)
H.E.R.O. (comics)
H.E.R.O. is an American comic book series published by DC Comics that started in 2003 and ran for 22 issues. The series was written by Will Pfeifer. Artists included Kano, Leonard Kirk and Dale Eaglesham....

, a comic book series
Hero, a fictional horse used by the character Phantom (comics)
Hero, a character in the web comic RPG World
RPG World
RPG World was a webcomic by Ian Jones-Quartey that took place in the environment of a RPG. While much of the humor and story-telling focused on parody of console role-playing game clichés and tropes the story was also meant to stand on its own...
Hero Brown, a character in the comic book series Y: The Last Man
Y: The Last Man
Y: The Last Man is a comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra published by Vertigo beginning in 2002. The series is about the only man to survive the apparent simultaneous death of every male mammal on Earth...
Hero or Shen, a character in the Dragon Ball franchise, see List of Dragon Ball characters

Gaming

H.E.R.O.
H.E.R.O.
H.E.R.O. is a single-player video game published by Activision. First developed for the Atari 2600 and released in March 1984, the game was ported to many of the home computers and gaming consoles of that era...

, a 1984 computer and video game
Hero Online
Hero online
Hero Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game produced by Netgame based on a story written by three generations of Chinese novelists. Hero Online is free to play with cash shop items available, much like The Legend of Ares, Scions of Fate, Silkroad Online and many other MMORPG's...

, an online roleplaying game
Hero System
Hero System
The Hero System is a generic role-playing game system that developed from the superhero RPG Champions. It is used as the underlying mechanics of other Hero Games role-playing games such as Dark Champions, Fantasy Hero, Star Hero, and Pulp Hero...

, a generic roleplaying game system published by Hero Games
Hero, common name for the franchise of musical performance simulation games including Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is the first entry in the Guitar Hero series. Guitar Hero was released on November 8, 2005 in North America, April 7, 2006 in Europe and June 15, 2006 in...

Literature

Hero, a female character in Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero....

by William Shakespeare
Hero (novel)
Hero (novel)
Hero is a Lambda-winning first novel by openly gay film producer and novelist Perry Moore. The fantasy novel is about a teenage superhero, Thom Creed, who must deal with his ex-superhero father's disgrace, his own sexuality, and a murderer stalking the world's heroes.-Plot summary:Thom Creed is a...

, a 2007 novel by Perry Moore
The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama, a book written by FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan

Film

The Hero (1917 film)
The Hero (1917 film)
-Cast:* Billy West - The Hero* Oliver Hardy - The Hero's Rival * Ethel Marie Burton - A Society Girl * Leo White - The Count* Bud Ross - The Butler * Polly Bailey - The Mother...

, an American silent comedy starring Oliver Hardy
Nayak: The Hero, US title of Nayak, a 1966 Bengali drama directed by Satyajit Ray
The Hero, US title of Bloomfield (film)
Bloomfield (film)
Bloomfield is a 1971 British-Israeli drama film directed by Richard Harris and Uri Zohar. It was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Richard Harris – Eitan...

, a 1971 British-Israeli drama
Hero (1983 film)
Hero (1983 film)
Hero is a 1983 Indian Hindi film by Subhash Ghai. Jackie Shroff played the lead role, also called "Jackie", and achieved stardom overnight. Actress Meenakshi Sheshadri, who had been crowned Miss India in 1981 and played the lead female role in the film, gained popularity after this movie...

, an Indian romance musical
Hero (1985 film)
Hero (1985 film)
Hero is 1985 a Pakistani Urdu colour film starring Waheed Murad, Babra Sharif, Mumtaz, Aslam Pervaiz, Saqi, Adil Murad and Nadeem . It was produced by Waheed himself and directed by his close friend Iqbal Yousuf. Waheed Murad died leaving this film incomplete...

, a Pakistani action-romance musical
Hero (1987 film)
Hero (1987 film)
Hero is the official documentary film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico.The film was narrated by Michael Caine and the music score was written by Rick Wakeman...

, a British documentary about the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico
Hero (1992 film)
Hero (1992 film)
Hero is a comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and starring Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy García, Chevy Chase, and Joan Cusack. It was released in the United States on October 20, 1992.-Plot:...

, an American comedic drama
Hero (1997 film), a Hong Kong film directed by Corey Yuen
Corey Yuen
Corey Yuen Kwai is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and producer. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes.-Life and career:...
Hero (2002 film)
Hero (2002 film)
Hero is a 2002 wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou. Starring Jet Li as the nameless protagonist, the film is based on the story of Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin in 227 BC....

, English title of 英雄: Ying xiong, a Chinese wuxia adventure
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, a 2003 Bollywood action-adventure
The Hero (2004 film)
The Hero (2004 film)
The Hero is a film about the life of average Angolans after the Angolan Civil War. The film follows the lives of three individuals; Vitório, a war veteran crippled by a landmine who returns to Luanda, Manu, a young boy searching for his soldier father, and Joana, a teacher who mentors the boy and...

, an Angolan war drama
Hero (2007 film)
Hero (2007 film)
Hero is a film based on the 2001 TV series of the same name.Casting of this film, with the original casts from the TV series, includes the new casts from the special drama, which aired in 2006...

, a Japanese film based on the TV series of the same name
Hero (2011 film), an American baseball drama

Albums

Hero (Kirk Franklin album), a 2005 gospel album by Kirk Franklin
Hero (Divenfire album)
Hero (Divinefire album)
-Track listing:#"Resurrection" - 1:56#"Secret Weapon" - 4:36#"Divinefire" - 4:31#"Hero" - 3:46#"United as One" - 4:57#"Leaving the Shadows" - 4:46#"Open your Eyes" - 4:24#"New Beginning" - 4:21#"Cryptic Passages" - 5:20...

, a 2005 metal album by Divinefire
Hero (Charlotte Perrelli album)
Hero (Charlotte Perrelli album)
Hero is an album by Swedish singer Charlotte Perrelli, released on 23 April, 2008. It's her 5th album. The album includes the song Hero which was Sweden's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The album also includes the radio single "Addicted" and the digital single "Bullet"...

, a 2008 pop album by Charlotte Perrelli
Hero (van Canto album)
Hero (van Canto album)
Hero is the second studio album by German a cappella metal band van Canto, released on September 26, 2008. It is the follow-up to 2006's A Storm to Come on Sony BMG Germany's GUN records...

, a 2008 a cappella metal album by van Canto

Opera and musicals

Hero, a male character in the 1962 musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart....
The Hero (opera)
The Hero (opera)
The Hero is a two act opera by Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Comissioned by the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the work premiered at the Philadelphia Academy of Music on June 1, 1976. At this point of his career, Menotti's style of composition, which rejected the avant-garde, was...

, a 1976 opera by Gian Carlo Menotti
!Hero
!Hero
!HERO is a rock opera about Jesus. It is based on the question, "What if Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?". After the original tour in 2003 ended, it was released on DVD, CD, and was written into a trilogy of novels and series of comic books....

, a 2003 rock opera

Songs

"Hero" (Mariah Carey song)
Hero (Mariah Carey song)
"Hero" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on October 19, 1993 by Columbia Records as the second single from Carey's third studio album, Music Box . Originally intended for Gloria Estefan, the song was written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff...
"Hero" (David Crosby song)
Hero (David Crosby song)
"Hero" is a single performed by David Crosby from his third studio album Thousand Roads. The song features Phil Collins singing backing vocals, and playing the drums....
"Hero" (Europe song)
Hero (Europe song)
"Hero" is a 2004 single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was released on September 20, 2004, as the second single from the band's album Start from the Dark...
"Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song)
Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)
"Hero" is a single released by Enrique Iglesias from his second English album Escape and was written for his good friend Simon Baxendale, by Iglesias, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor. Enrique first released the song to radio in early September 2001 to a positive critical and commercial reception...
"Hero" (Chad Kroeger song)
Hero (Chad Kroeger song)
"Hero" is a single by Chad Kroeger, the lead singer of Nickelback, recorded in 2002 for the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man. The recording features Kroeger; Josey Scott, the lead singer of Saliva; Tyler Connolly, guitarist and lead singer of Theory of a Deadman; Mike Kroeger, bassist of...

, featured in the film Spider-Man
"Hero" (Nas song)
Hero (Nas song)
"Hero" is a 2008 song and lead single from Nas' untitled album. The song features singer Keri Hilson and production by Polow da Don. This song was also featured on the special edition of Madden NFL 09....
"Hero" (Charlotte Perrelli song)
Hero (Charlotte Perrelli song)
"Hero" is a 2008 pop song performed by the Swedish singer Charlotte Perrelli written by Fredrik Kempe and Bobby Ljunggren. It was rumoured the song was going to be sung by Måns Zelmerlöw, but Charlotte was first choice and finally Charlotte was chosen for the SVT. It won the Melodifestivalen 2008...
"Hero" (Skillet Song)
Hero (Skillet song)
"Hero" is the first single of the 2009 album Awake by the Christian Rock band Skillet and is the first track on the album. The song talks about mankind's need for a Hero with the hero being Jesus Christ. It's the fourth single by Skillet to be released to physical media...
"Hero" (Superchick song)
Hero (Superchick song)
"Hero" is a 2002 single from Superchick. It first appeared on their album, Last One Picked, and received a Red Pill remix on Regeneration...
"Hero/Heroine
Hero/Heroine
"Hero/Heroine" is a single from Boys Like Girls' eponymous debut album. It was originally released as the first single, along with a music video, but it did not chart in its initial run at radio....

", a song by Boys Like Girls
"Hero", a song by Heather Dale
Heather Dale
Heather Dale is a Canadian Celtic recording artist and touring musician. She records and performs primarily her own original songs, which draw their inspiration from the mythology, folklore and history of various Celtic and non-Celtic cultures...
"Hero", a song by Cassie Davis from Differently
Differently
Differently is the debut album by Australian singer Cassie Davis and was released on 14 August 2009. Davis herself is writing and producing most of the album, with the help of producers Printz Board, Rodney Jerkins and Wayne Wilkins.- Singles :...
"Hero", a song by Bethany Dillon from Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
"Hero", a song by Darren Hayes from The Tension and the Spark
The Tension and the Spark
-Related tracks and B-sides:*"Touch" - B-side "Pop!ular" single.*"Zero" - B-side "Pop!ular" single.*"Random Blinking Light" - B-side on "Darkness" single.*"Let's Go" - an out-take from the album which became a B-side for his 2007 single "Me Myself and "....
"Hero", a song by James from The Night Before
The Night Before (James album)
The Night Before is the first of two mini-albums by British alternative rock band James, released in April 2010. It featured seven tracks, plus one of two bonus tracks , and was available on CD and as an MP3 download. Some of the songs, such as "Porcupine", had been previewed by the band at...
"Hero", a song by Linnéa Handberg Lund
Linnéa Handberg Lund
Linnéa Handberg Lund, also known as Papaya , Miss Papaya, or Lynn. Born Linnéa Handberg 22 October, Hillerød, Denmark, a Danish eurodance musician...
"Hero", a song by Machinae Supremacy
Machinae Supremacy
Machinae Supremacy is a Swedish band that combines modern heavy metal and alternative rock with chiptunes. Self-defined as "SID metal", many of their songs use a SidStation that features the SID chip of the Commodore 64...
"Hero", a song by Ministry, featured in the game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 is the sequel to Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. It expands on the game play of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and is the fourth installment in the popular Ghost Recon tactical shooter video game series, published by Ubisoft.The game...
"Hero", a song by Nightrage from Sweet Vengeance
Sweet Vengeance
Sweet Vengeance is the debut full-length studio album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band, Nightrage. It was released by Century Media Records on July 30, 2003. It features a bonus track "Gloomy Daydreams" which is a demo version from either their first or second demo which is only for...
"Hero", a song by Ozzy Osbourne from No Rest for the Wicked
No Rest for the Wicked (Ozzy Osbourne album)
No Rest for the Wicked is the fifth studio album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on October 22, 1988 and was re-issued / remastered on August 22, 1995 and again on June 25, 2002. The album was certified gold in December 1989 and has since gone double platinum. No Rest for the Wicked is the first...
"Hero", a song by Regina Spektor, featured on the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack
"Hero", a song by The Verve Pipe from The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe (album)
The Verve Pipe is the self-titled album by Michigan rock band the Verve Pipe, released on July 27, 1999. The band's second release for RCA Records, the album followed the platinum-selling Villains and its mammoth single, "The Freshmen". The band worked with Soundgarden producer Michael Beinhorn and...
"Hero", a song by Zion I & The Grouch from Heroes in the City of Dope
Heroes in the City of Dope
Heroes in the City of Dope is a collaboration album by West Coast hip hop artists Zion I and The Grouch, released October 10, 2006 on Om Records. The album features production from Zion I's producer Amp Live, The Grouch and his fellow Living Legends member Eligh. Guest appearances are provided by...
"Hero", a version of "Wind Beneath My Wings
Wind Beneath My Wings
"Wind Beneath My Wings" is the title of a song written in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley. They recorded a demo of the song, which they gave to musician Bob Montgomery. Montgomery then recorded his own demo version of the song, changing it from the mid-tempo version he was given to a ballad...

" recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips

Publications

HERO (magazine)
HERO (magazine)
HERO MagazineTM was an American glossy gay magazine co-founded in 1997 by Sam Jensen Page and Paul Horne. The magazine stopped publication in January 2002.-Overview:...

, an American gay periodical (1997-2002)
Hero (fashion magazine)
Hero (Fashion magazine)
Hero is a men's fashion magazine based in the United Kingdom and distributed worldwide.-Overview:Hero is an international men's fashion magazine published bi-annually which features the 'Faces of Tomorrow's Fashion'. Launched in 2009, it is published by Fall Press...

, a UK fashion semi-annual publication

Television

Hero (TV channel), an anime channel in the Philippines
Hero (2001 TV series), a Japanese drama
Hero (2009 TV series), a Korean drama
"Hero" (Angel), a 1999 episode of Angel
"Hero" (Battlestar Galactica)
Hero (Battlestar Galactica)
"Hero" is the eighth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica. This episode aired on November 17, 2006.-Plot:...

, a 2006 episode of Battlestar Galactica
"Hero" (Sanctuary)", an episode of Sanctuary
Captain Hero, a character on the TV series Drawn Together
"Hero" (The Unit), an episode of the television series The Unit

Government

H.E.R.O. (Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK)
H.E.R.O. (Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK)
Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK is the official gateway website to the UK higher education system and also serves as an introduction to research organisations and bodies within the UK....

, a website of the United Kingdom educational system
H.E.R.O. (Highway Emergency Response Operator), a program of the Georgia Department of Transportation
Hero (title)
Hero (Title)
The title of Hero is presented by various governments in recognition of acts of self-sacrifice to the state, and great achievements in combat or labor. It is originally a Soviet-type honor, and is continued by several nations including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. It was also awarded to cities and...

, a title presented by governments to their citizens for great achievements

Manufacturing companies

Hero Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer
Hero MotoCorp, an Indian motorcycle manufacturer originally named Hero Honda, a joint venture between the Hero Group and Honda Motor Company
Hero Group
Hero Group
Hero, an international brand-focused consumer foods group, was founded in 1886 in Lenzburg, Switzerland. Shortly after the turn of the century it started its international expansion with its first subsidiaries in Spain, the Netherlands and Italy.-Overview:...

, a fruit product manufacturer
The Shanghai Hero Pen Company
The Shanghai Hero Pen Company
- Overview :The Shanghai Hero Pen Company, popular for its Hero fountain pens, is a Chinese company. Founded in 1931 as the Huafu Pen Factory , it was renamed in 1966 to the current name....

Sports and racing

Hero's
HERO'S
Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the K-1 Romanex event and various MMA fights on its regular K-1...

, a mixed martial arts organization
Heroic (horse)
Heroic (horse)
Heroic was a great Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won 21 races from 5 furlongs to 2 miles and was a Leading sire in Australia.-Breeding:...

, an Australian racehorse

Technology

Hero (helio), a wireless mobile device
HERO (robot)
HERO (robot)
HERO is the name of several educational robots sold by Heathkit during the 1980s. The Heath Company began the HERO 1 project in October 1979. The first units were available in 1982. Models included the HERO 1, HERO Jr., and HERO 2000. All three were available as kits, or for more money,...

, a series of educational robots
HTC Hero
HTC Hero
The HTC Hero is the third phone manufactured by the HTC Corporation for the Android platform, as part of the A series...

, a smartphone running the Android platform

Transportation

Hero, a locomotive of the South Devon Railway Dido class
South Devon Railway Dido class
The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...
HMS Hero
HMS Hero
Six Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Hero:, a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1759, a prison ship after 1793, renamed Rochester in 1800, and broken up 1810., a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1803 and wrecked on 25 December 1811, with the loss of all her crew, inside the northern Haaks about five...

, six ships of the British Royal Navy
Hero (pinnace)
Hero (pinnace)
Hero is a steam-powered pinnace, a small boat of the type used, for example, as a tender to larger vessels, believed to have been built as an electric launch, by Andrews of Maidenhead, England in 1895, with the name Avondale....

, a steam-powered boat
Hero, a British sloop used by Nathaniel B. Palmer to explore the Antarctic Peninsula between 1820 and 1822

Other uses

Hero sandwich, a common name for a submarine sandwich
Submarine sandwich
A submarine sandwich, also known as a sub among other names, is a sandwich that consists of a long roll of Italian or French bread, split lengthwise either into two pieces or opened in a "V" on one side, and filled with various varieties of meat, cheese, vegetables, seasonings, and sauces. The...
HEROs, Hyper Extremely Red Objects, astronomical sources of radiation with extreme redshift
Redshift
In physics , redshift happens when light seen coming from an object is proportionally increased in wavelength, or shifted to the red end of the spectrum...
Hero (genus), a genus of sea snails and sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Heroidae
Heroidae
Heroidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudipleura. There are no subfamilies in Heroidae.The only genus in the family is Hero and it has two known species, Hero blanchardi and Hero formosa....