# Hercules (disambiguation)

Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek mythological hero Heracles.
Hercules may also refer to:

## Animals

* Hercules beetle
* Hercules (bear) (1975–2001), Scottish wrestling bear
* Hercules (liger), the world's largest living cat
* Hercules moth, of family Saturniidae
* Hercules parrot, an extinct giant parrot species from New Zealand

## Arts and entertainment
### Fictional characters

* Hercules (comics), various versions of the mythical hero in comics
* Hercules (Disney character)
* Hercules (TUGS), in the British children's television series TUGS
* Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, a character from the British 1950s comedy radio programme The Goon Show
* Hercules, a superhero in the 1970s Filmation animated cartoon Space Sentinels

### Film

* Hercules (1958 film), starring Steve Reeves
* Hercules (1983 film), starring Lou Ferrigno
** The Adventures of Hercules (1985 film), sequel to the 1983 film
* Hercules (1997 film), a Disney animated film
* Hercules (2014 film), an action-adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson

### Television

* The Mighty Hercules, a 1963–1966 Canadian-American animated television show
* Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, a 1995–1999 American syndicated action television series starring Kevin Sorbo
* Hercules (1998 TV series), based on the 1997 Disney film
* Hercules (miniseries), a 2005 American television miniseries that aired on NBC

### Music

* Hercules (Handel), a music drama by George Frideric Handel
* "Hercules", a 1973 song by Aaron Neville
* "Hercules", a song by Midnight Oil from their 1985 EP Species Deceases
* Hercules (soundtrack), for the 1997 Disney film
* "Hercules", a song from Elton John's 1972 album Honky Château
* "Hercules", a song from George Watsky's 2009 album Watsky
* "Hercules", a song from Young Thug's 2016 mixtape I'm Up

### Video games

* Hercules (1984 video game), for home computers
* Disney's Hercules (video game), 1997, based on the Disney film

### Other arts and entertainment

* Hercules (franchise), a Disney media franchise
* Hercules (musical), 2019, based on the 1997 Disney film
* Hercules (Piero della Francesca), a 15th-century fresco
* Hercules (Seneca), a play

## Astronomy

* Hercules (constellation), in the northern hemisphere
** Hercules (dwarf galaxy), near the Milky Way galaxy
** Hercules Superclusters
*** Hercules Cluster
* Hercules (crater), a lunar impact crater

## Businesses

* Hercules (Bulgarian company), a defunct maker of commercial vehicles
* Hercules (nightclub), Helsinki, Finland
* Hercules (vehicles), a Greek manufacturer of farm vehicles
* Hercules Computer Technology, a former computer peripheral manufacturer
* Hercules Cycle and Motor Company, a former British bicycle manufacturer
* Hercules Engine Company, in Canton, Ohio, US
* Hercules Gas Engine Company, in Cincinnati, Ohio, US
* Hercules Inc., a chemical company which merged with and became Ashland, Inc.

## Military

* HMS Hercules, any of several Royal Navy ships
* Hughes H-4 Hercules, a prototype strategic airlift flying boat
* Lockheed C-130 Hercules, an American military transport aircraft
* Bristol Hercules, a British aircraft engine
* Nike Hercules, a surface-to-air missile used by US and NATO armed forces
* M88 Hercules, a US Army armored battlefield recovery vehicle

## Civil aircraft

* Lockheed L-100 Hercules

## People
### Mononym or professional name

* Hercules (gangster) (born 1960s), Indonesian crime boss
* Hercules (wrestler), WWF professional wrestler Ray Fernandez (1956–2004)
* Ruben Cruz (1950–2020), Puerto Rican professional wrestler known by his ring name, Hercules Ayala
* Richard Sandrak (born 1992), American bodybuilder known as Little Hercules

### Given name

* Hércules Brito Ruas (born 1939), Brazilian footballer known as Brito
* Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821–1906), English artist
* Hercules Burnett (1865–1936), American baseball player
* Hércules de Miranda (1912–1982), Brazilian footballer
* Hércules Florence (1804–1879), French-Brazilian painter and inventor
* Hercules Huncks (died 1660), English soldier, one of the Regicides of King Charles I
* Hercules Kyvelos (born 1975), Canadian welterweight boxer
* Sir Hercules Langrishe, 1st Baronet (1729–1811), Irish politician
* Sir Hercules Langrishe, 5th Baronet (1859–1943), Irish soldier, sailor and yachtsman
* Hercules Linton (1836–1900), Scottish shipbuilder and designer
* Hercules Mata'afa (born 1995), American football player
* Hercules Mulligan, (1740–1825), tailor and spy for the patriot forces in the American Revolutionary War
* Hércules Pereira do Nascimento (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
* Hercules Posey (1748–1812), slave owned by George Washington
* Hercules Read (Charles Hercules Read, 1857–1929), British archaeologist and curator at the British Museum
* Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead (1824–1897), the 5th governor of Hong Kong
* Hercules Ross (1745–1816), Scottish merchant involved in the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade
* Hercules Seghers (1589–1638), Dutch painter and printmaker
* Hercules Taylour (1759–1790), Irish soldier and politician

### Surname

* Kylie Hercules (born 1989), Saint Helena politician and official
* Olia Hercules (born 1984), London-based Ukrainian chef, food writer and food stylist

## Places

* Hercules, California, a small town
* Hercules, Missouri, an unincorporated community
* Mount Hercules, Antarctica
* Port Hercules, Monaco

## Teams

* Hércules (Salvadoran football club)
* Hércules CF, a football team based in Alicante, Spain
* JS Hercules, a football team based in Oulu, Finland
* USV Hercules, a football club based in Utrecht, Netherlands

## Technology

* Nikon NASA F4, one of the first digital cameras, used by NASA as HERCULES
* Hercules (emulator), an IBM mainframe emulator
* Hercules (processors), a line of safety microcontrollers from Texas Instruments
* Hercules Graphics Card, an early graphics card for the IBM PC
* Hercules PSU, a power supply unit for audiophile turntables

## Transportation

* de Havilland Hercules, 1920s British airliner and mailplane
* Fletcher Hercules, American ultralight trike aircraft
* Hercules (1872–1889), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
* Hercules, one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
* Hercules (ship), various ships
* SS Hercules, several steamships
* Hercules (motorcycle), built by Sachs Motorcycles
* Hercules (locomotive), built in 1838 for the Beaver Meadow Railroad
* Hughes H-4 Hercules, better known as the "Spruce Goose", American 1940s prototype flying boat, the largest ever built
* Paladin Hercules, American powered parachute design
* Hercules Cycles, brand of bicycles produced by Tube Investments of India
* Hercules station, proposed train station and ferry terminal for Hercules, California

## Other

* Judge Hercules, a metaphorical "ideal judge" posited by legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin
* Hercules (roller coaster), former structure in Allentown, Pennsylvania
* Hercules (tree), a giant sequoia in the Mountain Home Grove, California
* Winter Storm Hercules, designated by The Weather Channel in the United States in 2014
* Resupply Depot Hercules, an orbiting space station concept by Bigelow Aerospace
* Hercules silver mine, in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Idaho
* the "Hercules gene", a popular name for variants of the MSTN gene coding for myostatin