# Apollo (disambiguation)

Apollo is a Greek and Roman god of music, healing, light, prophecy and enlightenment.
Apollo may also refer to:

## Animals

* Apollo (dog) (1992–2006), a German Shepherd search and rescue dog
* Apollo (horse) (1879–1887), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
* Apollo (parrot) (hatched 2020), an African grey parrot
* Parnassius, a genus of swallowtail butterflies commonly known as the Apollos; in particular
** Parnassius apollo, a Parnassius butterfly found in Europe commonly known as the Apollo
** Parnassius autocrator, a Parnassius butterfly found in Afghanistan and Taj

## Arts, entertainment and media
### Fictional entities

* In the Battlestar Galactica universe:
** Lee Adama, a character in the 2004 re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica
** Captain Apollo, a character in the original Battlestar Galactica television series
* Apollo (comics), a member of in Wildstorm Comics' The Authority
* Apollo (Marvel Comics), a comic book character
* Apollo (Saint Seiya), a character in the fictional universe of Masami Kurumada's manga Saint Seiya
* Apollo (Star Trek), an alien in the Star Trek episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
* Apollo, a character in the musical TV series Pajanimals
* Apollo, a character in The Amory Wars comic book series
* Apollo, a character in the Zatch Bell! anime/manga series
* Apollo Candy, a fictional candy bar in the Lost television series
* Apollo Creed, a boxer played by Carl Weathers in the Rocky film series
* Apollo Justice, character in Capcom's Ace Attorney video-game series
* USS Apollo, a BC-304 class deep space carrier in Stargate: Atlantis, see List of Earth starships in Stargate
* USS Apollo (NCC-1725), a starship in the video game Starfleet Academy
* USS Apollo (NCC-17706), a starship in Star Trek: Legacy and Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game

### Music
#### Groups and labels

* Apollo (band), an American R&B/disco group that recorded for Motown Records in the late 1970s
* Apollo Records (1921), US label
* Apollo Records (1928), US label
* Apollo Records (1944), US label
* Apollo Records (Belgium), Belgian label

#### Albums

* Apollo (Nebula album), 2006
* Apollo, an album by the group Stockholm Syndrome
* Apollo (Fireboy DML album), 2020
* Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, a 1983 album by Brian Eno

#### Songs

* "Apollo" (Porno Graffitti song), 1999
* "Apollo" (Timebelle song), the Swiss entrant in the Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
* "Apollo" (Hardwell song), 2012
* "Apollo", a 1984 song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from the album Junk Culture

### Literature

* Apollo (journal), Arabic journal
* Apollo (magazine), British arts magazine

### Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

* Apollo (ballet), 1928 George Balanchine choreography for Stravinsky's Apollon musagète
* Showtime at the Apollo, an American music television series
* Apollo (Michelangelo), marble sculpture
* Apollo Gauntlet, an American animated television series on Adult Swim
* Prix Apollo Award (late 20th century), for French for science-fiction literature
* Apollo (System Copernicus), a stained glass window
* "Apollo" (Endeavour), a television episode

## Businesses and organisations
### Brands and enterprises

* Apollo, a deodorant product by Axe/Lynx
* Apollo (candy) (Korean: 아폴로), a South Korean candy brand
* Apollo oil refinery, a Nazi Germany facility in the Oil campaign of World War II
* Apollo Cinemas, chain
* Apollo Computer Inc., a workstation manufacturer, founded in 1980, and acquired in 1989 by Hewlett-Packard Company
* Apollo Diamond, an American diamond-manufacturing company
* Apollo Global Management, private equity investment firm
* Apollo Education Group, a company specializing in adult education
* Apollo Hospitals, a healthcare group in India
* Apollo Theatre (disambiguation), several uses, including "Apollo Theater"
* Apollo Tyres, an Indian tyre manufacturer
* Apollo Ultralight Aircraft, a Hungarian microlight aircraft manufacturer
* Apollo-Optik, an optics company
* Games by Apollo, a third-party video game developer for the Atari 2600
* Hammersmith Apollo, entertainment venue in London

### Education

* Apollo Junior High School of Richardson, Texas
* Carrington College (US), a privately held higher education organization, known before June 2010 as Apollo College

### Organizations

* Apollo University Lodge, the principal Masonic Lodge of the University of Oxford

## Military

* Apollo-class cruiser of the Royal Navy
* Apollo-class frigate, Royal Navy sailing frigates
* HMS Apollo, various Royal Navy ships
* USS Apollo (AS-25), a 1943 United States Navy submarine tender

## People

* Apollos (1st-century A.D.), Alexandrian Jewish-Christian
* Apollo (4th century A.D.), Coptic ascetic and martyr associated with Abib
* Apollo (monk), Egyptian Christian monk
* Steve Apollo (born 1949), pseudonym of illustrator Jim Starlin
* Dale Cook (born 1958), known as Apollo, American kickboxer
* Apollo Crews (born 1987), American professional wrestler
* Apollo Kironde (1915–2007), Ugandan ambassador
* Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1869), Polish writer, and father of Joseph Conrad
* Apolo Ohno (born 1982), American skating medalist
* Apollo Papathanasio (born 1969), vocalist of Greek power metal band Firewind
* Apollo Perelini (born 1969), New Zealand rugby player
* Apollo Quiboloy (born 1950), Filipino televangelist
* Apollo Robbins (born 1974), American sleight-of-hand artist and deception specialist
* Apollo M. O. Smith (1911–1997), American rocket scientist
* Apollo Soucek (1897–1955), American test pilot and vice admiral

## Places
### Extraterrestrial

* Apollo (crater), a basin on the far side of the Moon
* 1862 Apollo, a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1932
* Apollo asteroids, a group of near-Earth asteroids

### Terrestrial

* Apollo, a town near Johannesburg, South Africa, location of static inverter plant of Cahora Bassa
* Apollo, Georgia, United States
* Apollo, Pennsylvania, United States
* Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia
* Apollo Bay, Tasmania, Australia
* Apollo Beach, Florida
* Apollo Bridge, a road bridge over the Danube in Bratislava
* Apollo Temple, a summit in the Grand Canyon, U.S.

## Science and technology

* Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO), an observatory in New Mexico
* Apollo program, a series of American space missions that ultimately landed men on the Moon
* Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, referred to colloquially in Ghana as "Apollo"
* Apollo (cable system), a cable crossing the Atlantic Ocean
* Apollo, the code name of Apple's Macintosh Classic II
* Apollo, the code name of Windows Phone 8, Microsoft's smartphone operating system
* Adobe Integrated Runtime, a cross-OS runtime system originally codenamed "Apollo"
* Apollo/Domain, a series of workstations made by Apollo Computer
* Apollo Reservation System, the computerized central reservation system developed by United Airlines
* Apollo (app), a third-party Reddit client for iOS and iPadOS

## Sports

* Apollo 55, professional wrestling tag team
* Apollo of Temple, now Philadelphia sports venue Liacouras Center
* Orlando Apollos, an American football team in the Alliance of American Football

## Transportation
### Automobiles

* Apollo (1906 automobile), an American car made from 1906 to 1907
* Apollo (1910 automobile), a German car built from 1910 to 1927
* Apollo (1962 automobile), an American sports car built from 1962 to 1964
* Apollo Automobil, a German sports car manufacturing company
** Gumpert Apollo, a racing and high-performance sports car produced by Apollo Automobil
* Apolong, or Baidu Apollo project, a driverless vehicle developed by Baidu
* Holden Apollo, an automobile manufactured by Toyota and sold by Holden in Australia from 1989 to 1997
* Volkswagen Apollo, a rebadged version of the Ford Verona automobile sold in Brazil between 1990 and 1992
* Buick Apollo, an American compact car built from 1973 to 1975

### Ships

See List of ships named Apollo

### Other

* Apollo, a steam locomotive of the West Cornwall Railway
* Ducati Apollo, a prototype motorcycle of 1964
* Armstrong Whitworth Apollo, a prototype airliner