# Hero (disambiguation)

A hero is somebody who performs great and noble deeds of bravery.
Hero may also refer to:

## People

* Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD), ancient Greek mathematician and engineer
* Hero (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Hero (singer) (Kim Jaejoong, born 1986), South Korean singer
* Justin Cassell (fl. 1950s), known as Hero, Montserratian calypso musician
* Oleg Penkovsky (1919–1963), codename Hero, Soviet double agent
* Hero of Byzantium, mid-10th century Byzantine author

## Arts, entertainment and media
### Fictional characters

* Protagonist, sometimes called hero, the main character in a story
* Hero, priestess of Aphrodite in the Greek myth of Hero and Leander
** and in Hero and Leander (poem) by Christopher Marlowe
** and in Hero and Leander (1819 poem) by Leigh Hunt
* Hero, in the 1962 musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
* Hero or Shen, in Dragon Ball
* Hero, the protagonists of the Dragon Quest series
** Hero (Dragon Quest III)
** Hero (Dragon Quest IV)
** Hero (Dragon Quest V)
* Hero (Much Ado About Nothing), in Shakespeare's play
* Hero, a horse of comic character Phantom
* Hero, a name of comic book character the Forgotten One
* Hero, in the video game Quest for Glory
* Captain Hero, in TV series Drawn Together
* Hero Brown, in the comic book series Y: The Last Man
* Hero Cruz, a DC comics character
* HERO, a character in the 2020 role-playing video game Omori
* Hiro Protagonist, the main character in Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snow Crash

### Film and television
#### Films

* Hero (1982 film), a British adventure-fantasy film
* Hero (1983 film), a Hindi romantic action film
* Hero (1984 film), a Telugu film
* Hero (1985 film), a Pakistani Urdu action-romance musical
* Hero (1987 film), a British documentary about the 1986 FIFA World Cup
* Hero (1992 film), an American comedy drama
* Hero – Beyond the Boundary of Time, a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film
* Hero (1997 film), a Hong Kong martial arts film
* Hero (2000 film), an American short film
* Hero (2002 film), a Chinese wuxia film
* Hero (2006 film), a Bengali-language action comedy
* Hero (2007 film), a Japanese film based on the TV series
* Hero: The Real Hero, a version of the 2007 Telugu film Desamuduru
* Hero (2008 film), a Telugu-language action comedy
* Hero: The Action Man, Hindi title of the 2011 Telugu film Bejawada
* Hero (2012 film), a Malayalam-language action comedy thriller
* Hero: The Superstar, a 2014 Bangladeshi action comedy film, featuring Shakib Khan
* Hero (2015 Hindi film), a remake of the 1983 Hindi film
* Hero (2015 Japanese film), based on the TV series
* Hero (2019 Tamil film), a superhero film
* Hero (2019 Russian film), a spy action comedy
* Hero (2021 film), a Kannada-language action film
* Hero (2022 Indian film), a Telugu-language action film
* Hero (2022 Chinese film), a Chinese-language drama film
* Hero (2022 South Korean film), a Korean-language drama film
* Hero, an animated short film promoting the Overwatch game

#### Television

* Hero (TV channel), a former pay TV channel in the Philippines
* "Hero" (Angel), a 1999 episode
* Hero (2001 TV series), a Japanese drama
* Hero – Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai, 2005 Indian superhero series
* "Hero", a 2005 episode from Ultraman Nexus
* "Hero" (Battlestar Galactica), a 2006 episode
* "Hero" (Smallville), a 2008 episode
* "Hero" (The Unit), a 2009 episode
* "Hero" (Sanctuary)", a 2009 episode
* Hero (2009 TV series), a South Korean action comedy
* "Hero" (Better Call Saul), a 2015 episode
* Hero (2016 TV series), a Singaporean drama

### Gaming

* Hero (board game), 1980
* H.E.R.O. (video game), 1984
* Hero Online, a 2006 online roleplaying game
* Hero shooter, a sub-genre of shooter games
* Hero Games, Role Playing Game publisher
** Hero System, generic roleplaying game system published by Hero Games

### Literature

* Hero (magazine), an American LGBT magazine 1997–2002
* Hero Illustrated, a mid-1990s American comic book-themed magazine
* H.E.R.O. (comics), 2003 American comic book series
* Hero (novel), a 2007 novel by Perry Moore
* Hero (British magazine), a men's fashion and lifestyle magazine from 2009
* HERO, a graphic novel series by Yoshitaka Amano
* Hero, a 1999 Novel by S.L. Rottman

### Music
#### Albums

* Hero (John Paul Young album), 1975
* Hero (Clarence Clemons album), 1985
* Hero (Divinefire album), 2005
* Hero (Kirk Franklin album), 2005
* Hero (Charlotte Perrelli album), 2008
* Hero (van Canto album), 2008
* Hero (Super Junior album), 2013
* Hero (Bölzer album), 2016
* Hero (Maren Morris album), 2016

#### Opera and musicals

* Hero (musical), a 1976 rock musical
* !Hero, a 2003 rock opera

#### Songs

* "Hero", by Neu! from Neu! '75, 1975
* "Hero", a 1983 version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" recorded by Gladys Knight & The Pips
* "Hero", from Meltdown (Steve Taylor album), 1984
* "Hero", from ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ by Ministry, 1992
* "Hero" (David Crosby song), 1993
* "Hero" (Mariah Carey song), 1993
* "Hero", by Linnéa Handberg Lund, 1998
* "Hero", by Ozzy Osbourne from No Rest for the Wicked, 1998
* "Hero" (The Verve Pipe song), 1999
* "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2001
* "Hero", by Darren Hayes from The Tension and the Spark, 2001
* "Hero", by Machinae Supremacy, 2001
* "Hero" (Chad Kroeger song), 2002
* "Hero", a 2002 song from the film by Faye Wong
* "Hero", by Superchick from Last One Picked, 2002
* "Hero", by Nightrage from Sweet Vengeance, 2003
* "Hero" (Europe song), 2004
* "Eiyuu" (英雄) (translated "Hero") by doa (Japanese band), 2004
* "Hero", by Bethany Dillon from Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 2005
* "Hero", by Sevendust from Next, 2005
* "Hero", by Regina Spektor from Begin to Hope, 2006
* "Hero", by Zion I & The Grouch from Heroes in the City of Dope, 2006
* "Hero/Heroine", a 2007 song by Boys Like Girls
* "Hero" (Charlotte Perrelli song), 2008
* "Hero" (Nas song), 2008
* "Hero", from The Night Before (James album), 2008
* "Hero" (Skillet song), 2009
* "Hero", by Cassie Davis, from Differently, 2009
* "Hero", by Jars of Clay from The Long Fall Back to Earth, 2009
* "Hero", by Sterling Knight from Starstruck (2010 film)
* "Hero", from Pulse (Toni Braxton album), 2010
* "Hero / Sweet Jewel", by Fairies, 2011
* "Hero" (Family of the Year song), 2012
* "Hero", by Jessie J from Kick-Ass 2 soundtrack, 2013
* "Hero", by Jessie J from Kick-Ass 2 soundtrack, 2013
* "Hero (Kibō no Uta)" / "Cha-La Head-Cha-La", by Flow, 2013
* "Hero", by Jessie J from Kick-Ass 2 soundtrack, 2013
* "Hero", by Kid Cudi and Skylar Grey from the Need for Speed film soundtrack, 2014
* "Hero" (Noah song), 2014
* "Hero", by Kid Cudi and Skylar Grey from the Need for Speed film soundtrack, 2014
* "Hero" (Namie Amuro song), 2016
* "Hero", by Cash Cash featuring Christina Perri, from Blood, Sweat & 3 Years, 2016
* "Hero", from Headspace (Issues album), 2016
* "Hero", by the Newsboys from Love Riot, 2016
* "Hero", by Monsta X, 2017
* "Hero", by Sevdaliza from ISON, 2017
* "Hero" (Weezer song), 2020
* "Hero", by Royce da 5'9" from The Allegory, 2020
* "Hero", by Lucy, 2021
* "Hero" (Afrojack and David Guetta song), 2021
* "Hero", by Charlie Puth, 2024

## Businesses and organisations

* Hero Certified Burgers, a Canadian restaurant chain
* Hero Motors Company, an Indian company group
** Hero Cycles, an Indian bicycle manufacturer
** Hero MotoCorp, formerly Hero Honda, an Indian motorcycle manufacturer
** Hero Motors, a former Indian moped and scooter manufacturer
* Hero Group, a Swiss food company
* Hero (supermarket), a retail chain in Indonesia
* Hero Tires, a brand of Federal Corporation
* Shanghai Hero Pen Company, Chinese manufacturer of the Hero fountain pen
* Highway Emergency Response Operators, in Georgia, U.S.

## Mythology

* Hero, the general concept
* Hero (Greece), the mortal offspring of a human and a god, or a man more than human but less than a god
* Hero, priestess of Aphrodite in the Greek myth of Hero and Leander
* Hero (son of Priam), one of the sons of king Priam

## Science and technology

* Hero (gastropod), a genus in the family Heroidae
* HERO (robot), a series of 1980s educational robots
* HTC Hero, a smartphone
* HERO camera series by GoPro
* High-Energy Replicated Optics, a high-altitude X-ray telescope
* Hyper extremely red objects, astronomical sources of radiation with extreme redshift

## Transportation and military

* Hero (pinnace), a steam-powered boat, launched 1895
* Hero (1807 ship), a British whaler
* Hero (sloop), that explored the Antarctic in 1820
* Hero-class patrol vessels, nine ships of the Canadian Coast Guard
* RV Hero, Antarctic research vessel, 1968–2017
* HMS Hero, several ships of the Royal Navy
* Hero, a South Devon Railway Dido class locomotive
* Hamilton-class cutter of the U.S. Coast Guard, some of which are known as "Hero class"
* Hero, loitering munition systems by UVision Air

## Other uses

* Hero (title), a title presented by governments to their citizens for great achievements
* Hero, a roller coaster at Flamingo Land Resort in Yorkshire, England
* Hero (sandwich), a New York name for a submarine sandwich
* Houston Equal Rights Ordinance, or 2015 Houston, Texas Proposition 1
* North Hero, Vermont, a town in the United States