# Halo

HALO, halo, halos or haloes may refer to:

## Most common meanings

* Halo (optical phenomenon)
* Halo (religious iconography), a ring of light around the image of a head
* Halo (franchise), a sci-fi video game series (2001–2021)

## Arts and entertainment
### Fictional characters and worlds

* Halo (DC Comics), a 1983 superheroine
* Halo Array or halos, fictional megastructures in the video game
* The titular character of The Ballad of Halo Jones, a sci-fi comic strip

### Film and television

* Halo (1996 film), an Indian drama film
* Halo (2007 cancelled film), a project directed by Niell Blomkamp
* Halo (TV series), a 2022 adaptation of the game
* Nickelodeon HALO Awards, an American television special (2008–2018)

### Music

* Halo Records, a British record label (formed 2000)

#### Bands

* Halo (Christian rock band), an American band
* Halo (metal band), an Australian band
* Halo (UK band)
* HALO (South Korean group)
* The Halos, an American doo wop group

#### Albums

* Halo (Azonic album) (1994)
* Halo (Bakar album) (2023)
* Halo (Current 93 album) (2004)
* Halo (Juana Molina album) (2017)
* Halo, by Severina (2019)

#### Songs

* "Halo" (Beyoncé song) (2008)
* "Halo" (Lumix song) (2022)
* "Halo" (Soil song) (2001)
* "Halo" (Starset song) (2015)
* "Halo" (Texas song) (1997)
* "Haloes", a song from the album The Tubes by The Tubes
* "Halos" by +/- from Xs on Your Eyes
* "Halo", by All That Remains from Madness
* "Halo", by Basement from Promise Everything
* "Halo", by Bethany Joy Galeotti from Friends with Benefits: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 2
* "Halo", by Bloc Party from Intimacy
* "Halo", by Cage the Elephant from Melophobia
* "Halo", by The Cure from Join the Dots
* "Halo", by Deep Blue Something from Home
* "Halo", by Depeche Mode from Violator
* "Halo", by Endless Shame from Generation Blind
* "Halo", by Foo Fighters from One by One
* "Halo", by Linkin Park from LP Underground X: Demos
* "Halo", by Hieroglyphics from Full Circle
* "Halo", by Machine Head from The Blackening
* "Halo", by Porcupine Tree from Deadwing
* "Halo", by The Pussycat Dolls from Doll Domination
* "Halo", by Red Flag
* "Halo", by Ryan Adams from Prisoner (B-Sides)
* "Halo", by Slash from Apocalyptic Love
* "Halo", by Tinchy Stryder from Catch 22
* "Halo", by Takida from Bury the Lies

### Other arts and entertainment

* Halo (sculpture), a kinetic sculpture in Australia
* Halo (b-boy move), a dance move
* Halo (nightclub), a venue in Bournemouth, England
* Halo (bar), a gay bar in Washington, D.C.

## Military

* HALO jump, High Altitude-Low Opening parachute jump
* Operation Halo, the Canadian contribution to the 2004 United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
* Mil Mi-26, a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter (NATO reporting name: Halo)
* Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface, U.S. Navy program

## Medicine and psychology

* Halo brace, a cervical brace
* Halo effect, a cognitive bias
* Halo sign, a radiological diagnostic

## People

* Halo Khan Ardalan, Kurdish ruler of Ardalan from 1590 to 1616
* Halo Meadows (1905–1985), American actress
* Thea Halo (born 1941), American writer and painter
* Laurel Halo, stage name of American electronic musician Laurel Anne Chartow (born 1985)
* Takashi Hirose (swimmer) (1923–2002), American swimmer nicknamed "Halo"

## Places
### Ancient Greece

* Halos (Thessaly), a town and polis of ancient Thessaly
* Halos (Delphi), a space near the temple of Apollo in Delphi

### United States

* Halo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
* Halo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
* The Halo (building complex), Newark, New Jersey

## Sport

* Los Angeles Angels, a Major League Baseball team, nicknamed the Halos
* Halo (horse) (1969–2000), American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire
* Halo (safety device), for racing cars

## Science, technology and mathematics
### Astronomy and space

* Dark matter halo, a hypothetical structure in outer space
* Galactic halo, a component of a galaxy
* Halo orbit, a concept in orbital mechanics
* Helium and Lead Observatory, a supernova neutrino detector
* Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module of the planned Lunar Gateway space station
* Halo (crater), on the Moon
* Stellar halo

### Other science, technology and mathematics

* Halo (mathematics), in non-standard analysis
* Project Halo, in artificial intelligence
* Halo antenna
* Halo nucleus, in physics
* HaloIPT, a wireless vehicle charging technology under WiTricity

## Other uses

* HALO Trust, a landmine-clearance NGO headquartered in Scotland (founded 1988)
* HALO Urban Regeneration, a Scottish start-up support firm (founded 1988)
* Wonderful Halos, a brand name of mandarin oranges sold by The Wonderful Company