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

Hero may also refer to:

Heroic figures

• Superhero, a hero with extraordinary powers
• Hero (title), a title presented by governments to their citizens for great achievements
• A demigod worshipped in the Greek hero cult

Given name

• Hero and Leander, a Greek legend
• Hero of Alexandria, ancient mathematician
• Hero the younger, ancient Greek physicist

Film

• Hero (2007 film), a Japanese film based on the TV series of the same name
• Hero (2002 film), a Chinese martial arts film
• Hero (1992 film), an American comedic drama
• Hero (1987 film), a documentary about the 1986 FIFA World Cup
• Hero (1985 film), a Pakistani action film
• Hero (1983 film), a Bollywood film
• The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, a 2003 Bollywood action-adventure
• Heroism (film), a 1958 Polish war drama

Music

Album

• Hero (album), by Kirk Franklin
• Heroine (album), by From First to Last
• HEROINE (Minori Chihara album)

Song

• "Hero" (Mariah Carey song)
• "Hero" (Chad Kroeger song), featured in the film Spider-Man
• "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song)
• "Hero" (Nas song)
• "Hero" (Superchick song)
• "Hero" (Charlotte Perrelli song)
• "Hero" (Europe song)
• "Hero/Heroine", a song by Boys Like Girls
• "Hero", a song by David Crosby on the album Thousand Roads
• "Hero", a song by Bethany Dillon on the album Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• "Hero", a song by Darren Hayes on the album The Tension and the Spark
• "Hero", a song by Ministry, featured in the game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
• "Hero", a song by Ozzy Osbourne on the album No Rest for the Wicked
• "Hero", a song by Linnéa Handberg Lund
• "Hero", a song by Machinae Supremacy
• "Heroine", a song by Nami Tamaki on the album Make Progress

Other

• !Hero, a rock opera
• Justin Cassell, a calypso musician
• A character in the Sondheim musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Television

• Hero (TV channel)
• Hero (TV series)
• "Hero" (Angel episode)
• "Hero" (Battlestar Galactica), an episode of Battlestar Galactica
• Captain Hero, a character on the TV series Drawn Together

Comics

• H.E.R.O. (comics), a comic book series
• Hero, the horse of comics character The Phantom
• Hero, a character in the web comic RPG World
• Hero Brown, a character in the comic book series Y: The Last Man

Literature

• Hero (novel)
• A character in the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing

Gaming

• H.E.R.O., a 1984 computer and video game
• Hero Online, an online roleplaying game
• Hero System, a generic roleplaying game system published by Hero Games
• No More Heroes, a video game for the Wii console, originally titled Heroes

Technology

• Hero (helio), a wireless mobile device
• HERO (robot), a series of educational robots

Sports

• HERO'S, a mixed martial arts organization
• Chris Hero, American professional wrestler

Manufacturing companies

• Hero Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer
• Hero Honda, a motorcycle manufacturer
• Hero Group, a fruit product manufacturer

Other meanings

• Hero sandwich
• Hero Parade, a gay pride parade in New Zealand
• HMS Hero, the name of six ships of the British Royal Navy
• H.E.R.O. (Higher Education and Research Opportunities in 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
• Heroic (horse), an Australian racehorse
• A locomotive of the South Devon Railway Dido class

See also

• Hero (Dragon Ball) or Shen, a character in Dragon Ball media
• Heros
• Heroes
• Heroin (disambiguation)
• The Hero
• Anti-hero

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