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, Malayalam dubbed version of the 2007 Telugu film Desamuduru

• Hero (2008 film), a Telugu-language action comedy

• Hero: The Action Man, Hindi dubbed version 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" (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

• () (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", by Younha from Someday, 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", by Childish Gambino from Culdesac, 2010

• "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 (Kibō no Uta)", a version of "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" by Flow, 2013

• "Hero", by Kid Cudi and Skylar Grey from the Need for Speed film soundtrack, 2014

• "Hero" (Noah song), 2014

• "Hero", by Jay Chou from Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories, 2016

• "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" (Alan Walker song), 2023

• "Hero", by Charlie Puth, 2024

• "Hero", by Mili for video game Limbus Company, 2024

Media

• Hero (TV channel), a former pay TV channel in the Philippines

• Hero (Finnish TV channel), a Finnish television channel

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

See also

• Heroes (disambiguation)

• Heros (disambiguation)

• Heroic (disambiguation)

• Heroine (disambiguation)

• Herro, given name and surname

• Herrö (disambiguation)

• Hiro (disambiguation)

• The Hero (disambiguation)

• The Heroes (disambiguation)

• Superhero (disambiguation)

• Antihero

• Hero's, a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion

• Nayak (disambiguation) ( in Indic languages)

• 英雄 (disambiguation)