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Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek mythological hero Heracles.
Hercules may also refer to:
Animals
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
Film
Television
Music
Video games
Other arts and entertainment
Astronomy
Businesses
Hercules (Bulgarian company) , a defunct maker of commercial vehicles
Hercules (nightclub) , Helsinki, Finland
Hercules (vehicles) , a Greek manufacturer of farm vehicles
Hercules Computer Technology , a former computer peripheral manufacturer
Hercules Cycle and Motor Company , a former British bicycle manufacturer
Hercules Engine Company , in Canton, Ohio, US
Hercules Gas Engine Company , in Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Hercules Inc. , a chemical company which merged with and became Ashland, Inc.
Military
People
Mononym or professional name
Given name
Hércules Brito Ruas (born 1939), Brazilian footballer known as Brito
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821–1906), English artist
Hercules Burnett (1865–1936), American baseball player
Hércules de Miranda (1912–1982), Brazilian footballer
Hércules Florence (1804–1879), French-Brazilian painter and inventor
Hercules Huncks (died 1660), English soldier, one of the Regicides of King Charles I
Hercules Kyvelos (born 1975), Canadian welterweight boxer
Sir Hercules Langrishe, 1st Baronet (1729–1811), Irish politician
Sir Hercules Langrishe, 5th Baronet (1859–1943), Irish soldier, sailor and yachtsman
Hercules Linton (1836–1900), Scottish shipbuilder and designer
Hercules Mata'afa (born 1995), American football player
Hercules Mulligan , (1740–1825), tailor and spy for the patriot forces in the American Revolutionary War
Hércules Pereira do Nascimento (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
Hercules Posey (1748–1812), slave owned by George Washington
Hercules Read (Charles Hercules Read, 1857–1929), British archaeologist and curator at the British Museum
Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead (1824–1897), the 5th governor of Hong Kong
Hercules Ross (1745–1816), Scottish merchant involved in the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade
Hercules Seghers (1589–1638), Dutch painter and printmaker
Hercules Taylour (1759–1790), Irish soldier and politician
Surname
Kylie Hercules (born 1989), Saint Helena politician and official
Olia Hercules (born 1984), London-based Ukrainian chef, food writer and food stylist
Places
Teams
Technology
Transportation
de Havilland Hercules , 1920s British airliner and mailplane
Fletcher Hercules , American ultralight trike aircraft
Hercules (1872–1889), one of the ten
South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
Hercules , one of the
GWR 3031 Class locomotives run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
Hercules (ship) , various ships
SS Hercules , several steamships
Hercules (motorcycle) , built by Sachs Motorcycles
Hercules (locomotive) , built in 1838 for the
Beaver Meadow Railroad
Hughes H-4 Hercules , better known as the "Spruce Goose", American 1940s prototype flying boat, the largest ever built
Paladin Hercules , American powered parachute design
Hercules Cycles, brand of bicycles produced by
Tube Investments of India
Hercules station , proposed train station and ferry terminal for Hercules, California
Other
Judge Hercules, a metaphorical "ideal judge" posited by legal philosopher
Ronald Dworkin
Hercules (roller coaster) , former structure in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Hercules (tree) , a giant sequoia in the Mountain Home Grove, California
Winter Storm Hercules , designated by The Weather Channel in the United States in 2014
Resupply Depot Hercules , an orbiting space station concept by Bigelow Aerospace
Hercules silver mine , in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Idaho
the "Hercules gene", a popular name for variants of the MSTN gene coding for
myostatin
See also
Topics referred to by the same term