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A
hero is somebody who performs great and noble deeds of bravery.
Hero may also refer to:
People
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
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 (Much Ado About Nothing) , in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
Hero, a horse of comic character
Phantom
Hero, a name of comic book character the
Forgotten One
Hero, in video game
Quest for Glory
Captain Hero , in TV series Drawn Together
Hero Brown, in comic book series
Y: The Last Man
Hero Cruz , a DC comics character
HERO, a character in the 2020 role-playing video game
OMORI
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 (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 (2008 film) , a Telugu-language action comedy
Hero (2012 film) , a Malayalam-language action comedy thriller
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
Hero – Beyond the Boundary of Time , a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film
Hero: The Real Hero , a version of the 2007 Telugu film Desamuduru
Hero: The Superstar , a 2014 Bangladeshi action comedy film, featuring Shakib Khan
Television
Hero (TV channel) , a former pay TV channel in the Philippines
Hero (2001 TV series) , a Japanese drama
Hero (2009 TV series) , a South Korean action comedy
Hero (2016 TV series) , a Singaporean drama
Hero - Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai , a 2005 Indian superhero series
"Hero" (Angel ) , a 1999 episode
"Hero" (Battlestar Galactica ) , a 2006 episode
"Hero" (Better Call Saul ) , a 2015 episode
"Hero" (Sanctuary ) ", a 2009 episode
"Hero" (Smallville ) , a 2008 episode
"Hero" (The Unit ) , a 2009 episode
Gaming
Literature
Music
Albums
Opera and musicals
Songs
"Hero" (Afrojack and David Guetta song) , 2021
"Hero" (Chad Kroeger song) , 2002
"Hero" (Charlotte Perrelli song) , 2008
"Hero" (David Crosby song) , 1993
"Hero" (Enrique Iglesias song) , 2001
"Hero" (Europe song) , 2004
"Hero" (Family of the Year song) , 2012
"Hero" (Mariah Carey song) , 1993
"Hero" (Namie Amuro song) , 2016
"Hero" (Nas song) , 2008
"Hero" (Noah song) , 2014
"Hero" (Skillet song) , 2009
"Hero" (Weezer song) , 2020
"Hero", by Bethany Dillon from
Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
"Hero", by Cash Cash featuring Christina Perri from
Blood, Sweat & 3 Years
"Hero", by Cassie Davis from
Differently
"Hero", by Darren Hayes from
The Tension and the Spark
"Hero", a 2002 song from the film by
Faye Wong
"Hero", by Issues from
Headspace (Issues album) , 2016
"Hero", by James from
The Night Before
"Hero", by Jars of Clay from
The Long Fall Back to Earth , 2009
"Hero", by Jessie J from
Kick-Ass 2 soundtrack
"Hero", by Kid Cudi and Skylar Grey from the
Need for Speed film soundtrack
"Hero", by
Linnéa Handberg Lund
"Hero", by
Lucy
"Hero", by
Machinae Supremacy
"Hero", by
Ministry
"Hero", by
Monsta X
"Hero", by Neu! from
Neu! '75
"Hero", by the Newsboys from
Love Riot
"Hero", by Nightrage from
Sweet Vengeance
"Hero", by Ozzy Osbourne from
No Rest for the Wicked
"Hero", by Regina Spektor from
500 Days of Summer
"Hero", by Royce da 5'9" from
The Allegory
"Hero", by Sevdaliza from
ISON
"Hero", by Sevendust from
Next
"Hero", by Sterling Knight from
Starstruck
"Hero", by Steve Taylor from
Meltdown
"Hero", by Superchick from
Last One Picked
"Hero", by The Verve Pipe from
The Verve Pipe
"Hero", by Toni Braxton from the album
Pulse
"Hero", by Zion I & The Grouch from
Heroes in the City of Dope
"Hero", a version of "
Wind Beneath My Wings " recorded by Gladys Knight & The Pips
"
Hero/Heroine ", a 2007 song by Boys Like Girls
"Hero (Kibō no Uta)" / "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" , by Flow, 2013
"
Hero / Sweet Jewel ", by Fairies, 2011
Businesses and organisations
Mythology
Science and technology
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 , an Antarctic research 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
See also
Topics referred to by the same term