A hero is a person who performs extraordinary deeds for the benefit of others.
Hero may also refer to:
Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD), ancient Greek mathematician
Hero the Younger (fl. 938), Byzantine land surveyor
Agent Hero, codename for Soviet double agent Oleg Penkovsky (1919–1963)
Hero, stage name of Justin Cassell (fl. 1950s), Montserratian calypso musician
Hero (singer), stage name of Kim Jaejoong (born 1986), former member of Korean boy band TVXQ and current member of JYJ
Hero, someone worshipped in the Greek hero cult
Hero, priestess of Aphrodite in the Greek myth of Hero and Leander
H.E.R.O. (comics), a comic book series
Hero, a fictional horse used by the character Phantom
Hero, a character in the web comic RPG World
Hero Brown, a character in the comic book series Y: The Last Man
Hero or Shen, a character in the Dragon Ball franchise, see List of Dragon Ball characters
H.E.R.O., a 1984 computer and video game
Hero Online, a 2006 online roleplaying game
Hero System, a generic roleplaying game system published by Hero Games
Guitar Hero, a series of music rhythm games
Hero, common name for the franchise of musical performance simulation games including Guitar Hero
Hero, the default name for the protagonists of the Dragon Quest series
Hero, a female character in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Hero, a priestess in Hero and Leander (poem) by Christopher Marlowe
Hero (novel), a 2007 novel by Perry Moore
Hero (1982 film), a British adventure-fantasy film
Hero (1983 film), a 1983 Hindi romantic action film directed by Subhash Ghai
Hero (1984 film), a Tollywood film directed by Vijaya Bapineedu
Hero (1985 film), a Pakistani action-romance musical
Hero (1987 film), a British documentary about the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico
Hero (1992 film), an American comedic drama
Hero (1997 film), a Hong Kong film directed by Corey Yuen
Hero (2000 film), a short subject film directed and written by Mark Bamford
Hero (2002 film), a Chinese wuxia adventure, starring Jet Li, and directed by Zhang Yimou.
Hero (2006 film), a Bengali film directed by Swapan Saha
Hero: The Real Hero, the Tamil and the Malayalam-dubbed versions of the 2007 Telugu film Desamuduru
Hero (2007 film), a Japanese film based on the TV series of the same name
Hero (2008 film), a Telugu-language film
Heroes (2008 film), a Bollywood film starring Sohail Khan and Salman Khan
Hero (2012 film), a Malayalam film
Hero (2015 Hindi film), an official remake of the 1983 Hindi film
Hero (2015 Japanese film), a Japanese film based on the TV series of the same name
The Hero (2017 film)
Hero (Charlotte Perrelli album), 2008
Hero (Clarence Clemons album), 1985
Hero (Divinefire album), 2005
Hero (Kirk Franklin album), 2005
Hero (Maren Morris album), 2016
Hero (Super Junior album), 2013
Hero (van Canto album), 2008
Opera and musicals
Hero, a male character in the 1962 musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Hero (musical), a 1976 rock musical by Craig McGregor, Don Henderson and John 'Poli' Palmer
!Hero, a 2003 rock opera
"Hero" (Chad Kroeger song), a song by Nickelback vocalist Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott
"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" (Nas song), 2008
"Hero" (Skillet song), 2009
"Hero/Heroine", a 2007 song by Boys Like Girls
"Hero (Kibō no Uta)" / "Cha-La Head-Cha-La", a 2013 single by Flow
"Hero", by Bethany Dillon from Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
"Hero", by Cassie Davis from Differently
"Hero", by Darren Hayes from The Tension and the Spark
"Hero", by James from The Night Before
"Hero", by Jesse J from Kick-Ass 2 soundtrack
"Hero", by Kid Cudi and Skylar Grey from Music Inspired by the Motion Picture Need for Speed
"Hero", by Linnéa Handberg Lund
"Hero", by Machinae Supremacy
"Hero", by Monsta X
"Hero", by Neu! from Neu! '75
"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 soundtrack
"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 self-titled album
"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 (gay magazine), an American gay magazine published from 1997–2002
Hero (TV channel), an anime channel in the Philippines
Hero (2001 TV series), a Japanese drama
Hero (2009 TV series), a Korean drama
Hero (2016 TV series), a Singaporean drama
"Hero" (Angel), a 1999 episode of Angel
"Hero" (Battlestar Galactica), a 2006 episode of Battlestar Galactica
"Hero" (Better Call Saul), a 2015 episode of Better Call Saul
"Hero" (Sanctuary)", an episode of Sanctuary
Captain Hero, a character on the TV series Drawn Together
"Hero" (The Unit), an episode of the television series The Unit
Hero (Indian TV Series), an Indian superhero soap
Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK, a website of the United Kingdom educational system
Highway Emergency Response Operators, a program of the Georgia (U.S.)Department of Transportation
Hero (title), a title presented by governments to their citizens for great achievements
Hero Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer
Hero MotoCorp, an Indian motorcycle manufacturer originally named Hero Honda, a joint venture between the Hero Group and Honda Motor Company
Hero Group, a fruit product manufacturer
Shanghai Hero Pen Company
Sports and racing
Hero's, a mixed martial arts organization
Heroic (horse) (1921–1939), Australian racehorse
HERO, HERO2, HERO3, and HERO4 are generations of sports cameras made by GoPro
Hero image, a large graphic with a small amount of text, at the top of a page.
HERO (robot), a series of educational robots
HTC Hero, a smartphone running the Android platform
Hero, a locomotive of the South Devon Railway Dido class
HMS Hero, six ships of the British Royal Navy
Hero (pinnace), a steam-powered boat
Hero (sloop), a British sloop used by Nathaniel B. Palmer to explore the Antarctic Peninsula between 1820 and 1822
Hero sandwich, a regional name for a submarine sandwich
HEROs, Hyper Extremely Red Objects, astronomical sources of radiation with extreme redshift
Hero (genus), a genus of sea snails and sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Heroidae
Hero (given name), the personal name.
Hero, a roller coaster at Flamingo Land Resort.
Hero prop, a highly detailed prop in a theater or film production intended for close-up viewing.
Hero stone, old memorials found all over India
