Hercules (disambiguation)

Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek mythological hero Heracles.

Mythology

• Labours of Hercules
• Hercules in ancient Rome
• Hercules in popular culture
• Hercle, the Etruscan form of the god

Animals

• Hercules beetle
• Hercules (bear), the Scottish wrestling bear
• Hercules (liger), the world's largest living cat

Astronomy

• Hercules (constellation), in the northern hemisphere
  • Hercules (dwarf galaxy), near the Milky Way galaxy
  • Hercules Superclusters, two nearby superclusters of galaxies
    • Hercules Cluster, about 100 galaxies
• Hercules (crater), a lunar impact crater

Companies and corporations

• Hercules Computer Technology, a multi-national computer product manufacturer
• Hercules (vehicles) a Greek manufacturer of farm vehicles
• Hercules Gas Engine Company, an engine manufacturer from Cincinnati, Ohio
• Hercules Motor Car Company, a former automobile manufacturer in New Albany, Indiana
• Hercules Inc., formerly a chemical company that merged with and became Ashland, Inc.
• Hercules Cycle and Motor Company, a former major British bicycle manufacturer
• Hercules GmbH, a former motorcycle and bicycle company in Nürnberg, Germany

In media

Film

• Hercules (1958 film), starring Steve Reeves
  • Hercules Unchained, a 1959 sequel starring Steve Reeves
• Hercules in New York, Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1970 film debut
• Hercules (1983 film), starring Lou Ferrigno
  • The Adventures of Hercules, 1985 sequel, also starring Lou Ferrigno
• Hercules Returns, a 1993 Australian comedy film
• Hercules (1997 film), a Disney animated film
• The Legend of Hercules, a 2014 action-adventure film
• Hercules (2014 film), a 2014 action-adventure film
• Hercules Reborn, a 2014 action-adventure film by The Asylum

Television

• The Mighty Hercules, a 1963 animated television series
• The Sons of Hercules, a 1970s television series
• Hercules, a superhero in the 1970s Filmation animated cartoon Space Sentinels
• Hercules, a superhero in the 1970s Filmation animated cartoon The Freedom Force
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, a TV series from 1995–1999, starring Kevin Sorbo
• Hercules (1998 TV series), an animated TV series
• Young Hercules, a 1998 television series
• Hercules (TV miniseries), an NBC 2005 TV miniseries
• Hercules (TUGS), a fictional character from children's series TUGS

Music and radio

• Hercules (Handel), a music drama by George Frideric Handel
• "Hercules", a song by Midnight Oil, from their 1985 EP Species Deceases
• "Herculean" (song), a single by The Good, the Bad, and the Queen
• Hercules (soundtrack), the soundtrack for animated Disney film
• Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, a character from the British 1950's comedy radio programme The Goon Show

Video games

• Hercules (1984 video game), a video game for home computers published by Interdisc, Alpha Omega and The Power House
• Disney's Hercules (video game), a 1997 video game based upon the Disney adaptation
• Herc's Adventures, a 1997 video game developed by Big Ape Productions and LucasArts, released for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation

Comics

• Hercules (comics), any of the various versions of that mythical hero in comics, which include:
  • Hercules (DC Comics), the DC Comics version of the hero
  • Hercules (Marvel Comics), the Marvel comics version of the hero
  • Hercules (Radical Comics), a Radical Comics character who has appeared in two limited series

Multimedia

• HerculesKabuterimon, a Digimon character
• Berserker (Fate/stay night), The Moon Light, visual game and anime character, depicted as Hercules or Heracles

People

• Hercules (chef), a slave belonging to George Washington
• Hércules Brito Ruas, a former football (soccer) player from Brazil
• Hercules Mulligan, (1740-1825), a tailor and spy for the patriot forces in the American Revolutionary War
• Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821–1906), English artist
• Hercules Burnett (1865–1936), a Major League Baseball player
• Hércules de Miranda (1912–1982), a Brazilian footballer
• Hércules Florence (1804–1879), a French-Brazilian painter and inventor
• Hercules Huncks, one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England
• Hercules Kyvelos, a welterweight boxer from Canada
• Hercules Linton (1836–1900), a Scottish shipbuilder and designer
• Sir Hercules Read (1857–1929), a British archaeologist and curator at the British Museum
• Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, the 5th governor of Hong Kong
• Hercules Ross (1745–1816), a Scottish merchant involved in the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade
• Hercules Seghers (1589–1638), a Dutch painter and printmaker
• Hercules Taylour (1759–1790), an Irish soldier and politician
• Herculez Gomez, an American soccer player
• Ercole Dembowski, an Italian astronomer
• Erekle II, a king of Georgia in the Caucasus
• Francis, Duke of Anjou (1555–1584), birth name Hercule François
• Hercules (wrestler), birth name Ray Fernandez, a former WWF wrestler
• Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, Boer general
• Ruben Cruz, a retired Puerto Rican wrestler known by his ring name Hercules Ayala

Places

Europe

• Băile Herculane, a spa town in Romania where Hercules supposedly rested during his travels
• Hercules monument (Kassel), the landmark of Kassel, Hesse, Germany
• Tower of Hercules, an ancient Roman lighthouse at A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
• Via Heraclea (Herculean Way) ancient trade route across Spain.

Italy

• Great Altar of Hercules, a temple of the Forum Boarium, Rome, Italy
• Herculaneum, an ancient Roman town in Campania, Italy
• Temple of Hercules Victor, a temple of the Forum Boarium, Rome, Italy

North America

• Hercules, California, a small town named after an explosive used by the former California Powder Works company
  • Hercules Station & Terminal, a direct rail-to-ferry transit hub in Hercules, California
• Hercules Glades Wilderness, a wilderness area in Missouri
• Hercules Mine, Idaho, a silver mine in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains in Idaho

Teams

• Hércules (Salvadoran team), a football team based in San Salvador, El Salvador
• Hércules CF, a football team based in Alicante, Spain
• JS Hercules, a football team based in Oulu, Finland

Technology

• HERCULES (NASA) (Hand-held Earth-oriented Real-time Cooperative, User-friendly, Location, targeting, and Environmental System), a system built by NASA and Nikon
• Hercules emulator, an IBM mainframe emulator
• Hercules Graphics Card, a computer graphics controller made by Hercules Computer Technology, Inc.
  • Hercules InColor Card, an IBM PC compatible graphics controller card released in April 1987
• HERCULES laser, a high-power laser from the University of Michigan
• Bristol Hercules, an aircraft engine
• MIM-14 Nike-Hercules, a surface-to-air missile used by US and NATO armed forces
• Hercules Engine Company, a U.S. engine manufacturer
• Hercules PSU, a power supply unit for audiophile turntables
• Hercules (processors), a line of safety microcontrollers from Texas Instruments, each having one or more ARM cortex cores

Vehicles

• de Havilland Hercules, a 1920s airliner and mailplane
• Fletcher Hercules, ultralight trike aircraft
• Hercules (1872–1889), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
• Hercules was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
• Hercules (1907), a 1907 built steam tug now preserved in San Francisco, California
• Hercules (motorcycle), a brand of motorcycles built by Sachs Motorcycles
• Hercules (locomotive), built in 1838 for the Beaver Meadow Railroad
• HMS Hercules, several ships of the Royal Navy
• Hughes H-4 Hercules, or "Spruce Goose", the largest flying boat ever built
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a military transport aircraft
  • Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, an updated model of same
• M88 Hercules (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System), armored battlefield recovery vehicle
• SS Hercules a number of steamships with this name
• Paladin Hercules, an American powered parachute design

Other

• Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae, a setting of Mass dedicated to Ercole d'Este I
• Hercules (jurisprudence), the name of the ideal judge of legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin
• Farnese Hercules, an ancient sculpture, one of the most famous sculptures made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome
• Hercules the Archer, a 1909 sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle
• Operation Herkules, the canceled invasion of Malta in World War II
• Hercules (tree), a giant sequoia tree in the Mountain Home Grove, California
• Winter Storm Hercules, designated by The Weather Channel in the United States in 2014
• Hercules (Disney franchise)

See also

• Heracles (disambiguation)
• Hercules' Club (disambiguation)
• Hercule (disambiguation)
• Ercole (disambiguation)