Hercules (disambiguation)

Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek mythological hero Heracles.

Hercules may also refer to:

Animals

• Hercules beetle
• Hercules (bear) (1975–2001), Scottish wrestling bear
• Hercules (liger), the world's largest living cat
• Hercules moth, of family Saturniidae
• Hercules parrot, an extinct giant parrot species from New Zealand

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

• Hercules (comics), various versions of the mythical hero in comics
• Hercules (Disney character)
• Hercules (TUGS), in the British children's television series TUGS
• Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, a character from the British 1950s comedy radio programme The Goon Show
• Hercules, a superhero in the 1970s Filmation animated cartoon Space Sentinels

Film

• Hercules (1958 film), starring Steve Reeves
• Hercules (1983 film), starring Lou Ferrigno
  • The Adventures of Hercules (1985 film), sequel to the 1983 film
• Hercules (1997 film), a Disney animated film
• Hercules (2014 film), an action-adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson

Television

• The Mighty Hercules, a 1963–1966 Canadian-American animated television show
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, a 1995–1999 American syndicated action television series starring Kevin Sorbo
• Hercules (1998 TV series), based on the 1997 Disney film
• Hercules (miniseries), a 2005 American television miniseries that aired on NBC

Music

• Hercules (Handel), a music drama by George Frideric Handel
• "Hercules", a 1973 song by Aaron Neville
• "Hercules", a song by Midnight Oil from their 1985 EP Species Deceases
• Hercules (soundtrack), for the 1997 Disney film
• "Hercules", a song from Elton John's 1972 album Honky Château
• "Hercules", a song from George Watsky's 2009 album Watsky
• "Hercules", a song from Young Thug's 2016 mixtape I'm Up

Video games

• Hercules (1984 video game), for home computers
• Disney's Hercules (video game), 1997, based on the Disney film

Other arts and entertainment

• Hercules (franchise), a Disney media franchise
• Hercules (musical), 2019, based on the 1997 Disney film
• Hercules (Piero della Francesca), a 15th-century fresco
• Hercules (Seneca), a play

Astronomy

• Hercules (constellation), in the northern hemisphere
  • Hercules (dwarf galaxy), near the Milky Way galaxy
  • Hercules Superclusters
    • Hercules Cluster
• Hercules (crater), a lunar impact crater

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

• HMS Hercules, any of several Royal Navy ships
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules, an American military transport aircraft
• Bristol Hercules, a British aircraft engine
• Nike Hercules, a surface-to-air missile used by US and NATO armed forces
• M88 Hercules, a US Army armored battlefield recovery vehicle

People

Mononym or professional name

• Hercules (gangster) (born 1960s), Indonesian crime boss
• Hercules (wrestler), WWF professional wrestler Ray Fernandez (1956–2004)
• Ruben Cruz (1950–2020), Puerto Rican professional wrestler known by his ring name, Hercules Ayala
• Richard Sandrak (born 1992), American bodybuilder known as Little Hercules

Given name

• Hércules Brito Ruas (born 1939), Brazilian footballer known as Brito
• Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821–1906), English artist
• Hercules Burnett (1865–1936), Major League 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

• Hercules, California, a small town
• Hercules, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Mount Hercules, Antarctica
• Port Hercules, Monaco

Teams

• Hércules (Salvadoran football club)
• Hércules CF, a football team based in Alicante, Spain
• JS Hercules, a football team based in Oulu, Finland
• USV Hercules, a football club based in Utrecht, Netherlands

Technology

• Nikon NASA F4, one of the first digital cameras, used by NASA as HERCULES
• Hercules (emulator), an IBM mainframe emulator
• Hercules (processors), a line of safety microcontrollers from Texas Instruments
• Hercules Graphics Card, and early graphics card for the IBM PC
• Hercules PSU, a power supply unit for audiophile turntables

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

• Pillars of Hercules, the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar
• Temple of Hercules (disambiguation)
• Farnese Hercules, an ancient sculpture made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome
• Hercules the Archer, a 1909 sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle
• Herkules (disambiguation)
• Hercule (disambiguation)
• Ercole (disambiguation), Italian form of the name