HB or Hb may refer to:

Academia

  • H-b index, an extension of the h-index used in determining academic impact
  • H-B Woodlawn, a secondary education program in Arlington, Virginia, US
  • Hathaway Brown School, an all-girls private school in Shaker Heights, Ohio, US

Arts and media

  • HB (band), a Finnish Christian symphonic metal musical group
  • Hanna-Barbera, a former American production company
  • Heaven Below, an American rock band
  • Helluva Boss, an adult animated television series

Businesses and brands

  • HB (car), a 1920s automobile
  • HB (cigarette), a German brand of cigarettes
  • HB Construction, a private US general contractor construction business
  • HB Ice Cream, an Irish brand
  • Asia Atlantic Airlines (IATA code HB; ceased)
  • Greater Bay Airlines (IATA code: HB), an airline based in Hong Kong
  • Hamilton Bradshaw, a London-based private equity firm
  • Hampton and Branchville Railroad (H&B)
  • Holland & Barrett (H&B), a UK health food shop chain
  • Hasbro, an American toy company
  • HB, logo for the Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München, also Hofbräu München, a brewery owned by the Bavaria government

Places

  • Bremen (state) (license plate: HB), a German state
  • Hanuabada, a village in Papua New Guinea, known as HB to the locals
  • Hermosa Beach, California, a city in southern California, US
  • Hubei (Guobiao abbreviation HB), a province of China
  • Huntington Beach, California, a city in southern California, US
  • Switzerland and Liechtenstein (aircraft registration prefix), distinguished by use of emblems
  • Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to HB), the central train station in Zürich, Switzerland

Science and technology

  • Ford-Cosworth HB engine, a Formula One racing engine
  • HB pencil (hard black), a classification of pencils
  • HB, a flammability rating as set forth in UL 94
  • Horizontal branch, in astrophysics
  • HB, a level in the Brinell scale hardness test

Medicine

  • Heart block, cardiovascular system disease that involves the heart's electrical conduction system
  • Hemoglobin (Hb), a group of iron-containing proteins found in most animals, whose primary function is to carry oxygen to the tissues
  • Hepatitis B, a human viral infection
  • His bundle, a specialized collection of cells in the vertebrate heart

Sport

  • Half-back line, the positions of three players in Australian rules football
  • Halfback (American football), an American football position
  • Half back (association football), another name for a midfielder
  • Handball (disambiguation), a number of sports
  • Havnar Bóltfelag, a football team in the Faroe Islands
  • Herfølge Boldklub, a football team in Denmark
  • Holstebro Boldklub, a football team in Denmark

People

  • H. B. Acton (1908–1974), political philosopher
  • H. B. Bailey (1936–2003), NASCAR driver
  • H. B. Higgins (1851–1929), Australian politician
  • H. B. Reese (1879–1956), candy maker
  • H. B. Warner (1875–1958), motion picture executive

Politics

  • Herri Batasuna, defunct far-left Basque nationalist political party in Spain

Other uses

  • Half-board, a housing arrangement in which the host provides only breakfast and dinner meals

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  • Housing Bureau, a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong

See also

  • Hull and Barnsley Railway (H&BR)
  • "2HB", a song by Roxy Music
  • HB2, North Carolina House Bill 2
  • BH (disambiguation)
  • Њ, Nje, a letter of the Cyrillic script