HALO, halo, halos or haloes may refer to:

Most commonly

  • Halo (optical phenomenon), with ice crystals
  • Halo (religious iconography), a ring of light around the image of a head
  • Halo (franchise), a sci-fi video game series (2001–present)

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters and entities

  • Halo (DC Comics), a 1983 superheroine
  • Halo Array or halos, fictional megastructures in the video game
  • Halo, a character in the sci-fi comic strip The Ballad of Halo Jones

Film and television <span class="anchor" id="Films"></span>

  • Halo (1996 film), an Indian drama film
  • Halo (2007 cancelled film), a project directed by Niell Blomkamp
  • Halo (TV series), a 2022 adaptation of the game
  • Nickelodeon HALO Awards, an American television special (2008–2018)

Music

  • Halo Records, a British record label (formed 2000)

Bands <span class="anchor" id="Bands"></span>

  • Halo (Christian rock band), an American band
  • Halo (metal band), an Australian band
  • Halo (British band)
  • HALO (South Korean group)
  • The Halos, an American doo wop group

Albums

  • Halo (Amorphis album) (2022)
  • Halo (Azonic album) (1994)
  • Halo (Bakar album) (2023)
  • Halo (Current 93 album) (2004)
  • Halo (Tiffany Day album), 2026
  • Halo (Juana Molina album) (2017)
  • Halo, by Severina (2019)

Songs

  • "Halo" (Beyoncé song) (2008)
  • "Halo" (Lumix song) (2022)
  • "Halo" (Soil song) (2001)
  • "Halo" (Starset song) (2015)
  • "Halo" (Texas song) (1997)
  • "Haloes", a song from the album The Tubes by The Tubes
  • "Halos" by ± from Xs on Your Eyes
  • "Halo", by All That Remains from Madness
  • "Halo", by Basement from Promise Everything
  • "Halo", by Bethany Joy Galeotti from Friends with Benefits: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 2
  • "Halo", by Bloc Party from Intimacy
  • "Halo", by Cage the Elephant from Melophobia
  • "Halo", by The Cure from Join the Dots
  • "Halo", by Deep Blue Something from Home
  • "Halo", by Depeche Mode from Violator
  • "Halo", by Endless Shame from Generation Blind
  • "Halo", by Foo Fighters from One by One
  • "Halo", by Linkin Park from LP Underground X: Demos
  • "Halo", by Hieroglyphics from Full Circle
  • "Halo", by Machine Head from The Blackening
  • "Halo", by Poppy from Negative Spaces
  • "Halo", by Porcupine Tree from Deadwing
  • "Halo", by the Pussycat Dolls from Doll Domination
  • "Halo", by Red Flag
  • "Halo", by Ryan Adams from Prisoner (B-Sides)
  • "Halo", by Slash from Apocalyptic Love
  • "Halo", by Tinchy Stryder from Catch 22
  • "Halo", by Takida from Bury the Lies

Other arts and entertainment

  • Halo (sculpture), a kinetic sculpture in Australia
  • Halo (b-boy move), a dance move

Military

  • High altitude-low opening, a category of military parachuting
  • Operation Halo, the Canadian contribution to the 2004 United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
  • Mil Mi-26 (NATO reporting name: Halo), a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter
  • Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface, U.S. Navy program

Organisations and brands

  • HALO Trust, a landmine-clearance NGO headquartered in Scotland (founded 1988)
  • HALO Urban Regeneration, a Scottish start-up support firm (founded 1988)
  • Wonderful Halos, a brand name of mandarin oranges sold by The Wonderful Company

People

  • Halo Khan Ardalan, Kurdish ruler of Ardalan from 1590 to 1616
  • Halo Meadows (1905–1985), American actress
  • Thea Halo (born 1941), American writer and painter
  • Laurel Halo (born 1985), stage name of American electronic musician Laurel Anne Chartow
  • Takashi Hirose (swimmer) (1923–2002), American swimmer nicknamed "Halo"

Places

Ancient Greece

  • Halos (Thessaly), a town and polis of ancient Thessaly
  • Halos (Delphi), a space near the temple of Apollo in Delphi

United States

  • Halo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Halo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • The Halo (building complex), Newark, New Jersey
  • Halo (bar), a former gay bar in Washington, D.C.

Elsewhere

  • Halo (nightclub), a former venue in Bournemouth, England

Sport

  • Los Angeles Angels, a Major League Baseball team, nicknamed the Halos
  • Halo (horse) (1969–2000), American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire

Science and technology

Astronomy, physics and space

  • Dark matter halo, a hypothetical structure in outer space
  • Galactic halo, a component of a galaxy
  • Stellar halo, the component that contains stars
  • Halo orbit, in orbital mechanics
  • Helium and Lead Observatory, a supernova neutrino detector
  • Habitation and Logistics Outpost, a module of the planned Lunar Gateway space station
  • Halo (crater), on the Moon
  • Halo nucleus, a core nucleus surrounded by a "halo"

Medicine

  • Halo-gravity traction device, a cervical brace
  • Halo sign, a radiological diagnostic

Other science and technology

  • Halo (mathematics), in non-standard analysis
  • Project Halo, in artificial intelligence
  • Halo antenna, a circular antenna
  • Halo (safety device), in motorsports
  • HaloIPT, a wireless vehicle charging technology under WiTricity

Other uses

  • Halo effect, a cognitive bias
  • Halo hairstyle, an alt-grunge hairstyle

See also

  • Halo- (disambiguation)
  • Hallo (disambiguation)
  • Helo (disambiguation)
  • Halo-halo, a Filipino dessert
  • "Halo, Halo", 1982 Yugoslavian song
  • List of Halo media
  • Wi-Fi HaLow, the IEEE 802.11ah wireless networking protocol