Hector was a Trojan prince, champion of Troy and one of the greatest fighters of the Trojan War from Greek mythology.

Hector may also refer to:

People

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  • Hector (given name), origin of the given name and list of people with the name
  • Hector (surname), origin of the surname and list of people with the surname
  • Hector (DJ) (born 1980), Mexican DJ and producer
  • Hector (musician) (born 1947), Finnish musician
  • Hector Ó hEochagáin (born 1969), Irish television presenter, commonly known as simply "Hector"

Places

Antarctica

  • Mount Hector (Antarctica)

Australia

  • Hector, Queensland, a town in the Mackay Region, Australia

Canada

  • Hector Glacier, Alberta
  • Hector Lake, Alberta
  • Mount Hector (Alberta)

New Zealand

  • Hector, New Zealand, a settlement
  • Hector River
  • Mount Hector (New Zealand)

United States

  • Hector, Arkansas, a town
  • Hector, in San Bernardino County, California, where the rare clay mineral hectorite was found
  • Hector, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky
  • Hector, Minnesota, a city
  • Hector, New York, a town
  • Hector, Ohio
  • Hector International Airport, North Dakota
  • Hector Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania

Dolphins

  • Hector's dolphin, a cetacean endemic to New Zealand

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

  • Hector (1987 film), a Flemish comedy film
  • Hector (2015 film), a British drama film

Other arts, entertainment, and media

  • Hector, the mascot for the heavy metal band HammerFall
  • Hector, a Cherokee vigilante and, after his death, a symbol of "Hector Lives" justice for reservation residents in Longmire
  • Hector: Badge of Carnage, a trilogy of computer games
  • Hector, the eponymous dog in Hector's House

Science and computing

  • 624 Hektor, a Trojan asteroid
  • Hector (API), a Java Cassandra client
  • HECToR, 'a Research Councils UK High End Computing Service' - the UK's national academic supercomputer
  • Hector (microcomputer)

Meteorology

  • Hector (cloud), a named cumulonimbus cloud that forms consistently over the Tiwi Islands, Australia

Transportation and craft

Ships

  • Hector (immigration ship), the vessel that carried the first Scottish immigrants to Nova Scotia in 1773
  • Hector (1809 ship), a West Indiaman, captured and burnt 1814
  • Hector (steamboat 1897), a fishing and tug boat
  • Hector class ship of the line, a French Navy class
  • French ship Hector (1756), lead ship of the class
  • Hector-class ironclad, a class consisting of a pair of Royal Navy armoured frigates built in the 1860s
  • HMS Hector (1862), lead ship of the class
  • , eleven ships of the Royal Navy
  • , a diesel-powered tugboat
  • , a repair ship that served with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1987

Other transportation and craft

  • Hector, a steam locomotive of the South Devon Railway Eagle class
  • Hawker Hector, British 1930s military aircraft
  • MG Hector, a sport utility vehicle sold by SAIC Motor in India

See also

  • Hectors River, Jamaica
  • Hektor (disambiguation)
  • Hurricane Hector, a list of tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean