Helen may refer to:

People

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  • Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world
  • Helen (actress) (born 1938), Indian actress
  • Helen (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)

Places

  • Helen, Georgia, United States, a small city
  • Helen, Maryland, United States, an unincorporated place
  • Helen, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Raleigh County
  • Helen Falls, a waterfall in Ontario, Canada
  • Lake Helen (disambiguation), several places called Helen Lake or Lake Helen
  • Helen, an ancient name of Makronisos island, Greece

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and television

  • Helen (2008 film), a British drama starring Annie Townsend
  • Helen (2009 film), an American drama film starring Ashley Judd
  • Helen (2017 film), an Iranian drama film
  • Helen (2019 film), an Indian film produced by Vineeth Sreenivasan
  • "Helen" (Atlanta), 2018 TV episode
  • Helen Television System, a Saint Lucian radio and television network

Literature

  • Helen (novel), an 1834 novel by Maria Edgeworth
  • Helen (play), a play by Euripides
  • Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet, an American comic strip

Music

  • Helen (album), a 1981 Grammy-nominated album by Helen Humes
  • Helen (EP), an EP by Helen Shapiro
  • Helen (band)

Fictional characters

  • Helen (Inheritance), a fictional supporting character in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance trilogy
  • Helen the Sailing Fairy, a character from the Rainbow Magic book series
  • Helen Brown, a character in the 1986 American science fiction comedy horror movie Critters
  • Helen Daniels, a character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Helen Dubois, a character from the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh
  • Helen Flood, a character from the Welsh animated series Fireman Sam
  • Helen Hawkins, main character of 2018–2019 show Siren who is actually a human/mermaid hybrid
  • Helen McCarter, a character from the film Diary of a Mad Black Woman
  • Helen Lorraine, main character from the children's animated PBS Kids series Martha Speaks
  • Helen Parr, fictional superhero from the Pixar animated film The Incredibles
  • Helen White, the main character in 1949 American comedy movie Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Other uses

  • Helen (rocket), an ARCA demonstration vehicle
  • Helen (unit), a humorous unit of measuring beauty
  • Helen Oy, Finnish energy company in Helsinki, Finland
  • , curved supports at the end of the shells of an extinct group of marine invertebrates
  • Nakajima Ki-49, a Japanese World War II bomber given the reporting name "Helen"
  • List of storms named Helen
  • SS Esso Nashville, an oil tanker later named Helen

See also

  • Elena (disambiguation)
  • Eleni (disambiguation)
  • Ellen (disambiguation)
  • Helen of Troy (disambiguation)
  • Helena (disambiguation)
  • Helene (disambiguation)
  • Hélène (disambiguation)
  • Helenus, son of King Priam of Troy
  • Hellen, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha and eponym of the Hellenes in Greek mythology
  • Hellenic (disambiguation), pertaining to Greece or the Greeks
  • Helon (disambiguation)
  • List of storms named Helene
  • Hurricane Helene (2024) &ndash; extremely large and destructive Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida, and caused catastrophic flooding and damage across the Southeastern U.S.
  • St. Helen (disambiguation)
  • Yelena