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
  • Hughes H-4 Hercules, a prototype strategic airlift flying boat
  • 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

Civil aircraft

  • Lockheed L-100 Hercules

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), American 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
  • Hercules (House of Assembly of South Africa constituency)
  • 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, an 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
  • , various ships
  • , 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
  • Hercules, an Australian brand of zipper storage bags owned by International Consolidated Business Group

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)
  • Heracles (disambiguation)
  • Herakles (disambiguation)
  • Ercole (disambiguation), Italian form of the name
  • Herc (disambiguation)