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Hernando Pizarro
Hernando Pizarro (died 1578) was a Spanish conquistador, the only legitimate son of Gonzalo Pizarro, who fought in the conquest of the Inca Empire under his half-brother Francisco.
Hernando R. Ocampo
Hernando R. Ocampo, better known as H.R. Ocampo, was a Filipino painter and writer, a central figure of Philippine modern art declared a National Artist in 1991.
Hernanes
Hernanes (Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Viana Lima, O Profeta), Brazilian midfielder born 1985; São Paulo idol with 2007-08 Brasileirão titles, Lazio, Inter, Juventus, 2013 Confederations Cup winner, retired 2021.
Hernani
Hernani, or Castilian Honor, is a romantic drama in five acts by Victor Hugo, premiered at the Comédie-Française in Paris on 25 February 1830, sparking the celebrated "battle of Hernani."
Herne the Hunter
Herne the Hunter is an English folklore figure, a horned phantom huntsman haunting an oak in Windsor Forest, first recorded in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1597); later linked by Grimm to the Wild Hunt, by Ainsworth (1843) to stag antlers, and to the yeoman Richard Horne.
Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia: kreisfreie Stadt in the central Ruhr area, 156,266 inhabitants on 51.42 km², fourth-densest German city; former coal town (Shamrock, Mont-Cenis), chartered 1897, now logistics and health economy.
Herneith
Herneith was a royal woman of Egypt's First Dynasty, thought to have been the wife of king Djer and buried in a large mastaba at Saqqara.
Hernia
Hernia, especially the inguinal (groin) hernia, is a protrusion of abdominal contents through a wall defect. Affects 27% of men, 3% of women; treated by open or laparoscopic mesh repair or watchful waiting.
Hernia mesh repair
Hernia mesh repair is a surgical technique that reinforces abdominal wall hernia closure with synthetic or biologic mesh, allowing tension-free repair that roughly halves recurrence versus suture repair and is standard for inguinal hernias.
Herniaria
Herniaria (ruptureworts) is a genus of prostrate Caryophyllaceae herbs published by Linnaeus in 1753, type species H. glabra, with about 52 accepted species from Europe to Central Asia and Africa, traditionally used for hernias and kidney stones.
Hernioplasty
Hernioplasty is the surgical repair of a hernia, usually inguinal, in which the abdominal wall defect is reinforced with prosthetic mesh rather than sutured tissue.
Herniorrhaphy
Herniorrhaphy is the surgical repair of a hernia by stitching the defect closed with the patient's own tissue, without mesh, now largely replaced by mesh hernioplasty.
Herniotomy
Herniotomy is a surgical operation in which the hernial sac is excised and ligated at its neck, and it is the standard curative procedure for inguinal hernia in children.
Hero
A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real or fictional person who combats adversity through courage, ingenuity, or strength, or the main character of a story, play, or film.
Hero – Gayab Mode On (हीरो – गायब मोड ऑन)
Hero – Gayab Mode On (हीरो – गायब मोड ऑन), also Hero: Gayab Mode On, is a Sony SAB Hindi sci-fi fantasy series (2020–2021, 236 episodes) about stuntman Veer, who gains invisibility from a ring and fights aliens while searching for his father.
Hero (1983 film)
Hero (हीरो) is a 1983 Hindi romantic action film directed and produced by Subhash Ghai for Mukta Arts, starring debutant lead Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri, with music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal; a hitman kidnaps a police commissioner's daughter and falls in love with her.
Hero (2006 film)
Hero (হিরো) is a 2006 Bengali action musical romance directed by Swapan Saha, starring Jeet, Koel Mallick, and Tapas Pal, a remake of the Kannada film Appu (2002) with music by Jeet Gannguli; distinct from the 2006 Bangladeshi and Assamese films of the same name.
Hero (2015 Hindi film)
Hero (2015, हीरो) is a Hindi romantic action film directed by Nikkhil Advani, produced by Salman Khan and Subhash Ghai, remaking Ghai's 1983 Hero, starring debutantes Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty; released 11 September 2015 to mixed-negative reviews.
Hero (2019 Tamil film)
Hero (ஹீரோ) is a 2019 Tamil superhero film directed by PS Mithran, starring Sivakarthikeyan, Arjun Sarja, Kalyani Priyadarshan, and Abhay Deol; released 20 December 2019 by KJR Studios.
Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)
"Hero" (Spanish "Héroe") is a 2001 ballad by Enrique Iglesias, Paul Barry, and Mark Taylor from the album Escape; it peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, topped the UK chart for four weeks, and became tied to post-9/11 America.
Hero (loitering munition)
Hero is a family of canister-launched loitering munitions developed by Israel's UVision since 2011, ranging from a man-portable 3 kg model to a 155 kg, 200 km-class weapon.
Hero (Mariah Carey song)
"Hero" (1993) is a Mariah Carey ballad co-written with Walter Afanasieff, originally intended for Gloria Estefan for the 1992 film Hero; released from Music Box, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks.
Hero (英雄) (2002 film)
Hero (英雄), also known as Ying xiong, is a 2002 Chinese wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Jet Li, about assassins plotting to kill the King of Qin.
Hero Alom (আশরাফুল আলম)
Hero Alom (আশরাফুল আলম), Ashraful Hossain Alom, is a Bangladeshi content creator, singer and politician from Bogura whose low-budget music videos went viral around 2016; known for repeatedly cancelled election nominations, a 2022 police bond barring him from Tagore and Nazrul songs, and 2025–2026 criminal cases.
Hero and Leander
Hero and Leander (Ἡρώ, Λέανδρος): Greek legend of a priestess of Aphrodite at Sestos and her lover Leander of Abydos, who drowned swimming the Hellespont when her guiding lamp went out. Told by Ovid (Heroides 18–19) and Musaeus, and retold by Marlowe and Chapman.
Hero Bay
Hero Bay is a 17-mile-wide bay indenting the north side of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, between Cape Shirreff and Williams Point; named for the sloop Hero of Nathaniel B. Palmer's 1820-21 sealing fleet.
Hero Cosmetics
Hero Cosmetics is an American functional-skincare company focused on acne care, founded in New York in 2017 and best known for the Mighty Patch hydrocolloid pimple patch.
Hero Factory (TV series)
Hero Factory (2010–2014) is a LEGO computer-animated TV series of 11 episodes on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons, following quaza-powered robots built in Makuhero City; it succeeded Bionicle but shares no story with it.
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Hero Fiennes Tiffin (born 1997, London) is an English actor, nephew of Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, known as young Tom Riddle in Harry Potter, Hardin Scott in the After films, and Sherlock Holmes in Prime Video's Young Sherlock.
Hero Future Energies
Hero Future Energies is the renewable energy arm of India's Hero Group, founded in 2012 and headquartered in London, with a global portfolio of 7.7 GWp.