Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek mythological hero Heracles.
Hercules may also refer to:
Animals
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
Film
Television
Music
Video games
Other arts and entertainment
Astronomy
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
Civil aircraft
People
Mononym or professional name
Given name
- Hércules Brito Ruas (born 1939), Brazilian footballer known as Brito
- Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821âÂÂ1906), English artist
- Hercules Burnett (1865âÂÂ1936), American baseball player
- Hércules de Miranda (1912âÂÂ1982), Brazilian footballer
- Hércules Florence (1804âÂÂ1879), 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 (1729âÂÂ1811), Irish politician
- Sir Hercules Langrishe, 5th Baronet (1859âÂÂ1943), Irish soldier, sailor and yachtsman
- Hercules Linton (1836âÂÂ1900), Scottish shipbuilder and designer
- Hercules Mata'afa (born 1995), American football player
- Hercules Mulligan, (1740âÂÂ1825), tailor and spy for the patriot forces in the American Revolutionary War
- Hércules Pereira do Nascimento (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
- Hercules Posey (1748âÂÂ1812), slave owned by George Washington
- Hercules Read (Charles Hercules Read, 1857âÂÂ1929), British archaeologist and curator at the British Museum
- Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead (1824âÂÂ1897), the 5th governor of Hong Kong
- Hercules Ross (1745âÂÂ1816), Scottish merchant involved in the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade
- Hercules Seghers (1589âÂÂ1638), Dutch painter and printmaker
- Hercules Taylour (1759âÂÂ1790), 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
Teams
Technology
Transportation
- de Havilland Hercules, 1920s British airliner and mailplane
- Fletcher Hercules, American ultralight trike aircraft
- Hercules (1872âÂÂ1889), 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