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Heron is a family of wading birds.

Contents

• Business
• People
• Places
• Vehicles
• Other uses
• See also

Heron may also refer to:

Business

• Heron International, a United Kingdom-based property development company
  • Heron Tower, a skyscraper in London
• Heron Foods, a frozen food retail chain in the United Kingdom
• Heron Plastics, a kit car manufacturer in the 1950s and 1960s

People

• Heron or Hero of Alexandria (c. 10 – 70), ancient Greek mathematician and engineer, creator of Heron's formula (area of triangle) and Heron's method (square root)
• Saint Heron (107–127), third Bishop of Antioch
• Heron (martyr) (died 202), Egyptian martyr
• Heron Ricardo Ferreira (born 1958), a Brazilian professional football manager
• Heron (surname)
• Clan Heron, a Scottish border-riding clan
• Heron Baronets, two extinct baronetcies
• Heron (footballer), Heron Crespo da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• Mike "Heron" Herard, hip hop producer

Places

• Heron, Montana
• Héron, Belgium
• Heron Island (disambiguation), various islands
• Heron Lake (disambiguation), several lakes and a small city
• Heron Park, Ottawa, Canada
• Heron Road (Ottawa)
• Heron (crater), an impact crater on the Moon

Vehicles

• HMS Heron, various ships and installations of the Royal Navy
• USS Heron, three ships of the US Navy
• Heron (dinghy)
• Hawker Heron, a biplane fighter
• de Havilland Heron, a four-engine aircraft
• IAI Heron, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• Heron TP, an alternative name for the Eitan (UCAV) unmanned aircraft
• Heron, a Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway steam locomotive built in 1861
• Heron Cars, a New Zealand car maker
• Heron (automobile), a Formula Junior racing car

Other uses

• Heron (band), a 1970s English folk-rock band
• "Heron", a song by Avail from their 2000 album One Wrench
• Hardy Heron, the codename for the 8.04 LTS release of Ubuntu
• Heron Stakes, a thoroughbred race in Great Britain
• Heron's fountain, a hydraulic machine invented by physicist Heron aka "Hero of Alexandria"
• Heron's formula, gives the area of a triangle when the length of all three sides are known.
• Heronian triangle, a triangle with integer side-lengths and integer area.
• Nickname for Inter Miami CF.

See also

• Heroin, an opiate typically used as a recreational drug

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