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Apollo is a Greek and Roman god of music, healing, light, prophecy and enlightenment.
Apollo may also refer to:
Places
Extraterrestrial
- Apollo (crater), a basin on the far side of the Moon
- Apollo, the ancient Greek name for the planet Mercury, when observed just before dawn as a morning star
- 1862 Apollo, a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1932
- Apollo asteroids, a group of near-Earth asteroids
Terrestrial
- Apollo, a town near Johannesburg, South Africa, location of static inverter plant of Cahora Bassa
- Apollo, Georgia, United States
- Apollo, Pennsylvania, United States
- Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia
- Apollo Bridge, a road bridge over the Danube in Bratislava
People
(Alphabetical by surname)
- Apollo (4th century A.D.), Coptic ascetic and martyr associated with Abib
- Steve Apollo (born 1949), pseudonym of illustrator Jim Starlin
- Dale "Apollo" Cook (born 1958), American kickboxer
- Apollo Crews (born 1987), US professional wrestler
- Apollo Kironde (1915–2007), Ugandan ambassador
- Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1869), Polish writer, and father of Joseph Conrad
- Apolo Ohno (born 1982), US skating medalist
- Apollo Papathanasio (born 1969), vocalist of Greek power metal band Firewind
- Apollo Perelini (born 1969), New Zealand rugby player
- Apollo Quiboloy (born 1950), Filipino televangelist
- Apollo Robbins (born 1973), US sleight of hand artist and self-described gentleman thief
- Apollo M. O. Smith (1911–1997), US rocket scientist
- Apollo Soucek (1897–1955), US Navy test pilot & vice admiral
Animals
- Appollo (dog) (1992–2006), a German Shepherd search and rescue dog
- Apollo (horse) (1879–1887), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
- Parnassius, a genus of swallowtail butterflies commonly known as the Apollos; in particular
- Parnassius apollo, a Parnassius butterfly found in Europe commonly known as the Apollo
- Parnassius autocrator, a Parnassius butterfly found in Afghanistan and Taj
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
- Apollo (Battlestar Galactica), the name of several characters in the Battlestar Galactica universe
- Lee Adama, a character in the 2004 re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica
- Captain Apollo, a character in the original Battlestar Galactica television series
- Apollo (comics), a member of in Wildstorm Comics' The Authority
- Apollo (Marvel Comics), a comic book character
- Apollo (Saint Seiya), a character in the fictional universe of Masami Kurumada's manga Saint Seiya
- Apollo (Star Trek), an alien in the Star Trek episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
- Apollo, a character in the musical TV series Pajanimals
- Apollo, a character in The Amory Wars comic book series
- Apollo, a character in the Zatch Bell! anime/manga series
- Apollo Candy, a fictional candy bar in the Lost television series
- Apollo class starship of Star Trek
- Apollo Creed, a boxer played by Carl Weathers in the Rocky film series
- Apollo Justice, character in Nintendo Ace Attorney video-game series
- USS Apollo is a BC-304 class deep space carrier in Stargate: Atlantis, see List of Earth starships in Stargate
- USS Apollo (NCC-1725) is a starship in the video game Starfleet Academy
- USS Apollo (NCC-17706) is a starship in Star Trek: Legacy and Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game
Music
Groups and labels
- Apollo (quintet), a quintet that recorded for Motown Records in the late 1970s
- Apollo Records (1921), US label
- Apollo Records (1928), US label
- Apollo Records (1944), US label
- Apollo Records (Belgium), Belgian label
- Apollo Records (Seattle), US label started in the 1990s
Albums
- Apollo (Nebula album), an album by the group Nebula
- Apollo (Stockholm Syndrome album), an album by the group Stockholm Syndrome
- Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, 1983 album by Brian Eno
Songs
- "Apollo" (Porno Graffitti song), a 1999 song by Porno Graffitti
- "Apollo" (song), the Swiss entrant in the Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
- "Apollo", an electronic dance music song by Hardwell featuring Amba Shepherd, and in 2016 remixed by Dr. Phunk
- "Apollo", a 1984 song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from the album Junk Culture
Periodicals
- Apollo (journal), journal, magazine
- Apollo (magazine), British arts magazine
Other arts, entertainment, and media
- Apollo (ballet), 1928 George Balanchine choreography for Stravinsky's Apollon musagète
- Apollo (Michelangelo), marble sculpture
- Apollo Gauntlet, an American animated television series on Adult Swim
- Prix Apollo Award (late 20th century), for French for science-fiction literature
Brands and enterprises
- Apollo, a deodorant by Lynx
- Apollo oil refinery, a Nazi Germany facility in the Bratislava oil district, see Oil Campaign of World War II
- Apollo Cinemas, chain
- Apollo Computer Inc., a workstation manufacturer, founded in 1980, and acquired in 1989 by Hewlett-Packard Company
- Apollo Diamond, an American diamond-manufacturing company
- Apollo Global Management, private equity investment firm
- Apollo Group, a company specializing in adult education
- Apollo Hospitals, a healthcare group in India
- Apollo Theatre (disambiguation), includes "Apollo Theater"
- Apollo Tyres, an Indian tyre manufacturer
- Apollo Ultralight Aircraft, a Hungarian microlight aircraft manufacturer
- Apollo-Optik, an optics company
- Games by Apollo, a third-party video game developer for the Atari 2600
- Hammersmith Apollo, entertainment venue in the eponymous west London district
- The Apollo (Glasgow), music venue
Education
- Apollo Junior High School of Richardson, Texas
- Carrington College (US), a privately held higher education organization, known before June 2010 as Apollo College
Military
- Apollo-class cruiser of the Royal Navy
- Apollo-class frigate, Royal Navy sailing frigates
- HMS Apollo, various Royal Navy ships
- Operation Apollo, a military operation of the Canadian Navy in Afghanistan
- USS Apollo (AS-25), a United States Navy submarine tender
Organizations
- Apollo Alliance, an American think tank
- Apollo University Lodge, the principal Masonic Lodge of the University of Oxford
Science
- Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO), an observatory in New Mexico
- Apollo program, a series of American space missions that ultimately landed men on the Moon
- Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, referred to colloquially in Ghana as "Apollo"
Sports
- Apollo 55, professional wrestling tag team
- Apollo of Temple, now Philadelphia sports venue Liacouras Center
Technology
- Apollo (cable system), a cable crossing the Atlantic Ocean
- Apollo, the code name of Apple's Macintosh Classic II
- Apollo, the code name of Windows Phone 8, Microsoft's smartphone operating system
- Adobe Integrated Runtime, a cross-OS runtime system originally codenamed "Apollo"
- Apollo/Domain, a series of workstations made by Apollo Computer
- Apollo Reservation System, the computerized central reservation system developed by United Airlines
Transportation
- Apollo (1906 automobile), an American car made from 1906 to 1907
- Apollo (1910 automobile), a German car built from 1910 to 1927
- Apollo (1962 automobile), an American sports car built from 1962 to 1964
- Apollo (storeship), an historic storeship
- Apollo, a steam locomotive of the West Cornwall Railway
- Apollo Automobil, a German sports car manufacturing company
- Ducati Apollo, a prototype motorcycle of 1964
- Gumpert Apollo, a racing and high-performance sports car produced by Apollo Automobil
- Armstrong Whitworth Apollo, a prototype airliner
- Buick Apollo, an American compact car built from 1973 to 1975
- Holden Apollo, an automobile manufactured by Toyota and sold by Holden in Australia from 1989 to 1997
- ST Apollo, a tugboat
- The Apollo, a former passenger ferry, 1960s founding flagship of the Sea Organization of the Church of Scientology
- Volkswagen Apollo, a rebadged version of the Ford Verona automobile sold in Brazil between 1990 and 1992
See also
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