HB

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HB may refer to:

Arts and media

• HB (band), a Finnish Christian symphonic metal musical group
• "2HB", a song by Roxy Music
• Hanna-Barbera, a cartoon studio, later renamed Cartoon Network Studios
• Hungry Bitches, a 2007 Brazilian pornographic film.
• Hydra Bay, a torrenting site

Businesses and brands

• HB (car), a 1920s automobile
• HB (cigarette), a German brand of cigarettes
• HB Ice Cream, an Irish brand
• Hamilton Bradshaw, a London-based private equity firm
• Hampton and Branchville Railroad
• Holland & Barrett, UK health food shop chain
• Hull and Barnsley Railway

Education

• H-b index, an extension of the h-index used in determining academic impact
• H-B Woodlawn, a secondary education program (from the combination of the Hoffman-Boston and Woodlawn programs) in Arlington, Virginia
• Hathaway Brown School, an all-girls private school in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA, founded in 1876

People

• H. B. Acton (1908–1974), a political philosopher
• H. B. Bailey (1936–2003), a NASCAR driver
• H. B. Higgins (1851–1929), an Australian politician
• H. B. Reese (1879–1956), a candy maker
• H. B. Warner (1875–1958), a motion picture executive

Places

• Hawke's Bay region, a region of New Zealand
• Hermosa Beach, California, a city in southern California
• Hubei, a province of China (Guobiao abbreviation HB)
• Huntington Beach, California, a city in southern California
• Hudson Bay
• Bremen (state), HB is the license plate of this German state

Politics

• Herri Batasuna, a former Spanish party of Basque separatist ideology

Science and medicine

• Hemoglobin
• Hepatitis B
• Horizontal branch, in astrophysics
• A level in the Brinell scale hardness test

Sport

• Half-back line, the positions of three players in Australian rules football
• Halfback (American football), an American football position
• Handball (disambiguation), a number of sports
• Havnar Bóltfelag, a football team in the Faroe Islands
• Handelsstandens Boldklub, a football team in Denmark
• Herfølge Boldklub, a football team in Denmark
• Holstebro Boldklub, a football team in Denmark

Other uses

• HB, a flammability rating as set forth in UL 94
• HB pencil, a classification of pencils
• Half-board (hotel term that indicates breakfast and dinner are included in the price)
• Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
• House Bill, a legislative document produced by the House of Representatives at the State or Federal level
• Asia Atlantic Airlines (IATA code HB)

See also

• BH (disambiguation)
• Њ, Nje, a letter of the Cyrillic script