Heron (disambiguation)

A heron is a type of wading bird.

Heron may also refer to:

Business

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 Ricardo Ferreira (born 1958), a Brazilian professional football manager
  • Heron (surname)
  • Clan Heron, a Scottish border-riding clan
  • Heron Baronets, two extinct baronetcies

Places

Vehicles

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.
  • Heron's method, an early method of approximating square root.

See also

  • Heroin, an opiate typically used as a recreational drug
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