Hector

Hector was a Trojan prince and the second greatest fighter in the Trojan War from Greek mythology.

Hector may also refer to:

People

• Hector (musician), Finnish
• Shane Hector Ó hEochagáin, Irish television presenter, commonly known as simply "Hector"
  • Hanging with Hector, television series starring Hector
• Sir Ector (sometimes Hector), foster-father of King Arthur
• Héctor Avila, Dominican Republic boxer
• Héctor Ballesteros, Colombian weightlifter
• Héctor Castaño, Colombian road cyclist
• Héctor Delgado, reggaeton artist
• Héctor Ferri, Ecuadorian football (soccer) player
• Héctor Palacio, Colombian road racing cyclist
• Héctor Soto, Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Héctor Thomas, Venezuelan decathlete
• Héctor Velásquez, Chilean boxer
• James Hector, (1834–1907) Scottish geologist, naturalist, and surgeon

Fictional characters

• Hector (A Series of Unfortunate Events), character in the book series
• Hector (Ambrosia Mascot), parrot, unofficial mascot of games company Ambrosia Software
• Hector (Castlevania), character from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
• Hector (Fire Emblem), character from Fire Emblem video game franchise
• Hector, a scary truck in Thomas & Friends
• Hector Barbossa, character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series
• Hector the Bulldog, character in Looney Tunes cartoons
• Hector Con Carne, the main character from Evil Con Carne
• Hector the Dog in Hector's House
• Hector Gonzales, character in the film For Your Eyes Only
• Hector Hall, character in DC Comics
• Hector Williams, one of the main characters in the American television show The Unit

Places

New Zealand

• Hector, New Zealand, locality in the South Island

United States

• Hector, Arizona, unincorporated community
• Hector, Minnesota, city
• Hector, New York, town
• Hector Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania

Ships

• Hector (ship), carried the first Scottish immigrants to Nova Scotia in 1773
• USS Hector (AR-7), a repair ship that served with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1987
• HMS Hector, ten ships of the Royal Navy
• MV Hector, diesel-powered tugboat

Miscellaneous

• A steam locomotive of the South Devon Railway Eagle class
• HECToR, 'a Research Councils UK High End Computing Service' - the UK's national academic supercomputer
• Hector is a software for the simulation of the particle transport in beamlines (particle physics).

See also

• Hektor (disambiguation)

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