Hector was a Trojan prince, champion of Troy and one of the greatest fighters of the Trojan War from Greek mythology.
Hector may also refer to:
People
Hector (given name), origin of the given name and list of people with the name Hector (surname), origin of the surname and list of people with the surname Hector (DJ) (born 1980), Mexican DJ and producer Hector (musician) (born 1947), Finnish musician Hector Ó hEochagáin (born 1969), Irish television presenter, commonly known as simply "Hector"
Places
Antarctica Mount Hector (Antarctica)
Australia
Hector, Queensland, a town in the Mackay Region, Australia
Canada Hector Glacier, Alberta Hector Lake, Alberta Mount Hector (Alberta)
New Zealand Hector, New Zealand, a settlement Hector River Mount Hector (New Zealand)
United States Hector, Arkansas, a town Hector, in San Bernardino County, California, where the rare clay mineral hectorite was found Hector, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky Hector, Minnesota, a city Hector, New York, a town Hector, Ohio Hector International Airport, North Dakota Hector Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania
Dolphins Hector's dolphin, a cetacean endemic to New Zealand
Arts, entertainment, and media Films Hector (1987 film), a Flemish comedy film Hector (2015 film), a British drama film Other arts, entertainment, and media Hector, the mascot for the heavy metal band HammerFall Hector, a Cherokee vigilante and, after his death, a symbol of "Hector Lives" justice for reservation residents in Longmire Hector: Badge of Carnage, a trilogy of computer games Hector, the eponymous dog in Hector's House
Science and computing 624 Hektor, a Trojan asteroid Hector (API), a Java Cassandra client HECToR, 'a Research Councils UK High End Computing Service' - the UK's national academic supercomputer Hector (microcomputer)
Meteorology Hector (cloud), a named cumulonimbus cloud that forms consistently over the Tiwi Islands, Australia
Transportation and craft Ships Hector (immigration ship), the vessel that carried the first Scottish immigrants to Nova Scotia in 1773 Hector (1809 ship), a West Indiaman, captured and burnt 1814 Hector (steamboat 1897), a fishing and tug boat Hector class ship of the line, a French Navy class French ship Hector (1756), lead ship of the class Hector-class ironclad, a class consisting of a pair of Royal Navy armoured frigates built in the 1860s HMS Hector (1862), lead ship of the class , eleven ships of the Royal Navy , a diesel-powered tugboat , a repair ship that served with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1987
Other transportation and craft Hector, a steam locomotive of the South Devon Railway Eagle class Hawker Hector, British 1930s military aircraft MG Hector, a sport utility vehicle sold by SAIC Motor in India
See also Hectors River, Jamaica Hektor (disambiguation) Hurricane Hector, a list of tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean