Heron (disambiguation)

The word heron may refer to:

• Heron, the wading birds
• Heron, a dinghy
• De Havilland Heron, a four-engine aircraft.
• Heron, a folk rock band, recording on the Dawn Records label in the early 1970s
• Heron Plastics, a kit car manufacturer in the 1950s and 60s.
• IAI Heron, an aircraft
• Heron, a song by Avail from their 2000 album One Wrench
• Heron, a Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway steam locomotive built in 1861
• Hardy Heron, the codename for the current LTS release of Ubuntu

People

There are a number of people with the surname Heron:

• Heron of Alexandria, who stated Heron's formula
• John Heron, pioneer of participatory research in the social sciences.
• Gil-Scott Heron, an American spoken word poet and a civil rights political activist.
• Mike Heron, Scottish musician and composer for The Incredible String Band.
• Saint Heron, third Bishop of Antioch
• Francis Heron (1853-1914), England footballer and FA Cup winner
• Hubert Heron (1852-1914), England footballer and FA Cup winner

Places

There are a number of places called Heron:

• Heron, Montana
• Heron, Belgium
• Heron Lake, Minnesota
• Heron Lake Township, Minnesota
• West Heron Lake Township, Minnesota
• Heron is the name of a crater on the far side of the moon.