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'''[[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:

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== 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)|''Hector'' (1987 film)]], a Flemish comedy film
* [[Hector (2015 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 (TV series)|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)|''Hector'' (immigration ship)]], the vessel that carried the first Scottish immigrants to Nova Scotia in 1773
* [[Hector (1809 ship)|''Hector'' (1809 ship)]], a West Indiaman, captured and burnt 1814
* [[Hector (steamboat 1897)|''Hector'' (steamboat 1897)]], a fishing and tug boat
* [[Hector class ship of the line]], a French Navy class
** [[French ship Hector (1756)|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)|HMS ''Hector'' (1862)]], lead ship of the class
* {{HMS|Hector}}, eleven ships of the Royal Navy
* {{MV|Hector}}, a diesel-powered tugboat
* {{USS|Hector|AR-7}}, 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

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