Apollo (disambiguation)

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Apollo is a Greek and Roman god of music, healing, light, prophecy and enlightenment.

Apollo may also refer to:

Animals

  • Apollo (dog) (1992–2006), a German Shepherd search and rescue dog
  • Apollo (horse) (1879–1887), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Apollo (parrot) (hatched 2020), an African grey parrot
  • Parnassius, a genus of swallowtail butterflies commonly known as the Apollos; in particular
    • Parnassius apollo, a Parnassius butterfly found in Europe commonly known as the Apollo
    • Parnassius autocrator, a Parnassius butterfly found in Afghanistan and Taj

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

  • In the Battlestar Galactica universe:
    • Lee Adama, a character in the 2004 re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica
    • Captain Apollo, a character in the original Battlestar Galactica television series
  • Apollo (comics), a member of in Wildstorm Comics' The Authority
  • Apollo (Marvel Comics), a comic book character
  • Apollo (Saint Seiya), a character in the fictional universe of Masami Kurumada's manga Saint Seiya
  • Apollo (Star Trek), an alien in the Star Trek episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
  • Apollo, a character in the musical TV series Pajanimals
  • Apollo, a character in The Amory Wars comic book series
  • Apollo, a character in the Zatch Bell! anime/manga series
  • Apollo Candy, a fictional candy bar in the Lost television series
  • Apollo Creed, a boxer played by Carl Weathers in the Rocky film series
  • Apollo Justice, character in Capcom's Ace Attorney video-game series
  • USS Apollo, a BC-304 class deep space carrier in Stargate: Atlantis, see List of Earth starships in Stargate
  • USS Apollo (NCC-1725), a starship in the video game Starfleet Academy
  • USS Apollo (NCC-17706), a starship in Star Trek: Legacy and Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game

Music

Groups and labels

  • Apollo (band), an American R&B/disco group that recorded for Motown Records in the late 1970s
  • Apollo Records (1921), US label
  • Apollo Records (1928), US label
  • Apollo Records (1944), US label
  • Apollo Records (Belgium), Belgian label

Albums

  • Apollo (Nebula album), 2006
  • Apollo, an album by the group Stockholm Syndrome
  • Apollo (Fireboy DML album), 2020
  • Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, a 1983 album by Brian Eno

Songs

  • "Apollo" (Porno Graffitti song), 1999
  • "Apollo" (Timebelle song), the Swiss entrant in the Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
  • "Apollo" (Hardwell song), 2012
  • "Apollo", a 1984 song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from the album Junk Culture

Literature

  • Apollo (journal), Arabic journal
  • Apollo (magazine), British arts magazine

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

  • Apollo (ballet), 1928 George Balanchine choreography for Stravinsky's Apollon musagète
  • Showtime at the Apollo, an American music television series
  • Apollo (Michelangelo), marble sculpture
  • Apollo Gauntlet, an American animated television series on Adult Swim
  • Prix Apollo Award (late 20th century), for French for science-fiction literature
  • Apollo (System Copernicus), a stained glass window

Businesses and organisations

Brands and enterprises

  • Apollo, a deodorant product by Axe/Lynx
  • Apollo (candy) (Korean: 아폴로), a South Korean candy brand
  • Apollo oil refinery, a Nazi Germany facility in the Oil campaign of World War II
  • Apollo Cinemas, chain
  • Apollo Computer Inc., a workstation manufacturer, founded in 1980, and acquired in 1989 by Hewlett-Packard Company
  • Apollo Diamond, an American diamond-manufacturing company
  • Apollo Global Management, private equity investment firm
  • Apollo Education Group, a company specializing in adult education
  • Apollo Hospitals, a healthcare group in India
  • Apollo Theatre (disambiguation), several uses, including "Apollo Theater"
  • Apollo Tyres, an Indian tyre manufacturer
  • Apollo Ultralight Aircraft, a Hungarian microlight aircraft manufacturer
  • Apollo-Optik, an optics company
  • Games by Apollo, a third-party video game developer for the Atari 2600
  • Hammersmith Apollo, entertainment venue in London

Education

  • Apollo Junior High School of Richardson, Texas
  • Carrington College (US), a privately held higher education organization, known before June 2010 as Apollo College

Organizations

Military

  • Apollo-class cruiser of the Royal Navy
  • Apollo-class frigate, Royal Navy sailing frigates
  • HMS Apollo, various Royal Navy ships
  • USS Apollo (AS-25), a 1943 United States Navy submarine tender

People

  • Apollos (1st-century A.D.), Alexandrian Jewish-Christian
  • Apollo (4th century A.D.), Coptic ascetic and martyr associated with Abib
  • Apollo (monk), Egyptian Christian monk
  • Steve Apollo (born 1949), pseudonym of illustrator Jim Starlin
  • Dale Cook (born 1958), known as Apollo, American kickboxer
  • Apollo Crews (born 1987), American professional wrestler
  • Apollo Kironde (1915–2007), Ugandan ambassador
  • Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1869), Polish writer, and father of Joseph Conrad
  • Apolo Ohno (born 1982), American skating medalist
  • Apollo Papathanasio (born 1969), vocalist of Greek power metal band Firewind
  • Apollo Perelini (born 1969), New Zealand rugby player
  • Apollo Quiboloy (born 1950), Filipino televangelist
  • Apollo Robbins (born 1974), American sleight-of-hand artist and deception specialist
  • Apollo M. O. Smith (1911–1997), American rocket scientist
  • Apollo Soucek (1897–1955), American test pilot and vice admiral

Places

Extraterrestrial

  • Apollo (crater), a basin on the far side of the Moon
  • 1862 Apollo, a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1932
  • Apollo asteroids, a group of near-Earth asteroids

Terrestrial

Science and technology

Sports

Transportation

Automobiles

  • Apollo (1906 automobile), an American car made from 1906 to 1907
  • Apollo (1910 automobile), a German car built from 1910 to 1927
  • Apollo (1962 automobile), an American sports car built from 1962 to 1964
  • Apollo Automobil, a German sports car manufacturing company
    • Gumpert Apollo, a racing and high-performance sports car produced by Apollo Automobil
  • Apolong, or Baidu Apollo project, a driverless vehicle developed by Baidu
  • Holden Apollo, an automobile manufactured by Toyota and sold by Holden in Australia from 1989 to 1997
  • Volkswagen Apollo, a rebadged version of the Ford Verona automobile sold in Brazil between 1990 and 1992
  • Buick Apollo, an American compact car built from 1973 to 1975

Ships

  • Apollo (1812 EIC ship)
  • Apollo (storeship), an historic storeship
  • ST Apollo, a tugboat
  • HMS Royal Scotsman, later renamed Apollo, a passenger ferry repurposed in the 1960s as founding flagship of the Sea Org of the Church of Scientology
  • MV Apollo, a vehicle and passenger ferry in Canada

Other

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Apollo
  • All pages with titles containing Apollo
  • Apollon (disambiguation)
  • Apollos, a 1st-century Alexandrian Jewish Christian
  • Apolo (disambiguation)
  • Appollo (disambiguation)
  • Appolo (disambiguation)
  • Apollo Sea
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