Apollo (disambiguation)

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

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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 (DC Comics), a character 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
• "Apollo" (Endeavour), a television episode

Businesses and organisations

Brands and enterprises

• Apollo, a deodorant product by Axe/Lynx
• Apollo (candy) (Template:Korean), 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

• Apollo University Lodge, the principal Masonic Lodge of the University of Oxford

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 Faye (born 1951), French basketball player
• 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

• Apollo, a town near Johannesburg, South Africa, location of static inverter plant of Cahora Bassa
• Apollo, Georgia, United States
• Apollo, Pennsylvania, United States
• Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia
• Apollo Bay, Tasmania, Australia
• Apollo Beach, Florida
• Apollo Bridge, a road bridge over the Danube in Bratislava
• Apollo Temple, a summit in the Grand Canyon, U.S.

Science and technology

• Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO), an observatory in New Mexico
• Apollo program, a series of American space missions that ultimately landed men on the Moon
• Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, referred to colloquially in Ghana as "Apollo"
• Apollo (cable system), a cable crossing the Atlantic Ocean
• Apollo, the code name of Apple's Macintosh Classic II
• Apollo, the code name of Windows Phone 8, Microsoft's smartphone operating system
• Adobe Integrated Runtime, a cross-OS runtime system originally codenamed "Apollo"
• Apollo/Domain, a series of workstations made by Apollo Computer
• Apollo Reservation System, the computerized central reservation system developed by United Airlines
• Apollo (app), a third-party Reddit client for iOS and iPadOS

Sports

• Apollo 55, professional wrestling tag team
• Apollo of Temple, now Philadelphia sports venue Liacouras Center
• Orlando Apollos, an American football team in the Alliance of American Football

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

See List of ships named Apollo

Other

• Apollo, a steam locomotive of the West Cornwall Railway
• Ducati Apollo, a prototype motorcycle of 1964
• Armstrong Whitworth Apollo, a prototype airliner

See also

• Apollon (disambiguation)
• Apollos, a 1st-century Alexandrian Jewish Christian
• Apolo (disambiguation)
• Appollo (disambiguation)
• Appolo (disambiguation)
• Apollo Sea