People's Hero
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People's Hero or National Hero may refer to:
- a Folk heroFolk heroA folk hero is a type of hero, real, fictional, or mythological. The single salient characteristic which makes a character a folk hero is the imprinting of the name, personality and deeds of the character in the popular consciousness. This presence in the popular consciousness is evidenced by...
- People's Hero (film)People's Hero (film)People's Hero is a popular "Hong Kong thriller" written by Keith Li and director Tung-Shing Yee. It was released in 1987 and is 82-minutes long...
aka Yan man ying hung, a 1987 Hong Kong film - People's Heroes, a Russian superhero team from DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
- Honorific title or decoration of some states:
- People's Hero:
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- People's Hero of AlbaniaPeople's Hero of AlbaniaHero of Albania, more properly Hero of the People is the highest title that can be bestowed on a citizen of Albania.-Creation:The title was created in 1945 and the Albanian parliament confirmed it by Law in 1954 and then reconfirmed by Law Nr.6133 on February 12, 1980...
- People's Hero of Yugoslavia
- People's Hero of KazakhstanPeople's Hero of KazakhstanPeople's Hero of Kazakhstan is the highest distinction conferred by the Republic of Kazakhstan, along with the Order of Golden Eagle.-Overview:...
- National Hero:
- National Hero of ArmeniaNational Hero of ArmeniaNational Hero of Armenia is the highest title in the Republic of Armenia. The law on the title has been in effect since April 22, 1994. The highest title is awarded for outstanding services of national importance to the Republic of Armenia in defense and strengthening of the state system and...
- National Hero of Azerbaijan
- National Hero of BarbadosBarbadian national heroesBarbadian National Heroes are the designees of the Order of National Heroes Act, as passed by the Parliament of Barbados in 1998. The act formally recognized the stature of ten major figures in the history of Barbados....
- Order of the National Hero of BelizeOrder of the National Hero (Belize)The Order of the National Hero is an honour awarded by the government of Belize. The Order of the National Hero is given only to Belizean citizens for "Extraordinary and outstanding achievement and merit in service to Belize or to humanity at large"....
- Order of the National Hero of Georgia
- National Hero of Indonesia
- Order of National Hero of JamaicaOrder of National Hero (Jamaica)The Order of National Hero is an honour awarded by the government of Jamaica. It is a part of the Jamaican honours system that has been in place since 1969.-Description:...
- National Hero of Kazakhstan
- National heroes of NepalNational heroes of NepalNational Heroes of Nepal is a list of Nepalese people, including those from ancient or medieval times, who were selected to their ranks posthumously by a commission headed by famous liteurate Bal Krishna Sum and appointed by the king Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, in 1955...
- National hero of the Philippines
- National Heroes of Sri LankaNational Heroes of Sri LankaNational Heroes of Sri Lanka are those who are considered to have played a major role in the Sri Lankan independence struggle from British Colonial rule...
- Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
, the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, which inspired similar titles in other communist and post-Soviet states:
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Hero of BelarusHero of BelarusHero of Belarus is the highest title that can be bestowed on a citizen of Belarus. The title is awarded to those "who perform great deeds in the name of freedom, independence and prosperity of the Republic of Belarus". The deed can be for military performance, economic performance or great service...
- Hero of CubaHero of the Republic of CubaThe title Hero of the Republic of Cuba is a distinction in Cuba, awarded for heroic feats in service to the Cuban state and society. It has been received by only a few individuals, including Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Juan Almeida Bosque, Leonid Brezhnev and the Cuban Five....
- Hero of Kyrgyzstan
- Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic
- Hero of the Russian FederationHero of the Russian FederationHero of the Russian Federation is a Russian decoration and the highest honorary title that can be bestowed on a citizen by the Russian Federation. The President of the Russian Federation is the main conferring authority of the medal, which is bestowed on those committing actions or deeds that...
- Hero of Turkmenistan
- Hero of UkraineHero of UkraineHero of Ukraine is the highest state decoration that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the Government of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma and as of August 25 2011 the total number of awards is 265. The award is divided into two classes of distinction:...
- Hero of Uzbekistan
- People's Hero of Albania
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