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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
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
Albums
Songs
Literature
Other uses in arts, entertainment and media
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 DB , a software company founded in 1999, creators of Apollo, a DBF implementation
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
Organizations
Military
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
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
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
Other
See also
Topics referred to by the same term