HB or Hb may refer to:

Academia

H-b index The ''h''-index is an author-level metric that measures both the productivity and citation impact of the publications, initially used for an individual scientist or scholar. The ''h''-index correlates with obvious success indicators such as winn ...

, an extension of the h-index used in determining academic impact *

H-B Woodlawn The H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, commonly referred to as H-B, or HBW, is a democratic alternative all-county public school located in Arlington County, Virginia, United States based on the liberal educational movements of the 1960s and 1970s. ...

, a secondary education program in Arlington, Virginia, US *

Hathaway Brown School Hathaway Brown, commonly referred to as HB, is an all-girls private school located in Shaker Heights, Ohio. The school serves pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students. Hathaway Brown is a member of the National Coalition of Girls' Schools, ...

, an all-girls private school in Shaker Heights, Ohio, US

Arts and media

HB (band) HB was a Christian symphonic metal band, formed in Forssa, Finland in 2002. They recorded a demo, four albums in Finnish with English versions for three of them, three singles, and a live DVD filmed at the Maata Näkyvissä Festival Maata ...

, a Finnish Christian symphonic metal musical group *

Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to c ...

, a cartoon studio, later folded into Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios *

Heaven Below Heaven Below is an American hard rock band based in Los Angeles. The band's debut album ''Countdown to Devil'' was released March 2009. History The band was formed in late 2007 by Patrick Kennison (Union Underground), Marty O'Brien (Disturbed ...

, an American rock band *

Helluva Boss ''Helluva Boss'' is an American adult animation, adult animated web series created by Vivienne Medrano, Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano. It revolves around the misadventures of the employees of I.M.P., an assassination company in Hell. The pilot wa ...

, an adult animated TV show

Businesses and brands

HB (car) HB (taken from the initials of the designer Helmer Berglund) was a car made in two or three copies at ''Berglunds mekaniska verkstad'' at about 1925. On the prototype they used a three-cylinder engine, but the production models had a four-cylinder e ...

, a 1920s automobile *

HB (cigarette) Haus Bergmann is a German brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by British American Tobacco. The name ''HB'' is derived from the name of the Dresdner cigarette factory ''Haus Bergmann'', which was acquired by BAT in 1932. Hist ...

, a German brand of cigarettes *

HB Construction HB Construction is a private, family-owned construction company, a general contracting firm, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1991 by Ken Harrington. The company's CEO is Jason Harrington. HB is one of the largest privately owned co ...

, a private US general contractor construction business *

HB Ice Cream HB Ice Cream (originally an initialisation of both Hughes Brothers and Hazelbrook Farm) is an ice cream brand in Ireland and is part of the Unilever Group's Heartbrand ice cream brand. It manufactures most of the Heartbrand's ice cream range, as w ...

, an Irish brand *

Asia Atlantic Airlines Asia Atlantic Airlines ( th, เอเชีย แอตแลนติก แอร์ไลน์ส, was a charter airline headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. It was a subsidiary of the Japanese travel agency H.I.S. (travel agency), H.I.S. ...

(IATA code HB) *

Hamilton Bradshaw Hamilton Bradshaw (HB) is a mid-market private equity firm with its headquarters in London, England. The company was founded in 2003, by UK serial entrepreneur and former Dragons' Den panelist James Caan. Hamilton Bradshaw's main offices are loc ...

, a London-based private equity firm *

Hampton and Branchville Railroad The Hampton and Branchville Railroad is a South Carolina railroad that has served the western part of the state since the 1920s. The Hampton and Branchville Railroad is a successor of the Hampton and Branchville Railroad and Lumber Company, which ...

(H&B) *

Holland & Barrett Holland & Barrett (H&B) is a multinational chain of health food shops with over 1,300 stores in 16 countries, including a substantial presence in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, ...

(H&B), a UK health food shop chain *

Hasbro Hasbro, Inc. (; a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational conglomerate holding company incorporated and headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Hasbro owns the trademarks and products of ...

, an American toy company

Places

Bremen (state) Bremen (), officially the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (german: Freie Hansestadt Bremen; nds, Free Hansestadt Bremen), is the smallest and least populous of Germany's 16 states. It is informally called ("State of Bremen"), although the term ...

(license plate: HB), a German state *

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia The Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia ( hr, Hrvatska Republika Herceg-Bosna) was an unrecognized geopolitical entity and quasi-state in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was proclaimed on 18 November 1991 under the name Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bos ...

Hawke's Bay Region Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region is ...

, a region of New Zealand *

Hermosa Beach, California Hermosa Beach (''Hermosa'', Spanish for "Beautiful") is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California, United States. Its population was 19,728 at the 2020 U.S. Census. The city is located in the South Bay region of th ...

, a city in southern California, US *

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

(Guobiao abbreviation HB), a province of China *

Huntington Beach, California Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California, Orange County in Southern California, located southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 duri ...

, a city in southern California, US * Switzerland and Liechtenstein ( aircraft registration prefix), distinguished by use of emblems *

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; ''Zürich Main Station'' or ''Zürich Central Station'') is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland a ...

(often shortened to HB), the central train station in Zürich, Switzerland

Science and technology

HB pencil A pencil () is a writing or drawing implement with a solid pigment core in a protective casing that reduces the risk of core breakage, and keeps it from marking the user's hand. Pencils create marks by physical abrasion, leaving a trail ...

(hard black), a classification of pencils * HB, a flammability rating as set forth in

UL 94 UL 94, the Standard for Safety of Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices and Appliances testing, is a plastics flammability standard released by Underwriters Laboratories of the United States. The standard determines the material� ...

Horizontal branch The horizontal branch (HB) is a stage of stellar evolution that immediately follows the red-giant branch in stars whose masses are similar to the Sun's. Horizontal-branch stars are powered by helium fusion in the core (via the triple-alpha process) ...

, in astrophysics * HB, a level in the

Brinell scale The Brinell scale characterizes the indentation hardness of materials through the scale of penetration of an indenter, loaded on a material test-piece. It is one of several definitions of hardness in materials science. History Proposed by Swe ...

hardness test

Medicine

Heart block Heart block (HB) is a disorder in the heart's rhythm due to a fault in the natural pacemaker. This is caused by an obstruction – a block – in the electrical conduction system of the heart. Sometimes a disorder can be inherited. Despite the se ...

, cardiovascular system disease that involves the heart's electrical conduction system *

Hemoglobin Hemoglobin (haemoglobin BrE) (from the Greek word αἷμα, ''haîma'' 'blood' + Latin ''globus'' 'ball, sphere' + ''-in'') (), abbreviated Hb or Hgb, is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein present in red blood cells (erythrocyte ...

(Hb), group of iron-containing proteins found in most animals which primary function is to carry oxygen to the tissues *

Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the ''Hepatitis B virus'' (HBV) that affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis. It can cause both acute and chronic infection. Many people have no symptoms during an initial infection. Fo ...

, a human viral infection * His bundle, a specialized collection of cells in the vertebrate heart

Sport

Half-back line In the sport of Australian rules football, the half-back line refers to the positions of the 3 players on the field that occupy the centre half-back and left and right half-back flank positions. Centre half-back The role of the centre half-back ...

, the positions of three players in Australian rules football *

Halfback (American football) A halfback (HB) is an offensive position in American football, whose duties involve lining up in the offensive backfield and carrying the ball on most rushing plays, i.e. a running back. When the principal ball carrier lines up deep in the back ...

, an American football position *

Half back (association football) A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

, another name for a midfielder *

Handball (disambiguation) Handball is an Olympic team sport. Handball may also refer to: * American handball * Australian handball * Beach handball * Chinese handball, a variant of American handball popular in New York City during the 1960s and 1970s * Czech handball, a ...

, a number of sports *

Havnar Bóltfelag Havnar Bóltfelag (HB, lit. 'Harbour football club') is a Faroese football club, and is one of the oldest in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 1904, and is based in the city of Tórshavn. Home matches are played in Gundadalur and th ...

, a football team in the Faroe Islands *

Herfølge Boldklub Herfølge Boldklub is a Danish football club founded in 1921. It is based in Herfølge, a southern suburb of Køge in the eastern part of Zealand. In 2009, the club shared its licence, and merged its professional football with Køge BK to form ...

, a football team in Denmark *

Holstebro Boldklub Holstebro Boldklub (; also known as ''HB'') is a football club based in the town of Holstebro, West Jutland, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1921, it is affiliated to ...

, a football team in Denmark

People

H. B. Acton Harry Burrows Acton (2 June 1908 – 16 June 1974) was an English academic in the field of political philosophy, known for books defending the morality of capitalism, and attacking Marxism-Leninism. He in particular produced arguments on the i ...

(1908–1974), political philosopher *

H. B. Bailey Herring Burl "H. B." Bailey (November 15, 1936 – April 17, 2003) was a NASCAR driver. He raced his No. 36 Pontiac (automobile), Pontiac part-time as an independent driver in the Grand National/Winston Cup series from 1962 to 1993, making 85 rac ...

(1936–2003), NASCAR driver *

H. B. Higgins Henry Bournes Higgins KC (30 June 1851 – 13 January 1929) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge. He served on the High Court of Australia from 1906 until his death in 1929, after briefly serving as Attorney-General of Australia in ...

(1851–1929), Australian politician *

H. B. Reese Harry Burnett Reese Sr (May 24, 1879 – May 16, 1956) was an American inventor and businessman known for creating the number one-selling candy brand in the United States Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founding the H. B. Reese Candy Company ...

(1879–1956), candy maker *

H. B. Warner Henry Byron Warner (born Henry Byron Lickfold, 26 October 1876 – 21 December 1958) was an English film and theatre actor. He was popular during the silent era and played Jesus Christ in '' The King of Kings''. In later years, he successfu ...

(1875–1958), motion picture executive

Politics

Herri Batasuna Herri Batasuna (; en, Popular Unity; HB) was a far-left Basque nationalist coalition in Spain. It was founded in 1978 and defined itself as abertzale, left-wing, socialist, and supported the independence of the Greater Basque Country. It was r ...

, defunct far-left Basque nationalist political party in Spain

Other uses

Half-board Room and board is a phrase describing a situation in which, in exchange for money, labor or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis. It commonly occurs as a fee at higher education ...

, a housing arrangement in which the host provides only a breakfast and dinner meals