Helena may refer to:

People

* Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer * Helena, mother of Constantine I

Places

Greece

Helena (island) Makronisos ( el, Μακρόνησος, lit. ''Long Island''), or Makronisi, is an island in the Aegean sea, in Greece, notorious as the site of a political prison from the 1920s to the 1970s. It is located close to the coast of Attica, facing the ...

Guyana

* Helena, Guyana

United States

Helena, Montana Helena (; ) is the capital city of Montana, United States, and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold rush, and established on October 30, 1864. Due to the gold rush, Helena would ...

, the capital of Montana **

Helena National Forest Helena National Forest is located in west-central Montana, in the United States. Covering , the forest is broken into several separate sections. The eastern regions are dominated by the Big Belt Mountains, and are the location of the Gates of the ...

, Montana ** Helena, Montana micropolitan area **

Lake Helena Lake Helena is a body of water along Prickly Pear Creek in the Helena Valley of Lewis and Clark County in southwestern Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to t ...

, Montana * Helena, Alabama * Helena, Arkansas ** Battle of Helena, July 4, 1863, during the American Civil War * Helena, California * Helena, Georgia * Helena, Louisiana *

Helena Township, Michigan Helena Township is a civil township of Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,001 at the 2010 census. Helena Township was organized in 1865 by a division of Milton Township. It was named for Helena M. Thayer. Communi ...

* Helena, Huron County, Michigan * Helena, Marquette County, Michigan *

Helena Township, Minnesota Helena Township is a township in Scott County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,440 at the 2000 census. History Helena Township was organized in 1858, and named for the famed Helen of Troy. Geography According to the United States ...

* Helena, Mississippi * Helena, Missouri * Helena, New York * Helena, Ohio * Helena, Oklahoma * Helena, South Carolina * Helena, Texas * Helena, Wisconsin

Canada

* Helena Island (Nunavut) * Helena Lake, Saskatchewan

Films

* ''Helena'' (1924 film), a silent German film directed by Manfred Noa * ''Helena'', a 2008 Colombian film * ''Helena'', a 2014 Argentine film

Literature

* ''Helena'' (Machado de Assis novel), 1876 novel by Machado de Assis * ''Helena'' (Waugh novel), 1950 novel by Evelyn Waugh * Helena (''A Midsummer Night's Dream''), a character from William Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''

Music

* "Helena" (Hugo Raspoet song), 1970 * "Helena" (My Chemical Romance song), 2004 * " Helena Beat", a 2011 song by Foster the People * "Helena", a song by The Misfits from the 1999 album '' Famous Monsters'' * "Helena", a song by Nickel Creek from the 2005 album '' Why Should the Fire Die?'' * "Helena", a song by Will Haven from the 2007 album '' The Hierophant'' * "Helena", a 1972 song by Jack de Nijs * "Helena", a 1973 song by

Leapy Lee Lee Graham (born Graham Pulleyblank, 2 July 1939) better known by his stage name Leapy Lee, is an English singer, best known for his 1968 single " Little Arrows," which reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart, and was a Top 20 country and pop hit ...

* "Helena", a 1963 instrumental by Ladi Geisler

Ships

* HMS ''Helena'', name of various Royal Navy ships * ''Helena'', a packet boat, built in the United States in 1841 * USS ''Helena'', name of various United States Navy ships * USS ''Helena I'' (SP-24), United States Navy patrol boat

Science

* Helena morpho or ''

Morpho helena ''Morpho helena'', the Helena morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the rainforests of northern South America. The wingspan is . It is known for its metallic blue and shiny wings. Many authorities consider ...

'', a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae * "Helena", theoretical founding ancestor of Haplogroup H * "Helena", name used in ancient Greece for the phenomenon now referred to as St. Elmo's fire *

101 Helena Helena (minor planet designation: 101 Helena) is a large, rocky main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on August 15, 1868, and was named after Helen of Troy in Greek mythology. This object is orbitin ...

, main belt asteroid

Other uses

* ''Helena'' (artwork), a 2000 art installation featuring goldfish in blenders * HELENA, the Helmholtz Graduate School Environmental Health * G-AAXF ''Helena'', a named Handley Page H.P.42 airliner