Helen may refer to:

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Helen of Troy Helen of Troy, Helen, Helena, ( Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη ''Helénē'', ) also known as beautiful Helen, Helen of Argos, or Helen of Sparta, was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. She was believ ...

, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world *

Helen (actress) Helen Ann Richardson Khan (born as Helen Ann Richardson; 21 November 1938), known mononymously as Helen, is an Indian actress and dancer. She has appeared in over 700 films, making her a prolific performer in Hindi cinema. She is known for her s ...

(born 1938), Indian actress *

Helen (given name) Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek name , ''Helenē'' (dialectal variant: , ''Helena'') whose etymology is unknown; a derivation from (i.e. "torch") is considered "rather uncertain". Another possible derivation is from ...

, a given name (including a list of people with the name)

Places

Helen, Georgia Helen is a city in White County, Georgia, United States, located along the Chattahoochee River. The population was 531 at the 2020 census. History Helen was platted in 1912, and named after the daughter of a lumber official. The town was incorp ...

, United States, a small city * Helen, Maryland, United States, an unincorporated place * Helen, Washington, an unincorporated community in Washington state, US * Helen, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Raleigh County * Helen Falls, a waterfall in Ontario, Canada * Lake Helen (disambiguation), several places called Helen Lake or Lake Helen * Helen, an ancient name of

Makronisos 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 th ...

island, Greece * The

Hellenic Republic Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...

, Greece

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Helen'' (album), a 1981 Grammy-nominated album by Helen Humes * ''Helen'' (2008 film), a British drama starring Annie Townsend * ''Helen'' (2009 film), an American drama film starring Ashley Judd * ''Helen'' (2017 film), an Iranian drama film * ''Helen'' (2019 film), an Indian film produced by Vineeth Sreenivasan * Helen (''Inheritance''), a fictional supporting character in Christopher Paolini's ''Inheritance'' trilogy * ''Helen'' (novel), an 1834 novel by Maria Edgeworth * ''Helen'' (play), a play by Euripides * ''Helen'' (EP), an EP by Helen Shapiro * Helen (song) or "Hélène", 1989, by Roch Voisine * ''

Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet ''Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet'' is a comic strip which was drawn from 1996 through 2005 by American graphics artist Peter Zale. The strip describes a technically adept young woman who works at a technology firm. It was the first comic strip ...

'', an American comic strip * Helen Dubois, a character from the Nickelodeon sitcom ''

Drake & Josh ''Drake & Josh'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows two teenage stepbrothers Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck) as they live together despite opposite personalities. The ser ...

'' * Helen Hawkins, main character of 2018–2019 show '' Siren'' who is actually a human/mermaid hybrid

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Helen (rocket) Romanian Cosmonautics and Aeronautics Association ( ro, Asociația Română pentru Cosmonautică și Aeronautică), also known as ARCAspace, is an aerospace company based in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania. It builds rockets, high-altitude balloons, a ...

, an ARCA demonstration vehicle *

Helen (unit) A helen is a humorous unit of measurement based on the concept that Helen of Troy, from the ''Iliad'', had a "face that launched a thousand ships". The helen is thus used to measure quantities of beauty in terms of the theoretical action that coul ...

, a humorous unit of measuring beauty *

Helen Oy Helen Oy, stylized as HELEN, formerly known as Helsingin Energia ( Finnish) and ''Helsingfors Energi'' ( Swedish), is one of the largest energy companies in Finland. The company, founded in 1909 produces and sells electricity, district heating and ...

, Finnish energy company in Helsinki, Finland * , curved supports at the end of the shells of an extinct group of marine invertebrates *

Nakajima Ki-49 The Nakajima Ki-49 ''Donryu'' (呑龍, "Storm Dragon")Francillon, 1970, p.223 was a twin-engine Japanese World War II heavy bomber. It was designed to carry out daylight bombing missions, without the protection of escort fighters. Consequently, ...

, a Japanese World War II bomber given the reporting name "Helen" *

Tropical Storm Helen The name Helen or Hellen has been used for twenty tropical cyclones worldwide: sixteen in the Western Pacific Ocean (five regionally in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philipp ...

, list of storms named Helen

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