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 win ...

, an extension of the h-index used in determining academic impact * H-B Woodlawn, 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), a Finnish Christian symphonic metal musical group * Hanna-Barbera, a cartoon studio, later folded into Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios * Heaven Below, an American rock band *

Helluva Boss ''Helluva Boss'' is an American adult animated web series created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano. It revolves around the misadventures of the employees of I.M.P., an assassination company in Hell. The pilot was released on November 25, 2019 ...

, 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, 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, a London-based private equity firm * Hampton and Branchville Railroad (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 K ...

, an American toy company

Places

* Bremen (state) (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 language, 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 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census. The c ...

, 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 ...

(Guobiao abbreviation HB), a province of China * Huntington Beach, California, 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 ...

(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, 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 S ...

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 (erythrocyt ...

(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. ...

, 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-bac ...

, 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 ba ...

, 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, an ...

, 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 ...

, 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, a football team in Denmark

People

* H. B. Acton (1908–1974), political philosopher * H. B. Bailey (1936–2003), NASCAR driver * H. B. Higgins (1851–1929), Australian politician * H. B. Reese (1879–1956), candy maker * H. B. Warner (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, a housing arrangement in which the host provides only a breakfast and dinner meals