Homer (disambiguation)

Homer is the name given to the purported author of the Ancient Greek poems the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey".

Homer can also refer to:

People

*Homerus of Byzantium (c. 280 BC) Grammarian and tragic poet
*Winslow Homer (1836-1910), an American painter
*Homer Hickam, an aerospace engineer whose youth was depicted in the 1999 film "October Sky"
*Homer Ledford, an instrument maker and bluegrass musician
*Mark Homer, a British actor

Fictional people

*Homer Simpson, a cartoon character in the television series "The Simpsons"
*Homer Simpson, a fictional character in the 1939 novel "The Day of the Locust" and its 1975 film adaptation
*Homer Price, a fictional character in "Homer Price" and "Centerburg Tales", children's books by Robert McCloskey
*Homer Wells, the protagonist of John Irving's novel "The Cider House Rules"
*Homer, a ghost dog in the television series "Ghost Whisperer"
*Homer, the sidekick of Snidely Whiplash
* [http://www.austinavianrr.com/homerpage.htm Homer the Homeless Goose] , a goose that has represented the homeless in Austin, Texas, USA since 1988
*"Homer", the corporate character of Home Depot
*Homer Singh, a fictional character in a popular Punjabi novel Samundar Ka Pyar ('The Love of Ocean') written by Jagmohan Mann.

Places

In the United States:

*Homer, Alaska
*Homer, Georgia
*Homer, Illinois
*Homer, Indiana
*Homer, Louisiana
*Homer, Michigan
*Homer, Minnesota
*Homer, Nebraska
*Homer (village), New York
*Homer (town), New York
*Homer, Ohio
*Homer, Texas

In England:
*Homer, Shropshire

In Space:

*Homer (crater), a crater on Mercury
* 5700 Homerus, an asteroid named after the Greek poet

Other uses

*Slang for a home run in the sport of baseball
*Homer (unit), a unit of volume
*Homing beacon (also known as a "homer"), a type of tracking transmitter
*Homer, the NATO reporting name for the Soviet Mil Mi-12 helicopter
*A racing homer, a type of racing pigeon.

ee also

*Homeric (disambiguation)