Nero (disambiguation)

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Nero (37–68 AD) was Roman emperor from 54 to 68 AD.

Nero may also refer to:

People

  • Any male member of the Claudii Nerones family of gens Claudia may be called Nero to distinguish them from other clan members
  • Nero Julius Caesar (6–31 AD), related to some emperors
  • Gaius Claudius Nero, Roman consul and hero of the Battle of the Metaurus in 207 BC
  • Nero Hawley (1742–1817), freed slave and soldier in the Continental Army
  • Franco Nero (born 1941), Italian actor
  • Peter Nero (1934–2023), American pianist and composer
  • Nero Bellum, lead singer of the musical group Psyclon Nine
  • Ranjith Premasiri Madalana (died 2009), alias Nero, decorated Sri Lanka Army sniper

Places

  • Nero, Kentucky, United States
  • Nero, Mozambique
  • Nero, West Virginia, United States
  • Nero Island, an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
  • Lake Nero, in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
  • Nero, the German name for Nerău village, Teremia Mare Commune, Timiș County, Romania

Art, entertainment, and media

Comics

Characters

  • Nero (comic book character), the protagonist in the Flemish comic book character The Adventures of Nero
  • Nero (Devil May Cry), a character in the video game series Devil May Cry
  • Nero Wolfe, a fictional detective
  • A character in the British 1930s comic strip Nero and Zero
  • Alex Nero, a supervillain opponent of the Green Lantern
  • Barone Nero, a character from Ressha Sentai ToQger
  • Angelica Nero, a character in season 9 of Dallas (1978 TV series)
  • Nero, a character in Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django
  • Nero, a character from the manga and anime One Piece
  • Nero, a character in the British children's series 4 O'Clock Club
  • Nero the Sable, member of the fictional Tsviets of Deepground in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
  • Nero, a minor villain in the British cartoon series Danger Mouse
  • Nero, a Servant of the Saber class in Fate/Extra and Fate/Extella video games
  • Nero, a character in Derek Landy's book Bedlam, book 12 in the Skulduggery Pleasant series
  • Nero, a Romulan captain from the 2009 Star Trek film
  • Nero Padilla, a main character on the television series Sons of Anarchy
  • Vice-Principal Nero, a character from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Film

  • Nero-Film, a German film production company of the Weimar era
  • Nero (1909 film), an Italian film directed by Luigi Maggi and Arturo Ambrosio
  • Nero (1922 film), an American-Italian historical film directed by J. Gordon Edwards
  • Nero (1992 film), an Italian crime comedy film written and directed by Giancarlo Soldi
  • Nero (2004 film), a television film

Games

Music

  • Nero (band), an electronic music trio composed of Daniel Stephens, Joe Ray, and Alana Watson
  • Nero [de], a 1705 opera by George Frideric Handel, HWV 2
  • Nero (opera), an 1879 grand opera by Anton Rubinstein to a libretto by Jules Barbier
  • Nero (Closterkeller album), 2003
  • Nero (Two Steps from Hell album), or the title song
  • "Nero" (song), a 2023 single by Godflesh
  • "Nero", a 1981 single by post-punk band Theatre of Hate
  • "Nero the Second", an Anglo-Irish Jacobite song of the 18th century
  • "Black Cat" (aka Nero), a song by the South Korean group Turbo

Software

  • Nero AG, German software company (formerly known as Ahead Software), and its products:
    • Nero Burning ROM, CD/DVD authoring application
    • Nero Digital, suite of MPEG-4-compatible audio and video compression codecs
    • Nero Multimedia Suite, a suite of CD/DVD authoring tools and digital entertainment products that includes Nero Burning ROM, among other software
  • Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives, a video game in which soldiers are evolved with the neuroevolution of augmenting topologies algorithm

Other uses

  • Nero (confectionery), a Norwegian liquorice-based dark chocolate confection
  • Nero (yacht), one of the world's largest luxury yachts
  • Nero d'Avola, Sicilian red wine grape variety
  • Nero Decree, a 1945 decree of Adolf Hitler
  • Caffè Nero, a chain of coffee houses

See also

  • Niro (disambiguation)
  • Neron (disambiguation)
  • Nerone (disambiguation)
  • Nervo (disambiguation)
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