Helena

Helena may refer to:

Geography

United States

• Helena, Montana, the state capital and most-populous city with this name
  • Helena National Forest, Montana
  • Helena, Montana micropolitan area
  • Lake Helena, Montana
• Helena, Alabama
• Helena, Arkansas
• Helena, California
• Helena, Georgia
• Helena Township, Michigan
• Helena, Huron County, Michigan
• Helena, Marquette County, Michigan
• Helena Township, Minnesota
• Helena, Missouri
• Helena, Mississippi
• Helena, New York
• Helena, Ohio
• Helena, Oklahoma
• Helena, Wisconsin
• Helena, Texas
• Battle of Helena July 4, 1863, at Helena, Arkansas

Canada

• Helena Island (Nunavut)
• Helena Lake, Saskatchewan

Ships

• HMS Helena, name of various Royal Navy ships
• USS Helena, name of various United States Navy ships
• USS Helena I (SP-24), United States Navy patrol boat

Science

• The Helena Morpho (Morpho helena), is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family
• "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, main belt asteroid

Acronyms

• HELENA Helmholtz Graduate School Environmental Health (HELENA)

People

Given name

• Helena (given name)

• Helena (Empress) (died 330), Roman mother of Emperor Constantine
• Helena, wife of Julian (died 360), Roman daughter of Emperor Constantine
• Helena (niece of Justin II). Niece of Emperor Justin II
• Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen
• Helena Blackman (born 1982), English actress and singer
• Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), Russian writer
• Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966), English Oscar-nominated actress
• Helena Christensen (born 1968), Danish model
• Helena Cobban (born 1952), British-born American writer
• Helena Guergis (born 1969), Canadian politician
• Helena Josefsson (born 1978), Swedish singer
• Helena Laine (born 1955), Finnish athlete
• Helena Lehtinen, Finnish jeweller and teacher
• Helena Mattsson (born 1984), Swedish actress
• Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), Polish actress
• Helena Molony (1884–1967), Irish labor activist
• Helena Moreno (born 1977), American television reporter
• Helena Noguerra (born 1969), Belgian actress and singer
• Helena Norberg-Hodge, Swedish linguist and writer
• Helena Nyblom (1843–1926), Swedish author
• Helena Paparizou (born 1982), Greek-Swedish singer and songwriter
• Helena Ranaldi (born 1966), Brazilian actress
• Helena Rasiowa (1917–1994), Polish mathematician
• Helena Rojo (born 1944), Mexican actress
• Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), Polish industrialist
• Helena Suková (born 1965), Czech tennis player
• Gelena Topilina (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
• Gelena Velikanova (1922–1998), Soviet pop singer
• Helena Vildová, Czech tennis player
• Helena Vondráčková (born 1947), Czech singer
• Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846–1923), daughter of Queen Victoria
• Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870–1948)
• Heloísa Helena (politician) (born 1962), Brazilian politician

Surname

• Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer

Fictional characters

• Helena, fictional character in the 1921 science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
• Helena (Dead or Alive), fictional character in the Dead or Alive video game series
• Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream), fictional character in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
• Helena, fictional character in the 1993 film Boxing Helena
• Helena Cain, fictional character in the television series Battlestar Galactica
• Helena Cassadine, fictional character in the television series General Hospital
• Helena (Encantadia), fictional character in the television series Encantadia
• Helena Kurcewicz, fictional character in the 1884 novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz
• Helena Peabody, fictional character in the television series The L Word
• Helena Ravenclaw, also known as the Grey Lady, fictional character in the Harry Potter series
• Helena Russell, fictional character in the television series Space: 1999
• Helena, girlfriend to Hercules in The Mighty Hercules animated series from the 1960s
• Helena (Manning), fictional character in the television series Orphan Black
• Helena, a vampire in the Hellsing animated TV-series from 2001

Books

• Helena, poem by Heine
• Helena (Machado de Assis novel), 1876 novel by Machado de Assis

Films

• Helena (1924 film), a silent German film directed by Manfred Noa
• Helena (1950 novel), by Evelyn Waugh

Music

Songs

• Helena (My Chemical Romance song), 2004 song by My Chemical Romance from the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
• "Helena", song by The Misfits from the album Famous Monsters 1999
• "Helena", song by Nickel Creek from the album Why Should the Fire Die? 2005
• "Helena", song by Will Haven from the album The Hierophant 2007
• "Helena", song by Dalida (Dans les bras d'Héléna) boléro by Roger Desbois, René Denoncin 1958, André Claveau 1958, Freddy Vander 1958
• "Helena", song by Leapy Lee J. Meager 1973, Bunny Walters 1973
• "Helena", song by Costa Cordalis, Joe Menke, Michael Reinicke, Peter Schaper, Costa Cordalis 1975
• "Helena", song by Franck Pourcel E La Sua Grande Orchestra J. W. Stole, F. Burt 1963, Leopoldo (singer) Italian by V. D'acquisto,
• "Helena", song by Hortense Ellis, Max Romeo And The Thing, written B.Lee Jamaica
• "Helena", song by Jack de Nijs, J. de Nijs 1972
• "Helena", instrumental by Ladi Geisler Und Die Tonics - 1964

See also

• Elena (disambiguation)
• Eleni (disambiguation)
• Helen (disambiguation)
• Helene (disambiguation)
• Hellen
• Saint Helena (disambiguation)