Hero
Explore the lives of people connected with Heroes: biographical facts, significant events, professional achievements and historical context.

J.R. Martinez
USA
USAAmerican actor, motivator and former US Army soldier

Abram Sindels
Platoon Commander of the 690th Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union, Junior Lieutenant

Nikolay Gorbanev
Russia
RussiaParticipant of the Great Patriotic War, captain. Hero of the Soviet Union.

Aleksandr Osipenko
Finland
FinlandFighter pilot, Heroes of the National Revolutionary War in Spain

Pavel Ermak
Poland
PolandHero of the Soviet Union, commander of a motorized rifle battalion

Ivan Adushkin
Tank company commander of the 64th Guards Tank Brigade, Hero of the Soviet Union

Stepan Petrenko
Ukraine
UkraineSniper, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Petras Vaiciunas
Latvia
LatviaParticipant of the Great Patriotic War, gunner, Hero of the Soviet Union

Petr Kudar
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Great Patriotic War

Vitaliy Beluyzhenko
Ukraine
UkraineColonel, Hero of the Soviet Union

Georgiy Scherbakov
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Anvar Abdullin
Hero of the Soviet Union, participant of the Great Patriotic War

Semen Ostapenko
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Vasilij Kojnash
Ukraine
UkrainePilot, squadron commissar, Hero of the Soviet Union

Antonina Mashenko
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Aleksandr Perepelica
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Great Patriotic War

Jessica Lynch
USA
USAAn American woman who was captured during the Iraq War

Mark Ormrod
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish Royal Marines

Ivan Korchagin
Hero of the Soviet Union

Andrey Korzun
Soviet artilleryman, holder of the Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union

Vasiliy Levashov
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the headquarters of the underground Komsomol organization "Young Guard".

Petr Goncharov
Russia
RussiaSniper, Hero of the Soviet Union

Vasiliy Petrov
Ukraine
UkraineColonel General, twice Hero of the Soviet Union

Vladimir Jdanov
Ukraine
UkraineOne of the organizers of the underground Komsomol group 'Young Guard'

Ivan Zelepukin
Russia
RussiaHero of the Soviet Union

Yuriy Polyanskiy
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Boris Vladimirov
Hero of the Soviet Union

Dmitriy Lazarev
Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union

Vladimir Matveev
Russia
RussiaFighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

Anatoliy Kovalev
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Leonid Daniliuk
Lieutenant Colonel of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).

Vasiliy Kononov
Latvia
LatviaPartisans during WWII

Nikolay Andreev
Platoon Commander of the 3rd Separate Sapper Battalion, Hero of the Soviet Union

Herbert F. Christian
USA
USAAmerican soldier

Maya Peglivanova
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Stanislav Yazvinsky
Belarus
BelarusRetired colonel, spacecraft tester

Zoe and Alexander Kosmodemianskie
Russia
RussiaKomsomol heroes of the Great Patriotic War

Evgenij Turenko
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot, major general of aviation, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish war

Uliana Gromova
Russia
RussiaMember of the headquarters of the underground Komsomol organization "Young Guard"

Gevorg Akopyants
Soviet officer, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union

Vasiliy Gukov
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Ivan Pankov
Ukraine
UkraineSniper, Hero of the Soviet Union

Luka Muravickij
Russia
RussiaFighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Great Patriotic War

Mihail Ivasik
Russia
RussiaSniper, Hero of the Soviet Union

Aleksandr Molodchij
Ukraine
UkraineBomber pilot, Lieutenant General of Aviation, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Great Patriotic War

Tajetdin Efendiev
Guard Sergeant Major, Gunner

Viktor Lukyanchenko
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Petr Gostishchev
Gun commander of the 261st Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union

Iosif Bumagin
Mauritius
MauritiusMachine gun platoon commander of the 396th rifle regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union, lieutenant

Vladmir Nanejshvili
Georgia
GeorgiaBomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish War