- 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
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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 actorFictional people
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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 ofSnidely Whiplash
* [http://www.austinavianrr.com/homerpage.htm Homer the Homeless Goose] , a goose that has represented the homeless inAustin, Texas , USA since 1988
*"Homer", the corporate character ofHome 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:
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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:
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Homer (crater) , a crater on Mercury
*5700 Homerus , an asteroid named after the Greek poetOther 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 SovietMil Mi-12 helicopter
*A racing homer, a type of racing pigeon.ee also
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Homeric (disambiguation)
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