HB

HB or Hb may refer to:

Academia

• H-b index, an extension of the h-index used in determining academic impact
• H-B Woodlawn, a secondary education program in Arlington, Virginia, US
• Hathaway Brown School, an all-girls private school in Shaker Heights, Ohio, US

Arts and media

• HB (band), a Finnish Christian symphonic metal musical group
• Hanna-Barbera, a cartoon studio, later folded into Warner Bros. Animation and replaced by Cartoon Network Studios
• Heaven Below, an American rock band
• Helluva Boss, an adult animated TV show

Businesses and brands

• HB (car), a 1920s automobile
• HB (cigarette), a German brand of cigarettes
• HB Construction, a private US general contractor construction business
• HB Ice Cream, an Irish brand
• Asia Atlantic Airlines (IATA code HB; ceased)
• Greater Bay Airlines (IATA code: HB), an airline based in Hong Kong
• Hamilton Bradshaw, a London-based private equity firm
• Hampton and Branchville Railroad (H&B)
• Holland & Barrett (H&B), a UK health food shop chain
• Hasbro, an American toy company
• HB, logo for the Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München, also Hofbräu München, a brewery owned by the Bavaria government

Places

• Bremen (state) (license plate: HB), a German state
• Hanuabada, a village in Papua New Guinea, known as HB to the locals
• Hermosa Beach, California, a city in southern California, US
• Hubei (Guobiao abbreviation HB), a province of China
• Huntington Beach, California, a city in southern California, US
• Switzerland and Liechtenstein (aircraft registration prefix), distinguished by use of emblems
• Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to HB), the central train station in Zürich, Switzerland

Science and technology

• HB pencil (hard black), a classification of pencils
• HB, a flammability rating as set forth in UL 94
• Horizontal branch, in astrophysics
• HB, a level in the Brinell scale hardness test

Medicine

• Heart block, cardiovascular system disease that involves the heart's electrical conduction system
• Hemoglobin (Hb), group of iron-containing proteins found in most animals which primary function is to carry oxygen to the tissues
• Hepatitis B, a human viral infection
• His bundle, a specialized collection of cells in the vertebrate heart

Sport

• Half-back line, the positions of three players in Australian rules football
• Halfback (American football), an American football position
• Half back (association football), another name for a midfielder
• Handball (disambiguation), a number of sports
• Havnar Bóltfelag, a football team in the Faroe Islands
• Herfølge Boldklub, a football team in Denmark
• Holstebro Boldklub, a football team in Denmark

People

• H. B. Acton (1908–1974), political philosopher
• H. B. Bailey (1936–2003), NASCAR driver
• H. B. Higgins (1851–1929), Australian politician
• H. B. Reese (1879–1956), candy maker
• H. B. Warner (1875–1958), motion picture executive

Politics

• Herri Batasuna, defunct far-left Basque nationalist political party in Spain

Other uses

• Half-board, a housing arrangement in which the host provides only a breakfast and dinner meals

See also

• Hull and Barnsley Railway (H&BR)
• "2HB", a song by Roxy Music
• HB2, North Carolina House Bill 2
• BH (disambiguation)
• Њ, Nje, a letter of the Cyrillic script