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Henry Wilson Allen Henry Wilson "Heck" Allen (September 29, 1912 – October 26, 1991) was an American author of historical fiction and a screenwriter. He used several different pseudonyms for his works. His 50+ novels of the American West were published under th ...

(1912–1991), American author and screenwriter, one of whose pen names was Heck Allen *

Heck Thomas Andrew "Heck" Thomas (January 3, 1850 – August 14, 1912) was a lawman on the American frontier, most notably in Indian Territory. He was known for helping bring law and order to the region. In 1889 as a deputy in Fort Smith, Arkansas, he trie ...

(1850–1912), American Old West lawman nicknamed "Heck"

Places

* Heck, North Yorkshire, England ** Heck railway station * Heck, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

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* Heck (band), a British rock band * '' Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go'', a 2008 American children's novel * Parnall Heck, a 1930s British four-seat cabin monoplane * NOAAS ''Heck'' (S 591), originally USC&GS ''Heck'', a survey ship * '' Heck v. Humphrey'', 1994 United States civil rights case *

Heck cattle The Heck or Munich-Berlin is a German list of cattle breeds, breed or type of domestic cattle. It was bred in the 1920s by Heinz and Lutz Heck in an attempt to breeding back, breed back the extinct aurochs (''Bos primigenius''). Controversy re ...

Heck horse The Heck horse is a horse breed that is claimed to resemble the tarpan (''Equus ferus ferus''), an extinct wild equine. The breed was created by the German zoologist brothers Heinz Heck and Lutz Heck in an attempt to breed back the tarpan. Alt ...

* Heck reaction, a chemical reaction that forms a substituted alkene

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