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Heck (surname) Heck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert J. R. Heck (born 1964), Dutch chemist * Alfons Heck (1928–2005), German-American human rights activist * Alison Dias Heck (born 1984), Brazilian footballer commonly known as Ali ...

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"

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Heck, North Yorkshire Heck is a civil parish in the English county of North Yorkshire. The population of this civil parish at the census 2011 was 201, a slight drop on the 2001 census figure of 209. The main settlement is Great Heck, there is also Little Heck at . ...

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Heck railway station Heck railway station served the parish of Heck, North Yorkshire, England from 1871 to 1963 on the East Coast Main Line The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between its northern terminus at and southern terminus at ...

Heck, Dumfries and Galloway Heck is a hamlet in the local government area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Heck is southeast of the town of Lochmaben Lochmaben () is a small town and civil parish in Scotland, and site of a castle. It lies west of Lockerbie, in Dumfri ...

, Scotland

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Heck (band) Heck are a British rock band formed in Nottingham, England, in 2009 under the name Baby Godzilla. The name was changed after a lawsuit from the Japanese film company, Toho, which owns the copyright to the name Godzilla. The band split up in Augu ...

, a British rock band * '' Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go'', a 2008 American children's novel *

Parnall Heck The Parnall Heck was a 1930s United Kingdom, British four-seat cabin monoplane built by Parnall, Parnall Aircraft Limited at Yate, Gloucestershire. Originally a Hendy design, few were built. It combined the strength and comfort of a cabin aircr ...

, 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 The Heck reaction (also called the Mizoroki–Heck reaction) is the chemical reaction of an unsaturated halide (or triflate) with an alkene in the presence of a base and a palladium catalyst to form a substituted alkene. It is named after T ...

, a chemical reaction that forms a substituted alkene

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