Heath

Heath can mean:
* Heath (habitat), a landscape characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation.
* Any of several related genera of flowering plants in the Heath habitat -
**"Erica" (the genus most widely so known as heath)
**"Calluna", genus growing in the heath habitat
**"Cassiope", genus growing in the heath habitat
**"Daboecia", genus growing in the heath habitat
**"Epacris" (also known as Australian Heath), genus growing in the heath habitat
**"Leucopogon" (Beard-heath), genus growing in the heath habitat
**"Phyllodoce" (Mountainheath), genus growing in the heath habitat

*Ericaceae, Plant family containing Erica

Places

United Kingdom

*Heath, Cardiff, Wales
*Heath, Cheshire, England
*Heath, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
*Heath, Devon, England
*Heath, Shropshire, England
*Heath, West Yorkshire, England

United States

*Heath, Alabama
*Heath, Indiana (extinct)
*Heath, Massachusetts
*Heath, Ohio
*Heath, Texas
*Heath Township, Michigan
*Heath Township, Pennsylvania

Denmark

*Heath, Kongenshus
*Heath, Harrild

Elsewhere

*Heath River, border between Peru and Bolivia

People

urname

*Benjamin Heath (1704-1766), British scholar
*Darren Heath (born 1968), motor sports photographer
*David Heath (born 1954), British politician
*Edward Heath (1916-2005), British politician
*Eric Heath (born 1923), New Zealand cartoonist
*Ted Heath (bandleader) (1902-1969)
*Harrison Heath, creator of Connect 4
*Lewis Heath (1885-1954), British general
*Lilian Heath, American doctor
*Michael Heath (born 1935), cartoonist
*Monroe Heath (1827-1894), American politician
*Samantha Heath, British politician
*Sir Thomas Little (T.L.) Heath (1861-1940), British mathematician and historian of classical Greek mathematics
*Thomas Heath (instrument maker) (1719-1773), English scientific and mathematical instrument maker.
*William Heath (1737-1814), American soldier and politician
*William Heath (artist) (1795-1840), British artist and caricaturist
*Joseph Heath (born 1967), Canadian philosopher
*The Heath Brothers: Jimmy (born 1926), Percy (1923-2005), and Tootie (born 1935), all American musicians

Forename

*Heath Ledger (1979-2008), Australian actor
*Heath Bell (born 1977) , pitcher for the San Diego Padres.
*Heath Miller (born 1982), American football player
*Heath Ramsay (born 1981), Australian butterfly swimmer
*W. Heath Robinson (1872-1944), British cartoonist
*Heath Shuler (born 1971), Washington Redskins quarterback, now Democratic representative from North Carolina
*Heath Streak (born 1974), Zimbabwean cricketer
*Heath (bassist) (born 1968), bassist of X Japan
*Heath Lamberts (1941-2005), Broadway actor who originated the role of Cogsworth in "Beauty and the Beast".
*Heath Herring (born 1978), American heavyweight mixed martial artist, veteran of UFC, Pride Fighting Championships, K-1 and World Vale Tudo Championship
*Heath, a gay character in "Greek"

Court cases

*"Heath v. Alabama", 478 U.S. 82 (1985), interpreting the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Other uses

*Heath bar, a popular candy bar
* Heath, a wyvern knight in the video game "Fire Emblem".
* Heath, also known as Tucker, the owner of the Battle Dome from the "Pokémon" series.
* Heath, the thesaurus, a dinosaur on the PBS Kids show "Between the Lions".
* Heaths, a number of unrelated Lepidoptera found in heathland. They include moths (e.g. the Latticed Heath of the Geometridae) as well as butterflies (e.g. species of "Coenonympha" of the Nymphalidae)