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Heath can mean:
Habitats
- Heath (habitat), a landscape characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation on acidic soil, mostly consisting of heaths, heathers and related species
- Heath forest, a type of tropical moist forest found in areas with acidic, extremely nutrient-poor sandy soils
Plants
- Heath family or heather family, Ericaceae
- Heath, many of the species in the genus Erica
- Heath, many of the species in the genus Cassiope
- Heath, either of the two species in the genus Daboecia
- Australian heath, any of the species in the genus Epacris
- Beard heath, any of the species in the genus Leucopogon
- Mountain heath, any of the species in the genus Phyllodoce
Animals
Invertebrates
Birds
- Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido), an extinct North American bird in the grouse family
Places
United Kingdom
- Apse Heath, a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England
- Balsall Heath, an inner-city area of Birmingham, England
- Becontree Heath, an area of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, England
- Blakenall Heath, a neighbourhood in Walsall, West Midlands, England
- Bracebridge Heath, a commuter village near Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
- Broadbridge Heath, a village in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England
- Cambridge Heath, a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Chadwell Heath, an area in London, England
- Colney Heath, a village near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
- Cradley Heath, a town in the Black Country, England
- Fernhill Heath, a village in Worcestershire, England
- Flackwell Heath, a village in the outskirts of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
- Forest Heath, a local government district in Suffolk, England
- Hampstead Heath, a park in London, England
- Haywards Heath, a town in West Sussex, England
- Heath, Cardiff, Wales
- Heath, Derbyshire, England
- Heath Row, a small hamlet in Middlesex, England, demolished to make way for Heathrow Airport
- Heath Town, a district of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
- Hockley Heath, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England
- Hopton Heath, a village in Shropshire, England
- Kelling Heath, an area on the north Norfolk coast, England
- Kings Heath, a suburb of Birmingham, England
- Little Heath, one of several places in England
- Locks Heath, a residential suburb of Fareham, Hampshire, England
- Martlesham Heath, a village near Ipswich, Suffolk, England
- Mousehold Heath, an area of heathland and woodland near Norwich, England
- Newton Heath, a district in the city of Manchester, England
- Northumberland Heath, a neighbourhood within the London Borough of Bexley
- Penenden Heath, a suburb in the town of Maidstone in Kent, England
- Rode Heath, a village in Cheshire, England
- Short Heath, one of several places
- Small Heath, Birmingham, England
- Stockton Heath, a village in Cheshire, England
- Surrey Heath, a local government district in Surrey, England
- Therfield Heath, a Nature Reserve near Therfield, Hertfordshire, England
- Thornton Heath, a district in the London Borough of Croydon
- Wall Heath, a village on the western fringe of the Black Country, England
- Washwood Heath, a area of Birmingham, England
- West Heath, one of several places in England
- Whitacre Heath, a village in Warwickshire, England
United States
Denmark
- Heath, Kongenshus
- Heath, Harrild
Elsewhere
- Heath River, on the border between Peru and Bolivia
- Lüneburg Heath (German: Lüneburger Heide), a region in Lower Saxony, Germany
People
Surname
- Alan Heath (born 1961), British publisher and writer
- Benjamin Heath (1704-1766), British scholar
- Brandon Heath, American musician
- Chris Heath, British writer
- Darren Heath (born 1968), motor sports photographer
- David Heath (born 1954), British politician
- David Heath (wrestler) (born 1969), American professional wrestler
- Don Heath (born 1944), English football (soccer) player
- Edward Heath (1916-2005), British politician
- Eric Heath (born 1923), New Zealand cartoonist
- George M. Heath, American scientist
- Harrison Heath, creator of Connect 4
- The Heath Brothers, American musicians:
- Jeff Heath (1915-1975), Canadian baseball player
- James Heath, one of several people
- John Heath-Stubbs (1918-2006), English poet and translator
- Lewis Heath (1885-1954), British general
- Lilian Heath, American doctor
- Matt Heath (born 1981), English football (soccer) player
- Michael Heath (cartoonist) (born 1935), cartoonist
- Mike Heath (born 1955), American baseball player
- Monroe Heath (1827-1894), American politician
- Nicholas Heath (c. 1501–1578), archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor
- Nicholas Heath (director) (born 1959), British opera director
- Percy Heath, (1923–2005), jazz musician
- Robert Heath (1575–1649), Attorney General of England, and founder of North Carolina
- Rodney Heath (1884-1936), Australian tennis player
- Rodney Heath (American football)
- Russ Heath (born 1926), American artist
- Samantha Heath, British politician
- Stan Heath )born 1964), American basketball coach
- T. L. Heath, Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861-1940), British mathematician and historian of classical Greek mathematics
- Ted Heath (bandleader) (1902-1969)
- Thomas Heath (instrument maker) (1719-1773), English scientific and mathematical instrument maker
- Tobin Heath (born 1988), American football (soccer) player
- William Heath (1737-1814), American soldier and politician
- William Heath (artist) (1795-1840), British artist and caricaturist
- Joseph Heath (born 1967), Canadian philosopher
Forename
- Heath Bell (born 1977), American baseball player
- Heath Black (born 1979), Australian rules football player
- Heath Evans (born 1978), is an American football player
- Heath Herring Heath (born 1978), American martial artist
- Heath Ledger (1979-2008), Australian actor
- Heath MacQuarrie (1919–2002), Canadian politician, teacher, scholar, and writer
- Heath Miller (born 1982), American football player
- Heath Ramsay (born 1981), Australian swimmer
- W. Heath Robinson (1872-1944), British cartoonist
- Heath Scotland (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
- Heath Shuler (born 1971), Washington Redskins quarterback and later Democratic Party Representative for North Carolina, United States
- Heath Streak (born 1974), Zimbabwean cricketer
- Heath Lamberts (1941-2005), Broadway actor
Stage name
- Heath (musician) (Hiroshi Morie, born 1968), Japanese musician, songwriter and member of the band X Japan
Companies, institutions and organisations
- Allen & Heath, a manufacturer of audio mixing consoles, based in Penryn, Cornwall, UK
- D.C. Heath and Company, a publishing company in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
- Heath Elementary School, a public elementary school in Delta, British Columbia
- Heath Grammar School, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Sport
- The Heath, a gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland
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
Fiction
- Egdon Heath, a fictitious heath in Thomas Hardy's Wessex
- Heath, a gay character in the TV series Greek: see List of Greek (TV series) characters
- Heath, a wyvern knight in the video game Fire Emblem (video game)
- Heath or Tucker, the owner of the Battle Dome from the Pokémon series
- Heath, the thesaurus, a dinosaur on the PBS Kids show Between the Lions
Other uses
- Heath bar, a confection
- Heath Robinson, used to describe an implausibly complex and impractical contraption, named after the cartoons of such machines by W Heath Robinson
- Heath Robinson (codebreaking machine), a codebreaking machine used by the British in the Second World War
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