Discover

'Heath' can mean:


★ Heath (habitat), a landscape characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation.

★ Any of several related genera of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, growing in this habitat:

★
★ ''Erica'' (the genus most widely so known)

★
★ ''Calluna''

★
★ ''Cassiope''

★
★ ''Daboecia''

★
★ ''Epacris'' (also known as Australian Heath)

★
★ ''Leucopogon'' (Beard-heath)

★
★ ''Phyllodoce'' (Mountainheath)

Contents

Places

In the United Kingdom

In the United States

Elsewhere

People

As a surname

As a forename

Other uses

Places

In the United Kingdom

★ Heath, Cardiff, Wales

★ Heath, Cheshire, England

★ Heath, Derbyshire, England

★ Heath, Devon, England

★ Heath, Shropshire, England

★ Heath, West Yorkshire, England

In the United States

★ Heath, Alabama

★ Heath, Indiana (extinct)

★ Heath, Massachusetts

★ Heath, Ohio

★ Heath, Texas

★ Heath Township, Michigan

★ Heath Township, Pennsylvania

Elsewhere

★ Heath River, border between Peru and Bolivia

People

Famous people named Heath include:

As a surname

★ Benjamin Heath, British scholar

★ Darren Heath, motor sports photographer

★ David Heath, British politician

★ Edward Heath, British politician

★ Eric Heath, New Zealand cartoonist

★ Ted Heath (bandleader)

★ Lilian Heath, American doctor

★ Michael Heath (cartoonist)

★ Monroe Heath, American politician

★ Samantha Heath, British politician

★ Sir Thomas Little (T.L.) Heath, British mathematician and historian of classical Greek mathematics

★ William Heath, American soldier and politician

★ William Heath (artist), British artist and caricaturist

★ William (Will) Heath, American Bonsai Artist, Author, and Critic

★ Joseph Heath, Canadian philosopher

★ The Heath Brothers: Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, and Tootie Heath, all American musicians

As a forename

★ Heath Ledger, Australian actor

★ Heath Bell, pitcher for the San Diego Padres.

★ Heath Miller, American football player

★ Heath Ramsay, Australian butterfly swimmer

★ W. Heath Robinson, British cartoonist

★ Heath Shuler, Washington Redskins quarterback, now Democratic representative from North Carolina

★ Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer

★ Heath (bassist), bassist of X Japan

★ Heath Lamberts, Broadway actor who originated the role of Cogsworth in ''Beauty and the Beast''.

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".