Aloysius

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Aloysius (/ˌæloʊˈɪʃəs/ AL-oh-ISH-əs) is a given name. It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognate names (traditionally in Medieval Latin as Ludovicus or Chlodovechus), ultimately from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdawīgą ("famous battle"). In the US, the name is rare, with babies receiving the name less than 0.001% since the 1940s and mainly among Roman Catholics, according to Social Security Administration data.^[1]

People[]

Notable people with the name include:

• Alois Alzheimer
• Aloysius Ambrozic
• Aloysius Bertrand
• Aloysius Gonzaga (St Aloysius)
• James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, Irish novelist and poet
• Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger (born 1927), birth name of Pope Benedict XVI, who served as Pope from 2005 until 2013
• Aloysius Lilius 1510-1576 doctor, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist
• Aloysius Schmitt
• Aloysius Stepinac
• Aloysius Szymanski, given name for Baseball Hall of Famer Al Simmons
• Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor
• Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva (born 1937), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and director
• James Farley, politician whose given name was James Aloysius Farley
• John Aloysius Fahey
• Aloysius John Jordan (1906-1957), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s
• Petrus Aloysius (19 November 1503 – 10 September 1547), Duke of Piacenza and illegitimate son of Pope Paul III
• R. A. Lafferty
• Aloysius Pieris, Sri Lankan Sinhala Jesuit priest
• James Aloysius Carroll, Canadian actor
• Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal, given name for Dutch football manager Louis van Gaal
• Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player
• Thomas Aloysius Keller, American Chef and Restaurateur
• Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr, best-selling American writer
• Aloysius John Wycisło, was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, from 1968 to 1983
• Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus, English musician otherwise known as Elvis Costello

Fictional characters[]

• Hogan's Heroes episode.
• pillar character in Vampyr (video game).
• , father of Pokey Minch in Earthbound (video game).
• Aloysius, in Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited.
• Aloysius Creevey, character in the show Skins.
• Aloysius Hands, character in Rafael Bernal’s 1946 novella, The Strange Case of Aloysius Hands.
• Aloysius McGillicuddy, putative inventor of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky.
• Aloysius Nell, a police office and character in the Stephen King novel It.
• Aloysius Parker, the chauffeur of Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds.
• Aloysius Pendergast, protagonist of several novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
• Aloysius K. Randall, protagonist in the war film Wake Island (film)
• Aloysius Snuffleupagus ("Mr. Snuffleupagus") of Sesame Street.
• Lynn Aloysius Belvedere ("Mr. Belvedere").
• Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
• Theodore Aloysius "Theo" Huxtable, The Cosby Show.
• Pee-Wee Aloysius Herman, Pee Wee's Playhouse.
• Sister Aloysius, principal of the school in the play Doubt: A Parable.
• Aloysius O’Hare, mayor of Thneedville and antagonist in the 2012 film The Lorax.
• Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie, narrator of the Primus song "My Name is Mud".
• Aloysius Pig, a character in the seventh season of Garfield and Friends.
• Bartholomew "Barry" Aloysius Dylan, a recurring antagonist of the show Archer
• Aloysius Castleroy, Lord Castleroy in Reign.
• Hunter Aloysius Percy, character in the Netflix series The OA.
• Owlowiscious, Twilight Sparkle's pet owl in My Little Pony.
• Aloysius T. McKeever, hobo squatter in It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947).
• Aloysius Gogarty, Mrs. Random's gardener in Bringing Up Baby (1938).
• Geoffrey Aloysius Adams, character in the BBC One series Not Going Out.
• Aloysius, an anthropomorphic wolf who would get into a situation and have to be rescued by the other characters in the story.
• Aloysius III, character from Cartoon Network miniseries Infinity Train
• Sean Aloysius O'Brien, an ancestor of Miles O'Brien on Deep Space 9 who led a coal miners' strike in PA in 1902 (Season 4, Episode 15 "Bar Association")
• Aloysius Kallig, a Sith Lord from the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Aloysius Samberly, recurring character on Agent Carter^{[citation needed]}
• Aloysius, A/K/A Mac McFadden, an extreme adventure video blogger who joins the group climbing Denali in the Molly of Denali movie Molly and the Great One.
• Aloysius X. 'Guffy' McGovern in "Angels in the Outfield" (1951)

Education[]

• St Aloysius' College

Notes[]

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