Justus (given name)

Justus is a given name which may refer to:

Religious figures[]

• Justus of Eleutheropolis or Joseph Barsabbas, in the New Testament the man not chosen by lot to take Judas Iscariot's place among the Apostles, later Bishop of Eleutheropolis and martyr
• Pope Justus of Alexandria, Pope of Alexandria (118-129) and a saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church
• Justus of Beauvais (c. 278—c. 287), semi-legendary Roman Catholic saint
• Justus of Trieste (died 293), Roman Catholic saint
• Justus (died c. 304), Christian martyr - see Justus and Pastor
• Justus of Lyon (die 389), 13th bishop of Lyon
• Justus of Urgell (died c. 527), Spanish bishop and saint
• Justus (died 627), Archbishop of Canterbury

Other[]

• Justus of Tiberias, 1st-century Jewish author and historian
• Justus D. Barnes (1862–1946), American actor in The Great Train Robbery
• Justus Dahinden (1925–2020), Swiss architect, teacher, and writer
• Justus Falckner (1672–1723), Lutheran minister and first Lutheran pastor to be ordained within the United States
• Justus Frantz (born 1944), German pianist, conductor, and television personality
• Justus ǁGaroëb (born 1942), Namibian traditional leader and politician
• Justus van Gent (c. 1410–c. 1480), painter from Ghent
• Justus Hagman (1859–1936), Swedish actor
• Justus Carl Hasskarl (1811–1894), German explorer and botanist
• Justus Hecker (1795–1850), German physician and medical writer
• Justus Jonas (1493–1555), German Lutheran reformer
• Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), German chemist
• Justus Lipsius (1547–1606), philologist and humanist from Brabant
• Justis Ellis McQueen, Jr. (born 1927), better known as L. Q. Jones, American actor
• Justus Möser (1720–1794), German jurist and social theorist
• Justus Mühlenpfordt (1911–2000), German nuclear physicist
• Justus Perthes (1749–1816), original editor of the Almanach de Gotha, a directory of royalty and nobility
• Justus Cornelius Ramsey (1821–1881), American politician
• Justus Smith Stearns (1845–1933), American lumber baron and Secretary of State of Michigan
• Justus Sustermans (1597–1681) Flemish painter
• Justus Thigpen (born 1947), American basketball player
• Justus Thorner (1848–1928), first owner of the professional baseball franchise now known as the Cincinnati Reds
• Justus Velsius (c. 1510–after 1581), Dutch humanist, physician, and mathematician
• Justus Vingboons (c. 1620–c. 1698), Amsterdam architect

Fictional characters[]

• Justus Ward, on the American soap opera General Hospital

See also[]

• Justice (given name)

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