Phoebus (disambiguation)

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Phoebus (also known as Apollo) is one of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology. The name is often used as a poetic term for the Sun.

Phoebus may also refer to:

People[]

Given name[]

• Francis Phoebus of Navarre (c. 1469-1483), king of Navarre
• Phoebus (songwriter) (born 1971), Greek composer
• Phoebus Levene (1869-1940), American biochemist
• Phoebus of Lusignan (15th century), Marshal of Armenia

Surname[]

• Gaston Phoebus (14th century), 11th count of Foix
• Harrison Phoebus (1840–1886), American entrepreneur
• Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus (17th century), Polish rabbi
• Tom Phoebus (born 1942), starting pitcher in Major League Baseball

Other uses[]

• Phoebus (lichen), a genus of fungus
• Phoebus (planet), a fictional planet in the computer game Exile
• Phoebus, Virginia, United States
• Phoebus cartel, a cartel that existed to control the manufacture and sale of light bulbs
• Phoebus High School, Hampton, Virginia, United States
• Bölkow Phoebus, an early glass-fibre glider made by Bölkow GmbH, Germany in the 1960s
• Bristol Phoebus, a prototype jet engine of 1949
• Captain Phoebus, a fictional character from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• A nuclear thermal rocket engine developed in the 60s by Project Rover

See also[]

• Phobos (disambiguation)
• Phöbus, a literary journal
• Phoebe (disambiguation)
• Phoebis, a butterfly genus

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