Africanus
Africanus (Latin "African") is the name or surname of the following people:
- Roman antiquity:
- Tiberius Claudius Africanus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Marcus Pupienus Africanus , Roman consul 236
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (* 235 BC, † 183 BC), general and statesman of the Roman Empire
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (* 185 BC, † 129 BC), Roman general and politician
- Publius Servilius Africanus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Titus Sextius Africanus (* probably before 16 AD, † after 61 AD), Roman politician of the Nero period and suffect consul of 59
- Sextus Caecilius Africanus († 169/175), classical Roman jurist
- Sextus Iulius Africanus (* around 160/170 – after 240), ancient Christian historian
- Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus (senior), Roman Emperor of the year 238
- Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus (junior), Roman emperor of the year 238
The Eastern Roman emperors Justinian I , Justin II , Tiberios I , Maurikios , Phokas (uncertain) and Herakleios were nicknamed Africanus as their triumphant titles .
- Middle Ages and Modern Times:
- Africanus Horton (1835–1883), African nationalist and author from Sierra Leone
- George John Scipio Africanus (1763–1834), former African slave who became known as an entrepreneur
- Leo Africanus (* around 1490– after 1550), Arab traveler and geographer
- Constantine the African (approx. 1020-1087), Latin Constantinus Africanus, Benedictine and medicin
