Angus (name)
Angus is a male given name common in the English- speaking world , which also occurs occasionally as a family name .
Origin and meaning
Angus is an Anglicized form of the Irish Aonghus with the possible meaning "a force" or "a strength" and is given as a first name in particular in Ireland, Scotland and in English-speaking countries.
variants
Name bearer
First name
- Angus Cameron (1826-1897), American politician
- Angus Campbell (1910–1980), American social psychologist
- Angus Deaton (* 1945), British-American economist
- Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton (1938-2010), Scottish nobleman, politician and member of the House of Lords
- Angus Eve (* 1972), soccer player from Trinidad and Tobago
- Angus Gilmour (* 1990), Scottish badminton player
- Angus Charles Graham (1919–1991), British sinologist, philosopher and historian of philosophy
- Angus T. Jones (* 1993), American actor
- Angus King (born 1944), American politician
- Angus Konstam (* 1960), Scottish author and historian
- Angus MacDonald (politician) (born 1963), Scottish politician
- Angus Macfadyen (born 1963), Scottish film actor
- Angus Macintyre (* 19 **), British mathematical logician
- Angus MacKay (politician) (born 1964), Scottish politician
- Angus MacLise (1938–1979), American drummer
- Angus Maddison (1926-2010), British economist
- Angus Maude (1912-1993), British politician
- Angus McLaren (born 1988), Australian actor
- Angus Wilton McLean (1870–1935), American politician
- Angus McMillan (1810–1865), Scottish explorer and explorer of Australia
- Angus McPhee (1914–1997), Scottish Art Brut artist
- Angus Morrison (politician) (1822–1882), Canadian judge and politician
- Angus Morrison (soccer player) (1924–2002), Scottish soccer player
- Angus Gault Morrison (* 1952), American canoeist and Olympic participant
- Angus Ogilvy (1928-2004), member of the British royal family
- Angus Scrimm (1926-2016), American actor
- Angus Thomas (* 1955), American jazz bassist
- Angus Wall (* 1967), American film editor
- Angus Wilson (1913-1991), British writer
- Angus Young (* 1955), Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter
- Alan Young (1919–2016), actually Angus Young, British actor
family name
- Calum Angus (* 1986), English football player
- Colin Angus (* 1971), Canadian adventure traveler
- Dior Angus (* 1994), English football player
- Harold Angus (1904-1948), British water polo player
- Harry Angus (1870-1935), English football player
- Jack Angus (soccer player, Everton) ( John Angus ; fl. 1885–1890), English soccer player
- Jack Angus (soccer player, 1868) ( John Alexander Angus ; 1868-1891), Scottish soccer player
- Jack Angus (football player, December 1868) ( John William Angus ; 1868– ??), Scottish football player
- Jack Angus (soccer player, 1909) ( John Angus ; 1909–1965), English soccer player
- John Angus (born 1938), English football player
- Keith Angus (born 1943), British marathon runner
- Mike Angus (* 1960), English football player
- Patrick Angus (1953–1992), American painter
- Rita Angus (1908–1970), stage name of the New Zealand painter Henrietta Catherine Angus
- Stevland Angus (born 1980), English football player
- Terry Angus (born 1966), English football player
stage name
- Angus & Julia Stone , a brother-sister duo from Newport, Australia
Nobility title
Web links
- Angus on en.wiktionary.org (English; Scottish Gaelic origin given here questionable)