Magnus

Magnus is a given name , surname and name of honor.

Origin and meaning

Magnus, from the Latin magnus = big, the great / the significant, is a male first , last and honorary name that is widespread especially in Scandinavia .

variants

Well-known namesake

A name

Magnus of Karrhai (4th century)
Magnus Magnusson, Earl of Orkney (1273–1284), Scottish nobleman and heir to the throne
Magnus von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1390–1452), Bishop of Cammin and Hildesheim

Saints

Magnus of Fabrateria vetus , also Magnus of Trani (3rd / 4th century)
Magnus von Oderzo (approx. 580 - 670)
Magnus von Füssen (approx. 699–772)
Magnus of Scotland († 1115)

Ancient rulers

Magnus (Gegenkaiser) , Gegenkaiser on the Rhine († 235)
Magnentius , counter-emperor (350–353)
Magnus Maximus , minor emperor (383–388)

Kings

Magnus I (Norway) , the Good , King (1035-1047)
Magnus II (Norway) , King (1066-1069)
Magnus III. (Norway) , King (1093–1103)
Magnus IV (Norway) , King (1130–1135)
Magnus V (Norway) , King (1163–1184)
Magnus VI. (Norway) , King (1263-1280)
Magnus VII (Norway), King (1319–1343) is: Magnus II (Sweden)
Magnus II. (Man) , King (1095–1102)
Magnus III. (Man) , King (1252-1265)
Magnus (Sweden) , the Strong , (1125–1130)
Magnus Henriksson , Swedish King (1160–1161)
Magnus I (Sweden) , king (1275–1290)
Magnus II (Sweden) , King (1319–1363)

Dukes

Magnus (Saxony) , Duke (1072–1106)
Magnus I (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) , Duke ( 1345 - 1369 ), called: the Pious
Magnus II. (Braunschweig) Torquatus , Duke (1369-1373)
Magnus I (Mecklenburg) , Duke (1379–1385)
Magnus II (Mecklenburg) , Duke (1477–1503)
Magnus III. (Mecklenburg)
Magnus I (Sachsen-Lauenburg) , Duke (1507–1543)
Magnus Gustavsson Wasa , Duke (1560–1595)
Magnus II (Sachsen-Lauenburg) , Duke (1581–1603)
Magnus (Holstein) , King of Livonia 1570–1577 and Duke of Holstein
Magnus (Württemberg-Neuenbürg) , Duke of Württemberg (1617–1622)

First name

Magnus Arvidsson (* 1973), former Swedish football player
Magnus Bäckstedt (* 1975), Swedish cyclist
Magnus Büchel (* 1960), Liechtenstein judoka
Magnus von Braun (1919–2003), German chemical engineer and rocket designer
Magnus Brechtken (* 1964), German historian
Magnus Broo (* 1965), Swedish jazz trumpeter
Magnus Carlsen (* 1990), Norwegian chess grandmaster
Magnus von Eberhardt (1855–1939), Prussian officer
Magnús Eiríksson (1806–1881), Icelandic theologian, religious writer
Magnus Fiennes (* 1965), English composer, songwriter, arranger and music producer
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622–1686), Swedish general, statesman, poet and patron
Magnus Gäfgen (* 1975), German murderer
Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846–1927), Swedish mathematician
Magnus Gustafsson (* 1967), former Swedish tennis player
Magnus Haglund (* 1973), former Swedish football player
Magnus Hedman (* 1973), former Swedish football player
Magnus Heunicke (* 1975), Danish politician
Magnus Heinason (1545–1589 in Copenhagen), Faroese-Norwegian naval hero
Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935), German sex researcher
Magnus Hundt (1449–1519), German philosopher, physician (anatomist) and theologian
Magnus Jerneck (* 1951), Swedish political scientist
Magnus Jonsson (* 1977), Swedish football player
Magnus Lindberg (* 1958), Finnish composer
Magnus Lindgren (* 1974), Swedish jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer and arranger
Magnus Magnusson (filmmaker) (* 1941), Swedish-Danish film architect and director
Magnus Magnusson (writer) (1929–2007), Icelandic-British writer and presenter
Magnus Maßmann (1835–1915), German lawyer and 1889–1914 mayor of Rostock
Magnus Mills (* 1954), British writer
Magnus Minnesköld (* approx. 1175; † 1208), Swedish nobleman and judge
Magnus Midtbø (* 1988), Norwegian sport climber
Magnus Moan (* 1983), Norwegian Nordic combined skier
Magnus Norman (* 1976), former Swedish tennis player
Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson (* 1991), Swedish ice hockey player
Magnus level (1547–1619), German physician and mathematician
Magnus Poser (1907–1944), German communist and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
Magnus Rød (* 1997), Norwegian handball player
Magnus Stenbock (1665-1717), Swedish field marshal
Magnus Tieffenbrucker (1580–1631), one of the most important lute and viola makers in Venice
Magnus Troest (* 1987), Danish football player
Magnus Uggla (* 1954), Swedish rock and pop musician, artist and actor
Magnus Vattrodt (* 1972), German writer
Magnus Walch (* 1992), Austrian ski racer
Magnus von Wedderkop (lawyer, 1637) (1637–1721), German lawyer and politician
Magnus von Wedderkop (lawyer, 1830) (1830–1907), German judge and chamberlain
Magnus von Wedderkop (Lieutenant General) (1882–1962), German Lieutenant General
Magnus Weidemann (1880–1967), German pastor, painter, graphic artist, photographer and author
Magnus Weinberg (1867–1943), Orthodox rabbi and author
Magnus Wislander (* 1964), former Swedish handball player
Magnus von Wright (1805–1868), Finnish painter and ornithologist
Magnus Zeller (1888–1972), expressionist painter and graphic artist

Middle name

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (1912–1977), German rocket engineer
Otto Magnus von Dönhoff (1665–1717), Brandenburg-Prussian lieutenant general and envoy
Otto Magnus von Stackelberg
Hans Magnus Enzensberger (* 1929), German writer;
Carl Magnus Hutschenreuther , founder of a porcelain factory in Hohenberg adEger (1804).
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (* 2005), son of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway

Family, honorary or stage name

Adolf Magnus-Levy (1865–1955), German internist (research area metabolism)
Albertus Magnus (approx. 1200–1280), German scholar and bishop
Amalie Auguste Magnus (1812–1881), German actress, principal
Anton von Magnus (1821–1882), Prussian diplomat
Ariel Magnus (* 1975), Argentine writer, publicist
Bernhard Magnus (around 1745–1798), German porcelain painter
Dieter Magnus (* 1937), German filmmaker and environmental artist
Eduard Magnus (1799–1872), German painter
Edwin Magnus (1888–1974), German-Latvian minister and member of parliament
Elisabeth von Magnus (* 1954), Austrian singer (mezzo-soprano, alto)
Ernst Magnus-Alsleben (1879–1936), German internist and university professor (1935 emigrated to Turkey)
Erwin Magnus (1881–1947), German writer and translator
Frances Magnus (1882–1969), German politician (DVP)
Frieda Magnus-Unzer (1875–1966), German writer
Friedrich Martin von Magnus (1796–1869), German banker
Georg Magnus (1883–1942), surgeon and traumatologist
Gisela Graselli-Magnus (née Magnus ; 1864 – after 1902), Austrian theater actress
Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus , Roman consul
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (106–48 BC), Roman general and politician
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (son-in-law of Claudius) , son-in-law of the Roman emperor Claudius
Hans Heinrich Wilhelm Magnus (1907–1990), German mathematician
Hayley Magnus (born 1989), Australian actress
Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802–1870), German physicist and chemist
Hugo Magnus (physician) (1842–1907), German ophthalmologist and university professor
Hugo Magnus (philologist) (1851–1924), German classical philologist
Johann Samuel Magnus (1678–1707), German Protestant poet and historian
Johannes Magnus (1488–1544), Swedish clergyman
Julius Magnus (1867–1944), German lawyer and counselor
Kurt Magnus (radio pioneer) (1887–1962), German radio pioneer and administrative lawyer
Kurt Magnus (engineer) (1912–2003), German engineer and university professor
Louis Magnus (1881–1950), French figure skater and ice hockey official
Ludwig Immanuel Magnus (1790–1861), German mathematician
Manfred Magnus (* 1939), Austrian motorcycle racing driver
Meyer Magnus (1805–1883), German-Jewish manufacturer and businessman
Montius Magnus († 354), Roman high official
Moritz Magnus (1838–1897), German banker
Olaus Magnus (1490–1557), Swedish clergyman, cartographer and geographer and Bishop of Uppsala
Otto Magnus (1836–1920), German lawyer
Paul Wilhelm Magnus (1844–1914), German mycologist
Philip D. Magnus , British chemist, professor in Austin
Robert Magnus (General) (born 1947), American general, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
Robert Magnus (legal scholar) (* 1980), German legal scholar
Rudolf Magnus (1873–1927), German doctor, pharmacologist and physiologist
Sandra Magnus (* 1964), American astronaut
Sophie Magnus (1840–1920), senior staff member in women's projects
Ulrich Magnus (* 1944), German lawyer and university professor
Victor Karl Freiherr von Magnus (1828–1872), German banker
Werner Magnus (1876–1942), German botanist
Pseudonym of Roberto Raviola (1939–1996), Italian comic artist

Gentile name or cognomen

Publius Aelius Magnus , Roman officer (imperial era)
Titus Pactumeius Magnus , Roman governor 179

Web links

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