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
See also
Web links
Wiktionary: magnus - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations