Posthumus
Posthumus or Posthuma (also Postumus or Postuma) are outdated names for sons or daughters who are born after the father's death. This became particularly relevant with regard to inheritance law, as these children already have the same legal rights before birth as if they had already been born. The designation was partly used as an addition to the name.
Well-known bearers of this suffix are:
- Fabius Postumus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus
- Claudius Postumus Dardanus , Senator, Roman jurist, Roman prefect
- Gaius Rabirius Postumus , Roman knight and senator
- Agrippa Postumus , grandson and adopted son of Augustus
- Stephan Postumus (* 1236, † 1271), youngest son of King Andrew II of Hungary and Beatrix of Este
- Ladislaus Postumus , Duke of Austria, King of Bohemia and as Ladislaus V, King of Hungary
- Heinrich II Posthumus Reuss (younger line)
- Friedrich Wilhelm II. Posthumus (1603–1669), Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- John I the Posthumous , brief French King (1316)
as a family name:
- Dick Posthumus (born 1950), American politician
- Hans Posthumus (1947-2016), Dutch football player
- Herman Posthumus , 16th century painter
- Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus (1880–1960), Dutch economic historian
- Roelof de Jong-Posthumus (1914–1985), German writer
- Siep Posthumus (1910–1987), Dutch politician
- Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot (1897–1989), Dutch feminist
Other uses
- ES Posthumus was the name of an American music group from Los Angeles
- Posthumous is the title of an American feature film from 2014