Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for

Angus Angus may refer to: Media * ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film * ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record'' Places Australia * Angus, New South Wales Canada * Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario * East Angus, Quebec Scotland * An ...

August August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...

Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berbers, Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia (Roman pr ...

, or

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pri ...

, and other names (e.g.

Aengus In Irish mythology, Aengus or Óengus is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann and probably originally a god associated with youth, love,Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí. ''Myth, Legend & Romance: An encyclopedia of the Irish folk tradition''. Prentice-Hall Press, ...

Argus Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word ''Argos''. It may refer to: Greek mythology * See Argus (Greek myth) for mythological characters named Argus **Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe **Argus (son of Ar ...

, Fergus, Ghassan, Gustav, Gustave, Gustafson,

Gustavo Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, a ...

, Gussie). It can also be used as the adaptation into English of the popular Greek name (of Latin origin) Kostas or Konstantinos (Constantin), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, probably due to similarity in the sound. Gus may refer to:

People

Given name

Gus Arnheim Gus Arnheim (September 4, 1897 – January 19, 1955) was an American pianist and an early popular band leader. He is noted for writing several songs with his first hit being "I Cried for You" from 1923. He was most popular in the 1920s and 1930s. He ...

(1897–1955), American pianist, bandleader and songwriter * Gus Edwards (vaudeville) (1878–1945), German-born American songwriter, vaudevillian and music producer, born Gustave Schmelowsky * Gus Edwards (American football) (born 1995), American football player * Gus Hall (1910–2000), longtime leader of the Communist Party USA, born Arvo Kustaa Halberg * Gus Johnson (basketball) (1938–1987), American National Basketball Association player * Gus Johnson (jazz musician) (1913–2000), American jazz drummer * Gus McNaughton (1881-1969), British actor * Gus Pepa (born 1967), founding member of thrash metal band

Death Angel Death Angel is an American thrash metal band from Daly City, California, initially active from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2001. Death Angel has released nine studio albums, two demo tapes, one box set and three live albums. The band has gone ...

* Gus Triandos (born 1930), former Major League Baseball player *

Gus Van Sant Gus Green Van Sant Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American film director, producer, photographer, and musician. He has earned acclaim as both an independent and mainstream filmmaker. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultur ...

(born 1952), American film director, photographer, musician and author * Gus Weinberg (c. 1865–1952), actor, writer, and composer appearing in early-twentieth-century American films * Gus Williams (basketball) (born 1953), American basketball player * Gus Williams (musician) (1937–2010), Australian country singer, born Kasper Gus Ntjalka Williams * Gus Zernial (1923–2011), American Major League Baseball player

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* Greg Adams (ice hockey, born 1963), Canadian former National Hockey League player * Gus Bell (1928–1995), American Major League Baseball player * Gus Cannon (1883–1979), American blues musician * Gus Dorner (1876–1956), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Gus Frerotte (born 1971), American football player * Phil Gould (born 1958), Australian rugby league broadcaster, journalist, administrator and former player and coach * Gus Greenlee (1893–1952), Negro league baseball team owner and African-American businessman * Gus Grissom (1926–1967), one of the seven original American astronauts, killed in the Apollo 1 fire *

Gus Hansen Gustav Hansen (born 13 February 1974) is a Danish professional poker player from Copenhagen, Denmark who has lived in Monaco since 2003. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, one WSOP bracelet and the 2007 Auss ...

(born 1974), professional Danish poker player *

Gus Henderson Elmer Clinton "Gloomy Gus" Henderson (March 10, 1889 – December 16, 1965) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Southern California (1919–1924), the University of Tulsa (1925–1935), and Occidental ...

(1889–1965), American football coach *

Gustav A. Hoff Gustav Anton "Gus" Hoff (December 7, 1852February 18, 1930) was a German-born American businessman and politician active in Arizona Territory. Beyond his varied business interests, he was a member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature and served ...

(1852–1930), German-born American businessman and politician * Gus Johnson (sportscaster) (born 1967), American sports announcer * Gus Johnson (comedian) (born 1995), Youtube Personality and comedian * Gus Kahn (1886–1941), American songwriter, lyricist and musician *

Gus Kelly Gustavus William Francis Blake Kelly (2 April 1877 – 16 August 1951) was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler, he played 18 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1895 and 1914 including nine first-cla ...

(1877–1951), Irish cricketer * Gus Kenworthy (born 1991), British-born American freestyle skier, 2014 Olympic silver medalist *

Gus Ketchum Augustus Franklin Ketchum (March 21, 1897 – September 6, 1980) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in six games for the 1922 Philadelphia Athletics season, 1922 Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed a ...

(1897–1980), American professional baseball pitcher with the 1922 Philadelphia Athletics * Gus MacPherson (born 1968), Scottish football manager and former player * Gus Mancuso (1905–1984), American baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator * Gus Mears (1873–1912), English businessman and founder of Chelsea F.C. * Gus Meins (1893-1940), German-American director * Gus Mortson (born 1924), former National Hockey League defenceman *

Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell Augustine Thomas O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell, (born 1 October 1952) is a former British senior civil servant and economist, who between 2005 and 2011 (under three Prime Ministers) served as the Cabinet Secretary, the highest official in the Br ...

(born 1952), British former senior civil servant and economist * Gus Poyet (born 1967), Uruguayan former footballer * Gus Sorola (born 1978), American actor, Founding member of Rooster Teeth *

Gus Suhr August Richard Suhr (January 3, 1906 – January 15, 2004) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Suhr was born in San Francisco, California. The fourth son of August H Suhr and Elise (Nobmann) Suhr, both of German descent. He batted lef ...

(1906–2004), American Major League Baseball player *

Gus Weyhing August Weyhing (September 29, 1866 – September 4, 1955) was an American pitcher in professional baseball. Nicknamed "Cannonball", "Rubber Arm Gun", and "Rubber-Winged Gus", he played for nine different Major League Baseball (MLB) teams from 188 ...

(1866–1955), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Gus Williams (vaudeville) Gustave Wilhelm Leweck Jr. (July 19, 1848 – January 16, 1915) was an American comedian and songwriter. Early life Gustave Wilhelm Leweck Jr. was born on July 19, 1848,Storms, A. D. (1901)''The Players Blue Book'' Sutherland & Storms. p. 282. ...

(1848–1915), American comedian and songwriter *

Gus Williams (outfielder) August Joseph "Gus" Williams, Jr. (May 7, 1888 – April 16, 1964), known also as "Gloomy" Gus Williams, was a German American professional baseball player whose career spanned 10 seasons, five of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB) w ...

(1888–1964), German-American Major League Baseball player * Gus Williams (pitcher) (1870–1890), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Gus Winckel Willem Frederick August "Gus" Winckel (3 November 1912 – 17 August 2013) was a Dutch military officer and pilot who flew for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force (ML-KNIL) in World War II. During the attack on Broome, Western Australia, ...

(1912–2013), Dutch World War II soldier *

Gus Yatron Constantine "Gus" Yatron (October 16, 1927 – March 13, 2003) was an American businessman, boxer, and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from ...

(1927–2003), twelve-term member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Stage name

* Gus Black, singer-songwriter Anthony Penaloza, formerly known simply as Gus * Gus G or Gus Gus, Greek heavy metal guitarist Kostas Karamitroudis (born 1980)

Fictional characters

*Gus Aitoro, a character in ''

Guiding Light ''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' a ...

'' *Gus Borden, a character in '' Get a Life'' *Gus Carmichael, a character in '' Tracy Beaker Returns'' *Gus Charnley, a character in '' Born to Be Wild'' *Gus Cruikshank, a character in ''

Love Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of ...

'' *Gus Duncz, a character in '' Mission Hill'' *

Gus Fring Gustavo "Gus" Fring is a fictional character portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito in the crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' and its prequel ''Better Call Saul''. He is a Chilean-American businessman and major narcotics distributor in the Southwester ...

, a character in ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...

'' *Gus Gold, a character in the 1989 American action comedy movie ''

Speed Zone ''Speed Zone'' (also known as ''Cannonball Fever'' and ''Cannonball Run III'') is a 1989 American action comedy film set around an illegal cross-country race (inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash). The plot fo ...

'' *Gus Goose,

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo ...

's second cousin *Gus Gorman, a character in '' Superman III'' * Gus Grav, former antagonist from the animated series '' Bakugan: New Vestroia'' and '' Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge'' *

Gus Grimly Gus Grimly is a fictional character in the FX television series '' Fargo''. One of the main characters of the first season, he is portrayed by Colin Hanks. He appears as a guest in season 2, with Hanks briefly reprising his role in a cameo. Ch ...

, a character in '' Fargo'' * Gus Griswald, a character in '' Recess'' *Gus Hedges, a character in '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' *Gus McCrae, the main character in '' Lonesome Dove'' *Gus Matthews, the main character in the film '' The Benchwarmers'' *Professor Gus Nikolais, a character in '' Lorenzo's Oil'' *Gus Polinski, the lead musician of a polka band in ''

Home Alone ''Home Alone'' is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the ''Home Alone'' franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Hear ...

'' *Gus Porter, a character in '' The Owl House'' * Gus Smith, a character in ''

The Birth of a Nation ''The Birth of a Nation'', originally called ''The Clansman'', is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play ''The Cla ...

'' *

Gus Smith Gus Smith is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Mohammed George. He made his first appearance on 28 May 2002. It was announced in January 2008 that Gus would leave the show later in 2008, and he made his ...

, a character in ''

Eastenders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' * Augustus "Gus" Waters, a character in ''

The Fault in Our Stars ''The Fault in Our Stars'' is a novel by John Green. It is his fourth solo novel, and sixth novel overall. It was published on January 10, 2012. The title is inspired by Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play ''Julius Caesar'', in which the noble ...

'' *Gus, one of two mice sidekicks in '' Cinderella'' *Gus, a character in ''

Cats The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of t ...

'' *

Gus Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for Angus, August, Augustine, or Augustus, and other names (e.g. Aengus, Argus, Fergus, Ghassan, Gustav, Gustave, Gustafson, Gustavo, Gussie). It can also be used as the adaptation into English of ...

, a character in ''

Psych ''Psych'' is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observ ...

'' *

Gus the groundhog Gus is the "spokesgroundhog" in more than 80 commercials for the instant scratch-off lottery games run by the Pennsylvania Lottery from 2004–2012 and 2015–present. The original concept for Gus was created by MARC USA, an advertising agency ba ...

, "spokesgroundhog" for the

Pennsylvania Lottery The Pennsylvania Lottery is operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Lottery was created by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on August 26, 1971; two months later, Henry Kaplan was appointed as its first executive director. The Pennsylv ...

*Gus, a character in ''

Robotboy ''Robotboy'' is a Anglo-French-American animated television series produced by Gaumont Animation (originally Alphanim) for France 3 and Cartoon Network Europe, in association with studios LuxAnimation and Cofinova 1 for ''Series 1'' only. In a to ...

'' *Gus, a character in '' Andi Mack'' *Gus, the fireman in '' Leave It to Beaver'' *Gus, the bartender in ''

The Cleveland Show ''The Cleveland Show'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company. A spin-off of ''Family Guy'', the series centers on Cleveland Brown, his new wife Donna Tubbs, a ...

'' *

Gus Honeybun Gus Honeybun was the station mascot for Westward Television, and later Television South West, from 1961 to December 1992. A puppet rabbit, and star of ''Gus Honeybun's Magic Birthdays'', he achieved a longevity for a TV puppet second only to the S ...

, a rabbit who was a mascot for ITV franchises Westward and TSW *Gus, a character in ''

A Troll in Central Park ''A Troll in Central Park'' (released in some countries as ''Stanley's Magic Garden'') is a 1994 American animated musical fantasy comedy film co-directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. The film stars the voice talents of Dom DeLuise, Cloris Leachm ...

'' *Gus, a character in '' Crazy Taxi'' *Gus the forklift driver, from the video game ''

Half-Life Half-life (symbol ) is the time required for a quantity (of substance) to reduce to half of its initial value. The term is commonly used in nuclear physics to describe how quickly unstable atoms undergo radioactive decay or how long stable ato ...

'' *Gus, a character in ''Sweet Tooth'' *Gus the Gummy Gator, a character in '' Ryan's World'' *Gus, a character in ''

Groundhog Day Groundhog Day ( pdc, Grund'sau dåk, , , ; Nova Scotia: Daks Day) is a popular North American tradition observed in the United States and Canada on February 2. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from ...

'' *Gus, the main character in ''

The Ref ''The Ref'' (''Hostile Hostages'' in some countries) is a 1994 American black comedy film directed by Ted Demme, starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey and Glynis Johns. Plot On Christmas Eve in an affluent Connecticut hamlet, Lloyd and ...

'' *Mr. Gus from '' Uncle Grandpa'' * Gus, a sometimes generated name in

Pit People ''Pit People'' is an action role-playing strategy video game by indie game developer The Behemoth. An early access version for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One was released in January 2017 and the full version was released March 2018. Developmen ...

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* ''Gus'' (1976 film), about a football-playing mule *

, a polar bear at the Central Park Zoo in New York City (1985-2013) * GUS the eagle, mascot of

Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern University (GS or Georgia Southern) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Georgia. The flagship campus is in Statesboro, and other locations include the Armstrong Campus in Savannah and the Liberty Campus in Hine ...

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