Severin, Séverin or Severinus is a masculine given name. It is derived from Latin ''severus'' "severe, serious, strict". It may refer to:

People

Pope Severinus Pope Severinus (died 2 August 640) was the bishop of Rome elected in October 638. He was caught up in a power struggle with Emperor Heraclius, who pressured him to accept Monothelitism. Severinus refused, which for over eighteen months hindered ...

(died 640) * Severin of Cologne (died 403) * Severinus of Noricum (c. 410-482), the "Apostle to Noricum", Roman Catholic saint * Saint Severinus of Septempeda (died 550), Roman Catholic bishop and hermit * Séverin of Paris, a hermit who lived on the site of the current

Saint-Séverin, Paris The Church of Saint-Séverin (French: ''Église Saint-Séverin'') is a Roman Catholic church in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, of Paris, on the lively tourist street Rue Saint-Séverin. It was constructed beginning in 1230, then, af ...

church * George Chapman (murderer), born Severin Klosowski, British serial poisoner and suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders *

Severin von Eckardstein Severin von Eckardstein (born 1 August 1978) is a German classical pianist. He was born in Düsseldorf, and took his first piano lessons when he was six years old. At the age of 12, he was accepted into a young-talent class at the Robert Schuman ...

(born 1978), German pianist *

Severin Roesen Severin Roesen (c. 1815 in Boppard – c. 1872) was a Prussian-American painter known for his abundant fruit and flower still lifes, and is today recognized as one of the major American painters in that genre from the nineteenth century. Life ...

(c. 1815–72), a painter known for his still lifes of flowers and fruit *

Severyn Nalyvaiko Severyn (Semeriy) Nalyvaiko (, , in older historiography also ''Semen Nalewajko'', died 21 April 1597) was a leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks who became a hero of Ukrainian folklore. He led the failed Nalyvaiko Uprising for which he was tortured ...

, leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks, a hero of Ukrainian folklore *

Severin Freund Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German former ski jumper and current TV expert. He competed at World Cup level from 2008 to 2022, and is one of the most successful ski jumpers from Germany, having won the overall World Cup title in 2015, ...

(born 1988), a German ski jumper *

Steven Severin Steven Severin (born Steven John Bailey; 25 September 1955) is an English songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is best known as the bassist of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees which he co-founded in 1976. He took th ...

, stage name of co-founder of British post-punk band

Siouxsie and the Banshees Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin. They have been widely influential, both over their contemporaries and with later acts. ''Q'' magazine in ...

Adrian Severin Adrian Severin (born 28 March 1954) is a Romanian politician and former Member of the European Parliament. Adrian Severin started his politics career under the Communist rule, as Instructor (''lector'') at Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy, the univer ...

(born 28 March 1954) Romanian politician and former Member of the European Parliament.

Fictional characters

* Severin von Kusiemski, a character in the novel ''

Venus in Furs ''Venus in Furs'' (german: Venus im Pelz, links=no) is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works. The novel was to be part of an epic series that Sacher-Masoch envisioned called ''Legacy of Cain ...

'' by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch * Severin Winter, a wrestling prodigy in '' The 158-Pound Marriage'', a novel by John Irving * Severinus of Sankt Wendel, in the novel '' The Name of the Rose'' by Umberto Eco * Severin, in the novel '' Severin's Journey into the Dark'' by Paul Leppin * Severin von Phoenix, in the Japanese manga and anime '' Princess Resurrection'' by Yasunori Mitsunaga *Dr. Severin, in the original Star Trek episode "

The Way To Eden "The Way to Eden" is the twentieth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek''. The episode was written by Arthur Heinemann, based on a story by Heinemann and D. C. Fontana (using the pen name "M ...

" *Severin, The Horned Boy in the Holly Black novel " The Darkest Part of the Forest" *Severin Unck, a character in the novel "Radiance" by

Catherynne M. Valente Catherynne M. Valente (born May 5, 1979) is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic. For her speculative fiction novels she has won the annual James Tiptree, Andre Norton, and Mythopoeic Fantasy awards. Her short fiction has a ...

*Séverin Montagnet-Alarie, a character in the novel "The Gilded Wolves" by Roshani Chokshi

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