Fergus or Feargus is a common Scottish or

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derived from Scots Gaelic, meaning ''the strong (one)'' or ''the masculine (one)''.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The

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, Ferguson or

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is common across Scotland but particularly in

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and

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. In Ireland, the Ferris family of

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derives its surname from the patronymic .

Given name

Saints

Saint Fergus In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...

Nobles

* Fergus the Great (died c. 645), also known as

Gwrgan Fawr Gwrgan Fawr (meaning ''Gwrgan the Great''; also, in Latin, Gurgantius; English Fergus; died c. 645) was a king of Ergyng, a south-east Welsh kingdom of the Early Middle Ages. He was the son of Cynfyn and rightful heir to the Ergyng throne wh ...

or Gurgantius, a king of Ergyng, a Welsh kingdom of the early medieval period *

Fergus mac Echdach Fergus mac Echdach was king of Dál Riata (modern western Scotland) from about 778 until 781. He succeeded Áed Find. He is stated to have been a son of Eochaid mac Echdach, and thus a brother of Áed. Some much later sources make him a son of Á ...

, Scottish king of Dál Riata from about 778 to 781 *

Fergus of Galloway Fergus of Galloway (died 12 May 1161) was a twelfth-century Lord of Galloway. Although his familial origins are unknown, it is possible that he was of Norse-Gaelic ancestry. Fergus first appears on record in 1136, when he witnessed a charter o ...

(died 1161), Lord of Galloway *

Fergus, Earl of Buchan Fergus of Buchan was the last native Gaelic Mormaer of Buchan, and only the third to be known by name as Mormaer. Fergus appears to have had strong connections in Fife, and it is possible that his father (if he was his father) Colbán was a Fife ...

(died before 1214) *

Fergus Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton Fergus Dunlop Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton, MC, PC (17 October 1887 – 18 July 1973) was a British barrister and judge who was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1947 to 1959. The son of a Scottish stockbroker, Morton was educated in ...

, judge

Others

Fergus Bowes-Lyon Captain The Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon (18 April 1889 – 27 September 1915) was a British officer and older brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 until 1952, and generally known in Britain as the Queen Mother ...

, brother of the Queen Mother *

Fergy Brown James Fergus Brown (31 October 1923 – 3 April 2013) was a politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He served as Mayor of York from 1988 to 1994. Background Brown was born in Scotland, and moved to the neighbourhood of Mount Dennis in York, To ...

, Canadian politician * Fergus I. M. Craik (born 1935), Scottish cognitive psychologist *

Fergus Ewing Fergus Stewart Ewing (born 23 September 1957) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy from 2016 to 2021, having previously held two junior ministerial posts. He ...

(born 1957), Scottish politician *

Fergus Graham Sir Frederick Fergus Graham, 5th Baronet KBE TD (10 March 1893 – 1 August 1978) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Early life Graham was a "member of one of the most distinguished Border families". He was the son of ...

(1893-1978), 5th Baronet, British Member of Parliament *

Fergus Hume Ferguson Wright Hume (8 July 1859 – 12 July 1932), known as Fergus Hume, was a prolific English novelist, known for his detective fiction, thrillers and mysteries. Early life Hume was born in Powick, Worcestershire, England, the second ...

, novelist *

Fergus Johnston Fergus Johnston (born 21 May 1959) is an Irish composer and member of Aosdána. Life and career Johnston was born in Dublin, the son of the physicist and political activist Roy Johnston, Roy H. W. Johnston, and studied for both a degree in music ...

(born 1959), Irish composer * Fergus Gordon Kerr (born 1931), Scottish Catholic priest, philosopher and theologian *

Fergus McAteer Fergus McAteer is an accountant and former politician in Northern Ireland. The son of Nationalist Party leader Eddie McAteer, Fergus was active in the civil rights movement of the late 1960s. He was arrested during the events of Bloody Sunday an ...

, Irish politician *

Fergus McMaster Sir Fergus McMaster (3 May 1879 – 8 August 1950) was an Australian businessman and aviation pioneer. He was one of the three founders of the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited, the airline company that became commonly ...

(1879-1950), Australian businessman and aviation pioneer * Fergus Medwin (1874-1934), Australian politician *

Fergus Millar Sir Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar, (; 5 July 1935 – 15 July 2019) was a British ancient historian and academic. He was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford between 1984 and 2002. He numbers among the most influ ...

(1935–2019), British historian and Oxford professor *

Fergus Montgomery Sir William Fergus Montgomery (25 November 1927 – 19 March 2013) was a British Conservative member of parliament for three separate periods, each time representing a different constituency. Early life Born in South Shields, County Durham, Mon ...

(1927-2013), British thrice Member of Parliament *

Fergus O'Brien Fergus O'Brien (30 March 1930 – 19 October 2016) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence from 1981 to 1982 and 1986 to 1987 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1980 to ...

, Irish politician * Fergus O'Dowd, Irish politician * Fergus Ó hÍr, Irish activist, politician, head teacher and broadcaster * Fergus Pyle (1935–1997), Irish journalist and editor *

Fergus Riordan Fergus James Riordan is a Scottish/Irish actor and photographer, best known for his role in '' Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'' as Daniel "Danny" Ketch. He was born in Madrid, and one of his parents is Irish and the other is Scottish. Care ...

, actor *

Fergus Smith Fergus Jago Smith (8 June 1843 – 25 January 1924) was an Australian politician and pastoralist. Early life He was born at Gulgong, New South Wales, Gulgong to John Smith (New South Wales politician, born 1811), John Smith, a chemistry pro ...

(1843–1924), Australian politician *

Feargus Urquhart Feargus Urquhart is a Scottish-American video game designer and CEO of Obsidian Entertainment. Career Urquhart is best known for his work at Interplay Entertainment, particularly as leader of Black Isle Studios, Interplay's internal role-pl ...

, Scottish-American video game designer ergus FaulderScottish- English lord and strong man Also a womaniser

Fictional or mythological characters

Fergus I (mythological king) King Fergus I (said to have flourished c. 330 B.C.), is generally identified as the son of Ferchard, Prince of Scots in Ireland and is the first of the line of Legendary kings of Scotland. The "first king of Scotland", according to the fictitiou ...

, said to be the "first king of Scotland" *

Fergus Dubdétach Fergus Dubdétach ("black-tooth") was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a king of the Ulaid who was briefly High King of Ireland. He took the High Kingship after his predecessor, Lugaid mac Con, was expelled from Tara ...

, legendary High King of Ireland of the 3rd century AD *

Fergus Fortamail Fergus Fortamail ("strong, prevailing"), son of Bresal Brecc, son of Óengus Ollom, son of Ailill Bracan, son of Labraid Loingsech, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He took power after killin ...

, legendary High King of Ireland of the 4th century BC *

Fergus mac Léti Fergus mac Léti (also mac Léte, mac Léide, mac Leda) was, according to Irish legend and traditional history, a king of Ulster. His place in the traditional chronology is not certain - according to some sources, he was a contemporary of the Hi ...

, legendary king of Ulster *

Fergus mac Róich Fergus mac Róich (literally " manliness, son of great stallion") is a character in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Formerly the king of Ulster, he is tricked out of the kingship and betrayed by Conchobar mac Nessa, becomes the ally and lo ...

, in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology *

Fergus Mór Fergus Mór mac Eirc ( gd, Fearghas Mòr Mac Earca; English: ''Fergus the Great'') was a possible king of Dál Riata. He was the son of Erc of Dalriada. While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scotl ...

, a king of Dál Riata in Scottish mythology * Fergus Lethderg ("red-side" or "half-red"), a son of

Nemed Nemed or Nimeth (modern spelling: Neimheadh) is a character in medieval Irish legend. According to the ''Lebor Gabála Érenn'' (compiled in the 11th century), he was the leader of the third group of people to settle in Ireland: the ''Muintir Ne ...

who leads his people against the

Fomorians The Fomorians or Fomori ( sga, Fomóire, Modern ga, Fomhóraigh / Fomóraigh) are a supernatural race in Irish mythology, who are often portrayed as hostile and monstrous beings. Originally they were said to come from under the sea or the eart ...

in the Irish

Mythological Cycle Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narrat ...

* Fergus, son of Eochaid Mugmedon, half-brother of

Niall of the Nine Hostages Niall ''Noígíallach'' (; Old Irish "having nine hostages"), or Niall of the Nine Hostages, was a legendary, semi-historical Irish king who was the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties that dominated Ireland from the 6th to the 10th centuries. ...

(5th century) * Sir Fergus, one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table in ''

Le Morte d'Arthur ' (originally written as '; inaccurate Middle French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Rou ...

'' *

Fergus McDuck File:Glasgow 1877 by Don Rosa.jpg, 329px, ''Glasgow 1877'', Clan McDuck portrait by Don Rosa; left to right: Jake, Matilda, Downy, Fergus, Hortense, Scrooge (age 10), and Angus; wall portraits: Malcolm, Eider, Quackly, Roast, and Hugh (Clicking o ...

, Disney character *

Fergus the Railway Traction Engine This article is about the characters that have appeared in the books of ''The Railway Series'' by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry. Unless otherwise stated on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid out by Wilbert ...

, character in ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' * the title character of ''Fergus the Fish'', British preschool animated series from the 1960s * Fergus Cramer from the ''

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'' series * Fergus Shannon, dog appearing in children's books by

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* Claudel "Fergus" Fraser, adoptive son of Claire and Jamie Fraser, and one of the supporting characters of Outlander, both in his series of novels and the television adaptation of the latter. * Fergus the Hostler, a secondary character in the 1956 Robin Hood parody ''

The Court Jester ''The Court Jester'' is a 1955 musical-comedy, medieval romance, costume drama film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury and Cecil Parker. The movie was written, produced, and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman ...

'' * Fergus Dargle, a character created by

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* King Fergus, the leader of the foxes in the German film

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* King Fergus, father of Princess Mérida in the animated movie '' Brave'' *Fergus Roderick McLeod,

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King of Hell's real name when he was human in 1661-1723 before he was dragged down to hell, from the TV series ''Supernatural''. * Fergus Fuzz, Furchester leader from

The Furchester Hotel ''The Furchester Hotel'' is a puppet series that aired on CBeebies (the BBC's preschool network). It is the second British-American spin-off of ''Sesame Street'' that the BBC have made after '' Sesame Tree'' 6 years before. The show ran on CBeeb ...

Fergus Kearney David Fergus Kearney is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera '' Shortland Street'' who was portrayed by Paul Ellis for numerous recurring stints from 1995 to 1999 before becoming a regular character until 2001. The character returne ...

, in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' * Fergus, one of the titular main character's children from the DreamWorks animated film, ''

Shrek Forever After ''Shrek Forever After'' is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 picture book ''Shrek!'' by William Steig, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The sequel to ''Shrek the Thi ...

'' * Fergus Reid, character from the Wolfenstein game series

Surname

* Alex Fergus (1899–?), Scottish professional association footballer *

Dylan Fergus Dylan John FergusMiddle name found on the ''California Birth Index 1905-1995'', under FERGUS, DYLAN JOHN, born 4 January 1980 in Santa Clara County. (born January 4, 1980, in San Francisco, California), is an American actor, producer and direct ...

(b. 1980), American actor * Sir

Howard Fergus Sir Howard Archibald Fergus (born 22 July 1937) is a Montserratian author and historian. He was born at Long Ground in Montserrat. He attended Bethel Primary School, Montserrat Secondary School, Erdiston Teachers College in Barbados, the Universi ...

, Montserratian writer and historian * James Fergus (1813–1902), miner, rancher, businessman and politician in Minnesota and Montana *

John Fergus (politician) John Fergus ( – 23 January 1865) was a British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the Bri ...

(died 1865), British politician * John Fergus (scholar) (c. 1700–c. 1761), Irish physician and man of letters *

Keith Fergus Keith Carlton Fergus (born March 3, 1954) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions Tour. Fergus was born in Temple, Texas. He started playing golf at age 8. In high school, he pla ...

(b. 1954), American professional golfer * Oris Fergus, Montserratian cricketer *

Thomas Fergus Thomas Fergus (6 April 1850 or 1851 – 29 September 1914) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. Early life Thomas Fergus was born in Ayr Scotland on 6 April 1850. There is some question as to his date of birth as the New Zealand Governmen ...

(1850–1914), New Zealand politician * Tom Fergus (b. 1962), Canadian-raised American retired National Hockey League player

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