Magnus

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Magnus may mean:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Kings of Norway (1035-1343) 1.2 Kings of Sweden (1240-1363) 1.3 King of Livonia (1570-1578) 1.4 Dukes 1.5 Popes 1.6 Saints 1.7 Others 2 Arts, fiction 3 Other uses 4 See also

[edit] People

[edit] Kings of Norway (1035-1343)

• Magnus I of Norway.
• Magnus II of Norway.
• Magnus III of Norway.
• Magnus IV of Norway.
• Magnus V of Norway.
• Magnus VI of Norway.
• Magnus VII of Norway.

[edit] Kings of Sweden (1240-1363)

• Magnus I of Sweden.
• Magnus II of Sweden.

[edit] King of Livonia (1570-1578)

• Magnus of Livonia.

[edit] Dukes

• Magnus, Duke of Saxony.
• Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
• Magnus with the Necklace, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
• Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg
• Magnus, Duke of Drammen 1991- 2006

[edit] Popes

• Pope Gregory I, Gregorius Magnus.
• Pope Leo I, Leo Magnus.

[edit] Saints

• Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney
• Saint Magnus of Füssen
• Saint Magnus of Avignon

[edit] Others

• Magnus (Roman usurper).
• Magnus Arvedson, a Swedish ice hockey player.
• Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802-70), professor of chemistry.
• Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, mathematician, Berlin
• Eduard Magnus (1799-1872), professor of arts, Berlin.
• Charlemagne, Carolus Magnus.
• Jeff McBride, an American magician who once used the pseudonym Magnus.
• Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
• Roberto Raviola, an Italian comic book artist whose pseudonym was Magnus.

[edit] Arts, fiction

• Magnus (band), a Belgian dance project.
• Magnus (comics), a Marvel comics character.
• Magnus (vampire), a character from Anne Rice's novel The Vampire Lestat.
• Magnus Gallant, main character of the video game Ogre Battle 64.
• Magnus, Robot Fighter (comics), a character who fights robots in the year 4000 AD using kung fu.
• Magnus the Red, a fictional character in the fictional "Warhammer 40,000" universe.
• Baten Kaitos, a role-playing videogame for the Nintendo Gamecube where Magnus Cards are the primary vehicle to perform actions.
• Ultra Magnus, a fictional Transformers character.
• Will Magnus, a DC Comics scientist
• Magnus Eisengrim, a fictional character in Robertson Davies', The Deptford Trilogy -1983.
• Leon Magnus a fictional character from the 1997 video game Tales of Destiny
• 'Magnus', a character from The Butter Shave, an episode of the television series Seinfeld. He was also known as "vegetable lasagna".

[edit] Other uses

• Magnus effect in physics and ballistics.
• Daewoo Magnus, an automobile.

[edit] See also

• Magnes