Linus
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Linus may refer to:
As a name:
- Linus Torvalds, a programmer, the creator of the Linux kernel
- Pope Linus, the second Pope of the Catholic Church.
- Linus B. Comins, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1857-59
- Linus Gerdemann, a German professional road bicycle racer
- Linus Pauling, a chemist, winner of two Nobel Prizes (chemistry and peace)
- Linus Roache, an actor
- Linus Yale, Jr., an American mechanical engineer
In fiction:
- Linus (mythology), any of three sons of Apollo
- Linus van Pelt, a character in the comic strip Peanuts
- Ben Linus, a character in the US television show Lost
- Linus Caldwell, a character from the films Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, played by Matt Damon
Other:
- Linus is a Roman cognomen
- Linus (magazine), an Italian magazine published from 1965 named after the Peanuts character
- (22) Kalliope I Linus, an asteroid moon that orbits 22 Kalliope, named for the son of Apollo
- Linus's law, named for Linus Torvalds, states that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"
- Linus (language), Language for INstructional USe, a structure programming language
- Linus Entertainment, a record label
- Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University
- "Linus and Lucy", a jazz piano piece written by Vince Guaraldi made popular in the Charlie Brown television specials
- (Like) Linus, the Deftones' first demo tape
- Linos distribution of linux, used on the Elonex ONE laptop
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