Phoebus (disambiguation)

Phoebus (also known as Apollo) is one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology.

Phoebus may also refer to:

• The Phoebus genus of lichens
• Captain Phoebus, a fictional character from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Phoebus, Virginia, United States
• Phoebus (planet), a fictional planet in the computer game Exile
• Phoebus cartel, a cartel that existed to control the manufacture and sale of light bulbs
• Phoebus High School, a public high school located in Hampton, Virginia
• Phoebus Glider, an early glass fibre glider made by Bölkov GMBH, Germany
• The Phoebus nuclear thermal rocket engine developed in the 60s by Project Rover.

People with the given name Phoebus:

• Francis Phoebus of Foix (circa 1469-1483), king of Navarre
• Phoebus (songwriter) (born 1971), Greek composer
• Phoebus Levene (1869-1940), American biochemist
• Phoebus of Lusignan (15th century), Marshal of Armenia

People with the surname Phoebus:

• Gaston Phoebus (14th century), 11th count of Foix
• Harrison Phoebus (19th century), American entrepreneur
• Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus (17th century), Polish rabbi
• Tom Phoebus (born 1942), starting pitcher in Major League Baseball

See also

• Phobos (disambiguation)
• Phöbus, a literary journal
• Phoebe