Claudius (disambiguation)

Claudius is a name of Latin origin, meaning "Persevering".

Claudius was the fourth Roman Emperor reigning from 41 to his death in 54.

Claudius may also refer to:

People

Ancient world

• any member of the family of Claudii; see Claudia (gens)
• Saint Claudius (disambiguation), the name of several Christian saints
• Claudius Aelianus (ca. 175–ca. 235), Roman author and teacher of rhetoric
• Claudius Gothicus, also known as Marcus Aurelius Claudius or Claudius II, Roman Emperor from 268 to 270
• Claudius Silvanus (died 355), Roman general and usurper

Middle Ages

• Claudius, Duke of Lusitania, Hispano-Roman Catholic dux (duke) of Lusitania and general in the late sixth century
• Claudius of Turin (fl. 810–827), bishop of Turin, teacher of iconoclasm
• Claudius Clavus (1388–?), Danish geographer

Later

• Gelawdewos of Ethiopia, known as Claudius in English, mid-16th century Emperor of Ethiopia
• Claudius Salmasius, Latin name of Claude Saumaise (1588–1653), French classical scholar
• Claudius Smith (1736–1779), a notorious British Loyalist guerrilla leader in the American Revolution
• Claudius Buchanan (1766&ndash1815), Scottish theologian, ordained minister of the Church of England, and missionary
• Benoit Claudius Crozet (1789–1864), French-American educator and civil engineer
• Claudius Dornier (1884–1969), German airplane builder and founder of Dornier GmbH
• Matthias Claudius (1740–1815), German poet famous for Death and the Maiden

Other uses

• King Claudius, Hamlet's uncle in Shakespeare's play Hamlet
• Claudius, a genus of mud turtles
• Claudius (suburb), a residential suburb of Centurion, South Africa
• A typeface created by Rudolf Koch

See also

• I, Claudius (TV series)
• List of Roman Emperors, as several Emperors had "Claudius" in their full name

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