Linus, a male given name, is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Linos''. It is a common given name in Sweden. The origin of the name is unknown although the name appears in antiquity both as a musician who taught
Apollo
Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, mu ...
and as a son of Apollo who died in infancy.
People
* Linus (Argive), son of Apollo and Psamathe in Greek mythology
* Linus of Hollywood (Linus Dotson, born 1973), American musical artist
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Linus of Thrace
In Greek mythology, Linus (Ancient Greek: Λῖνος ''Linos'' "flax") was a reputed musician and master of eloquent speech. He was regarded as the first leader of lyric song.
Family
Linus's parentage was variously given in ancient sources a ...
, musician and master of eloquent speech in Greek mythology
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Pope Linus
Pope Linus (; , ''Linos''; died AD 80) was the bishop of Rome from AD 68 to his death in AD 80. He is generally regarded as the second Bishop of Rome, after St. Peter. As with all the early popes, he was canonized.
According to Irenaeus, Lin ...
(died ), the second
Bishop of Rome
The pope is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the 8th century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of sta ...
and Pope of the Catholic Church
* Linus Arnesson (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player
* Linus Bylund (born 1978), Swedish politician
* Linus B. Comins (1817–1892), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1857–59
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Linus Diaz
Linus Clifford Diaz (born 23 September 1933) is a Sri Lankan former long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly ...
(born 1933), Sri Lankan long-distance runner
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Linus Eklöf
Linus Eklöf (born 3 March 1989) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider, who won the Team U-19 European Champion title in 2008.
Career
In 2009 he rode in the Premier League in the UK, averaging over six points per match for treble-winn ...
(born 1989), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider
* Linus Eklöw (better known by his stage name Style of Eye) (born 1979), Swedish DJ, producer, and songwriter
* Linus Fernström (born 1987), Swedish hockey player
* Linus Forslund (born 1988), Swedish bandy player
* Linus Reinhard Frey (also known as "Lonny Frey") (1910–2009), American baseball player
* Linus Fröberg (born 1993), Swedish hockey player
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Linus Gerdemann
Linus Gerdemann (born 16 September 1982) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who won a stage in the 2007 Tour de France and led the general classification in the Tour de France, general classification for two days, wearing the yell ...
(born 1982), German professional road bicycle racer
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Linus Hallenius
Linus Hallenius (born 1 April 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Kubikenborg.
Career
Born in Sundsvall, Hallenius started his professional career with GIF Sundsvall, and is widely regarded as one of their gr ...
(born 1989), Swedish footballer
* Linus Hultström (born 1992), Swedish hockey player
* Linus Klasen (born 1986), Swedish hockey player
* Francis Line (also known as Linus of Liège) (1595–1675), English Jesuit priest and scientist
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Linus Lundqvist
Linus Hans Fredrik Lundqvist (; born 26 March 1999) is a Sweden, Swedish racing driver who last competed for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series. He previously competed in Indy Lights driving for HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing, hav ...
(born 1999), Swedish racecar driver
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Linus Malmborg
Linus Malmborg (born 16 February 1988) is a Swedish footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Cana ...
(born 1988), Swedish footballer
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Linus Malmqvist
Linus Malmqvist (born September 9, 1981), is a former Swedish football player, who played ten seasons for Landskrona BoIS and three seasons for Trelleborgs FF between the years 2001 and 2013.
Biography
Landskrona BoIS
Malmqvist began his car ...
(born 1981), Swedish footballer
* J. Linus McAtee (1897–1963), American Hall of Fame jockey
* DJ Linus (born 1957), Italian deejay
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Linus Omark
Linus Karl Heimer Omark (born 5 February 1987) is a Swedes, Swedish professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), left winger currently with Luleå Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. Omark has previously played in the National Hockey Leagu ...
(born 1987), Swedish hockey player
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Linus Pauling
Linus Carl Pauling ( ; February 28, 1901August 19, 1994) was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. ''New Scientist'' called him one of the 20 gre ...
(1901–1994), American chemist, winner of two Nobel Prizes (chemistry and peace)
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Linus Persson (ice hockey)
Lars Linus Persson (born December 29, 1985) is a Swedish professional ice hockey right winger, currently playing for Leksands IF in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Persson won TV-pucken with Värmland in 2000, won four Swedish Junior Champio ...
(born 1985), Swedish ice hockey right winger
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Linus Persson (handballer)
Linus Persson (born 16 April 1993) is a Swedish handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a g ...
(born 1993), Swedish handball player
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Linus Pettersson
Linus Pettersson (born 13 May 1987) is a Swedish bandy player who currently plays for Sandvikens AIK as a defender.
Career
Club career
Pettersson is a youth product of IFK Motala and has represented Sandviken and Zorky.
International caree ...
(born 1987), Swedish bandy player
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Linus Roache
Linus William Roache (born 1 February 1964) is a British actor. He played Executive ADA List of Law & Order characters#Michael Cutter, Michael Cutter in the NBC dramas ''Law & Order'' (2008–2010) and ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2011 ...
(born 1964), English actor
* Linus Rönnberg (born 2003), Finnish footballer
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Linus Rönnqvist
Linus Rönnqvist (born October 6, 1988) is a Swedish bandy player who currently plays for Villa Lidköping BK. Linus signed for Hammarby from Sandvikens AIK, where he played for the under 19 side in the 2005/06 season, and then for Villa Lidköpi ...
(born 1988), Swedish bandy player
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Linus Sebastian
Linus Gabriel Sebastian (born August 20, 1986) is a Canadian YouTuber, best known for creating and hosting YouTube technology-focused channels. On November 24, 2008, he uploaded the first video to his flagship channel, ''Linus Tech Tips'' (LTT) ...
(born 1986), Canadian YouTuber, creator and host of Linus Tech Tips and founder of Linus Media Group
* Linus Sandgren (born 1972), Swedish cinematographer
* Linus Sköld (born 1983), Swedish politician
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Linus Sundström
Linus Erik Sundström (born 28 October 1990 in Avesta, Sweden) is a former international speedway rider from Sweden.Linus Svenning (born 1990), Swedish singer-songwriter
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Linus Thörnblad
Linus Thörnblad (born 6 March 1985) is a Swedish former track and field athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. H ...
(born 1985), Swedish high jumper
* Linus Tornblad (born 1993), Swedish footballer
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Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds ( , ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel. He also created the distributed version control system Git.
He was honored, along with Shinya Yam ...
(born 1969), Finnish-born American programmer, creator of the Linux kernel
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Linus Ullmark
Linus Ullmark (; born 31 July 1993) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the sixth round, 163rd overall, of the 2012 NHL entry draf ...
(born 1993), Swedish hockey player
* Linus Videll (born 1985), Swedish hockey player
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Linus Wahlgren
Linus Carl Henrik Wahlgren (born 10 September 1976) is a Swedish actor. He is the son of actors Christina Schollin and Hans Wahlgren and brother to actors and singers Pernilla Wahlgren, Pernilla and Niclas Wahlgren. He has also appeared in a few ...
(born 1976), Swedish actor
* Linus Wahlqvist (born 1996), Swedish footballer
* Linus Werneman (born 1992), Swedish hockey player
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Linus Yale Jr.
Linus Yale Jr. (April 4, 1821 – December 25, 1868) was an American businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, and metalsmith. He was a co-founder with millionaire Henry R. Towne of the Yale Lock Company, which became the premier manu ...
(1821–1868), American mechanical engineer, son of Yale, Sr.
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Linus Yale Sr.
Linus Yale (April 27, 1797 – August 8, 1858) was an American businessman, inventor, metalsmith, and politician. He was a founder of Lamson, Goodnow, and Yale, an American manufacturer of bank locks, and served as the first Mayor of Ne ...
(1797–1858), American inventor and manufacturer of locks
Fictional characters
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Linus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Linus (Ancient Greek: Λῖνος ''Linos'' "flax") may refer to the following personages:
; Male
* Linus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon, either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris, or P ...
Ben Linus
Benjamin Linus is a fictional character portrayed by Michael Emerson on the ABC television series '' Lost''. Ben was the leader of a group of Island natives called the Others and was initially known as Henry Gale to the survivors of Oceanic Flig ...
, in the US television show ''Lost''
* Linus Van Pelt, in the comic strip ''Peanuts'', and associated media
* Linus Caldwell, in ''
Ocean's Eleven
''Ocean's Eleven'' is a 2001 heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Ted Griffin. A remake of the 1960 film of the same name, it serves as the first installment in the ''Ocean's'' franchise. The film features an ense ...