Pius ( , ; ) is a masculine given name. Its feminine form is Pia. It may refer to:

People

Monarch

Antoninus Pius Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius (; ; 19 September 86 – 7 March 161) was Roman emperor from AD 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors from the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Born into a senatorial family, Antoninus held var ...

(86–161), Roman emperor

Popes

* Pope Pius (disambiguation) * Antipope Pius XIII (1918–2009), who led the breakaway True Catholic Church sect

Given name

* Pius Adesanmi (1972–2019), Nigerian-born Canadian academic and author *

Pius Bazighe Pius Bazighe (born 15 March 1972) is a retired male javelin thrower from Nigeria, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He set his personal best (81.08 metres) on 16 June 1999 at a meet in Athens, Gr ...

(born 1972), Nigerian javelin thrower * Pius Font i Quer (1888–1964), Catalan botanist, pharmacist and chemist * Pius Bonifacius Gams (1816–1892), German Benedictine ecclesiastical historian * Pius Heinz (born 1989), German poker player * Pius Lasisi Jimoh (1950–2014), Nigerian politician * Pius F. Koakanu (died 1885), Hawaiian politician * Pius Langa (1939–2013), South African lawyer and judge * Pius Lee, American political power broker and landlord * Pius Malip (died 1988), Papua New Guinean politician * Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt (1858–1915), German painter, illustrator and watercolorist *

Pius Ncube Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube (born 31 December 1946) served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, until he resigned on 11 September 2007. Widely known for his human rights advocacy, Ncube was an outspoken critic of former Presid ...

(born 1946), Zimbabwean Catholic Archbishop and outspoken critic of Robert Mugabe * Pius N. Okeke (born 1941), Nigerian astronomer and educator *

Pius Paschke Pius Paschke (born 20 May 1990) is a German Ski jumping, ski jumper who competes for the WSV Kiefersfelden club. He is a team gold medalist from the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, 2021 World Championships, as well as a team silver (FIS ...

(born 1990), German ski jumper * Pius Fidelis Pinto (born 1960), Indian priest and research scholar * Pius Schwert (1892-1941), American politician and baseball player * Pius Suter (born 1996), Swiss ice hockey player * Pius Vilakati, Swazi democracy activist *

Pius Walder Pius Walder (4 April 1952 in the Villgraten valley – 8 September 1982 in Kalkstein, a part of Innervillgraten in the Villgraten valley, Austria) was an Austrian lumberjack and Poaching, poacher. His life and violent death led to ongoing conf ...

(1952–1982), Austrian lumberjack and poacher *

Pius Zingerle Pius Zingerle (17 March 1801 – 10 January 1881) was an Austrian Orientalist. Life Zingerle was born at Meran, Tyrol. After studying the humanities at Meran, philosophy and two years of theology at Innsbruck, he joined the Benedictines at ...

(1801–1881), Austrian Orientalist *

Yi Kang Yi Kang, Prince Imperial Ui (; 30 March 1877 – 15 August 1955), also known as Prince Uihwa (1891–1900) or King Ui (1900–1955) was the second son of Emperor Gojong of Korea and his concubine, Lady Jang, who was a court lady-in-waiting. I ...

(1877-1955), Korean Prince who took on the name Pius after converting to

Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

Surname

Maiken Pius Maiken Pius (before 2019 Schmidt; born 17 April 1985) is an Estonian actress. In 2006, she graduated from Tallinn University's choreography department, and in 2012, she graduated from the drama department of the Estonian Academy of Music and Th ...

(née Schmidt, born 1985), Estonian actress *

Märt Pius Märt Pius (born 4 February 1989)vooremaa.ee
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(born 1989), Estonian actor *

Priit Pius Priit Pius (born 4 February 1989) is an Estonian stage, television, and film actor whose career began in the 2010s. Early life and education Priit Pius was born in Tallinn to Jüri and Nelli Pius (''née'' Paap). His twin brother is actor Märt ...

(born 1989), Estonian actor *

Saara Pius Saara Pius (née Saara Kadak; born 20 September 1990), is an Estonian stage, film and television actress and singer. Early life and education Saara Pius was born Saara Kadak in Tallinn and attended the primary schools at Katleri Primary School f ...

(née Kadak, born 1990), Estonian actress and singer

Fictional characters

Pius Thicknesse The Ministry of Magic is the government of the British wizarding community in the fictional universe of ''Fictional universe of Harry Potter, Harry Potter'' for Britain and Ireland. It is led by an official called the Minister for Magic, and is ...

, in the ''Harry Potter'' series * Pius XIII the eponymous Pope in the HBO series '' The Young Pope'' * Pius XV, in the ''Babylon 5'' science fiction saga, a fictional early 22nd century pope featured in the novel ''Dark Genesis''

References

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