Octavius may refer to:

Topics of Antiquity

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pr ...

, or Octavius, the first Roman emperor *

Octavia gens The gens Octavia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which was raised to patrician status by Caesar during the first century BC. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Gnaeus Octavius Rufus, quaestor ''circa'' 230 BC. Over the ...

, ancient Roman family (includes a list of its members known as Octavius) *

Octavius (praenomen) Octavius is a Latin praenomen, or personal name. It was never particularly common at Rome, but may have been used more frequently in the countryside. The feminine form is Octavia. The name gave rise to the patronymic gens Octavia, and perhaps a ...

, a Latin personal name *

Octavius Mamilius Octavius Mamilius (died 498/496 BC) was ''princeps'' ("leader, prince") of Tusculum, an ancient city of Latium. He was the son-in-law of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last king of Rome. According to tradition, the '' gens Mamilia'' ...

, 5th-century BC ruler in Italy * Octavius (King of the Britons) or Eudaf Hen, a figure in Welsh mythology * ''Octavius'' (dialogue), a 2nd-century defence of Christianity

Modern-era people with the name

Prince Octavius of Great Britain Prince Octavius of Great Britain (23 February 17793 May 1783) was the thirteenth child and eighth son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Six months after the death of his younger brother Prince A ...

(1779–1783), son of King George III *

Octavius Beale Octavius Charles Beale (23 February 1850 – 16 December 1930) was an Irish-born Australian piano manufacturer and a philanthropist. Beale formed a company to import sewing machines and pianos in 1879, after which he established Australia's first ...

(1850–1930), Australian piano manufacturer *

Octavius Catto Octavius Valentine Catto (February 22, 1839 – October 10, 1871) was an educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist in Philadelphia. He became principal of male students at the Institute for Colored Youth, where he had also been educated ...

(1839–1871), American educator and civil rights activist *

Octavius Coope Octavius Edward Coope JP DL (12 January 1814 – 27 November 1886) was an English brewing partner and Conservative Member of Parliament 1847–1848 and 1874–1886. Coope, born 12 January 1814, was the son of John Coope of Great Cumberland Pla ...

(1814–1886), English businessman and politician *

Octavius Duncombe The Hon. Octavius Duncombe (8 April 1817 – 3 December 1879) was a British Conservative politician. Background Duncombe was a younger son of Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham, and Lady Charlotte, daughter of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dart ...

(1817–1879), English politician * Octavius Ellis (born 1993), American basketball player *

Octavius Frothingham Octavius Brooks Frothingham (November 26, 1822 – November 27, 1895) was an American clergyman and author. Biography He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham (1793–1870), a prominent Unitarian preacher, ...

(1822–1895), American clergyman * Octavius D. Gass (1828–1924), American businessman and politician * Octavius Gilchrist (1779–1823), English antiquary *

Octavius Hadfield Octavius Hadfield (6 October 1814 – 11 December 1904) was Archdeacon of Kapiti, Bishop of Wellington from 1870 to 1893 and Primate of New Zealand from 1890 to 1893. He was a member of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) for thirty years. H ...

(1814–1904), New Zealand bishop * Octavius Hammond (1835–1908), English clergyman *

Octavius Leigh-Clare Octavius Leigh Leigh-Clare (6 July 1841 – 16 July 1912) was a British barrister and Conservative politician. Originally known as Octavius Leigh Clare, he was the son of William Clare, a Liverpool banker, and his wife Elizabeth née Leigh.

(1841–1912), English lawyer and politician *

Octavius Mathias Octavius Mathias (27 February 1805 – 18 June 1864) was a pioneering Anglican priest in New Zealand in the mid-nineteenth century. Mathias was born at Mundham in 1805. Mathias was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained in ...

(1805–1864), New Zealand clergyman * Octavius Vaughan Morgan (1837–1896), Welsh politician * Octavius Oakley (1800–1867), English artist *

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bl ...

(1828–1917), English zoologist *

Octavius Radcliffe Octavius Goldney Radcliffe, born at North Newnton, Wiltshire on 20 October 1859 and died on 13 April 1940, played first-class cricket for Somerset and Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West Engla ...

(1859–1940), English cricket player *

Octavius Ryland Octavius Ryland (c. 24 June 1800 – 8 May 1886) was a convict transported to Western Australia, who later became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers. Born in London in 1800 and baptised on 24 June of that year, Octavius Ryland was t ...

(1800–1886), Australian educator *

Octavius Sturges Octavius Sturges (1833 – 3 November 1894) was a British paediatrician who coined the term "chorea". Early life He was born in London in 1833, the eighth son (hence the name) of John and Elisabeth Sturges. He attended King's College School and ...

(1833–1895), English physician *

Octavius Temple Octavius Temple (1784–1834), was Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone and Administrator of the Government, Superintendent General of the Liberated Africans Department (1833), British soldier and colonial official. Family life Temple was th ...

(1784–1834), colonial administrator in Sierra Leone *

Octavius Terry Octavius Terry (born November 7, 1972) is an American former hurdler. He graduated from Creekside High School in Fairburn, Georgia in 1991. He then went to Georgia Tech where he was the 1994 NCAA Champion in the 400 hurdles. The following y ...

(born 1972), American athlete * Octavius Vernon-Harcourt (1793–1863), Royal Navy officer * Octavius Wigram (1794–1878), English businessman *

Octavius Winslow Octavius Winslow (1 August 1808 – 5 March 1878), also known as "The Pilgrim's Companion", was a prominent 19th-century evangelical preacher in England and United States, America. A Baptist minister for most of his life and contemporary o ...

(1808–1878), English clergyman

Other uses

* ''Octavius'' (ship), an 18th-century ghost ship *

Pint The pint (, ; symbol pt, sometimes abbreviated as ''p'') is a unit of volume or capacity in both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In both of those systems it is traditionally one eighth of a gallon. The British impe ...

or octavius, a unit of measurement * Octavius, a fictional character in a series of silent films portrayed by actor

Herbert Yost Herbert Yost (also credited as Barry O'Moore and Bertram Yost; December 8, 1879October 23, 1945) was an American actor who in a career that spanned nearly half a century performed predominantly on stage in stock companies and in numerous Broadw ...

* Octavius (horse), a 19th-century racehorse

Topics of Antiquity

Modern-era people with the name

Other uses

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