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Africanus is Latin for "African". It may refer to:


People


Ancient Roman cognomen

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Africanus Fabius Maximus Africanus Fabius Maximus was a Roman senator. His elder brother was Paullus Fabius Maximus (consul 11 BC) and his sister was Fabia Paullina, who married Marcus Titius. It is believed that Africanus was named in honour of his famous family ancestor ...
, a Roman senator, the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 BC) *
Cresconius Africanus Cresconius Africanus (Crisconius) was a Latin canon lawyer, of uncertain date and place. He flourished, probably, in the latter half of the 7th century. He was probably a Christian bishop of the African Church. Concordia canonum Cresconius made a ...
, a Latin canon lawyer, probably latter half of 7th century *
Julius Africanus Sextus Julius Africanus ( 160 – c. 240; ) was a Christian traveler and historian of the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries. He influenced fellow historian Eusebius, later writers of Church history among the Church Fathers, and the Greek sch ...
, an orator in the time of Nero () *
Titus Sextius Africanus Titus Sextius Africanus was a Roman senator who was deterred by Agrippina the Younger Julia Agrippina (6 November AD 15 – 23 March AD 59), also referred to as Agrippina the Younger, was Roman empress from AD 49 to 54, the fourth wife and ni ...
(1st century), a censor of Gaul * Lucius Apuleius ''Africanus'' Madaurensis (), a Latin-language prose writer *
Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus, also known as Titus Sextius Africanus, was a Roman Senator who lived in the Roman Empire in the second half of the 1st century and first half of the 2nd century. He served as an ordinary consul in 112 as the coll ...
, a consul under Trajan () * Sextus Caecilius Africanus (2nd century), a Roman legal scholar *
Scipio Africanus (disambiguation) Scipio Africanus was a Roman general who defeated his Carthaginian counterpart Hannibal. The name may also refer to: *Scipio Aemilianus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (185 BC – 129 BC), known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio ...
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Sextus Julius Africanus Sextus Julius Africanus ( 160 – c. 240; ) was a Christian traveler and historian of the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries. He influenced fellow historian Eusebius, later writers of Church history among the Church Fathers, and the Greek sch ...
(), a Christian traveller and historian *
Junillus Africanus Junillus Africanus (''floruit'' 541–549) was Quaestor of the Sacred Palace (''quaestor sacri palatii'') in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. He is best known for his work on biblical exegesis, ''Instituta regularia divinae legis''. ...
(), a Quaestor of the Sacred Palace in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I *
Constantine the African Constantine the African, (; died before 1098/1099, Monte Cassino) was a physician who lived in the 11th century. The first part of his life was spent in Ifriqiya and the rest in Italy. He first arrived in Italy in the coastal town of Salerno, h ...
(11th century), i.e. Constantinus Africanus


Given name or surname

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George Africanus George John Scipio Africanus (c. 1763 – 19 May 1834) was a West African former slave who became a successful entrepreneur in Nottingham, England. Early years The early life of George Africanus is obscure. Calculating his birth year from his ...
(1763–1834), a West African slave, later credited as Nottingham's first black entrepreneur *
Leo Africanus Johannes Leo Africanus (born al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Wazzān al-Zayyātī al-Fasī, ; – ) was an Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book '' Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica'', later publish ...
(1488–1554), an Andalusi diplomat and author *
Scipio Africanus (disambiguation) Scipio Africanus was a Roman general who defeated his Carthaginian counterpart Hannibal. The name may also refer to: *Scipio Aemilianus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (185 BC – 129 BC), known as Scipio Aemilianus or Scipio ...
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Africanus Horton Surgeon-Major James Africanus Beale Horton ( – ) was a British Army officer, surgeon, writer and banker. Born in Gloucester, Sierra Leone into a Creole family who were liberated from enslavement by the Royal Navy, he began attending the SL ...
(1835–1883), also known as James Beale, a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone *
Albert Freeman Africanus King Albert Freeman Africanus King (18 January 1841 – 13 December 1914) was an English-born American physician who was pressed into service at the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on 14 April 1865. He was one of a few physicians who served in both ...
(1841–1914), American physician


Other uses

* ''Africanus'' (journal), a scientific journal about development problems with special reference to the Third World and southern Africa


See also

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Australopithecus africanus ''Australopithecus africanus'' is an extinct species of australopithecine which lived between about 3.3 and 2.1 million years ago in the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of South Africa. The species has been recovered from Taung, Sterkfontei ...
, an extinct species of australopithecine *
Africana (disambiguation) Africana may refer to: In arts and entertainment Music * ''Africana'', album by Chaino * ''Africana'', album by Teresa De Sio * "Africana", song by Romanian singer Delia Matache Publications * '' Encyclopedia Africana'' (1999), a compendium ...
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Africanae (disambiguation) Africanae may refer to: * '' Primitiae Africanae'', a botanical book series by Hendrik de Wit See also * List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names#africanum {{Disambiguation ...
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Africanis The Africanis is a dog landrace found across southern Africa. It is a medium-sized, short-coated dog, with a distinctive black patch around the front of the muzzle. Description As is typical with landraces, there are several regional variati ...
, a group of South African dogs not recognised as a breed *
Africanum This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants ...
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