Aloysius ( ) is a

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Etymology

It is a Latinisation of the names

Alois Alois (Latinized ''Aloysius'') is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include ''Aloïs'' ( French), ''Aloys'' ( German), ''Alois'' (Czech), '' Alojz'' ( Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian), '' Alojzy'' ( Polish), '' Aloísio'' ( Por ...

Louis Louis may refer to: People * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer Other uses * Louis (coin), a French coin * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also ...

Lewis Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohe ...

Luis Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

Luigi Luigi (; ) is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Part of Nintendo's ''Mario'' franchise, he is a kind-hearted, cowardly Italian plumber, and the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario. Like ...

, Ludwig, and other

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(traditionally in

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as ''Ludovicus'' or ''Chlodovechus''), ultimately from

Frankish Frankish may refer to: * Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture ** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages, a group of Low Germanic languages also commonly referred to as "Frankish" varieties * Francia, a post-Roman ...

''*Hlūdawīg'', from

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''*Hlūdawīgą'' ("famous battle"). In the US, the name is rare, with fewer than 0.001% of babies receiving the name since the 1940s. Most of those were

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

People

Aloysius Aloysius ( ) is a given name. Etymology It is a List of Latinised names, Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis (given name), Louis, Lewis (given name), Lewis, Luis, Luigi (name), Luigi, Ludwig (given name), Ludwig, and other cognates (traditi ...

(born 1963), Indonesian politician * Aloysius Ambrozic (1930–2011), Roman Catholic cardinal *

Aloysius Bertrand Louis Jacques Napoléon Bertrand, better known by his pen name Aloysius Bertrand (20 April 1807 — 29 April 1841), was a French Romantic poet, playwright and journalist. He is famous for having introduced prose poetry in French literature,Stuar ...

(1807–1841), French Romantic poet, playwright, and journalist * Aloysius Foster (born 1943), American jazz drummer *

Aloysius Gonzaga Aloysius de Gonzaga, SJ (; 9 March 156821 June 1591) was an Italian people, Italian aristocracy (class), aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the Roman College, he died as a result of caring for the v ...

(1568–1591), Italian aristocrat and saint * Aloysius John Jordan (1906–1957), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s * Aloysius Leo Knott (1829– 1918), American politician, lawyer and educator *

Aloysius Lilius Aloysius Lilius ( 1510 – 1576), also variously referred to as Luigi Lilio or Luigi Giglio, was an Italian physician, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist, and also the "primary author" who provided the proposal that (after modifications) ...

(1510–1576), Italian doctor, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist *

Aloysius Pang Aloysius Pang Wei Chong (24 August 1990 – 24 January 2019) was a Singaporean actor once managed under NoonTalk Media, best known for his involvement in multiple Mediacorp dramas. Pang died on 24 January 2019 at 1:45am NZDT (23 January 2019 ...

(1990–2019), Singaporean actor *

Aloysius Pieris Aloysius Pieris SJ (born 9 April 1934) is a Sri Lankan Jesuit priest, theologian, intellect, and the founding director of the Tulana Research Center for Encounter and Dialogue. Biography Aloysius Pieris was born in Ampitiya, Ceylon (present-d ...

(born 1934), Sri Lankan Sinhala Jesuit priest *

Aloysius Schmitt Father Aloysius H. Schmitt (December 4, 1909 – December 7, 1941) was a Roman Catholic priest at the Archdiocese of Dubuque, who served as a chaplain in the United States Navy at the beginning of World War II. Early life and ordination Born in ...

(1909–1941), Roman Catholic priest *

Aloysius Stepinac Aloysius Viktor Stepinac (, 8 May 1898 – 10 February 1960) was a Croat prelate of the Catholic Church. Made a cardinal in 1953, Stepinac served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 until his death, a period which included the fascist rule of th ...

(1898–1960), Yugoslav Croat prelate * Aloysius Szymanski (1902–1956), given name for Baseball Hall of Famer Al Simmons * Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal (born 1951), given name for Dutch football manager Louis van Gaal *

Aloysius John Wycisło Aloysius John Wycisło (June 17, 1908 – October 11, 2005) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin from 1968 to 1983. Previously, he served as an auxiliary b ...

(1908–2005), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay

Fictional characters

Alo Creevey Aloysius "Alo" Creevey is a fictional character from the third generation of the British teen drama '' Skins''. He is portrayed by Will Merrick. He appears in the fifth and sixth series of the show. Characterisation Alo lives on a farm in th ...

, in the UK television series '' Skins'' *Aloysius “Al” Binewksi, carnival ringmaster and father of the protagonist in ''

Geek Love ''Geek Love'' is a novel by American writer Katherine Dunn, published completely by Alfred A. Knopf (a division of Random House) in 1989. Dunn published parts of the novel in ''Mississippi Mud Book of Days'' (1983) and ''Looking Glass Bookstor ...

. '' *Aloysius T. McKeever, hobo squatter in the 1947 Christmas film ''

It Happened on Fifth Avenue ''It Happened on 5th Avenue'' (titled onscreen as ''It Happened on Fifth Avenue'') is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles, Victor Moore, and Gale Storm. The film ...

'' *Aloysius O'Hare, villain of the 2012 film ''

The Lorax ''The Lorax'' is a children's literature, children's book written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1971. It chronicles the plight of the Biophysical environment, environment and the Lorax, the main character, who "speaks for the trees" and confront ...

'' * Aloysius Parker, the chauffeur of

Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward is a fictional character introduced in the British 1960s Supermarionation television series '' Thunderbirds'', which was produced by AP Films for ITC Entertainment. The character also appears in the film sequels '' ...

in the 1960s TV series '' Thunderbirds'' * Aloysius Pendergast, protagonist of several novels by

Douglas Preston Douglas Jerome Preston (born May 31, 1956) is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child (including the '' Agent Pendergast'' series and ''Gideon Crew'' series), he has als ...

and

Lincoln Child Lincoln Child (born October 13, 1957) is an American author of techno-thriller and horror novels. Though he is most well known for his collaborations with Douglas Preston (including the Agent Pendergast series and the Gideon Crew series, among ...

*Aloysius K. Randall, protagonist in the war film

Wake Island (film) ''Wake Island'' is a 1942 American action drama war film directed by John Farrow, written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton, and William Bendix. T ...

*Aloysius Samberly, a season 2 recurring character on the television series '' Agent Carter'' *Aloysius Snuffleupagus (

Mr. Snuffleupagus Aloysius Snuffleupagus (), more commonly known as Mr. Snuffleupagus or Snuffy for short, is one of the characters on ''Sesame Street'', a PBS/HBO educational television program for young children. His head bears resemblances to giant anteaters and ...

), on ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...

'' * Aloysius (teddy bear), in

Evelyn Waugh Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires ''Decli ...

's 1945 novel ''

Brideshead Revisited ''Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder'' is a novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of Charles Ryder, esp ...

'' * Sister Aloysius, in the play '' Doubt: A Parable'' and the film adaptation ''

Doubt Doubt is a mental state in which the mind remains suspended between two or more contradictory propositions, and is certainty, uncertain about them. Doubt on an emotional level is indecision between belief and wikt:disbelief, disbelief. It may i ...

'' *

, an anthropomorphic wolf in ''Highlights'' magazine features *Aloysius Devandander Abercrombie, the self-described protagonist of the 1993 Primus song, “My Name is Mud” * Doctor Aloysius James Animo, a mad scientist obsessed with genetic experiments on animals from the american animated series “

Ben 10 ''Ben 10'' is an American media franchise conceived by Man of Action and owned by The Cartoon Network, Inc. The franchise, mainly consisting of animated series produced by Cartoon Network Studios, revolves around a young boy named Ben Tennys ...

” * Aloysius, the cousin of “ Elias or the struggle of the nightingale”, by

Maurice Gilliams Maurice, Baron Gilliams (Antwerp, 20 July 1900-Antwerp, 18 October 1982) was a Flemish writer and poet. Life and work Gilliams was the son of printer Frans Gilliams, and he learned to be a typographer. On 27 August 1935, he married Gabriëlle Ba ...

* Aloysius, the taxidermised cat belonging to Rhoda/Yoda in series 5, episode 6 ("Caravan of Courage") of Brassic * Doctor Hunter Aloysius Percy, known as Hap in the series '' The OA''

Education

* St Aloysius' College

Notes

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