Ambrosius or Ambrosios (a Latin adjective derived from the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

word ἀμβρόσιος, ''ambrosios'' "divine, immortal") is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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*Ambrosius Alexandrinus, a Latinization of the name of

Ambrose of Alexandria Ambrose of Alexandria (before 212 – c. 250) was a friend of the Christian theologian Origen. Life Ambrose was attracted by Origen's fame as a teacher, and visited the Catechetical School of Alexandria in 212. At first a gnostic Valentinian a ...

(before 212 – c.250), Egyptian theologian and saint *

Ambrose Ambrose of Milan (; 4 April 397), venerated as Saint Ambrose, was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promoting Roman Christianity against Ari ...

(Aurelius Ambrosius) (c. 340–397), bishop of Milan and saint * Ambrosius of Optino (1812–1891), Russian Orthodox monk and saint * Ambrosius Gudko (1867–1918), Russian Orthodox bishop and saint *

Ambrosius Aurelianus Ambrosius Aurelianus (; Anglicised as Ambrose Aurelian and called Aurelius Ambrosius in the ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' and elsewhere) was a war leader of the Romano-British who won an important battle against the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th c ...

, fifth-century war leader of the Romano-British * Ambrosius of Georgia (1861–1927), Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia * Ambrosius, Metropolitan of Helsinki (born 1945), Finnish priest * Ambrosius Beber (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1610–1620), German composer *

Ambrosius Benson Ambrosius Benson (, in Ferrara or Milan1550, in Flanders) was an Italian painter who became a part of the Northern Renaissance. While many surviving paintings have been attributed, there is very little known of him from records, and he tended not ...

(c. 1495/1500 – 1550), Italian painter *

Ambrosius Blarer Ambrosius Blarer (sometimes Ambrosius Blaurer; April 4, 1492 – December 6, 1564) was an influential Protestant reformer in southern Germany and north-eastern Switzerland. Early life Ambrosius Blarer was born 1492 into a leading family of Kons ...

(1492–1564), Swiss reformer * Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573–1621), Dutch painter *

Ambrosius Bosschaert II Ambrosius Bosschaert II (1609–1645) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in flower paintings in the manner of his father Ambrosius Bosschaert. Biography Bosschaert was born in Arnemuiden, near Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg in 16 ...

(1609–1645), Dutch painter, son of the above *

Ambrosius Brueghel Ambrosius Brueghel (; baptized 10 August 1617 – 9 February 1675) was a Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists. Less prolific and less well-known than a number of his family members, his oeuvre is not very well understood ...

(1617–1675), Flemish Baroque painter *

Ambrosius Ehinger Ambrosius Ehinger, also (Ambrosio Alfínger in Spanish) Dalfinger, Thalfinger, (ca. 1500 in Thalfingen near Ulm – 31 May 1533 near Chinácota in modern-day Colombia) was a German conquistador and the first governor of the Welser conces ...

(c. 1500 – 1533), German conquistador * Ambrosius Francken I (1544–1618), Flemish Baroque painter *

Ambrosius Francken II Ambrosius Francken II, also called Ambrosius Francken the Younger to distinguish him from his uncle of the same name, was born at Antwerp in the latter part of the 16th century. He studied under his father, Frans Francken the elder, whose style ...

(1590–1632), Flemish painter, nephew of the above *

Ambrosius Frobenius Ambrosius Froben, or Frobenius in Latin (1537–1602), was a Basel printer, and the publisher of an almost complete Hebrew Talmud The Talmud (; ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halak ...

(1537–1602), Swiss printer and publisher *

Ambrosius Haingura Ambrosius Hamutenya Haingura (30 June 1957 – 21 September 2000) was a Namibian activist and politician. A member of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), he was an internal activist during the Namibian War of Independence. Followin ...

(1957–2000), Namibian activist and politician *

Ambrosius Holbein Ambrosius Holbein (c. 1494 – c. 1519) was a German and later a Switzerland, Swiss artist in painting, drawing, and printmaking. He was the elder brother, by about three years, of Hans Holbein the Younger, but he appears to have died in his mid- ...

(c. 1494 – c. 1519), German and Swiss painter, drawer and printmaker, elder brother of Hans Holbein the Younger *

Ambrosius Hubrecht Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht (2 March 1853, in Rotterdam – 21 March 1915, in Utrecht) was a Dutch zoologist. Among his prominent contributions was the evolution of placental mammals. Hubrecht studied zoology at Utrecht University with Hart ...

(1853–1915), Dutch zoologist *

Ambrosius Lobwasser Ambrosius Lobwasser (1515–1585) was a German humanist and translator, born in Saxony. He served as professor of jurisprudence at the University of Königsberg from 1563 until his retirement in 1580, but is best known for his ''Psalter des Köni ...

(1515–1585), German humanist and translator *

Macrobius Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, usually referred to as Macrobius (fl. AD 400), was a Roman provincial who lived during the early fifth century, during late antiquity, the period of time corresponding to the Later Roman Empire, and when Latin was ...

(fl. 5th century), Roman grammarian and philosopher (Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius in later manuscripts) * Ambrosius Moibanus (1494–1554), German Lutheran theologian and reformer *

Ambrosius Pelargus Ambrosius Pelargus (c. 1493 – 5 July 1561) was a German Dominican theologian. He was skilled in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. His polemical efforts were directed principally against the Anabaptists, the Iconoclasts, and those who rejected the ...

(c. 1493 – 1561), German anti-reformer Dominican theologian * Ambrosius Petruzzy (died 1652), Italian sculptor *

Ambrosios Pleianthidis Ambrosios Pleiathidis (, 1872–1922) also known as Ambrosios of Moschonisia was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Moschonisia, in modern Turkey, from February to September 1922. He was executed by the Turkish Army at the end of the Gre ...

, Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop * Ambrosius Stub (1705–1758), Danish poet

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Hermann Ambrosius Hermann Ambrosius (25 July 1897 – 25 October 1983) was a German composer and music educator. Life Born in Hamburg, Ambrosius came via Magdeburg, Berlin and Chemnitz to Leipzig, where he received his musical education. He was a master student ...

(1897–1983), German composer and music educator *

Johanna Ambrosius Johanna Ambrosius (also Johanna Voigt; 1854–1939) was a German poet. Born to a poor peasant family in East Prussia, she received little education and did not start writing poetry until around 1884. Her works were published in various magazines ...

(1854–1939), German poet *

Marsha Ambrosius Marsha Ambrosius-Billups, born Marsha Angelique Ambrosius (born 8 August 1977) is an English singer and songwriter. She began her music career in the early 2000s with Floetry, achieving both critical acclaim and commercial success. Following the ...

(born 1977), English singer-songwriter * Stephan Ambrosius (born 1998), German footballer *

Thomas Ambrosius Thomas Ambrosius (born 4 July 1969) is a Danish former footballer who played as a striker. Early life Ambrosius was born in 1969 in Denmark. He is a native of Jutland, Denmark. Career Amrbosius started his career with Danish side Viborg FF. ...

(born 1969), Danish former footballer

Fictional characters

Merlin The Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN) is an interferometer array of radio telescopes spread across England. The array is run from Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire by the University of Manchester on behalf of UK Re ...

, in Arthurian legend, named Merlin Ambrosius in Geoffrey of Monmouth's'' Historia Regum Britanniae'' *Ambrosius, in the film ''

Labyrinth In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth () is an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the h ...

'' *Ambrosius Goldenloin, in the film and graphic novel ''

Nimona ''Nimona'' is a science fantasy graphic novel by American cartoonist ND Stevenson. The story follows the title character, a shapeshifter who joins the disgraced knight Ballister Blackheart in his plans to destroy the over-controlling Institut ...

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