Fergus or Feargus is a common

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or Irish male given name derived from

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, meaning ''the strong (one)'' or ''the masculine (one)''.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The

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). Published in 1994. Pages 136 - 137. As a surname,

Ferguson Ferguson may refer to: Places Canada * Ferguson Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario) * Ferguson, British Columbia * Mount Ferguson (Ontario), a mountain in Temagami, Ontario United States *Ferguson, a meteorite fall in North Carolina * Ferguson, Arkansas ...

or Fergusson is common across Scotland but particularly in

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and

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. In Ireland, the

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family of

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derives its surname from the patronymic .

Given name

Saints

* Saint Fergus

Nobles

* Fergus the Great (died c. 645), also known as Gwrgan Fawr or Gurgantius, a king of Ergyng, a Welsh kingdom of the early medieval period * Fergus mac Echdach, Scottish king of Dál Riata from about 778 to 781 * Fergus of Galloway (died 1161), Lord of Galloway * Fergus, Earl of Buchan (died before 1214) * Fergus Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton, judge

Others

Fergus Bowes-Lyon Captain The Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon (18 April 1889 – 27 September 1915) was a British officer and older brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 until 1952, and generally known in Britain as the Queen Moth ...

, brother of the Queen Mother * Fergy Brown, Canadian politician *

Fergus I. M. Craik Fergus Ian Muirden Craik FRS (born 17 April 1935, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a cognitive psychologist known for his research on levels of processing in memory. This work was done in collaboration with Robert Lockhart at the University of Toronto ...

(born 1935), Scottish cognitive psychologist *

Fergus Ewing Fergus Stewart Ewing (born 23 September 1957) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy from 2016 to 2021, having previously held two junior ministerial posts. He h ...

(born 1957), Scottish politician * Fergus Graham (1893-1978), 5th Baronet, British Member of Parliament * Fergus Hume, novelist * Fergus Johnston (born 1959), Irish composer *

Fergus Gordon Kerr Fergus Gordon Thomson Kerr (born 16 July 1931) is a Scottish Roman Catholic priest of the English Dominican province. He has published significantly on a wide range of subjects, but is famous particularly for his work on Ludwig Wittgenstein and ...

(born 1931), Scottish Catholic priest, philosopher and theologian *

Fergus McAteer Fergus McAteer is an accountant and former politician in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of I ...

, Irish politician * Fergus McMaster (1879-1950), Australian businessman and aviation pioneer *

Fergus Medwin Fergus Michael Medwin (10 July 1874 – 25 September 1934) was an Australian Labor politician. He was born at Black River in Tasmania. In 1928 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Darwin. He resigned fro ...

(1874-1934), Australian politician *

Fergus Millar Sir Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar, (; 5 July 1935 – 15 July 2019) was a British ancient historian and academic. He was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford between 1984 and 2002. He numbers among the most influ ...

(1935–2019), British historian and Oxford professor * Fergus Montgomery (1927-2013), British thrice Member of Parliament * Fergus O'Brien, Irish politician *

Fergus O'Dowd Fergus O'Dowd (born 1 September 1948) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2002 general election. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Frid ...

, Irish politician *

Fergus Ó hÍr Fergus O'Hare ( ga, Fergus Ó hÍr) was involved in the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, civil rights movement in Northern Ireland as a member of People's Democracy (Ireland), People's Democracy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Later ...

, Irish activist, politician, head teacher and broadcaster *

Fergus Pyle Fergus Pyle (17 March 1935 – 11 April 1997) was an Irish journalist, and editor of ''The Irish Times'' from 1974–1977. He was born in Dublin and educated at Aravon School in Bray, Campbell College, Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin, wher ...

(1935–1997), Irish journalist and editor * Fergus Riordan, actor * Fergus Smith (1843–1924), Australian politician *

Feargus Urquhart Feargus Urquhart is a Scottish-American video game designer and CEO of Obsidian Entertainment. Career Urquhart is best known for his work at Interplay Entertainment, particularly as leader of Black Isle Studios, Interplay's internal role-pl ...

, Scottish-American video game designer ergus FaulderScottish- English lord and strong man Also a womaniser

Fictional or mythological characters

Fergus I (mythological king) King Fergus I (said to have flourished c. 330 B.C.), is generally identified as the son of Ferchard, Prince of Scots in Ireland and is the first of the line of Legendary kings of Scotland. The "first king of Scotland", according to the fictiti ...

, said to be the "first king of Scotland" * Fergus Dubdétach, legendary High King of Ireland of the 3rd century AD *

Fergus Fortamail Fergus Fortamail ("strong, prevailing"), son of Bresal Brecc, son of Óengus Ollom, son of Ailill Bracan, son of Labraid Loingsech, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He took power after killi ...

, legendary High King of Ireland of the 4th century BC *

Fergus mac Léti Fergus mac Léti (also mac Léte, mac Léide, mac Leda) was, according to Irish legend and traditional history, a king of Ulster. His place in the traditional chronology is not certain - according to some sources, he was a contemporary of the Hig ...

, legendary king of Ulster * Fergus mac Róich, in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology *

Fergus Mór Fergus Mór mac Eirc ( gd, Fearghas Mòr Mac Earca; English: ''Fergus the Great'') was a possible king of Dál Riata. He was the son of Erc of Dalriada. While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scot ...

, a king of Dál Riata in Scottish mythology * Fergus Lethderg ("red-side" or "half-red"), a son of

Nemed Nemed or Nimeth (modern spelling: Neimheadh) is a character in medieval Irish legend. According to the '' Lebor Gabála Érenn'' (compiled in the 11th century), he was the leader of the third group of people to settle in Ireland: the ''Muintir N ...

who leads his people against the

Fomorians The Fomorians or Fomori ( sga, Fomóire, Modern ga, Fomhóraigh / Fomóraigh) are a supernatural race in Irish mythology, who are often portrayed as hostile and monstrous beings. Originally they were said to come from under the sea or the ear ...

in the Irish

Mythological Cycle Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narrat ...

* Fergus, son of

Eochaid Mugmedon Eochaid Mugmedón () was a semi-legendary Irish king. According to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, Eochaid was a High King of Ireland, best known as the father of Niall of the Nine Hostages and ancestor of the Uí Néill and Conna ...

, half-brother of

Niall of the Nine Hostages Niall ''Noígíallach'' (; Old Irish "having nine hostages"), or Niall of the Nine Hostages, was a legendary, semi-historical Irish king who was the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties that dominated Ireland from the 6th to the 10th centurie ...

(5th century) * Sir Fergus, one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table in '' Le Morte d'Arthur'' * Fergus McDuck, Disney character * Fergus the Railway Traction Engine, character in ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' * the title character of ''Fergus the Fish'', British preschool animated series from the 1960s * Fergus Cramer from the ''

Nero Wolfe Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Montenegro and keeps his past murky. He lives in a luxurious brownstone on West 35th Street in ...

'' series * Fergus Shannon, dog appearing in children's books by David Shannon * Claudel "Fergus" Fraser, adoptive son of Claire and Jamie Fraser, and one of the supporting characters of Outlander, both in his series of novels and the

television adaptation An adaptation is a transfer of a work of art from one style, culture or medium to another. Some common examples are: * Film adaptation, a story from another work, adapted into a film (it may be a novel, non-fiction like journalism, autobiography, ...

of the latter. * Fergus the Hostler, a secondary character in the 1956 Robin Hood parody ''

The Court Jester ''The Court Jester'' is a 1955 musical-comedy, medieval romance, costume drama film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury and Cecil Parker. The movie was written, produced, and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman ...

'' * Fergus Dargle, a character created by

Bennigan's Bennigan's is an Irish pub-themed American casual dining restaurant chain founded in 1976 in Atlanta by restaurateur Norman E. Brinker as one of America's original casual dining concepts. The chain operated under the restaurant division of Pi ...

* King Fergus, the leader of the foxes in the German film Der Sturmer * King Fergus, father of Princess Mérida in the animated movie ''

Brave Brave most commonly refers to: *Brave, an adjective for one who possesses courage *Braves (Native Americans), a EuroAmerican stereotype for Native American warriors Brave(s) or The Brave(s) may also refer to: Film and television * ''Brave'' (199 ...

'' *Fergus Roderick McLeod, Crowley King of Hell's real name when he was human in 1661-1723 before he was dragged down to hell, from the TV series ''Supernatural''. * Fergus Fuzz, Furchester leader from The Furchester Hotel * Fergus Kearney, in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' * Fergus, one of the titular main character's children from the DreamWorks animated film, ''

Shrek Forever After ''Shrek Forever After'' is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 picture book ''Shrek!'' by William Steig, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The sequel to ''Shrek the Thi ...

'' * Fergus Reid, character from the

Wolfenstein ''Wolfenstein'' is a series of World War II video games originally developed by Muse Software. The majority of the games follow William "B.J." Blazkowicz, an American Army captain and his fight against the Axis powers. Earlier titles are center ...

game series

Surname

* Alex Fergus (1899–?), Scottish professional association footballer * Dylan Fergus (b. 1980), American actor * Sir Howard Fergus, Montserratian writer and historian *

James Fergus James Fergus (October 8, 1813 – June 5, 1902) was a miner, rancher, businessman and politician in Minnesota and Montana. He immigrated as a young man from Scotland and became a naturalized United States citizen. He helped develop the frontier ...

(1813–1902), miner, rancher, businessman and politician in Minnesota and Montana * John Fergus (politician) (died 1865), British politician *

John Fergus (scholar) John Fergus was an Irish physician and man of letters, c.1700 – c.1761. Biography A descendant of the Ó Fearghuis medical family of Connacht, Doctor Fergus a native of County Mayo but moved to Dublin city early in his adult life. He wa ...

(c. 1700–c. 1761), Irish physician and man of letters *

Keith Fergus Keith Carlton Fergus (born March 3, 1954) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions Tour. Fergus was born in Temple, Texas. He started playing golf at age 8. In high school, he pla ...

(b. 1954), American professional golfer *

Oris Fergus Oris Fergus (date of birth unknown) is a former West Indian cricketer. Fergus' batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born on Montserrat. Fergus first played for Montserrat against St Kitts in the 1971 Hesketh Bell Shield. His last reco ...

, Montserratian cricketer *

Thomas Fergus Thomas Fergus (6 April 1850 or 1851 – 29 September 1914) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. Early life Thomas Fergus was born in Ayr Scotland on 6 April 1850. There is some question as to his date of birth as the New Zealand Governmen ...

(1850–1914), New Zealand politician *

Tom Fergus Thomas Joseph Fergus (born June 16, 1962) is an American former professional ice hockey center who played 726 regular season games in the National Hockey League for 12 seasons between 1981 and 1993. Playing career Tom Fergus grew up in Montreal, ...

(b. 1962), Canadian-raised American retired National Hockey League player

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