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Saint Gall Gall (; 550 645) according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. However, he may have originally come from the border region betwe ...

or ''Gallus'' (c. 550 – c. 646), Irish monk *

Gallus Anonymus ''Gallus Anonymus'', also known by his Polonized variant ''Gall '', is the name traditionally given to the anonymous author of (Deeds of the Princes of the Poles), composed in Latin between 1112 and 1118. ''Gallus'' is generally regarded as the ...

, 12th-century Polish historian *

Agnes Gallus Agnes Szentgyörgyi Gallus (May 15, 1930 – August 8, 2010) was a Hungarian Canadian painter who immigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1957. Early life Agnes Szentgyorgyi was born in Ópályi, Hungary on May 15, 1930. She was the fifth of si ...

, (1930–2010), Hungarian Canadian artist *

Gallus, Bishop of Transylvania Gallus (; died 1269 or 1270) was a Hungarian prelate in the 13th century, who served as the Bishop of Transylvania from 1246 until his death. He made serious efforts to repopulate his diocese after the First Mongol invasion of Hungary. Election I ...

, 13th-century Hungarian prelate * Gallus Mag, 19th-century female bouncer at a New York bar *

Georg Gallus Georg Gallus (6 July 1927 – 13 August 2021) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as member of the German Bundestag. Life On 10 September 1970, Gallus entered the Bundestag to replace Ralf Dahrendorf, who h ...

(1927–2021), German politician *

Chris Gallus Christine Ann Gallus (born 6 April 1943) is an Australian former politician. She served as a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2004, representing two different seats in South Australia—the Division of Hawk ...

(born 1943), Australian politician * Thomas Gallus (c. 1200–1246), French theologian *

Jacobus Gallus Jacobus Gallus (a.k.a. Jacob(us) Handl, Jacob(us) Händl; between 15 April and 31 July 155018 July 1591) was a late-Renaissance composer of presumed Slovene ethnicity.Skei/Pokorn, Grove online Born in Carniola, which at the time was one of the ...

(1550–1591), Slovene composer * Nicolaus Gallus (c. 1516–1570), German Lutheran Reformer *

Sandor Gallus Sandor (Alexander) Gallus (15 November 1907 – 29 December 1996) was a Melbourne archaeologist, most famous for his investigations of Pleistocene Aboriginal occupation at Koonalda Cave in South Australia and the Dry Creek archaeological site in ...

(1907–1996), Australian archaeologist

Romans

Constantius Gallus Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus (326 – 354) was a statesman and ruler in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire from 351 to 354, as Caesar (title), ''Caesar'' under emperor Constantius II (), his cousin. A grandson of emperor Constantius ...

(326–354), junior Roman emperor from 351 to 354 *

Cornelius Gallus Gaius Cornelius Gallus (c. 70 – 26 BC) was a Roman poet, orator, politician and military commander, at one time appointed by the Emperor Augustus as prefect of Egypt. Only nine lines of his poetry are extant today, but he was much read in antiq ...

(c. 70–26 BC), Roman poet, orator and politician *

Quintus Roscius Gallus Quintus Roscius (ca. 126 BC – 62 BC) was a Roman actor. The cognomen Gallus is dubious, as it appears only once as a scholia in a manuscript of Cicero's Pro Archia. Life ''Constiteram exorientem Auroram forte salutans '' '' cum subito a l ...

(c. 126–62 BC), Roman actor *

Trebonianus Gallus Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus ( 206 – August 253) was Roman emperor from June 251 to August 253, in a joint rule with his son Volusianus. Early life Gallus was born in Italy, in a respected senatorial family with Etruscan ancestry, cer ...

(206–253), Roman emperor

Animal-related

* ''Gallus'' (genus), a genus of birds including junglefowl and domestic chickens *''Gallus'' Lacepède, 1802, a synonym for the fish genus ''

Alectis ''Alectis'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Carangidae containing three Extant taxon, extant species, all of which are large Marine (ocean), marine fishes. They are commonly known as threadfish, diamond trevallies or pompanos, ...

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Gallus (constellation) Gallus (the cockerel) was a constellation introduced in 1612 (or 1613) by Petrus Plancius. It was in the northern part of what is now Puppis. It was not adopted in the atlases of Johannes Hevelius, John Flamsteed and Johann Bode Johann Elert B ...

, the cockerel, an obsolete constellation

Other

*''Gallus'', the singular form of ''

Galli A ''gallus'' (pl. ''galli'') was a eunuch priest of the Phrygian goddess Cybele (Magna Mater in Rome) and her consort Attis, whose worship was incorporated into the state religious practices of ancient Rome. Origins Cybele's cult may have o ...

'', the eunuch priests of the Phrygian goddess Cybele * ''Gallus'' (album), 1992 album by Scottish rock band Gun *

Gallus (Frankfurt am Main) Gallus (known as the Gallusviertel until 2007) is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the ''Ortsbezirk (Frankfurt am Main), Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I'' and the location of the Frankfurt train station. The name ''Gallus'' originat ...

, a district of Frankfurt, Germany *

Gallus (professional wrestling) Gallus are a Scottish Heel (professional wrestling), villainous professional wrestling stable (professional wrestling), stable consisting of Wolfgang (wrestler), Wolfgang and real-life brothers Joe Coffey (wrestler), Joe Coffey and Mark Coffey. ...

, a Scottish professional wrestling stable

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