Manus may refer to:

Relating to locations around New Guinea

Manus Island Manus Island is part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea and is the largest of the Admiralty Islands. It is the fifth-largest island in Papua New Guinea, with an area of , measuring around . Manus Island is covered in rugged jungles w ...

, a Papua New Guinean island in the Admiralty Archipelago **

Manus languages The Manus languages are a subgroup of about two dozen Oceanic languages located on Manus Island and nearby offshore islands in Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. The exact number of languages is difficult to determine because they form a dialec ...

, languages spoken on Manus and islands close by **

Manus Regional Processing Centre The Manus Regional Processing Centre, or Manus Island Regional Processing Centre (MIRCP), was one of a number of offshore Australian immigration detention facilities. The centre was located on the PNG Navy Base Lombrum (previously a Royal Aus ...

, an offshore Australian immigration detention facility on Manus Island ***''Manus'', 2017 play by Nazanin Sahamizadeh *** ''Manus'', 2019 short documentary film about asylum seekers in the detention centre, made by Angus McDonald * Manus Plate, a tiny tectonic plate northeast of New Guinea *

Manus Province Manus Province is the smallest Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province in Papua New Guinea in terms of both land area and population, with a land area of , but with more than of water, and the total population is 60,485 (2011 census). The provi ...

, a province of Papua New Guinea encompassing several islands, including Manus Island **

Manus District Manus may refer to: Relating to locations around New Guinea *Manus Island, a Papua New Guinean island in the Admiralty Archipelago ** Manus languages, languages spoken on Manus and islands close by ** Manus Regional Processing Centre, an offshor ...

, the only district of Manus Province

People

First name

* Manuş Baba (born 1986), Turkish singer *

Manus Boonjumnong Manus Boonjumnong (; , born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (60–64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of Non Boonjumnong. Amateur career At the 2003 World Amat ...

(born 1980), Thai Olympic medalist * Manus Boyle (born c. 1965/6), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Manus Canning Manus Canning (died 16 March 2018) was an Irish republican politician and paramilitary. Born in Derry, Canning spent time in Gweedore practising the Irish language before working in London for a few years in the late 1940s. He had returned to D ...

(died 2018), Irish politician and paramilitary *

Manus Kelly Manus Kelly (9 February 1978 – 23 June 2019) was an Irish rally driver, businessman, and Fianna Fáil politician from Glenswilly in County Donegal. Known as "Mandy", he won the Donegal International Rally three consecutive times, in 2016, 201 ...

(1978–2019), Irish businessman and rally driver *

Manus Lunny Manus Lunny (born 1962) is an Irish producer and multi-instrumentalist from County Donegal, Ireland, best known as a member of Celtic music, Celtic supergroup Capercaillie (band), Capercaillie. He is the brother of multi-instrumentalist and prod ...

(born 1962), Irish musician * Manus MacCloskey (1874–1963), American military officer *

Manus McGuire Manus McGuire is an Irish fiddle player. Early life He was born in Tullamore, and grew up in County Sligo County Sligo ( , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region and i ...

, Irish fiddle player * Manus O'Cahan, leader of the 17th-century Manus O'Cahan's Regiment *

Manus O'Donnell Manus O'Donnell ( Irish: ''Maghnas Ó Domhnaill'' or ''Manus Ó Domhnaill''; 1490 – 9 February 1563) was a Gaelic Irish lord and King of Tyrconnell. After his father Hugh Dubh's death in 1537, Manus succeeded as Tyrconnell's ruler.The Edi ...

(died 1737), Irish nobleman and soldier *

(died 1564), Irish nobleman * Manus Patten (1902–1977), Irish police officer *

Daniel Pinkwater Daniel Manus Pinkwater (born November 15, 1941) is an American author of children's books and young adult fiction. His books include ''Lizard Music'', ''The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death'', ''Fat Men from Space'', '' Borgel'', and the p ...

(born 1941 as Manus Pinkwater), American children's author

Surname

* Dirk Manus, fictional smuggler among human characters of ''The Transformers'' franchise *

Henry Manus Henry Philip Manus (21 July 1851 – 24 October 1931) was a Dutch philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1924.Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011', Roll of Distinguished Philatelists ...

(1851–1931), Dutch philatelist *

Max Manus Maximo Guillermo Manus DSO, MC & Bar (9 December 1914 – 20 September 1996) was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II, specialising in sabotage in occupied Norway. After the war he wrote several books about his adventures and ...

(1914–1996), Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II *

Patrick Mac Manus Patrick Mac Manus (1944 - 12 August 2011 ) was an Irish-Danish political activist. Mac Manus immigrated to Denmark in 1966 and remained there the rest of his life. His activism included supporting the FARC rebels in the Colombian civil war; ca ...

(1944–2011), political activist *

Rosa Manus Rosette Susanna "Rosa" Manus (; 20 August 1881 – 1942) was a Jewish Dutch pacifist and female suffragist involved in women's movements and anti-war movements, who was a victim of the Holocaust. She served as the President of the Society for ...

(1881–1942), Dutch pacifist and suffragist *

Tikken Manus Ida Nikoline "Tikken" Manus (''née'' Lindebrække, previously Bernardes; 28 June 1914 – 12 October 2010) was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement, Norwegian resistance during World War II. Born Ida Nikoline Lie Lindebrække, she was a ...

(1914–2010), member of the Norwegian resistance during World War II *

Willard Manus Willard M. Manus (September 28, 1930 – January 19, 2023) was an American novelist, playwright, and journalist based in Los Angeles. His best known book is '' Mott the Hoople'' (1966), the novel from which the British 1970s hard rock band derive ...

(born 1930), American novelist

Fictional characters

* Manus, Father of the Abyss, in action role-playing game '' Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss''

Other uses

Manus (AI agent) Manus (''hand'' in Latin) is an autonomous artificial intelligence agent developed by startup company Monica, based in Singapore. The agent is designed to independently carry out complex online tasks without direct/continuous human guidance. ...

, artificial intelligence agent *

Manus (anatomy) The manus (Latin for '' hand'', plural manus) is the zoological term for the distal portion of the forelimb of an animal. In tetrapods, it is the part of the pentadactyl limb that includes the metacarpals and digits ( phalanges). During evo ...