Octavius may refer to:

Topics of Antiquity

Augustus Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (), was the founder of the Roman Empire, who reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in A ...

, or Octavius, the first Roman emperor *

Octavia gens The gens Octavia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, which was raised to patrician status by Caesar during the first century BC. The first member of the gens to achieve prominence was Gnaeus Octavius Rufus, quaestor about 230 BC. Over the follo ...

, ancient Roman family (includes a list of its members known as Octavius) *

Octavius (praenomen) Octavius is a Latin praenomen, or given name, personal name. It was never particularly common at Rome, but may have been used more frequently in the countryside. The feminine form is Octavia (given name), Octavia. The name gave rise to the patrony ...

, a Latin personal name *

Octavius Mamilius Octavius Mamilius (died 498/496 BC) was ''princeps'' ("leader, prince") of Tusculum, an ancient city of Latium. He was the son-in-law of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last king of Rome. According to tradition, the '' gens Mamilia'' ...

, 5th-century BC ruler in Italy *

Octavius (King of the Britons) Eudaf Hen (Eudaf "the Old") is a figure of Welsh mythology, Welsh tradition. He is remembered as a King of the Britons and the father of Elen Luyddog and Conan Meriadoc in sources such as the Welsh prose tale ''The Dream of Macsen Wledig'' and Geo ...

or Eudaf Hen, a figure in Welsh mythology * ''Octavius'' (dialogue), a 2nd-century defence of Christianity

Modern-era people with the name

Prince Octavius of Great Britain Prince Octavius of Great Britain (23 February 17793 May 1783) was the thirteenth child and eighth son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Six months after the death of his younger brother Prince Alfred o ...

(1779–1783), son of King George III * Octavius Beale (1850–1930), Australian piano manufacturer *

Octavius Catto Octavius Valentine Catto (February 22, 1839 – October 10, 1871) was an American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist. He became principal of male students at the Institute for Colored Youth, where he had also been educated. Born ...

(1839–1871), American educator and civil rights activist * Octavius Coope (1814–1886), English businessman and politician *

Octavius Duncombe The Hon. Octavius Duncombe (8 April 1817 – 3 December 1879) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Background Duncombe was a younger son of Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham, and Lady Charlotte, daughter of William ...

(1817–1879), English politician * Octavius Ellis (born 1993), American basketball player * Octavius Frothingham (1822–1895), American clergyman *

Octavius D. Gass Octavius Decatur "O. D." Gass (February 29, 1828 – December 10, 1924) was an American prospector, businessman, and politician. A four term member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature, he was active in the early history of Las Vegas, ...

(1828–1924), American businessman and politician * Octavius Gilchrist (1779–1823), English antiquary * Octavius Hadfield (1814–1904), New Zealand bishop * Octavius Hammond (1835–1908), English clergyman *

Octavius Leigh-Clare Octavius Leigh Leigh-Clare (6 July 1841 – 16 July 1912) was a British barrister and Conservative politician. Originally known as Octavius Leigh Clare, he was the son of William Clare, a Liverpool banker, and his wife Elizabeth née Leigh.

(1841–1912), English lawyer and politician * Octavius Mathias (1805–1864), New Zealand clergyman *

Octavius Vaughan Morgan Octavius Vaughan Morgan (1837 – 26 February 1896) was a Welsh-born Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. The eighth son of Thomas Morgan of Pipton, near Glasbury, Breconshire (1796–1847), he was educat ...

(1837–1896), Welsh politician *

Octavius Oakley Octavius Oakley RWS (27 April 1800, in Bermondsey – 1 March 1867, in London), was a British watercolour portrait, figure and landscape artist. Life Oakley was born in Bermondsey, London on the 27th April 1800. Initially he worked for a ...

(1800–1867), English artist *

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider from a large collection that he made with contrib ...

(1828–1917), English zoologist *

Octavius Radcliffe Octavius Goldney Radcliffe, born at North Newnton, Wiltshire on 20 October 1859 and died on 13 April 1940, played first-class cricket for Somerset and Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of ...

(1859–1940), English cricket player *

Octavius Ryland Octavius Ryland ( – 8 May 1886) was a convict transported to Western Australia, who later became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers. Born in London in 1800 and baptised on 24 June of that year, Octavius Ryland was the eight son o ...

(1800–1886), Australian educator *

Octavius Sturges Octavius Sturges (1833 – 3 November 1894) was a British paediatrician who coined the term "chorea". Early life He was born in London in 1833, the eighth son (hence the name) of John and Elisabeth Sturges. He attended King's College School and ...

(1833–1895), English physician *

Octavius Temple Octavius Temple (1784–1834), was Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone and Superintendent General of the Liberated Africans Department (1833), British soldier and colonial official. Family life Temple was the youngest son of Rev. William ...

(1784–1834), colonial administrator in Sierra Leone *

Octavius Terry Octavius Terry (born November 7, 1972) is an American former Hurdling, hurdler. He graduated from Creekside High School (Fairburn, Georgia), Creekside High School in Fairburn, Georgia in 1991. He then went to Georgia Tech where he was the 1994 N ...

(born 1972), American athlete * Octavius Vernon-Harcourt (1793–1863), Royal Navy officer *

Octavius Wigram Octavius Wigram (18 December 1794 – 20 May 1878) was an English businessman and ship owner in the City of London, a member of Lloyds and Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation. Life Born at Walthamstow House, Walthamstow, on 1 ...

(1794–1878), English businessman *

Octavius Winslow Octavius Winslow (1 August 1808 – 5 March 1878), also known as "The Pilgrim's Companion", was a prominent 19th-century evangelical preacher in England and United States, America. A Baptist minister for most of his life and contemporary o ...

(1808–1878), English clergyman

Other uses

* ''Octavius'' (ship), an 18th-century ghost ship *

Pint The pint (, ; symbol pt, sometimes abbreviated as ''p'') is a unit of volume or capacity in both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In both of those systems, it is one-eighth of a gallon. The British imperial pint ...

or octavius, a unit of measurement * Octavius, a fictional character in a series of silent films portrayed by actor

Herbert Yost Herbert Yost (also credited as Barry O'Moore and Bertram Yost; December 8, 1879 – October 23, 1945) was an American actor who in a career that spanned nearly half a century performed predominantly on stage in stock companies and in numerous B ...

Octavius (horse) Octavius (1809–1831) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career that lasted from April 1812 to May 1814 he ran thirteen times and won four races. He recorded his most important success when winning the Derby. Octavi ...

, a 19th-century racehorse

Topics of Antiquity

Modern-era people with the name

Other uses

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