Linus

Linus may refer to:

People

• Pope Linus (died ca. 76), the second Pope of the Catholic Church
• Linus B. Comins, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1857–59
• Linus Yale, Jr., American mechanical engineer (1821–1868)
• Linus Pauling, chemist, winner of two Nobel Prizes (chemistry and peace) (1901–1994)
• Linus Roache, actor (born in 1964)
• Linus Torvalds, programmer, the creator of the Linux kernel (born in 1969)
• Linus Gerdemann, German professional road bicycle racer (born in 1982)
• Linus Thörnblad, Swedish high jumper (born in 1985)

Fictional characters

• Linus van Pelt, a character in the comic strip Peanuts
• Ben Linus, a character in the US television show Lost
• Linus Larrabee, a fictional character in the film Sabrina

Other

• Linus (mythology), any of three sons of Apollo
• Linus, a Roman cognomen
• Linus (magazine), an Italian magazine published since 1965 named after the Peanuts character
• (22) Kalliope I Linus, an asteroid moon that orbits 22 Kalliope, named for the son of Apollo
• Linus' law, named for Linus Torvalds, states that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"
• Linus (language), Language for INstructional USe, a structure programming language
• Linus Entertainment, a record label
• Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University
• "Linus and Lucy", a jazz piano piece written by Vince Guaraldi made popular in the Charlie Brown television specials
• (Like) Linus, the Deftones' first demo tape
• Linos distribution of linux, used on the Elonex ONE laptop