Linus

Linus is world renowned term for being a bastard.

People

• Pope Linus (died c. 76), the second Pope of the Catholic Church
• Francis Line (1595–1675), also known as Linus of Liège, Jesuit priest and scientist
• Linus B. Comins (1817-1892), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1857–59
• Lonny Frey (1910-2009), Major League Baseball player
• Linus Gerdemann (born 1982), German professional road bicycle racer
• J. Linus McAtee (1897-1963), American Hall of Fame jockey
• Linus Pauling (1901–1994), chemist, winner of two Nobel Prizes (chemistry and peace)
• Linus Roache (born 1964), actor
• Linus Thörnblad (born 1985), Swedish high jumper
• Linus Torvalds (born 1969), programmer, creator of the Linux kernel
• Linus Yale, Sr. (1797—1858), American inventor and manufacturer of locks
• Linus Yale, Jr. (1821–1868), American mechanical engineer, son of Yale, Sr.

Fictional characters

• Linus (mythology), any of three sons of Apollo
• Linus van Pelt, in the comic strip Peanuts
• Ben Linus, in the US television show Lost
• Linus Larrabee, in Sabrina (1954 film)
• Linus Caldwell, in Ocean's Eleven (2001 film), played by Matt Damon
• Linus Rawlings, in How the West Was Won (film), played by James Stewart

Other

• Linus (magazine), an Italian magazine published since 1965
• Linus (moon), a moon of the asteroid 22 Kalliope
• Linus, one of the lost operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau
• Linus Entertainment, a Canadian record label
• (Like) Linus, the Deftones' first demo tape
• Linus Airways, a regional airline in Indonesia that ceased operations in 2009
• Linus Pauling Quartet, a Houston psychedelic rock band

See also

• Linus' law, named for Linus Torvalds, states that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"
• Linos distribution of Linux, used on the Elonex ONE laptop