Venus (given name)
Appearance
Venus is the Roman goddess of love.
Notable people with the given name include:
People
- Venus Faiq (born 1963), Iraqi-Kurdish and Dutch writer, poet, translator, editor, and journalist
- Venus Lacy (born 1967), American former Olympic and professional basketball player
- Venus Raj (born 1988), Miss Universe Philippines 2010
- Venus Ramey (1924–2017), Miss America in 1944
- Venus Terzo (born 1967), Canadian actress
- Venus Williams (born 1980), American professional tennis player
Fictional characters
- Venus (Tannhäuser opera), leading role in Wagner's opera
- Venus (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
- Venus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), the short-lived sister of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Venus Smith, an early associate of John Steed in The Avengers (TV series)
- Venus Bluegenes, in the British comic 2000 AD and in comic strips
- Kasuga, the female ninja in the Uesugi clan in Devil Kings whose Devil Kings' name is Venus
- Venus, a glamorous doctor of French origin on the television show Fireball XL5
- Venus, the female protagonist in the PSP video game Metal Gear Acid 2
- Venus, a character from the Nintendo video game Earthbound
- Venus, one of the three main characters from We Know the Devil
- Venus McFlytrap, the daughter of the Venus flytrap, from Monster High
- Sailor Venus or Minako Aino, a character from Sailor Moon