Magnus (given name)
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Name day | 19 August[1] |
Magnus is a male given name.
People named Magnus include:
- Magnus (Roman usurper) (died 235)
- Magnus (consul 460) (c. 390 or 405–475)
- Magnus Forteman, 8th–9th century Frisian leader
- Magnus (bishop), Roman Catholic Bishop of Turku between 1291 and 1308
- Magnus, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1455–1524)
- Magnus W. Alexander, German engineer
- Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player
- Magnus Arvidsson, several people
- Magnus Bahne, Finnish footballer
- Magnus Beronius, Swedish Archbishop
- Magnus Bäckstedt, Swedish road cyclist
- Magnus Betnér, Swedish comedian
- Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess grandmaster, world chess champion and No. 1 ranked player in the world
- Magnus Cormack, Australian politician
- Magnus Ehrencrona (born 1978), Swedish politician
- Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney
- Magnus Faxén, Swedish diplomat and journalist
- Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist
- Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian
- Magnus Kirt, Estonian javelin thrower
- Magnus Larsson, former professional tennis player from Sweden
- Magnus Lekven, Norwegian footballer
- Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
- Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic-born BBC personality and Mastermind quiz-master
- Magnus Malan, South African soldier and politician
- Magnus Manske, German biochemist and developer, developed first version of MediaWiki software
- Magnus Midtbø, Norwegian rock climber
- Magnus Norman, Swedish former tennis player
- Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles
- Magnus Olson, Swedish Army officer
- Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic four-time World's Strongest Man champion
- Magnus Pyke (1908—1992), British scientist and media figure
- Magnus Samuelsson, Swedish strongman and former World's Strongest Man
- Magnús Scheving, creator and co-star of the children's television show LazyTown
- Magnus Büchel, Liechtenstein judoka
- Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson, Swedish hockey player
- Magnus Rosén, ex-HammerFall bassist
- Magnus Sjöberg, Swedish jurist
- Quaiapen (1603–1676), also known as Magnus, Native American leader in Rhode Island.
References
- ^ "Eesnime Magnus statistika". www.stat.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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