Justus (given name)

Justus is a given name which may refer to:

Religious figures

Justus of Eleutheropolis or Joseph Barsabbas, in the New Testament the man not chosen by lot to take Judas Iscariot's place among the Apostles, later Bishop of Eleutheropolis and martyr
Pope Justus of Alexandria, Pope of Alexandria (118-129) and a saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church
Justus of Beauvais (c. 278—c. 287), semi-legendary Roman Catholic saint
Justus of Trieste (died 293), Roman Catholic saint
Justus (died c. 304), Christian martyr - see Justus and Pastor
Justus of Lyons - see Chronological list of saints in the 4th century
Justus of Urgell (died c. 527), Spanish bishop and saint
Justus (died 627), Archbishop of Canterbury

Justus of Tiberias, 1st-century Jewish author and historian
Justus D. Barnes (1862-1946), American actor in The Great Train Robbery
Justus Dahinden (born 1925), Swiss architect, teacher, and writer
Justus Falckner (1672–1723), Lutheran minister and first Lutheran pastor to be ordained within the United States
Justus Frantz (born 1944), German pianist, conductor, and television personality
Justus ǁGaroëb (born 1942), Namibian traditional leader and politician
Justus van Gent (c. 1410–c. 1480), painter from Ghent
Justus Hagman (1859-1936), Swedish actor
Justus Carl Hasskarl (1811–1894), German explorer and botanist
Justus Hecker (1795-1850), German physician and medical writer
Justus Jonas (1493–1555), German Lutheran reformer
Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), German chemist
Justus Lipsius (1547–1606), philologist and humanist from Brabant
Justus Möser (1720-1794), German jurist and social theorist
Justus Mühlenpfordt (1911-2000), German nuclear physicist
Justus Perthes (1749-1816), original editor of the Almanach de Gotha
Justus Cornelius Ramsey (1821-1881), American politician
Justus Smith Stearns (1845-1933), American lumber baron and Secretary of State of Michigan
Justus Sustermans (1597–1681) Flemish painter
Justus Thorner, owner of the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team (1882-1890)
Justus Velsius (c. 1510-after 1581), Dutch humanist, physician, and mathematician
Justus Vingboons (c. 1620–c. 1698), Amsterdam architect