Linus

Linus may refer to:

People

• Pope Linus (died c. 76), the second Pope of the Catholic Church
• Linus Arnesson (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player
• Linus Bylund (born 1978), Swedish politician
• Linus B. Comins (1817–1892), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1857–59
• Linus Eklöf (born 1989), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider
• Linus Eklöw (better known by his stage name Style of Eye) (born 1979), Swedish DJ, producer, and songwriter
• Linus Fernström (born 1987), Swedish hockey player
• Linus Forslund (born 1988), Swedish bandy player
• Linus Reinhard Frey (also known as "Lonny Frey") (1910–2009), American baseball player
• Linus Fröberg (born 1993), Swedish hockey player
• Linus Gerdemann (born 1982), German professional road bicycle racer
• Linus Hallenius (born 1989), Swedish footballer
• Linus Hultström (born 1992), Swedish hockey player
• Linus Klasen (born 1986), Swedish hockey player
• Francis Line (also known as Linus of Liège) (1595–1675), English Jesuit priest and scientist
• Linus Malmborg (born 1988), Swedish footballer
• Linus Malmqvist (born 1981), Swedish footballer
• J. Linus McAtee (1897–1963), American Hall of Fame jockey
• DJ Linus (1957), Italian deejay
• Linus Omark (born 1987), Swedish hockey player
• Linus Pauling (1901–1994), American chemist, winner of two Nobel Prizes (chemistry and peace)
• Linus Persson (ice hockey) (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey right winger
• Linus Persson (handballer) (born 1993), Swedish handball player
• Linus Pettersson (born 1987), Swedish bandy player
• Linus Roache (born 1964), English actor
• Linus Rönnqvist (born 1988), Swedish bandy player
• Linus Sebastian (born 1986) founder of Linus Media Group
• Linus Sundström (born 1990), Swedish speedway rider
• Linus Svenning (born 1990), Swedish singer-songwriter
• Linus Thörnblad (born 1985), Swedish high jumper
• Linus Tornblad (born 1993), Swedish footballer
• Linus Torvalds (born 1969), Finnish-born American programmer, creator of the Linux kernel
• Linus Ullmark (born 1993), Swedish hockey player
• Linus Videll (born 1985), Swedish hockey player
• Linus Wahlgren (born 1976), Swedish actor
• Linus Wahlqvist (born 1996), Swedish footballer
• Linus Werneman (born 1992), Swedish hockey player
• Linus Yale, Jr. (1821–1868), American mechanical engineer, son of Yale, Sr.
• Linus Yale, Sr. (1797–1858), American inventor and manufacturer of locks

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

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

Music

Artists

• Linus, an indie/riot grrrl band
• Linus Pauling Quartet, a Houston psychedelic rock band

Labels

• Linus Entertainment, a Canadian record label

Works

• (Like) Linus, the Deftones' first demo tape
• Linus (opera), one of the lost operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau

Print

• Linus (magazine), an Italian magazine published since 1965

Other

• Linus (moon), a moon of the asteroid 22 Kalliope
• Linus Airways, a regional airline in Indonesia that ceased operations in 2009
• Winter Storm Linus, a winter storm on January 31 – February 2, 2015

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