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Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was sometimes used as a first name among Romans but was not particularly common among them. The best-known Roman bearing the name was the third-century usurper. The name gained wider popularity in the Middle Ages, various European peoples, and their royal houses,...

is a given name and surname.

Magnus may also refer to:
  • Magnus (band)
    Magnus (band)
    Magnus is a Belgian joint dance project of Tom Barman and CJ Bolland. Magnus' debut album, The Body Gave You Everything, was released on March 29, 2004...

    , a Belgian band
  • Magnus (novel)
    Magnus (novel)
    Magnus is a novel by the Orcadian author George Mackay Brown. His second novel, it was published in 1973. it is a fictional account of the life and execution of the twelfth century Saint, Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney.-Plot introduction:...

    , a fictionalised account of the life of Magnus Erlendsson by George Mackay Brown
  • Magnus, a novel by Sylvie Germain
    Sylvie Germain
    -Early life and education:During her childhood, with her three brothers and sisters, she moved from city to city, depending on the assignments her sub-prefect father received....

     and winner of the 2005 Goncourt Lycéens Prize
  • Magnús
    Magnus
    Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was sometimes used as a first name among Romans but was not particularly common among them. The best-known Roman bearing the name was the third-century usurper. The name gained wider popularity in the Middle Ages, various European peoples, and their royal houses,...

    , an Icelandic 1989 film by Þráinn Bertelsson
    Þráinn Bertelsson
    Þráinn Bertelsson is an Icelandic film director, writer, politician, journalist and newspaper editor. He moved into politics in the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, and was elected a member of the Althing in 2009, initially for the Citizens' Movement...

  • Magnus effect
    Magnus effect
    The Magnus effect is the phenomenon whereby a spinning object flying in a fluid creates a whirlpool of fluid around itself, and experiences a force perpendicular to the line of motion...

    , a physics phenomenon
  • Magnus Harmonica Corporation
    Magnus Harmonica Corporation
    The Magnus Harmonica Corporation was founded in 1944 in Linden, New Jersey. The company sold and distributed children's harmonicas and mechanical reed organs. Later, Magnus introduced its electric chord organs, which were in production until the late 1970s...

    , a defunct manufacturer of harmonicas and reed organs
  • Magnus cards, an element of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
    Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
    is a 2003 role-playing video game that was developed by tri-Crescendo and Monolith Soft and published by Namco in Japan, North America and Europe and by Nintendo Australia for Australia and New Zealand for the Nintendo GameCube. First released in Japan in 2003, it is the first game in the Baten...

  • Magnus, Robot Fighter
    Magnus, Robot Fighter
    Magnus, Robot Fighter is a fictional comic book superhero created by writer/artist Russ Manning in 1963, based primarily on Tarzan. Magnus first appeared in Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 A.D. #1, published by Gold Key Comics in February 1963...

    , a comic book character battling rogue robots in the year 4000
  • Daewoo Magnus
    Daewoo Magnus
    The Daewoo Magnus is a mid-size sedan developed and manufactured by Daewoo Motors until its purchase by General Motors, and now built for GM Daewoo Auto & Technology by Daewoo Incheon Motor Company at its Bupyeong facility in South Korea. GM Daewoo and other GM divisions, as well as GMDAT stake...

    , an automobile
  • Magnus, the ring name of Nick Aldis
    Nick Aldis
    Nicholas Harry "Nick" Aldis is an English professional wrestler and actor. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Magnus, where he is a one time World Tag Team Champion with Doug Williams...

    , a professional wrestler

See also

  • Magna (disambiguation)
  • Magnum (disambiguation)
  • Magnes (disambiguation)
  • Manus (disambiguation)
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