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
- 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
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