Augustus (given name)

Augustus
	Emperor Augustus
Pronunciation	English: /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/ aw-GUST-əs; Dutch: [ʌuˈɣʏstəs] ⓘ; Classical Latin: [au̯ˈɡʊstʊs]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Latin, English, Dutch, German
Origin
Meaning	"Venerable"
Other names
See also	August, Augusto, Gus, Austin, Augustine, Agustin, Sebastian

Augustus is a masculine given name derived from Augustus, meaning "majestic," "the increaser," or "venerable". Many of its descended forms are August, Augusto, Auguste, Austin, Agustin and Augustine. The Greek translation of the title Augustus was Sebastos, from which the name Sebastian descends.

People named Augustus

By first name or title

Augustus (63 BC–14 AD), ancient Rome's first emperor
- Many other Roman emperors who bore this title
Augustus II the Strong (1670–1733), German King of Poland and Elector of Saxony
Augustus III of Poland (1696–1763), German King of Poland and Elector of Saxony
Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772–1822), German duke
Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1577–1656), German duke
Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1614–1680), German duke
Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg-Plön (1635–1699), German duke
Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526–1586), German prince
Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg, several people
Augustus Abbott (1804–1867), British East India Company Army officer
Augustus Huggins Abernathy (1838–1884), American physician
Augustus Agar (1890–1968), British Royal Navy officer
Augustus Aikhomu (1939–2011), Nigerian Navy officer
Augustus Akinloye (1916–2007), Nigerian lawyer and politician
Augustus Akiwumi (1891–1985), Nigerian-born Ghanaian politician, banker, judge, and scientist
Augustus Alden (1837–1886), American politician
Augustus Allen, several people
Augustus Allhusen (1867–1925), English politician
Augustus Alt (1731–1815), British soldier and Australian surveyor
Augustus Anson (1835–1877), British Army personnel and Victoria Cross recipient
Augustus Anwyl-Passingham (1880–1955), British soldier, recruiting officer, and Territorial Army organizer
Augustus Applegath (1788–1871), English printer and inventor
Augustus Arkwright (1821–1887), British Royal Navy officer and politician
Augustus Armstrong (1833–1873), American lawyer and politician
Augustus O. Bacon (1839–1914), American politician, Confederate soldier, and segregationist
Augustus Baillie (1861–1939), Scottish businessman and British Army officer
Augustus Baldwin, several people
Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore (1837–1908), British politician
Augustus Barber (1927–2008), American businessman
Augustus Barrows (1838–1885), American lumberman, rancher, and pioneer settler
Augustus Barry (1840–1871), Irish soldier
Augustus Bartholomew (1882–1933), British librarian
Augustus Bateman (1839–1922), English cricketer
Augustus Beeby (1889–1974), English professional footballer
Augustus Beekman (1923–2008), American fire commissioner
Augustus Belknap (1841–1889), American Union Army officer and railway executive
Augustus Bennet (1897–1983), American politician
Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley (1715–1755), son of Vice-Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley, and the former Lady Louisa Lennox
Augustus Bickley (1857–1902), English journalist and author
Augustus Bird (1802–1870), American pioneer and politician
Augustus Blocksom (1854–1931), American Army officer
Augustus Bourn (1834–1925), American politician
Augustus Bouvier (1827–1881), French-born English painter
Augustus Bove (died 1967), American politician
Augustus Bowie Jr. (1872–1955), American inventor, businessman, and electrical engineer
Augustus Bradford (1806–1881), American governor
Augustus Brandegee (1828–1904), American lawyer and politician
Augustus Bridle (1868–1952), Canadian journalist and author
Augustus Brine (1769–1840), English Naval officer
Augustus Buchel (1813–1864), German-born American military officer
Augustus Buckland (1857–1942), British divine and writer
Augustus Buell (1847–1904), American author
Augustus Burbank (1823–1895), American physician
Augustus Burke (1838–1891), Irish artist
Augustus Caine (died 2005), Liberian academic and bureaucrat
Augustus Carney (1870–1920), Irish-born American actor
Augustus Case (1812–1893), American Naval officer
Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw (1768–1832), English politician
Augustus Chase (1828–1896), American industrialist
Augustus Chapman (1805–1876), American politician and lawyer
Augustus Chetlain (1824–1914), American Army soldier
Augustus Clark (1862–1928), English cricketer
Augustus Dayton Clark (died 1990), American Naval officer
Augustus Clevland (1754–1784), East India Company administrator, revenue collector, and judge
Augustus Clifford (1788–1877), British Royal Navy 1st Baronet, MP
Augustus Clissold (c. 1797–1882), English Anglican priest
Augustus Constantine (1898–1976), American architect
Augustus Cootmans, Belgian gymnast in the 1920s
Augustus Corliss (1837–1908), American author and historian
Augustus Crail (1842–1924), American pioneer, homesteader, cattle rancher, wheat strain developer, and politician
Augustus Cutler (1827–1897), American politician
Augustus Daniel (1866–1950), British curator and art museum director
Augustus Davis (1835–1899), American Union Army officer
Augustus de Bourbel (1835–1917), English cricketer
Augustus De Butts (1770–1853), British Army officer
Augustus Decker (1813–1872), American politician
Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871), British mathematician and logician
Augustus d'Este (1794–1848), British first known multiple sclerosis patient
Augustus de Vaudricourt, French 19th-century painter and lithographer
Augustus Dickens (1827–1866), English journalist and Charles Dickens’ brother
Augustus Dill (1882–1956), American historian, activist, social worker, sociologist, and writer
Augustus Dodge (1812–1883), American politician
Augustus Dole (1816–1876), American businessman and optician
Augustus Drum (1815–1858), American politician and lawyer
Augustus Dumbar (born 1978), Liberian former footballer
Augustus Dunbier (1888–1977), American painter
Augustus Duncombe (1814–1880), English Anglican priest
Augustus Earle (1793–1838), British painter
Augustus Egg (1816–1863), British painter
Augustus Endicott (1818–1910), American legislator and sheriff
Augustus Ellis (1800–1841), British Army officer and Tory politician
Augustus Elwood (1819–1881), American merchant and politician
Augustus Everaerts (born 1929), Belgian former wrestler
Augustus Farnham (1805–1865), American architect and Mormon missionary
Augustus Fechteler (1857–1921), American Naval officer
Augustus Fendler (1813–1883), Prussian-born American natural history collector
Augustus Finkelnburg (1830–1889), German American immigrant, lawyer, politician, and pioneer
Augustus H. Fenn (1844–1897), justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
Augustus FitzGeorge (1847–1933), British Army officer
Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791–1874), Anglo-Irish peer and freemason
Augustus FitzRoy, several people
Augustus Ford (1858–1931), English first-class cricketer
Augustus Forsberg (1832–1910), Swedish military engineer
Augustus Foster (1780–1848), British diplomat and politician
Augustus Fox (1822–1895), English portrait painter
Augustus Frank (1826–1895), American merchant, railroad executive, banker, and politician
Augustus Fraser (died 1890), Australian politician and pastoralist
Augustus Frazer (1776–1835), British Army officer
Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769–1812), German prince
Augustus French (1808–1864), American attorney and politician
Augustus Fritsch (1866–1933), Australian architect
Augustus Fuller, several people
Augustus P. Gardner (1865–1918), American military officer and politician
Augustus H. Garland (1832–1899), American lawyer and politician
Augustus Garrett (1801–1848), American politician
Augustus Gearhard (1893–1974), American Air Force brigadier general and Roman Catholic priest
Augustus George (1817–1902), English cricketer
Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1706–1771), German Roman Catholic monarch and military personnel
Augustus Gilchrist (born 1989), American professional basketball player
Augustus Godson (1835–1906), British politician
Augustus Goessling (1878–1963), American water polo player and swimmer
Augustus Goetz (1904–1976), American rower
Augustus Goodridge (1839–1920), Newfoundland merchant and politician
Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe (1829–1910), British agriculturist and philanthropist
Augustus Gould (1805–1866), American conchologist and malacologist
Augustus Granville (1783–1872), Italian physician, writer, and patriot
Augustus Greeves (1806–1874), Australian politician
Augustus Gregoire (1936–1972), Dominican cricketer
Augustus Gregory (1819–1905), English-born Australian explorer and surveyor
Augustus Greulich (1813–1893), German-born American politician
Augustus Griffin (1883–1946), American-born Canadian horticulture pioneer
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841–1903), British entomologist
Augustus C. Gurnee (1855–1926), American socialite and art patron
Augustus M. Gurney (1895–1967), American Army officer
Augustus Hall (1814–1861), American lawyer and politician
Augustus Hamilton (1853–1913), New Zealand ethnologist, biologist, and museum director
Augustus Hand, several people
Augustus Noble Hand (1869–1954), American judge
Augustus George Vernon Harcourt (1834–1919), English chemist
Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830–1889), American politician
Augustus Hare (1834–1903), English writer and raconteur
Augustus Harris (1852–1896), British actor, impresario, and dramatist
Augustus Glossop Harris (1825–1873), British actor and theatre manager
Augustus L. Hart (1849–1901), American politician and jurist
Augustus P. Hascall (1800–1872), American politician, surveyor, lawyer, and judge
Augustus Hawkins (1907–2007), American politician
Augustus George Hazard (1802–1868), American businessman and gunpowder manufacturer
Augustus Helder (1827–1906), British solicitor and politician
Augustus Hemenway (1853–1931), American philanthropist and public servant
Augustus Hemming (1841–1907), British colonial administrator, governor, and cricketer
Augustus Moore Herring (1867–1926), American aviation pioneer
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol (1724–1779), English Royal Navy officer and politician
Lord Augustus Hervey (1837–1875), British politician
Augustus Hewitt-Fox (1884–1959), South African cricketer
Augustus High (1844–1927), American politician
Augustus Hill (British Army officer) (1853–1921), British Army officer
Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden (1822–1886), English-born Ottoman admiral
Augustus M. Hodges (1854–1916), American journalist, newspaper editor, poet, and political organizer
Augustus Holland (1824–1919), Canadian farmer and politician
Augustus W. Holton (1850–1911), American architect
Augustus Hooper (1814–1866), English-born Canadian merchant, timber dealer, and political figure
Augustus Hopkins Strong (1836–1921), American Baptist minister and theologian
Augustus Hopper (1816–1878), English Anglican priest
Augustus Hoppin (1828–1896), American book illustrator
Augustus Hotham (died 1896), Australian cricketer
Augustus P. Hunton (1816–1911), American lawyer and politician
Augustus Daniel Imms (1880–1949), English educator, research administrator, and entomologist
Augustus Sol Invictus (born 1983), American political activist, attorney, blogger, and white nationalist
Augustus Jackson (1808–1852), American confectioner, chef, and businessman
Augustus James (1866–1934), Australian politician
Augustus Jaspert (born 1979), British diplomat
Augustus Jay (1850–1919), American diplomat
Augustus Jessopp (1823–1914), English cleric and writer
Augustus John (1878–1961), Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher
Augustus S. Johnson, American politician
Augustus Jones (c. 1757–1836), American-born Canadian farmer, land speculator, magistrate, militia captain, and surveyor
Augustus D. Juilliard (1836–1919), American businessman and philanthropist
Augustus Kargbo (born 1999), Sierra Leonean professional footballer
Augustus Mbusya Kavutu (born 1977), Kenyan long-distance runner and marathoner
Augustus Henry Keane (1833–1912), Irish Roman Catholic journalist and linguist
Augustus M. Kelley (1913–1999), American book publisher
Augustus Holmes Kenan (1805–1870), American politician and signer of the Confederate Constitution
Augustus Kenderdine (1870–1947), English-born Canadian artist and farmer
Augustus Keppel, several people
Augustus Kilty (1807–1879), American Civil War Navy officer
Augustus C. Kinney (1845–1908), American physician and scientist
Augustus Braun Kinzel (1900–1987), American metallurgist and engineer
Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann (1756–1829), German-born British composer and musical theorist
Augustus Kountze (1826–1892), American businessman
Augustus Koranteng Kyei (born 1990), Ghanaian blogger, freelance journalist, publicist, philanthropist, and digital marketer
Augustus Leopold Kuper (1809–1885), British Royal Navy officer of German descent
Augustus Osborne Lamplough (1877–1930), English Orientalist painter and illustrator
Augustus Laver (1834–1898), Canadian architect
Augustus Lawson (1930-?), Ghanaian sprinter
Augustus Legge (1839–1913), English bishop
Augustus Legge (archdeacon of Winchester) (1773–1828), English archdeacon
Augustus Austen Leigh (1840–1905), English provost
Augustus Asplet Le Gros (1840–1877), American poet and writer
Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), British-American archeologist and photographer
Augustus Leveson-Gower (1782–1802), English Royal Navy soldier
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843), English duke and George III's son
Augustus Frederick Lindley (1840–1873), British Royal Navy officer, adventurer, and writer
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730–1813), Prussian prince and general
Augustus Lochner (1827–1865), English soldier and cricketer
Lord Augustus Loftus (1817–1904), British-Australian diplomat and colonial administrator
Augustus Long (1904–2001), American businessman and Navy personnel
Augustus V. Long (1877–1955), American district judge
Augustus Nicodemus Lopes, Brazilian Christian theologian and minister
Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1697–1755), German prince
Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940), English mathematician
Augustus Lowell (1830–1900), American industrialist, philanthropist, horticulturist, and civic leader
Augustus Lucanus (1848–1941), Australian police officer and businessman
Augustus Ludlow (1792–1813), American Naval officer
Augustus Lunn (1905–1986), British artist and art teacher
Augustus Nathaniel Lushington (1869–1939), Trinidad-born American veterinarian
Augustus Macdonald (1804–1862), British politician and writer
Augustus Rodney Macdonough (1820–1907), American lawyer, newspaper editor, and railroad secretary
Augustus Magee (1789–1813), American Army soldier
Augustus Maiyo (born 1983), Kenyan-born American long-distance runner
Augustus Raymond Margary (1846–1875), British diplomat and explorer
Augustus Martin, several people
Augustus Matthiessen (1831–1870), British chemist and physicist
Augustus Maxwell (1820–1903), American lawyer and politician
Augustus Mayhew (1826–1875), English journalist and author
Augustus McCloskey (1878–1950), American lawyer and judge
Augustus Gardner Means (1925–1994), American businessman and politician
Augustus Meredith Nanton (1860–1925), Canadian businessman, investor, and developer
Augustus Merriman-Labor (1877–1919), Sierra Leonean barrister, writer, and munitions worker
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (1830–1892), American senator, lawyer, and judge
Augustus Meyers (1841–1919), American Civil War soldier
Augustus S. Miller (1847–1905), American mayor, lawyer, and politician
Augustus Mongredien (1807–1888), British corn merchant, political economist, writer, and chess master
Augustus Morris (1820–1895), Australian politician
Augustus Newbold Morris (1838–1906), American hospital manager, animal care director, and bank vice-president
Augustus Moulton (born 1959), Liberian sprinter
Augustus Henry Mounsey (1834–1882), British diplomat
Augustus Müller (1841–1910), German-born Indian Roman Catholic priest and missionary
Augustus Edwin Mulready (1844–1904), English genre painter
Augustus Nepean (1849–1933), English cricketer
Augustus Neville, New Zealand-born Australian actor
Augustus Charles Newman (1904–1972), British Army officer
Augustus Norton, several people
Augustus Richard Norton (1946–2019), American professor and army officer
Augustus Henry Novelli (died 1887), English physician
Augustus Nuwagaba (born 1964), Ugandan international economic transformation consultant
Augustus Oga (born 1960), Kenyan boxer
Augustus Frederick Oldfield (1821–1887), English botanist and zoologist
Augustus Oldford (1925–2023), Canadian social worker, magistrate, and politician
Augustus Orlebar (1897–1943), British military officer
Augustus Orlebar (cricketer) (1824–1912), English first-class cricketer and clergyman
Augustus Pablo (1953–1999), Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer and a multi-instrumentalist
Augustus Page (1855–1898), New Zealand cricketer
Augustus Paget (1823–1896), British diplomat
Augustus Paget (RAF officer) (1898–1918), British World War I flying ace
Augustus G. Paine Jr. (1866–1947), American paper manufacturer and bank official
Augustus G. Paine Sr. (1839–1915), American financier
Augustus Parrish (born 1987), American former football player
Augustus Paulet, 15th Marquess of Winchester (1858–1899), British peer and soldier
Augustus Peirce (1840–1919), American sailor, actor, raconteur, and artist
Augustus L. Perrill (1807–1882), American educator, law enforcement officer, and politician
Augustus Peters (1931–1986), German clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop
Augustus W. Peters (1844–1898), Canadian-born American politician and lawyer
Augustus Herman Pettibone (1835–1918), American politician
Augustus Phillimore (1822–1897), English Royal Navy officer
Augustus Phillips (1874–1944), American actor
Augustus Pierce (c. 1877–1934), American politician
Augustus Pleasonton (1808–1894), American Civil War military general
Augustus Poeppel (1839–1891), German-born Australian surveyor and explorer
Augustus Pope, several people
Augustus Porter (1769–1849), American businessman, judge, farmer, and politician
Augustus Post (1873–1952), American adventurer, automotive pioneer, balloonist, early aviator, writer, actor, musician, and lecturer
Augustus Prevost (1837–1913), British banker, businessman, and baronet
Augustus Prew (born 1987), English film and television actor
Augustus Prinsep (1803–1830), English artist, writer, and civil servant
Augustus Pugin (1812–1852), English architect, designer, artist, and critic
Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832), Anglo-French artist, architectural draughtsman, and writer
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (1652–1723), German physician and botanist
Augustus Rauschenbusch (1816–1899), German Baptist clergyman
Augustus M. Reinhardt (1842–1923), American businessman
Augustus Rhodes (1821–1918), American judge, lawyer, and senator
Augustus Ricardo (1843–1871), English cricketer
Augustus J. Ricks (1843–1906), American judge
Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827–1900), English officer in the British Army, ethnologist, and archaeologist
Augustus Roberts, Canadian politician
Augustus I. Robbins (1839–1909), American Union Army soldier
Augustus Robin, American engraver and businessman
Augustus Rowe (1920–2013), Canadian physician and politician
Augustus John Rush (born 1942), American psychiatrist
Augustus M. Ryon (1862–1949), American mining engineer
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), American sculptor
Augustus Saunders (1801–1878), British school headmaster
Augustus Saunders (baseball) (1909–1999), American professional baseball player
Augustus Schell (1812–1884), American politician and lawyer
Augustus Schoonmaker Jr. (1828–1894), American lawyer and politician
Augustus Schutz (1689-?), English courtier of German descent
Augustus Schwaab (1823–1899), German-American architect and civil engineer
Augustus John Schwertner (1870–1939), American Roman Catholic bishop of German descent
Augustus Sclafani (died 1986), American gangster of Italian descent
Augustus Frederic Scott (1854–1936), Norwich-based architect
Augustus Henry Seward (1826–1876), American Army soldier
Augustus Seymour, several people
Augustus Shapleigh (1810–1902), American businessman and pioneer
Augustus Shears (1827–1911), English Anglican priest
Augustus Burke Shepherd (1839–1885), English medical doctor
Augustus Frederick Sherman (1865–1925), American clerical administrator and photographer
Augustus Short (1802–1883), Australian bishop
Augustus Siebe (1788–1872), German-born British engineer
Augustus Constantine Sinclair (c. 1834–1891), Jamaican civil servant, historian, and non-fiction writer
Augustus Smith, several people
Augustus L. Smith (1833–1902), American educator, businessman, and politician
Augustus Rhodes Sollers (1814–1862), American politician
Augustus Soule (1827–1887), American lawyer and judge
Augustus Spencer (1807–1893), British Army officer
Augustus D. Splivalo (1840–1911), American attorney and politician of Italian descent
Augustus B. R. Sprague (1827–1910), American businessman, politician, and military figure
Augustus Stafford (1811–1857), British landowner and politician
Augustus Owsley Stanley (1867–1958), American politician
Augustus Stapleton (1800–1880), English biographer and political pamphleteer
Augustus Steele (1792–1864), American entrepreneur, state legislator, judge, politician, postmaster, port inspector, and tax collector
Augustus Stinchfield (1842–1917), American physician
Augustus Stoneman (1832–1905), Canadian merchant and politician
Augustus Russell Street (1792–1866), American philanthropist
Augustus N. Summers (1856–1927), American lawyer, politician, and judge
Augustus Vincent Tack (1870–1949), American painter
Augustus Joseph Tancred (1804–1867), South African politician
Augustus Obuadum Tanoh (born 1956), Ghanaian politician and international businessman
Augustus Gabriel de Vivier Tassin (1842–1893), French-born American Civil War Union Army soldier
Augustus Tennant (1841–1892), Indian-born New Zealand cricketer
Augustus Thébaud (1807–1885), French-American educator and publicist
Augustus Thomas (1857–1934), American playwright
Augustus Thorndike (1896–1986), American sports physician
Augustus Toebbe (1829–1884), German-born American Roman Catholic bishop
Augustus Tolton (1854–1897), American Catholic priest
Augustus Toplady (1740–1778), English Anglican cleric, hymn writer, animal rights scholar, and poet
Augustus Edmonds Tozer (1857–1910), English composer and organist
Augustus Trowbridge (1870–1934), American educator and physicist
Augustus H. Tulk (1810–1873), Australian librarian and linguist
Augustus Ulyard (1816–1900), American baker, council member, and politician
Augustus Uthwatt, Baron Uthwatt (1879–1949), Australian-born British judge
Augustus Van Dievoet (1803–1865), Belgian legal historian and Supreme Court advocate
Augustus van Horne Ellis (1827–1863), American lawyer, sea captain, and soldier
Augustus Van Pelt (1817–1889), American harbor pilot
Augustus Van Wyck (1850–1922), American judge and politician
Augustus Arthur Vansittart (1824–1882), English scholar
Augustus Voelcker (1822–1884), German scientist and chemist
Augustus Stephen Vogt (1861–1926), German-Canadian organist, choral conductor, music educator, composer, and author
Augustus Wade Dwight (1827–1865), American Civil War officer and lawyer
Augustus Walford Weedon (1838–1908), English landscape painter
Augustus Wall Callcott (1779–1844), English painter
Augustus Waller, several people
Augustus Walley (1856–1938), American Army soldier
Augustus Frederick Warr (1847–1908), English solicitor and politician
Augustus Washington (c. 1820–1875), American photographer and daguerreotypist
Augustus Weismann (1809–1884), American politician
Augustus G. Weissert (1844–1923), American Civil War Union Army soldier
Augustus West (1814–1887), American abolitionist, landowner, and activist
Augustus West (priest) (1813–1893), Irish Anglican priest
Augustus White (1839-?), New Zealand politician
Augustus A. White (born 1936), American orthopedist, orthopedic surgeon, football player, and lacrosse player
Augustus Samuel Wilkins (1843–1905), English classical scholar
Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1662–1731), German prince
Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715–1781), German military personnel
Augustus William Hare (1792–1834), British writer
Augustus William Harvey (1839–1903), British-born Canadian industrialist and politician
Augustus William Lumley-Savile (1829–1887), English landowner and businessman
Augustus William Smith (1802–1866), American educator, astronomer, and mathematician
Augustus Williams (1842-?), American Civil War Navy soldier
Augustus E. Willson (1846–1931), American politician
Augustus B. Woodward (1774–1827), American politician of English-Dutch descent
Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826–1897), British antiquarian and museum administrator
Augustus B. Wolvin (1857–1932), American shipping magnate
Augustus Romaldus Wright (1813–1891), American politician, lawyer, and Confederate States Army colonel
Augustus Young (born 1943), Irish poet
Augustus Young (representative) (1784–1857), American politician
Arthur Augustus Zimmerman (1869–1936), American cycling sprint rider
David Augustus Burke (1952–1987), American hijacker and former employee who caused the crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
Henry Augustus Lukeman (1872–1935), American sculptor
W. Augustus Barratt (1873–1947), Scottish-born American songwriter and musician
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), German-British Army personnel and George II's son

Fictional characters

Augustus “ Gusto “ Gummi, a Gummi Bear artist from the Disney Afternoon animated series Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Augustus Cole, a character from the Gears of War series
Augustus Autumn, a colonel in Fallout 3’s Enclave Faction.
Augustus Faverhsam, a character from The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
Augustus Gloop, a gluttonous character from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Augustus Haynes, character on The Wire
Lord Augustus Highcastle, a character from Augustus Does His Bit by George Bernard Shaw
Augustus Hill, narrator and inmate on Oz
Augustus Porter, also known as Gus, a character from the animated fantasy series The Owl House
Augustus Sinclair, a guiding character from the video game BioShock 2
Augustus Rookwood, a character from the Harry Potter series
Augustus Snodgrass, a character in Charles Dickens's novel The Pickwick Papers
Augustus Waters, a character from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Augustus McCrae, a character from the novel Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty.

People named Augustus

By first name or title

Fictional characters

See also