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Wiktionaryabout|the given name and surname 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 Magnus (Roman usurper)|usurper . The name gained wider popularity in the Middle Ages, various European peoples, and their royal houses, being introduced to it upon being converted to the Latin-speaking Catholic Christianity. This was especially the case with Scandinavia n royalty and nobility.
As a Scandinavian forename, it was extracted from the Frankish ruler Charlemagne 's Latin name "Carolus Magnus" and re-analyzed as Old Norse magn-hús = "house of might/power".Citation needed|date=April 2011 Magnus may refer to:
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People
People with the sole name Magnus
Kings of Norway
Magnus I of Norway (1024–1047)
Magnus II of Norway (1048–1069)
Magnus III of Norway (1073–1103)
Magnus IV of Norway (c. 1115–1139)
Magnus V of Norway (1156–1184)
Magnus VI of Norway (1238–1280)
Kings of Sweden
Magnus I of Sweden (c. 1106–1134)
Magnus II of Sweden (died 1161)
Magnus III of Sweden (1240–1290)
Magnus IV of Sweden (1316–1374), also Magnus VII of Norway
King of Livonia
Magnus, Duke of Holstein|Magnus of Livonia (1540–1583), also Duke of Holstein
Dukes
Magnus, Duke of Saxony (c. 1045–1106)
Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (before 1318–1369)
Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1324–1373), also known as Magnus with the Necklace
Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1488–1543)
Other
Magnus (Roman usurper) (died 235)
Magnus Maximus , Roman usurper and Western Roman Emperor (died 388)
Magnus (consul 460) (c. 390 or 405 – 475)
Magnus (bishop) , Roman Catholic Bishop of Turku between 1291 and 1308
Magnus of Nisibis, Alexandrian doctor and professor of the fourth century
Pompey Magnus , Roman consul and general who was given the honorific "Magnus"
Magnus, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1455-1524)
Saints
Magnus of Cuneo (died 3rd century)
Magnus (bishop of Milan)|Magnus of Milan , bishop of Milan from 518 to c. 530
Magnus of Avignon (died 660), bishop and governor of Avignon
Magnus of Füssen , missionary saint of southern Germany, seventh or eighth century
Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075-1115? )
Albertus Magnus (born 1193-1206, died 1280), German theologian and philosopher
People with the family name Magnus
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Elisabeth von Magnus , Austrian singer
Heinrich Gustav Magnus , professor of chemistry
Heinrich Magnus , German physicist who discovered the Magnus effect
Ludwig Immanuel Magnus , German mathematician
Wilhelm Magnus , German mathematician
Siobhan Magnus , American singer
In fiction
Magnus Bane , gay warlock in The Mortal Instruments book series
