Justus (given name)

Justus is a given name, meaning "just", "fair", or "righteous". The name is related to the similar Latin name Justinian and the English name Justin.

The given name may refer to:

Religious and biblical figures

Ordered chronologically up to the modern era, then alphabetically by last name.

• Justus of Eleutheropolis or Joseph Barsabbas, in the New Testament the man not chosen by lot to take Judas Iscariot's place among the Apostles, later Bishop of Eleutheropolis and martyr
• Pope Justus of Alexandria, Pope of Alexandria (118–129) and a saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church
• Justus of Beauvais (c. 278–c. 287), semi-legendary Christian saint
• Justus of Trieste (died 293), Christian saint
• Justus (died c. 304), Christian martyr - see Justus and Pastor
• Justus of Lyon (died 389), 13th bishop of Lyon
• Justus of Urgell (died c. 527), Spanish bishop and saint
• Justus of Vienne, 6th century bishop of Vienne
• Justus (died 627), fourth Archbishop of Canterbury
• Justus Falckner (1672–1723), Lutheran minister and first Lutheran pastor to be ordained within the United States
• Justus Gesenius (1601–1673), German Lutheran theologian
• Justus Jonas (1493–1555), German Lutheran reformer
• Justus Knecht (1839–1921), German Catholic theologian, writer and bishop
• Justus Trettel (1890–1976), American Benedictine monk

Artists and entertainers

• Justus D. Barnes (1862–1946), American actor in The Great Train Robbery
• Justus Esiri (1942–2013), Nigerian actor
• Justus Frantz (born 1944), German pianist, conductor and television personality
• Justus van Gent (c. 1410–c. 1480), painter from Ghent
• Justus Hagman (1859–1936), Swedish actor
• Justus van Huysum (1659–1716), Dutch painter
• Justis Ellis McQueen, Jr. (born 1927), stage name L. Q. Jones, American actor
• Justus Sustermans (1597–1681) Flemish painter and draughtsman
• Justus Zeyen (1963–2025), German classical pianist and song accompanist

Sportspeople

• Justus Hollatz (born 2001), German basketball player
• Justus Ferdinand Poggenburg II (1865–1917), American billiards champion known as the "father of amateur billiards"
• Justus Ferdinand Poggenburg III (1895–1966), American billiards champion
• Justus Ross-Simmons, American football player
• Justus Sheffield (born 1996), American baseball player
• Justus Soget (born 1999), Kenyan middle-distance runner
• Justus Strid (born 1987), Danish retired figure skater
• Justus Tavai (born 1998), American football player
• Justus Thigpen (born 1947), American basketball player
• Justus Torsutsey (born 1992), Ghanaian footballer

Other

• Justus of Tiberias (c. 35–c. 100), Jewish author and historian
• Justus (son of Justin II) (died before 565?), son of Roman Emperor Justin II
• Justus Claproth (1728–1805), German jurist and inventor of the deinking process of recycled paper.
• Justus Dahinden (1925–2020), Swiss architect, teacher and writer
• Justus Danckerts (1635–1701), Dutch engraver and publisher
• Justus B. Entz (1867–1947), American electrical engineer and inventor
• Justus ǁGaroëb (born 1942), Namibian traditional leader and politician
• Justus Carl Hasskarl (1811–1894), German explorer and botanist
• Justus Hecker (1795–1850), German physician and medical writer
• Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), German chemist
• Justus Lipsius (1547–1606), Flemish Catholic philologist, philosopher and humanist
• Justus McKinstry (1814–1897), United States Army officer
• Justus Möser (1720–1794), German jurist and social theorist
• Justus Mühlenpfordt (1911–2000), German nuclear physicist
• Justus Olshausen (1800–1882), German orientalist and philologist
• Justus Perthes (1749–1816), original editor of the Almanach de Gotha, a directory of royalty and nobility
• Justus Ferdinand Poggenburg I (1840–1893), American botanist
• Justus Cornelius Ramsey (1821–1881), American politician
• Justus Rosenberg (1921–2021), Polish literature professor who saved many people from the Nazis during World War II and served in the French Resistance
• Justus Ludwig Adolf Roth (1818–1892), German geologist and mineralogist
• Justus Scheibert (1831–1903), Prussian army officer whose writings about the American Civil War influenced Prussian and later German military strategy
• Justus Georg Schottelius (1612–1676), German grammarian
• Justus Thorner (1848–1928), first owner of the professional baseball franchise now known as the Cincinnati Reds
• Justus Velsius (c. 1510–after 1581), Dutch humanist, physician and mathematician
• Justus Vingboons (c. 1620–c. 1698), Amsterdam architect

Fictional characters

• Justus Ward, on the American soap opera General Hospital
• Justus (Shakugan no Shana), in the light novel series Shakugan no Shana

See also

• Justice (given name)

References