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Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for Angus, August, Augustine, or Augustus, and other names (e.g. Aengus, Argus, Fergus, Ghassan, Gustav, Gustave, Gustavo, Octagius, or Tyler.

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As a stand alone masculine name, it derives from the Old Irish word gusmhar or gusair for "strength" or "force" or the root gustu- for "choice"/"chose", with most naming books combining both derivations as "strong choice".

Gus may refer to:

Film

  • Gus, a 1976 film about a football-playing mule.

    • Given name

  • Gus Cannon (1883-1979), American blues musician
  • Gus Edwards (1879-1945), songwriter ("By the Light of the Silvery Moon"), vaudevillian and music producer born Gus Simon
  • Gus Hall (1910-2000), longtime leader of the Communist Party USA, born Arvo Kustaa Halberg
  • Gus Johnson (basketball) (1938-1987), American National Basketball Association player
  • Gus Johnson (jazz musician), American jazz drummer
  • Gus Triandos (born 1930), former Major League Baseball player
  • Gus Van Sant, (born 1952) American film director, photographer, musician and author
  • Gus Williams (basketball) (born 1953), American basketball player
  • Gus Williams (musician) (1937–2010), Australian country singer born Kasper Gus Ntjalka Williams

    • Nickname

  • Greg Adams (ice hockey, born 1963), Canadian former National Hockey League player
  • Gus Bell (1928-1995), American Major League Baseball player
  • Gus Dorner (1876-1956), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Gus Frerotte (born 1971), American football player
  • Phil Gould (born 1958), Australian rugby league broadcaster, journalist, administrator and former player and coach
  • Gus Greenlee (1893-1952), Negro League baseball team owner and African-American businessman
  • Gus Grissom (1926-1967), one of the seven original American astronauts, killed in the Apollo 1 fire
  • Gus Hansen (born 1974), professional Danish poker player
  • Gus Henderson (1889-1965), American football coach
  • Gustav A. Hoff (1852-1930), German-born American businessman and politician
  • Gus Johnson (sportscaster) (born 1967), American sports announcer
  • Gus Kahn (1886-1941), songwriter, lyricist and musician
  • Gus Kelly (1877-1951), Irish cricketer
  • Gus Kenworthy (born 1991), British-born American freestyle skier, 2014 Olympic silver medalist
  • Gus MacPherson (born 1968), Scottish football manager and former player
  • Gus Mancuso (1905-1984), baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator
  • Gus Mears (1873-1912), English businessman and founder of Chelsea F.C.
  • Gus Mortson (born 1924), former National Hockey League defenceman
  • Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell (born 1952), British former senior civil servant and economist
  • Gus Poyet, Uruguayan footballer
  • Gus Suhr (1906-2004), American Major League Baseball player
  • Gus Weyhing (1866-1955), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Gus Williams (vaudeville) (1848–1915), American comedian and songwriter
  • Gus Williams (outfielder) (1888–1964), German-American Major League Baseball player
  • Gus Williams (pitcher) (1870–1890), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Gus Winckel (1912–2013), Dutch World War II soldier
  • Gus Yatron (1927-2003), twelve-term member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

    • Stage name

  • Gus Black, singer-songwriter Anthony Penaloza, formerly known simply as Gus
  • Gus G or Gus Gus, Greek heavy metal guitarist Kostas Karamitroudis (born 1980)

    • Fictional characters

  • Gus Aitoro, in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light
  • Gus Carmichael, an 11-year-old boy on the British children's TV series Tracy Beaker Returns
  • Gus Duncz, a gay character in the animated TV series Mission Hill
  • Gus Fring, in the TV series Breaking Bad
  • Gus Goose, Donald Duck's second cousin
  • Gus Gorman, character played by Richard Pryor in Superman III
  • Gus Grav, former antagonist from the animated series Bakugan: New Vestroia and Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge
  • Gus Grimly, in the TV series Fargo
  • Gus Griswald, one of T.J.'s friends in Disney's Recess
  • Gus Hedges, from the TV series Drop the Dead Donkey
  • Gus McCrae, main character in the Lonesome Dove Western novel and TV miniseries
  • Gus Matthews, the main character in the film The Benchwarmers
  • Gus Smith, in the BBC soap opera Eastenders
  • Augustus "Gus" Waters, from the novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  • Gus, one of two mice sidekicks of Cinderella in Disney's 1950 animated film
  • Gus the Theatre Cat, in the musical Cats
  • Gus (Psych), in the TV series Psych
  • Gus the groundhog, "spokesgroundhog" for the Pennsylvania Lottery's instant scratch-off lottery games
  • Gus, from the TV series Robotboy
  • Gus, the fireman in the TV series Leave It to Beaver
  • Gus Honeybun, a rabbit who was a mascot for ITV franchises Westward and TSW
  • Gus, from the animated film A Troll in Central Park

    • Other

  • Gus (polar bear), at the Central Park Zoo in New York City
  • GUS the eagle, mascot of Georgia Southern University

    • References

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