Severin (given name)

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Severin, Séverin or Severinus is a masculine given name. It is derived from Latin severus "severe, serious, strict". It may refer to:

People

Pope Severinus (died 640)

Severin of Cologne (died 403)

Severinus of Noricum (c. 410-482), the "Apostle to Noricum", Roman Catholic saint

Saint Severinus of Septempeda (died 550), Roman Catholic bishop and hermit

Séverin of Paris, a hermit who lived on the site of the current Saint-Séverin, Paris church

George Chapman (murderer), born Severin Klosowski, British serial poisoner and suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders

Severin von Eckardstein (born 1978), German pianist

Severin Roesen (c. 1815–72), a painter known for his still lifes of flowers and fruit

Severyn Nalyvaiko, leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks, a hero of Ukrainian folklore

Severin Freund (born 1988), a German ski jumper

Steven Severin pseudonym of co-founder of British post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees

Severin von Kusiemski, a character in the novel Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Severin Winter, a wrestling prodigy in The 158-Pound Marriage, a novel by John Irving

Severinus of Sankt Wendel, in the novel The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Severin, in the novel Severin's Journey into the Dark by Paul Leppin

Severin, in the movie Shortbus

Severin von Phoenix, in the Japanese manga and anime Princess Resurrection by Yasunori Mitsunaga

Dr. Severin, in the original Star Trek episode "The Way To Eden"

Severin, The Horned Boy in the Holly Black novel "The Darkest Part of the Forest"

Severin Unck, a character in the novel "Radiance" by Catherynne M. Valente

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