Gender:
Origin:
Latin
398 famous people named Augustus found on Wikipedia.
16927 male, 10 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
460-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
175-th in year 1880
Used in: Ancient-Roman, Dutch
Augustus is a masculine given name derived from Augustus, meaning "majestic," "the increaser," or "venerable". Many of its descended forms are August, Augusto, Austin, and Augustine. The Greek translation of the title Augustus was Sebastos, from which the name Sebastian descends.
Masc. proper name, from Latin augustus "venerable" (see august (adj.)). The name originally was a cognomen applied to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus as emperor, with a sense something like "his majesty."
Derived from Latin augere (to increase); majestic, grand, magnificent.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Augustus | Founder and first emperor of the Roman Empire | |
| 2 | Augustus Prew | 1987 | English actor |
| 3 | Augustus II the Strong | 1670 | King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania |
| 4 | Augustus Pugin | 1812 | English architect and designer |
| 5 | Seimone Augustus | 1984 | Basketball player |
| 6 | Sigismund II Augustus | 1520 | King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania |
| 7 | Augustus De Morgan | 1806 | British mathematician, philosopher and university teacher (1806-1871) |
| 8 | Emanuel Augustus | 1975 | American boxer |
| 9 | Augustus Saint-Gaudens | 1848 | American artist |
| 10 | Augustus III of Poland | 1696 | King of Poland, Elector of Saxony |
| 11 | Augustus John | 1878 | Welsh painter |
| 12 | Augustus Sol Invictus | 1983 | |
| 13 | Augustus Hill | ||
| 14 | Augustus Pablo | 1954 | Musician and record producer |
| 15 | Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore | 1837 | British BAron |
| 16 | Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton | 1735 | British noble |
| 17 | Augustus Pitt Rivers | 1827 | English army officer, ethnologist and archaeologist |
| 18 | Augustus d'Este | 1794 | English member of the Aborigines Protection Society |
| 19 | Augustus Clifford | 1788 | Royal Navy admiral |
| 20 | Augustus F. Hawkins | 1907 | American politician |
| 21 | Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel | 1725 | Royal Navy admiral |
| 22 | Augustus Haynes | Character from The Wire | |
| 23 | Augustine Tolton | 1854 | American priest |
| 24 | Augustus Toplady | 1740 | British divine |
| 25 | Augustus Egg | 1816 | British artist |
| 26 | Sherman Augustus | 1959 | American football player and actor |
| 27 | Augustus Edward Hough Love | 1863 | British mathematician |
| 28 | Augustus Owsley Stanley | 1867 | American state and federal politician |
| 29 | Augustus Agar | 1890 | Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
| 30 | Augustus Octavius Bacon | 1839 | Politician |
| 31 | Augustus Le Plongeon | 1825 | American photographer and archaeologist |
| 32 | Augustus D. Juilliard | 1836 | American philanthropist |
| 33 | Augustus Hill Garland | 1832 | Lawyer and American politician |
| 34 | Augustus Moore Herring | 1867 | Aircraft experimenter |
| 35 | Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen | ||
| 36 | John Augustus | 1785 | Prison reform campaigner |
| 37 | Augustus Jackson | 1808 | |
| 38 | Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | 1579 | Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel |
| 39 | Augustus Chapman Allen | 1806 | Co-founder of Houston, Texas |
| 40 | Augustus Hare | 1834 | English writer |
| 41 | Augustus B. Woodward | 1774 | Chief Justice of Michigan territory |
| 42 | Augustus Schell | 1812 | American businessman |
| 43 | Augustus Charles Newman | 1904 | Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
| 44 | Augustus Henry Seward | 1826 | United States Army officer |
| 45 | Augustus Dickens | 1827 | Brother of Victorian-era novelist Charles Dickens |
| 46 | Augustus E. Willson | 1846 | American politician |
| 47 | Augustus Noble Hand | 1869 | American judge |
| 48 | Augustus Charles Pugin | 1762 | Anglo-French artist, architectural draughtsman, and writer on medieval architecture |
| 49 | Augustus Aikhomu | 1939 | Admiral and politician |
| 50 | Augustus Charles Gregory | 1819 | Australian explorer |
| 51 | Kodi Augustus | 1987 | American basketball player |
| 52 | Augustus Washington | 1820 | American photographer |
| 53 | Augustus Hopkins Strong | 1836 | American theologian |
| 54 | Augustus Brine | 1769 | Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. |
| 55 | Augustus C. Dodge | 1812 | American politician |
| 56 | Augustus Gilchrist | 1989 | American basketball player |
| 57 | Augustus Peabody Gardner | 1865 | American politician |
| 58 | Augustus Earle | 1793 | British artist |
| 59 | Augustus Baldwin Longstreet | 1790 | American journalist |
| 60 | Augustus Harris | 1852 | Actor |
| 61 | Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton | 1821 | British noble |
| 62 | Augustus Wollaston Franks | 1826 | British museum administrator |
| 63 | Augustus Stinchfield | 1842 | American physician |
| 64 | Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster | 1791 | Irish peer |
| 65 | Augustus Siebe | 1788 | Prussian engineer and inventor |
| 66 | Augustus van Horne Ellis | 1827 | Union United States Army officer |
| 67 | Augustus Bradford | 1806 | American politician |
| 68 | Augustus Henry Keane | 1833 | Irish Roman Catholic journalist and linguist |
| 69 | Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol | 1724 | British admiral and politician (1724-79) |
| 70 | Augustus Matthiessen | 1831 | British scientist |
| 71 | Augustus Magee | 1789 | American filibuster |
| 72 | Augustus Desiré Waller | 1856 | Physiologist |
| 73 | Augustus Smith | 1804 | Governor of the Isles of Scilly |
| 74 | Augustus Jones | 1757 | Upper Canadian Surveyor |
| 75 | Augustus Quirinus Rivinus | 1652 | German physician and botanist |
| 76 | Augustus Maxwell | 1820 | American politician |
| 77 | Augustus Frederick Sherman | 1865 | American photographer |
| 78 | Augustus Thomas | 1857 | American playwright |
| 79 | Augustus Vincent Tack | 1870 | American artist |
| 80 | Augustus Phillips | 1874 | American actor |
| 81 | Augustus Sclafani | American mobster | |
| 82 | Augustus Volney Waller | 1816 | British neurophysicist |
| 83 | Augustus Obuadum Tanoh | 1956 | Ghanaian politician |
| 84 | Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden | 1706 | Ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1761 till his death in 1771 |
| 85 | Augustus C. French | 1808 | American politician |
| 86 | Augustus Wall Callcott | 1779 | British artist |
| 87 | Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | 1662 | German prince |
| 88 | Augustus George Hazard | 1802 | American businessman |
| 89 | Augustus Addison Gould | 1805 | American conchologist and malacologist |
| 90 | Augustus Richard Norton | 1946 | American academic |
| 91 | Augustus Orlebar | 1897 | British air racer, soldier and RAF officer |
| 92 | Augustus Walley | 1856 | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient |
| 93 | Augustus Akinloye | Federal minister of Nigeria; lawyer | |
| 94 | Augustus Hall | 1814 | American politician |
| 95 | Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley | 1715 | English noble |
| 96 | Augustus Applegath | 1788 | Inventor of the vertical printing-press |
| 97 | Augustus O. Bourn | 1834 | American politician |
| 98 | Augustus Walker | 1912 | Royal Air Force air marshals |
| 99 | Augustus C. Baldwin | 1817 | American politician |
| 100 | Augustus Edwin Mulready | 1844 | British artist |
| 101 | Augustus Summerfield Merrimon | 1830 | American politician |
| 102 | Augustus G. Paine, Jr. | 1866 | Businessman |
| 103 | Olutoyin Augustus | 1979 | Nigerian hurdler |
| 104 | Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern | 1715 | Duke of Brunswick-Bevern |
| 105 | Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen | 1697 | Prince of Anhalt-Köthen |
| 106 | Augustus Van Wyck | 1850 | American judge |
| 107 | Augustus Leopold Kuper | 1809 | Royal Navy admiral |
| 108 | Augustus Garrett | 1801 | American politician |
| 109 | Augustus Kountze | 1826 | US businessman |
| 110 | Augustus Seymour Porter | 1798 | American politician |
| 111 | Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden | 1822 | British admiral |
| 112 | Augustus Nicholas Burke | 1838 | Irish artist |
| 113 | Augustus Spencer | 1807 | British general |
| 114 | Augustus Lowell | 1830 | American philanthropist |
| 115 | Augustus Pleasonton | 1801 | United States general |
| 116 | Augustus Nicodemus Lopes | 1954 | Brazilian minister and theologian |
| 117 | Augustus William Hare | 1792 | British writer |
| 118 | Augustus Voelcker | 1822 | Anglo-German chemist |
| 119 | Augustus Nathaniel Lushington | 1869 | First African American to earn Veterinarian degree |
| 120 | Augustus Raymond Margary | 1846 | British diplomat |
| 121 | Augustus Hemenway | 1853 | American politician |
| 122 | Augustus Anson | 1835 | British army officer and politician |
| 123 | Augustus Nuwagaba | 1964 | Ugandan academic |
| 124 | Augustus N. Martin | 1847 | American politician |
| 125 | Augustus Short | 1802 | Australian bishop |
| 126 | Augustus W. Bennet | 1897 | American politician |
| 127 | Augustus Abbott | 1804 | Army officer |
| 128 | Augustus Granville | 1783 | Italian physician and writer |
| 129 | Augustus Case | 1812 | United States Navy admiral |
| 130 | Augustus Daniel Imms | 1880 | British entomologist |
| 131 | Augustus Frank | 1826 | American politician |
| 132 | Augustus F. Gearhard | 1893 | United States general |
| 133 | Augustus Brandegee | 1828 | American lawyer and politician |
| 134 | Augustus John Rush | 1942 | Singaporean psychiatrist |
| 135 | Augustus Molade Akiwumi | 1891 | Lawyer and Former Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana |
| 136 | Augustus Porter | 1769 | American businessman |
| 137 | Augustus Jessopp | 1823 | British school headmaster |
| 138 | Augustus Louis Chetlain | 1824 | Union (American Civil War)Union Union ArmyArmy General officergeneral |
| 139 | Augustus Henry Fox | 1822 | English painter |
| 140 | Augustus Pearl Martin | 1835 | Union United States Army officer |
| 141 | Augustus George Vernon Harcourt | 1834 | Physical chemist |
| 142 | Augustus A. Chapman | 1803 | Confederate Army general |
| 143 | Augustus Mongredien | 1807 | British chess player |
| 144 | Augustus Legge | 1839 | British bishop |
| 145 | Augustus Romaldus Wright | 1813 | Politician, lawyer and judge |
| 146 | Augustus Thorndike | 1896 | American medical academic |
| 147 | Augustus C. Hand | 1803 | American politician |
| 148 | Augustus Berkeley Paget | 1823 | British civil servant, diplomat and ambassador |
| 149 | Augustus Granville Dill | 1881 | American activist |
| 150 | Augustus Rowe | 1920 | Canadian physician and politician (1920-2013) |
| 151 | Augustus Herman Pettibone | 1835 | American politician |
| 152 | Augustus W. Cutler | 1827 | American politician |
| 153 | Augustus Kenderdine | 1870 | British artist |
| 154 | Augustus Paulet, 15th Marquess of Winchester | 1858 | British noble |
| 155 | Sir Augustus Foster, 1st Baronet | 1780 | British diplomat and politician |
| 156 | Augustus Rhodes | American politician | |
| 157 | Augustus Keppel, 5th Earl of Albemarle | 1794 | English nobleman and Member of Parliament for Arundel from 1820 to 1826 |
| 158 | Augustus L. Hart | 1849 | Politician |
| 159 | Augustus Constantine Sinclair | ||
| 160 | Augustus Asplet Le Gros | 1840 | Jersey writer |
| 161 | Augustus Radcliffe Grote | 1841 | British entomologist |
| 162 | Augustus Maiyo | 1983 | |
| 163 | Augustus Duncombe | 1814 | Dean of York |
| 164 | Augustus Alt | 1731 | British soldier and engineer |
| 165 | Augustus Ulyard | 1816 | American baker |
| 166 | Augustus Parrish | 1987 | American football player |
| 167 | Augustus Stafford | 1811 | British politician |
| 168 | Augustus Clissold | 1797 | British priest |
| 169 | Augustus J. Ricks | 1843 | United States federal judge |
| 170 | August Christian | 1769 | German prince (1769-1812) |
| 171 | Augustus Ludlow | 1792 | United States Navy officer |
| 172 | Augustus Frederick Adolphus Greeves | 1806 | Australian politician |
| 173 | Augustus F. Goodridge | 1839 | Canadian politician |
| 174 | Augustus Daniel | 1866 | British curator |
| 175 | Ellsworth Hunt Augustus | 1897 | American boy scouts leader |
| 176 | Augustus Rhodes Sollers | 1814 | American politician |
| 177 | Augustus Long | 1904 | American businessman |
| 178 | Augustus Simon Frazer | 1776 | British Army commander |
| 179 | Augustus L. Perrill | 1807 | American politician |
| 180 | Augustus Stephen Vogt | 1861 | Canadian musician |
| 181 | Augustus Baillie | 1861 | British businessman |
| 182 | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | 1768 | British politician |
| 183 | Augustus C. Kinney | 1845 | American physician |
| 184 | Augustus Meyers | 1841 | American writer |
| 185 | Augustus Jules Bouvier | 1827 | British painter |
| 186 | Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe | 1829 | English philanthropist (1829-1910) |
| 187 | Augustus F. Allen | 1813 | American politician |
| 188 | Augustus Barber | 1927 | American businessman |
| 189 | Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann | 1756 | Composer and musical theorist |
| 190 | Augustus Bradford Endicott | 1818 | American politician |
| 191 | Augustus Barrows | 1838 | American politician |
| 192 | Augustus W. Peters | 1844 | American politician |
| 193 | Augustus Caesar Buell | 1847 | American author |
| 194 | Augustus P. Hascall | 1800 | American politician |
| 195 | Augustus Frederick Lindley | 1840 | Royal Navy officer |
| 196 | Augustus Toebbe | 1829 | Catholic bishop |
| 197 | Augustus Meredith Nanton | 1860 | Canadian businessman |
| 198 | Augustus P. Davis | 1835 | |
| 199 | Augustus Drum | 1815 | American politician |
| 200 | Augustus Muller | 1841 | German Jesuit missionary |