Gus

Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for, Angus, Augusta, August, Augustine, Augustina, Gustave, Constantine, Konstantinos, Augusten, Gustavo, Gusten, or Augustus, and other names (e.g. Aengus, Argus, Fergus, Ghassan, Gustav, Gustafson, Ferguson, and Gussie).

It can also be used as the adaptation into English of the popular Greek name (of Latin origin) Kostas or Konstantinos (Constantin), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, probably due to similarity in the sound. For Italian-Americans, Gus is short for Gaspare.

Gus may refer to:

People

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Given name

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Nickname

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  • Greg Adams (ice hockey, born 1963), Canadian former National Hockey League player
  • Gus Bell (1928–1995), American Major League Baseball player
  • Gus Cannon (1883–1979), American blues musician
  • 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 Johnson (comedian) (born 1995), YouTube Personality and comedian
  • Gus Kahn (1886–1941), American songwriter, lyricist and musician
  • Gus Kelly (1877–1951), Irish cricketer
  • Gus Kenworthy (born 1991), British-born American freestyle skier, 2014 Olympic silver medalist
  • Gus Ketchum (1897–1980), American professional baseball pitcher with the 1922 Philadelphia Athletics
  • Gus MacPherson (born 1968), Scottish football manager and former player
  • Gus Mancuso (1905–1984), American baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator
  • Gus Mears (1873–1912), English businessman and founder of Chelsea F.C.
  • Gus Meins (1893-1940), German-American director
  • Gus Mortson (1925–2015), former National Hockey League defenceman
  • Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell (born 1952), British former senior civil servant and economist
  • Gus Poyet (born 1967), Uruguayan former footballer
  • Gus Sorola (born 1978), American actor, Founding member of Rooster Teeth
  • 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

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  • 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

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