# Alpheus

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For other uses, see [Alpheus (disambiguation)](/source/Alpheus_(disambiguation)).

**Alpheus** or **Alphaeus** is a masculine given name which may refer to:

## Mythological, biblical and fictional figures

- [Alpheus (deity)](/source/Alpheus_(deity)), a river god in Greek mythology
- [Alphaeus](/source/Alphaeus), father of two of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament
- Alpheus, the [World Forger](/source/World_Forger), a DC Comics character

## People

### Ancient Greece

- [Alpheus Mytilenaeus](/source/Alpheus_Mytilenaeus), 1st century BC Greek poet
- [Alphaeus](/source/Hoplite#Warfare), a Spartan hoplite who fought well at the Battle of Thermopylae, according to the historian Herodotus

### Modern world

- [Alpheus Babcock](/source/Alpheus_Babcock) (1785–1842), American piano and musical instrument maker and inventor
- [Alpheus Baker](/source/Alpheus_Baker) (1828–1891), Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War
- [Alpheus Batson](/source/Alpheus_Batson) (1869–?), American lawyer and politician
- [Alpheus Michael Bowman](/source/Alpheus_Michael_Bowman) (1847–1913), American politician and businessman
- [A. B. Colton](/source/A._B._Colton) (born 1831), American politician from Minnesota
- [Alpheus Cutler](/source/Alpheus_Cutler) (1784–1864), an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
- [Alpheus Deane](/source/Alpheus_Deane) (1916–1986), American Negro league pitcher in the 1947
- [Alpheus Dimmick](/source/Alpheus_Dimmick) (1787–1865), American lawyer and politician
- [Alpheus Ellis](/source/Alpheus_Ellis) (1906–1995), American banker and philanthropist
- [Alpheus Felch](/source/Alpheus_Felch) (1804–1896), American politician, fifth governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator from Michigan
- [Alpheus Harding](/source/Alpheus_Harding) (1818–1903), American politician and bank president
- [Alpheus F. Haymond](/source/Alpheus_F._Haymond) (1823–1893), American lawyer, politician and justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- [Alpheus P. Hodges](/source/Alpheus_P._Hodges) (1821–1858), first mayor of Los Angeles, California, after its incorporation
- [Alpheus Hyatt](/source/Alpheus_Hyatt) (1838–1902), American zoologist and palaeontologist
- [Alpheus T. Mason](/source/Alpheus_T._Mason) (1899–1989), American legal scholar and biographer
- [Alpheus C. Morse](/source/Alpheus_C._Morse) (1818–1893), American architect
- [Alpheus Morton](/source/Alpheus_Morton) (1840–1923), British architect, surveyor and politician
- [Alpheus Muheua](/source/Alpheus_Muheua) (c. 1956–2022), Namibian politician
- [Alpheus ǃNaruseb](/source/Alpheus_%C7%83Naruseb) (born 1954), Namibian politician
- [Alpheus Spring Packard Sr.](/source/Alpheus_Spring_Packard_Sr.) (1798–1884), American professor of ancient language and classical literature and acting president of Bowdoin College, father of Alpheus Spring Packard Jr.
- [Alpheus Spring Packard](/source/Alpheus_Spring_Packard) Jr. (1839–1905), American entomologist and palaeontologist
- [Alpheus Potts](/source/Alpheus_Potts) (1838–1911), American lawyer, judge and politician
- [Alpheus Quicy](/source/Alpheus_Quicy) (1774–1875), African-American stonemason who built houses and other buildings in Connecticut
- [Alpheus Sherman](/source/Alpheus_Sherman) (1780–1866). American lawyer and politician
- [Alpheus Henry Snow](/source/Alpheus_Henry_Snow) (1859–1920), American lawyer and scholarly investigator in the field of international law
- [Alpheus Beede Stickney](/source/Alpheus_Beede_Stickney) (1840–1916), first president of the Chicago Great Western Railway
- [Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse](/source/Alpheus_George_Barnes_Stonehouse) (1862–1931), Canadian circus owner
- [A. E. Sunderland](/source/A._E._Sunderland) (1866–1940), American banker, businessman and mayor of Fresno, California
- [Alpheus Todd](/source/Alpheus_Todd) (1821–1884), English-born Canadian librarian and constitutional historian
- [Alpheus Hyatt Verrill](/source/Alpheus_Hyatt_Verrill) (1871–1954), known as Hyatt Verrill, American zoologist, explorer, inventor, illustrator and writer of natural history and science fiction
- [Alpheus S. Williams](/source/Alpheus_S._Williams) (1810–1878), American lawyer, judge, journalist, politician and Union general in the American Civil War
- [Alpheus Waters Wilson](/source/Alpheus_Waters_Wilson) (1834–1916), American bishop for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
- [Alpheus Field Wood](/source/Alpheus_Field_Wood) (1828–1910), Canadian merchant and politician
- [Alphaeus Zulu](/source/Alphaeus_Zulu) (1905–1987), South African Anglican bishop

## See also

- [Alphaeus (disambiguation)](/source/Alphaeus_(disambiguation))

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