Augustus (given name)

{{Infobox name | name = Augustus | image = Statue-Augustus.jpg | image_size = | caption = Emperor Augustus | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|lang|ɔː|ˈ|ɡ|ʌ|s|t|ə|s}} {{respell|aw|GUST|əs}}<br />{{IPA|nl|ʌuˈɣʏstəs|lang|nl-Augustus.ogg}}<br />{{IPA|la-x-classic|au̯ˈɡʊstʊs|lang|link=yes}} | gender = Male | meaning = "Venerable" | language = Latin, English, Dutch, German | seealso = August, Augusto, Gus, Austin, Augustine, Agustin, Sebastian }}

'''Augustus''' is a masculine given name derived from Augustus, meaning "majestic," "the increaser," or "venerable".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |author-link1=Patrick Hanks |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=Oxford, England |series=Oxford paperback reference |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |oclc=67869278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC |page=68 |access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref> Many of its descended forms are August, Augusto, Auguste, Austin, Agustin and Augustine. The Greek translation of the title Augustus was Sebastos, from which the name Sebastian descends.

== People named Augustus == === By first name or title === * Augustus (63 BC–14 AD), ancient Rome's first emperor ** Many other Roman emperors who bore this title * Augustus II the Strong (1670–1733), German King of Poland and Elector of Saxony * Augustus III of Poland (1696–1763), German King of Poland and Elector of Saxony * Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772–1822), German duke * Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1577–1656), German duke * Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1614–1680), German duke * Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg-Plön (1635–1699), German duke * Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526–1586), German prince * Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg, several people * Augustus Abbott (1804–1867), British East India Company Army officer * Augustus Huggins Abernathy (1838–1884), American physician * Augustus Agar (1890–1968), British Royal Navy officer * Augustus Aikhomu (1939–2011), Nigerian Navy officer * Augustus Akinloye (1916–2007), Nigerian lawyer and politician * Augustus Akiwumi (1891–1985), Nigerian-born Ghanaian politician, banker, judge, and scientist * Augustus Alden (1837–1886), American politician * Augustus Allen, several people * Augustus Allhusen (1867–1925), English politician * Augustus Alt (1731–1815), British soldier and Australian surveyor * Augustus Anson (1835–1877), British Army personnel and Victoria Cross recipient * Augustus Anwyl-Passingham (1880–1955), British soldier, recruiting officer, and Territorial Army organizer * Augustus Applegath (1788–1871), English printer and inventor * Augustus Arkwright (1821–1887), British Royal Navy officer and politician * Augustus Armstrong (1833–1873), American lawyer and politician * Augustus O. Bacon (1839–1914), American politician, Confederate soldier, and segregationist * Augustus Baillie (1861–1939), Scottish businessman and British Army officer * Augustus Baldwin, several people * Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore (1837–1908), British politician * Augustus Barber (1927–2008), American businessman * Augustus Barrows (1838–1885), American lumberman, rancher, and pioneer settler * Augustus Barry (1840–1871), Irish soldier * Augustus Bartholomew (1882–1933), British librarian * Augustus Bateman (1839–1922), English cricketer * Augustus Beeby (1889–1974), English professional footballer * Augustus Beekman (1923–2008), American fire commissioner * Augustus Belknap (1841–1889), American Union Army officer and railway executive * Augustus Bennet (1897–1983), American politician * Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley (1715–1755), son of Vice-Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley, and the former Lady Louisa Lennox * Augustus Bickley (1857–1902), English journalist and author * Augustus Bird (1802–1870), American pioneer and politician * Augustus Blocksom (1854–1931), American Army officer * Augustus Bourn (1834–1925), American politician * Augustus Bouvier (1827–1881), French-born English painter * Augustus Bove (died 1967), American politician * Augustus Bowie Jr. (1872–1955), American inventor, businessman, and electrical engineer * Augustus Bradford (1806–1881), American governor * Augustus Brandegee (1828–1904), American lawyer and politician * Augustus Bridle (1868–1952), Canadian journalist and author * Augustus Brine (1769–1840), English Naval officer * Augustus Buchel (1813–1864), German-born American military officer * Augustus Buckland (1857–1942), British divine and writer * Augustus Buell (1847–1904), American author * Augustus Burbank (1823–1895), American physician * Augustus Burke (1838–1891), Irish artist * Augustus Caine (died 2005), Liberian academic and bureaucrat * Augustus Carney (1870–1920), Irish-born American actor * Augustus Case (1812–1893), American Naval officer * Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw (1768–1832), English politician * Augustus Chase (1828–1896), American industrialist * Augustus Chapman (1805–1876), American politician and lawyer * Augustus Chetlain (1824–1914), American Army soldier * Augustus Clark (1862–1928), English cricketer * Augustus Dayton Clark (died 1990), American Naval officer * Augustus Clevland (1754–1784), East India Company administrator, revenue collector, and judge * Augustus Clifford (1788–1877), British Royal Navy 1st Baronet, MP * Augustus Clissold (c. 1797–1882), English Anglican priest * Augustus Constantine (1898–1976), American architect * Augustus Cootmans, Belgian gymnast in the 1920s * Augustus Corliss (1837–1908), American author and historian * Augustus Crail (1842–1924), American pioneer, homesteader, cattle rancher, wheat strain developer, and politician * Augustus Cutler (1827–1897), American politician * Augustus Daniel (1866–1950), British curator and art museum director * Augustus Davis (1835–1899), American Union Army officer * Augustus de Bourbel (1835–1917), English cricketer * Augustus De Butts (1770–1853), British Army officer * Augustus Decker (1813–1872), American politician * Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871), British mathematician and logician * Augustus d'Este (1794–1848), British first known multiple sclerosis patient * Augustus de Vaudricourt, French 19th-century painter and lithographer * Augustus Dickens (1827–1866), English journalist and Charles Dickens’ brother * Augustus Dill (1882–1956), American historian, activist, social worker, sociologist, and writer * Augustus Dodge (1812–1883), American politician * Augustus Dole (1816–1876), American businessman and optician * Augustus Drum (1815–1858), American politician and lawyer * Augustus Dumbar (born 1978), Liberian former footballer * Augustus Dunbier (1888–1977), American painter * Augustus Duncombe (1814–1880), English Anglican priest * Augustus Earle (1793–1838), British painter * Augustus Egg (1816–1863), British painter * Augustus Endicott (1818–1910), American legislator and sheriff * Augustus Ellis (1800–1841), British Army officer and Tory politician * Augustus Elwood (1819–1881), American merchant and politician * Augustus Everaerts (born 1929), Belgian former wrestler * Augustus Farnham (1805–1865), American architect and Mormon missionary * Augustus Fechteler (1857–1921), American Naval officer * Augustus Fendler (1813–1883), Prussian-born American natural history collector * Augustus Finkelnburg (1830–1889), German American immigrant, lawyer, politician, and pioneer * Augustus H. Fenn (1844–1897), justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court * Augustus FitzGeorge (1847–1933), British Army officer * Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791–1874), Anglo-Irish peer and freemason * Augustus FitzRoy, several people * Augustus Ford (1858–1931), English first-class cricketer * Augustus Forsberg (1832–1910), Swedish military engineer * Augustus Foster (1780–1848), British diplomat and politician * Augustus Ge, American professional pickleball player * Augustus Fox (1822–1895), English portrait painter * Augustus Frank (1826–1895), American merchant, railroad executive, banker, and politician * Augustus Fraser (died 1890), Australian politician and pastoralist * Augustus Frazer (1776–1835), British Army officer * Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769–1812), German prince * Augustus French (1808–1864), American attorney and politician * Augustus Fritsch (1866–1933), Australian architect * Augustus Fuller, several people * Augustus P. Gardner (1865–1918), American military officer and politician * Augustus H. Garland (1832–1899), American lawyer and politician * Augustus Garrett (1801–1848), American politician * Augustus Gearhard (1893–1974), American Air Force brigadier general and Roman Catholic priest * Augustus George (1817–1902), English cricketer * Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1706–1771), German Roman Catholic monarch and military personnel * Augustus Gilchrist (born 1989), American professional basketball player * Augustus Godson (1835–1906), British politician * Augustus Goessling (1878–1963), American water polo player and swimmer * Augustus Goetz (1904–1976), American rower * Augustus Goodridge (1839–1920), Newfoundland merchant and politician * Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe (1829–1910), British agriculturist and philanthropist * Augustus Gould (1805–1866), American conchologist and malacologist * Augustus Granville (1783–1872), Italian physician, writer, and patriot * Augustus Greeves (1806–1874), Australian politician * Augustus Gregoire (1936–1972), Dominican cricketer * Augustus Gregory (1819–1905), English-born Australian explorer and surveyor * Augustus Greulich (1813–1893), German-born American politician * Augustus Griffin (1883–1946), American-born Canadian horticulture pioneer * Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841–1903), British entomologist * Augustus C. Gurnee (1855–1926), American socialite and art patron * Augustus M. Gurney (1895–1967), American Army officer * Augustus Hall (1814–1861), American lawyer and politician * Augustus Hamilton (1853–1913), New Zealand ethnologist, biologist, and museum director * Augustus Hand, several people * Augustus Noble Hand (1869–1954), American judge * Augustus George Vernon Harcourt (1834–1919), English chemist * Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830–1889), American politician * Augustus Hare (1834–1903), English writer and raconteur * Augustus Harris (1852–1896), British actor, impresario, and dramatist * Augustus Glossop Harris (1825–1873), British actor and theatre manager * Augustus L. Hart (1849–1901), American politician and jurist * Augustus P. Hascall (1800–1872), American politician, surveyor, lawyer, and judge * Augustus Hawkins (1907–2007), American politician * Augustus George Hazard (1802–1868), American businessman and gunpowder manufacturer * Augustus Helder (1827–1906), British solicitor and politician * Augustus Hemenway (1853–1931), American philanthropist and public servant * Augustus Hemming (1841–1907), British colonial administrator, governor, and cricketer * Augustus Moore Herring (1867–1926), American aviation pioneer * Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol (1724–1779), English Royal Navy officer and politician * Lord Augustus Hervey (1837–1875), British politician * Augustus Hewitt-Fox (1884–1959), South African cricketer * Augustus High (1844–1927), American politician * Augustus Hill (British Army officer) (1853–1921), British Army officer * Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden (1822–1886), English-born Ottoman admiral * Augustus M. Hodges (1854–1916), American journalist, newspaper editor, poet, and political organizer * Augustus Holland (1824–1919), Canadian farmer and politician * Augustus W. Holton (1850–1911), American architect * Augustus Hooper (1814–1866), English-born Canadian merchant, timber dealer, and political figure * Augustus Hopkins Strong (1836–1921), American Baptist minister and theologian * Augustus Hopper (1816–1878), English Anglican priest * Augustus Hoppin (1828–1896), American book illustrator * Augustus Hotham (died 1896), Australian cricketer * Augustus P. Hunton (1816–1911), American lawyer and politician * Augustus Daniel Imms (1880–1949), English educator, research administrator, and entomologist * Augustus Sol Invictus (born 1983), American political activist, attorney, blogger, and white nationalist * Augustus Jackson (1808–1852), American confectioner, chef, and businessman * Augustus James (1866–1934), Australian politician * Augustus Jaspert (born 1979), British diplomat * Augustus Jay (1850–1919), American diplomat * Augustus Jessopp (1823–1914), English cleric and writer * Augustus John (1878–1961), Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher * Augustus S. Johnson, American politician * Augustus Jones (c. 1757–1836), American-born Canadian farmer, land speculator, magistrate, militia captain, and surveyor * Augustus D. Juilliard (1836–1919), American businessman and philanthropist * Augustus Kargbo (born 1999), Sierra Leonean professional footballer * Augustus Mbusya Kavutu (born 1977), Kenyan long-distance runner and marathoner * Augustus Henry Keane (1833–1912), Irish Roman Catholic journalist and linguist * Augustus M. Kelley (1913–1999), American book publisher * Augustus Holmes Kenan (1805–1870), American politician and signer of the Confederate Constitution * Augustus Kenderdine (1870–1947), English-born Canadian artist and farmer * Augustus Keppel, several people * Augustus Kilty (1807–1879), American Civil War Navy officer * Augustus C. Kinney (1845–1908), American physician and scientist * Augustus Braun Kinzel (1900–1987), American metallurgist and engineer * Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann (1756–1829), German-born British composer and musical theorist * Augustus Kountze (1826–1892), American businessman * Augustus Koranteng Kyei (born 1990), Ghanaian blogger, freelance journalist, publicist, philanthropist, and digital marketer * Augustus Kuper (1809–1885), British Royal Navy officer of German descent * Augustus Osborne Lamplough (1877–1930), English Orientalist painter and illustrator * Augustus Laver (1834–1898), Canadian architect * Augustus Lawson (1930–?), Ghanaian sprinter * Augustus Legge (1839–1913), English bishop * Augustus Legge (archdeacon of Winchester) (1773–1828), English archdeacon * Augustus Austen Leigh (1840–1905), English provost * Augustus Asplet Le Gros (1840–1877), American poet and writer * Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), British-American archeologist and photographer * Augustus Leveson-Gower (1782–1802), English Royal Navy soldier * Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843), English duke and George III's son * Augustus Frederick Lindley (1840–1873), British Royal Navy officer, adventurer, and writer * Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730–1813), Prussian prince and general * Augustus Lochner (1827–1865), English soldier and cricketer * Lord Augustus Loftus (1817–1904), British-Australian diplomat and colonial administrator * Augustus Long (1904–2001), American businessman and Navy personnel * Augustus V. Long (1877–1955), American district judge * Augustus Nicodemus Lopes, Brazilian Christian theologian and minister * Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1697–1755), German prince * Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940), English mathematician * Augustus Lowell (1830–1900), American industrialist, philanthropist, horticulturist, and civic leader * Augustus Lucanus (1848–1941), Australian police officer and businessman * Augustus Ludlow (1792–1813), American Naval officer * Augustus Lunn (1905–1986), British artist and art teacher * Augustus Nathaniel Lushington (1869–1939), Trinidad-born American veterinarian * Augustus Macdonald (1804–1862), British politician and writer * Augustus Rodney Macdonough (1820–1907), American lawyer, newspaper editor, and railroad secretary * Augustus Magee (1789–1813), American Army soldier * Augustus Maiyo (born 1983), Kenyan-born American long-distance runner * Augustus Raymond Margary (1846–1875), British diplomat and explorer * Augustus Martin, several people * Augustus Matthiessen (1831–1870), British chemist and physicist * Augustus Maxwell (1820–1903), American lawyer and politician * Augustus Mayhew (1826–1875), English journalist and author * Augustus McCloskey (1878–1950), American lawyer and judge * Augustus Gardner Means (1925–1994), American businessman and politician * Augustus Meredith Nanton (1860–1925), Canadian businessman, investor, and developer * Augustus Merriman-Labor (1877–1919), Sierra Leonean barrister, writer, and munitions worker * Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (1830–1892), American senator, lawyer, and judge * Augustus Meyers (1841–1919), American Civil War soldier * Augustus S. Miller (1847–1905), American mayor, lawyer, and politician * Augustus Mongredien (1807–1888), British corn merchant, political economist, writer, and chess master * Augustus Morris (1820–1895), Australian politician * Augustus Newbold Morris (1838–1906), American hospital manager, animal care director, and bank vice-president * Augustus Moulton (born 1959), Liberian sprinter * Augustus Henry Mounsey (1834–1882), British diplomat * Augustus Müller (1841–1910), German-born Indian Roman Catholic priest and missionary * Augustus Edwin Mulready (1844–1904), English genre painter * Augustus Nepean (1849–1933), English cricketer * Augustus Neville, New Zealand-born Australian actor * Augustus Charles Newman (1904–1972), British Army officer * Augustus Norton, several people * Augustus Richard Norton (1946–2019), American professor and army officer * Augustus Henry Novelli (died 1887), English physician * Augustus Nuwagaba (born 1964), Ugandan international economic transformation consultant * Augustus Oga (born 1960), Kenyan boxer * Augustus Frederick Oldfield (1821–1887), English botanist and zoologist * Augustus Oldford (1925–2023), Canadian social worker, magistrate, and politician * Augustus Orlebar (1897–1943), British military officer * Augustus Orlebar (cricketer) (1824–1912), English first-class cricketer and clergyman * Augustus Pablo (1953–1999), Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer and a multi-instrumentalist * Augustus Page (1855–1898), New Zealand cricketer * Augustus Paget (1823–1896), British diplomat * Augustus Paget (RAF officer) (1898–1918), British World War I flying ace * Augustus G. Paine Jr. (1866–1947), American paper manufacturer and bank official * Augustus G. Paine Sr. (1839–1915), American financier * Augustus Parrish (born 1987), American former football player * Augustus Paulet, 15th Marquess of Winchester (1858–1899), British peer and soldier * Augustus Peirce (1840–1919), American sailor, actor, raconteur, and artist * Augustus L. Perrill (1807–1882), American educator, law enforcement officer, and politician * Augustus Peters (1931–1986), German clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop * Augustus W. Peters (1844–1898), Canadian-born American politician and lawyer * Augustus Herman Pettibone (1835–1918), American politician * Augustus Phillimore (1822–1897), English Royal Navy officer * Augustus Phillips (1874–1944), American actor * Augustus Pierce (c. 1877–1934), American politician * Augustus Pleasonton (1808–1894), American Civil War military general * Augustus Poeppel (1839–1891), German-born Australian surveyor and explorer * Augustus Pope, several people * Augustus Porter (1769–1849), American businessman, judge, farmer, and politician * Augustus Post (1873–1952), American adventurer, automotive pioneer, balloonist, early aviator, writer, actor, musician, and lecturer * Augustus Prevost (1837–1913), British banker, businessman, and baronet * Augustus Prew (born 1987), English film and television actor * Augustus Prinsep (1803–1830), English artist, writer, and civil servant * Augustus Pugin (1812–1852), English architect, designer, artist, and critic * Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832), Anglo-French artist, architectural draughtsman, and writer * Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (1652–1723), German physician and botanist * Augustus Rauschenbusch (1816–1899), German Baptist clergyman * Augustus M. Reinhardt (1842–1923), American businessman * Augustus Rhodes (1821–1918), American judge, lawyer, and senator * Augustus Ricardo (1843–1871), English cricketer * Augustus J. Ricks (1843–1906), American judge * Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827–1900), English officer in the British Army, ethnologist, and archaeologist * Augustus Roberts, Canadian politician * Augustus I. Robbins (1839–1909), American Union Army soldier * Augustus Robin, American engraver and businessman * Augustus Rowe (1920–2013), Canadian physician and politician * Augustus John Rush (born 1942), American psychiatrist * Augustus M. Ryon (1862–1949), American mining engineer * Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), American sculptor * Augustus Saunders (1801–1878), British school headmaster * Augustus Saunders (baseball) (1909–1999), American professional baseball player * Augustus Schell (1812–1884), American politician and lawyer * Augustus Schoonmaker Jr. (1828–1894), American lawyer and politician * Augustus Schutz (1689–?), English courtier of German descent * Augustus Schwaab (1823–1899), German-American architect and civil engineer * Augustus John Schwertner (1870–1939), American Roman Catholic bishop of German descent * Augustus Sclafani (died 1986), American gangster of Italian descent * Augustus Frederic Scott (1854–1936), Norwich-based architect * Augustus Henry Seward (1826–1876), American Army soldier * Augustus Seymour, several people * Augustus Shapleigh (1810–1902), American businessman and pioneer * Augustus Shears (1827–1911), English Anglican priest * Augustus Burke Shepherd (1839–1885), English medical doctor * Augustus Frederick Sherman (1865–1925), American clerical administrator and photographer * Augustus Short (1802–1883), Australian bishop * Augustus Siebe (1788–1872), German-born British engineer * Augustus Constantine Sinclair (c. 1834–1891), Jamaican civil servant, historian, and non-fiction writer * Augustus Smith, several people * Augustus L. Smith (1833–1902), American educator, businessman, and politician * Augustus Rhodes Sollers (1814–1862), American politician * Augustus Soule (1827–1887), American lawyer and judge * Augustus Spencer (1807–1893), British Army officer * Augustus D. Splivalo (1840–1911), American attorney and politician of Italian descent * Augustus B. R. Sprague (1827–1910), American businessman, politician, and military figure * Augustus Stafford (1811–1857), British landowner and politician * Augustus Owsley Stanley (1867–1958), American politician * Augustus Stapleton (1800–1880), English biographer and political pamphleteer * Augustus Steele (1792–1864), American entrepreneur, state legislator, judge, politician, postmaster, port inspector, and tax collector * Augustus Stinchfield (1842–1917), American physician * Augustus Stoneman (1832–1905), Canadian merchant and politician * Augustus Russell Street (1792–1866), American philanthropist * Augustus N. Summers (1856–1927), American lawyer, politician, and judge * Augustus Vincent Tack (1870–1949), American painter * Augustus Joseph Tancred (1804–1867), South African politician * Augustus Obuadum Tanoh (born 1956), Ghanaian politician and international businessman * Augustus Gabriel de Vivier Tassin (1842–1893), French-born American Civil War Union Army soldier * Augustus Tennant (1841–1892), Indian-born New Zealand cricketer * Augustus Thébaud (1807–1885), French-American educator and publicist * Augustus Thomas (1857–1934), American playwright * Augustus Thorndike (1896–1986), American sports physician * Augustus Toebbe (1829–1884), German-born American Roman Catholic bishop * Augustus Tolton (1854–1897), American Catholic priest * Augustus Toplady (1740–1778), English Anglican cleric, hymn writer, animal rights scholar, and poet * Augustus Edmonds Tozer (1857–1910), English composer and organist * Augustus Trowbridge (1870–1934), American educator and physicist * Augustus H. Tulk (1810–1873), Australian librarian and linguist * Augustus Ulyard (1816–1900), American baker, council member, and politician * Augustus Uthwatt, Baron Uthwatt (1879–1949), Australian-born British judge * Augustus Van Dievoet (1803–1865), Belgian legal historian and Supreme Court advocate * Augustus van Horne Ellis (1827–1863), American lawyer, sea captain, and soldier * Augustus Van Pelt (1817–1889), American harbor pilot * Augustus Van Wyck (1850–1922), American judge and politician * Augustus Arthur Vansittart (1824–1882), English scholar * Augustus Voelcker (1822–1884), German scientist and chemist * Augustus Stephen Vogt (1861–1926), German-Canadian organist, choral conductor, music educator, composer, and author * Augustus Wade Dwight (1827–1865), American Civil War officer and lawyer * Augustus Walford Weedon (1838–1908), English landscape painter * Augustus Wall Callcott (1779–1844), English painter * Augustus Waller, several people * Augustus Walley (1856–1938), American Army soldier * Augustus Frederick Warr (1847–1908), English solicitor and politician * Augustus Washington (c. 1820–1875), American photographer and daguerreotypist * Augustus Weismann (1809–1884), American politician * Augustus G. Weissert (1844–1923), American Civil War Union Army soldier * Augustus West (1814–1887), American abolitionist, landowner, and activist * Augustus West (priest) (1813–1893), Irish Anglican priest * Augustus White (1839–?), New Zealand politician * Augustus A. White (born 1936), American orthopedist, orthopedic surgeon, football player, and lacrosse player * Augustus Samuel Wilkins (1843–1905), English classical scholar * Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1662–1731), German prince * Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715–1781), German military personnel * Augustus William Hare (1792–1834), British writer * Augustus William Harvey (1839–1903), British-born Canadian industrialist and politician * Augustus William Lumley-Savile (1829–1887), English landowner and businessman * Augustus William Smith (1802–1866), American educator, astronomer, and mathematician * Augustus Williams (1842–?), American Civil War Navy soldier * Augustus E. Willson (1846–1931), American politician * Augustus B. Woodward (1774–1827), American politician of English-Dutch descent * Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826–1897), British antiquarian and museum administrator * Augustus B. Wolvin (1857–1932), American shipping magnate * Augustus Romaldus Wright (1813–1891), American politician, lawyer, and Confederate States Army colonel * Augustus Young (born 1943), Irish poet * Augustus Young (representative) (1784–1857), American politician * Arthur Augustus Zimmerman (1869–1936), American cycling sprint rider * David Augustus Burke (1952–1987), American hijacker and former employee who caused the crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 * Henry Augustus Lukeman (1872–1935), American sculptor * W. Augustus Barratt (1873–1947), Scottish-born American songwriter and musician * Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), German-British Army personnel and George II's son

== Fictional characters == * Augustus "Gusto" Gummi, a Gummi Bear artist from the Disney Afternoon animated series ''Adventures of the Gummi Bears'' * Augustus Cole, a character from the ''Gears of War'' series * Augustus Autumn, a colonel in Fallout 3's Enclave Faction. * Augustus Faverhsam, a character from ''The Penny Dreadfuls Present...'' * Augustus Gloop, a gluttonous character from ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' * Augustus Haynes, character on ''The Wire'' * Lord Augustus Highcastle, a character from ''Augustus Does His Bit'' by George Bernard Shaw * Augustus Hill, narrator and inmate on ''Oz'' * Augustus Porter, also known as Gus, a character from the animated fantasy series ''The Owl House'' * Augustus Sinclair, a guiding character from the video game ''BioShock 2'' * Augustus Rookwood, a character from the ''Harry Potter'' series * Augustus Snodgrass, a character in Charles Dickens's novel ''The Pickwick Papers'' * Augustus Waters, a character from ''The Fault in Our Stars'' by John Green * Augustus McCrae, a character from the novel Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty.

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