# Cletus

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This article is about the given name. For the genus of leaf-footed bugs, see [Gonocerini](/source/Gonocerini).

**Cletus** or **Cleatus** is a given name ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language) Κλητος or *Klētos)*, meaning "*one who has been called*" or "*summoned one*". It may refer to:

## People

### Religion

- [Pope Anacletus](/source/Pope_Anacletus) (died c. 92), third Bishop of Rome, also known as Cletus
- [Cletus Bél](/source/Cletus_B%C3%A9l) (died 1245), Hungarian prelate

### Politics

- [Cletus Avoka](/source/Cletus_Avoka) (born 1951), Ghanaian lawyer and politician
- [Cletus Seidu Dapilah](/source/Cletus_Seidu_Dapilah) (born 1980), Ghanaian politician
- [Cletus Dunn](/source/Cletus_Dunn) (born 1948), Canadian politician
- [Cletus Wotorson](/source/Cletus_Wotorson) (1937–2024), Liberian politician and geologist

### Sports

- [Cletus Andersson](/source/Cletus_Andersson) (1893–1971), Swedish water polo player
- [Clete Blakeman](/source/Clete_Blakeman) (born 1964), American football official
- [Clete Boyer](/source/Clete_Boyer) (1937–2007), American baseball player
- [Cletus Clark](/source/Cletus_Clark) (born 1962), American retired hurdler
- [Cletus Paul](/source/Cletus_Paul) (born 1993), Indian footballer
- [Cletus Seldin](/source/Cletus_Seldin) (born 1986), American boxer

### Other fields

- [Cletus Ibeto](/source/Cletus_Ibeto) (born 1952), Nigerian businessman
- [Cletus P. Kurtzman](/source/Cletus_P._Kurtzman) (1938–2017), American mycologist
- [Cletus Mendis](/source/Cletus_Mendis) (born 1949), Sri Lankan actor

## Fictional characters

- [Cletus Hogg](/source/Cletus_Hogg), a deputy in the TV show *The Dukes of Hazzard*
- [Cletus Kasady](/source/Cletus_Kasady), a Marvel Comics supervillain, also known as Carnage
- Cletus Klump, in *[The Nutty Professor](/source/The_Nutty_Professor_(1996_film))* and its [sequel](/source/Nutty_Professor_II:_The_Klumps)
- Cledus Snow, in *[Smokey and the Bandit](/source/Smokey_and_the_Bandit)*
- [Cletus Spuckler](/source/Cletus_Spuckler), in *The Simpsons*
- Cleatus, a minor [character on *Good Times*](/source/Good_Times#Minor_characters)
- [Cletus](/source/List_of_Hazbin_Hotel_and_Helluva_Boss_characters#Cletus), a recurring character in *[Helluva Boss](/source/Helluva_Boss)*
- Cletus, in the [*Deponia* video game series](/source/Deponia_(video_game))
- Cletus Ewing, in the video game *[Grand Theft Auto V](/source/Grand_Theft_Auto_V)*
- Cletus, a police dog in the series *[Resident Alien](/source/Resident_Alien_(TV_series))*

## Other uses

- [*Cletus* (bug)](/source/Cletus_(bug)), a genus of true bugs in the family [Coreidae](/source/Coreidae)
- Cleatus the Robot, the robot mascot of [Fox NFL Sunday](/source/Fox_NFL_Sunday#Cleatus_the_Robot) and all of Fox Sports
- "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus", an instrumental song from the 1972 Frank Zappa album *[The Grand Wazoo](/source/The_Grand_Wazoo)*

## See also

- [Cleitus (disambiguation)](/source/Cleitus_(disambiguation))
- [Cletis (disambiguation)](/source/Cletis_(disambiguation))

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