# Pius

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**Pius** (/ˈpaɪəs/ PY-əs,[1] ˈpiːʊs; ) is a masculine given name. Its feminine form is [Pia](/source/Pia_(given_name)).

It may refer to:

## People

### Monarch

- [Antoninus Pius](/source/Antoninus_Pius) (86–161), Roman emperor

### Popes

- [Pope Pius (disambiguation)](/source/Pope_Pius_(disambiguation))
- [Antipope Pius XIII](/source/Antipope_Pius_XIII) (1918–2009), who led the breakaway True Catholic Church sect

### Given name

- [Pius Adesanmi](/source/Pius_Adesanmi) (1972–2019), Nigerian-born Canadian academic and author
- [Pius Bazighe](/source/Pius_Bazighe) (born 1972), Nigerian javelin thrower
- [Pius Font i Quer](/source/Pius_Font_i_Quer) (1888–1964), Catalan botanist, pharmacist and chemist
- [Pius Bonifacius Gams](/source/Pius_Bonifacius_Gams) (1816–1892), German Benedictine ecclesiastical historian
- [Pius Heinz](/source/Pius_Heinz) (born 1989), German poker player
- [Pius Lasisi Jimoh](/source/Pius_Lasisi_Jimoh) (1950–2014), Nigerian politician
- [Pius F. Koakanu](/source/Pius_F._Koakanu) (died 1885), Hawaiian politician
- [Pius Langa](/source/Pius_Langa) (1939–2013), South African lawyer and judge
- [Pius Lee](/source/Pius_Lee), American political power broker and landlord
- [Pius Malip](/source/Pius_Malip) (died 1988), Papua New Guinean politician
- [Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt](/source/Pius_Ferdinand_Messerschmitt) (1858–1915), German painter, illustrator and watercolorist
- [Pius Ncube](/source/Pius_Ncube) (born 1946), Zimbabwean Catholic Archbishop and outspoken critic of Robert Mugabe
- [Pius N. Okeke](/source/Pius_N._Okeke) (born 1941), Nigerian astronomer and educator
- [Pius Paschke](/source/Pius_Paschke) (born 1990), German ski jumper
- [Pius Fidelis Pinto](/source/Pius_Fidelis_Pinto) (born 1960), Indian priest and research scholar
- [Pius Schwert](/source/Pius_Schwert) (1892-1941), American politician and baseball player
- [Pius Suter](/source/Pius_Suter) (born 1996), Swiss ice hockey player
- [Pius Vilakati](/source/Pius_Vilakati), Swazi democracy activist
- [Pius Walder](/source/Pius_Walder) (1952–1982), Austrian lumberjack and poacher
- [Pius Zingerle](/source/Pius_Zingerle) (1801–1881), Austrian Orientalist
- [Yi Kang](/source/Yi_Kang) (1877-1955), Korean Prince who took on the name Pius after converting to [Roman Catholicism](/source/Catholic_Church)

### Surname

- [Maiken Pius](/source/Maiken_Pius) (née Schmidt, born 1985), Estonian actress
- [Märt Pius](/source/M%C3%A4rt_Pius) (born 1989), Estonian actor
- [Priit Pius](/source/Priit_Pius) (born 1989), Estonian actor
- [Saara Pius](/source/Saara_Pius) (née Kadak, born 1990), Estonian actress and singer

## Fictional characters

- [Pius Thicknesse](/source/Pius_Thicknesse), in the *Harry Potter* series
- Pius XIII the eponymous Pope in the HBO series *[The Young Pope](/source/The_Young_Pope)*
- [Pius XV](/source/Pius_XV), in the *Babylon 5* science fiction saga, a fictional early 22nd century pope featured in the novel *Dark Genesis*

## See also

- [PIUS reactor](/source/PIUS_reactor), a Swedish design for a nuclear reactor not reliant on active safety measures
- Pius, epithet of Trojan hero [Aeneas](/source/Aeneas)
- [Antoninus Pius](/source/Antoninus_Pius), Roman Emperor (138-161)
- [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius](/source/Quintus_Caecilius_Metellus_Pius) (c. 130-63 BC), Roman consul and soldier
- [Louis the Pious](/source/Louis_the_Pious), Holy Roman Emperor (813-840)
- [Pio (given name)](/source/Pio_(given_name)), the Italian form of Pius

## References

1. ["Pius"](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pius). *Merriam-Webster.com*. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

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