Gus Explained
Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for Chreigusta, 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
Given name
- Gus Arnheim (1897–1955), American pianist, bandleader and songwriter
- Gus Boulis (1949–2001), Greek male murder victim
- Gus Edwards (vaudeville) (1878–1945), German-born American songwriter, vaudevillian and music producer, born Gustave Schmelowsky
- Gus Edwards (American football) (born 1995), American football player
- Gus Greenbaum (1893–1958), American gangster
- Gus Hall (1910–2000), longtime leader of the Communist Party USA, born Arvo Kustaa Halberg
- Gus Hartwig (born 2002), American football player
- Gus Johnson (basketball) (1938–1987), American National Basketball Association player
- Gus Johnson (jazz musician) (1913–2000), American jazz drummer
- Gus McNaughton (1881–1969), British actor
- Gus Pepa (born 1967), founding member of thrash metal band Death Angel
- Gus Sonnenberg (1898–1944), American football player and professional wrestler
- Gus Triandos (1930–2013), former Major League Baseball player
- Gus Van Sant (born 1952), American film director, photographer, musician and author
- Gus Varland (born 1996), American baseball player
- Gus Weinberg (c. 1865–1952), actor, writer, and composer appearing in early-twentieth-century American films
- Gus Williams (basketball) (born 1953), American basketball player
- Gus Williams (musician) (1937–2010), Australian country singer, born Kasper Gus Ntjalka Williams
- Gus Zernial (1923–2011), American Major League Baseball player
Nickname
- 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
- 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
- Gus Aitoro, in the soap opera Guiding Light
- Gus Borden, in Get a Life
- Gus Carmichael, in Tracy Beaker Returns
- Gus Charnley, in the 1995 film Born to Be Wild
- Gus Cruikshank, in the television series Love
- Gus Duncz, in the television series Mission Hill
- Gus Fring, in the television series Breaking Bad
- Gus Gold, in the 1989 American action comedy movie Speed Zone
- Gus Goose, Donald Duck's second cousin
- Gus Gorman, in the film Superman III
- Gus Grav, former antagonist from the animated series and
- Gus Grimly, in the television series Fargo
- Gus Griswald, in the television series Recess
- Gus Hedges, in Drop the Dead Donkey
- Gus McCrae, the main character in the miniseries Lonesome Dove
- Gus Matthews, the main character in the film The Benchwarmers
- Professor Gus Nikolais, in the film Lorenzo's Oil
- Gus Pike, in the television series Road to Avonlea, played by Michael Mahonen
- Gus Polinski, the lead musician of a polka band in the film Home Alone
- Gus Porter, in The Owl House
- Gus Smith, in the film The Birth of a Nation
- Gus Smith, in the British soap opera Eastenders
- Augustus "Gus" Waters, a character in The Fault in Our Stars
- Gus, one of two mice sidekicks in the 1950 animated film Cinderella
- , in the musical Cats
- the title character of Gus (1976 film), a football-playing mule
- Gus (Psych), in Psych
- Gus the groundhog, "spokesgroundhog" for the Pennsylvania Lottery
- Gus, in Robotboy
- Gus, in Andi Mack
- Gus, the fireman in the television series Leave It to Beaver
- Gus, the bartender in the television series The Cleveland Show
- Gus Honeybun, a rabbit who was a mascot for ITV franchises Westward and TSW
- Gus, in A Troll in Central Park
- Gus, in Crazy Taxi
- Gus the forklift driver from the video game Half-Life
- Gus, in the television series Sweet Tooth
- Gus the Gummy Gator, in Ryan's World
- Gus, in the film Groundhog Day
- Gus, the main character in The Ref
- Mr. Gus from Uncle Grandpa
Mascots
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