Lupus (name) explained

Lupus means "wolf" in Latin. It was a Latin cognomen and since then has become both a given name and family name.

It may refer to:

• Cornelius Lupus, Roman statesman (suffect consul AD 42)
• Marcus Rutilius Lupus, Roman statesman (active 107 to 117)
• Publius Julius Lupus, Roman statesman (suffect consul AD 98)
• Publius Rutilius Lupus (died 90 BC), Roman statesman
• Publius Rutilius Lupus, Roman rhetorician
• Tiberius Julius Lupus (died AD 73), Roman statesman
• Virius Lupus (ca.  160 – after 205), Roman soldier and statesman
• Virius Lupus, Roman statesman (consul 278)

Given name

• Lupus of Troyes (ca. 383 – ca. 478), French bishop and saint
• Lupus of Sens (d. 623), French bishop and saint
• Lupus I of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony and Aquitaine from about 670
• Lupus II of Gascony (died 778), third-attested historical duke of Gascony
• Lupus III Centule of Gascony (died c. 820), Duke of Gascony 818-819
• Lupus Hellinck (1493 or 1494 – 1541), Flemish composer
• Lupus Servatus (c. 805 – c. 862), French abbot, theological writer and member of Charles the Bald's court

Family name

• Christian Lupus (1612 – 1681), Flemish theologist and historian
• Peter Lupus (born 1932), American bodybuilder and actor
• Edward Lupus (1834–1877), American architect.

Fictional

• Anthony Lupus character in DC Comics

See also

• Giovanni Luppis (1813-1875), Austrian naval officer and the first to conceive of the self-propelled torpedo
• Lupus (disambiguation)
• Lupu (surname)