Pius ( , ; ) is a masculine given name. Its feminine form is Pia.

It may refer to:

People

Monarch

  • Antoninus Pius (86–161), Roman emperor

Popes

  • Pope Pius (disambiguation)
  • Antipope Pius XIII (1918–2009), who led the breakaway True Catholic Church sect

Given name

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

Surname

  • Maiken Pius (née Schmidt, born 1985), Estonian actress
  • Märt Pius (born 1989), Estonian actor
  • Priit Pius (born 1989), Estonian actor
  • Saara Pius (née Kadak, born 1990), Estonian actress and singer

Fictional characters

  • Pius Thicknesse, in the Harry Potter series
  • Pius XIII the eponymous Pope in the HBO series The Young Pope
  • 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, a Swedish design for a nuclear reactor not reliant on active safety measures
  • Pius, epithet of Trojan hero Aeneas
  • Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (138-161)
  • Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (c. 130-63 BC), Roman consul and soldier
  • Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor (813-840)
  • Pio (given name), the Italian form of Pius

References