Primus (Latin, 'first') may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

  • Primus (DC Comics), a character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics
  • Primus (Marvel Comics), the name of several characters appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics
  • Primus, a character in the novel Stardust and its film adaptation
  • Primus, a planet in The New Adventures of He-Man
  • Primus, the creator and god of the Transformers
  • Primus, a godlike being embodying law and order from Dungeons & Dragons

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

  • Primus (band), an American rock band
  • PRIMUS (journal), a quarterly journal of undergraduate mathematics education
  • Primus (TV series), 1971–1972

Businesses and brands

  • Primus, a brand of keys by Schlage
  • Primus AB, a Swedish manufacturer of portable cooking devices and outdoor stoves
  • Primus stove, a pressurized-burner kerosene stove
  • Primus beer, by Bralima Brewery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc., now HC2 Holdings
  • Primus Canada, Canadian internet service provider owned by Distributel
  • Primus Telecommunications (Australia), a subsidiary of Vocus Communications

People

  • Primus (name), including a list of people with the name
  • Pope Primus of Alexandria, pope and patriarch of Alexandria 106–118
  • Saint Primus (died c. 297), Christian martyr
  • Marcus Antonius Primus 1st century Roman general

Other uses

  • Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the church's presiding bishop
  • Primus (cycling team), a Polish women's road-racing team
  • Primus Peak, a mountain in the U.S. state of Washington
  • Patient Reported Outcome Indices for Multiple Sclerosis (PRIMUS), a medical research tool
  • Adler Primus, a 1930s German small family car
  • CAIGA Primus 150, a Chinese light aircraft
  • Honeywell Primus, a range of glass cockpits by Honeywell Aerospace
  • SSPH Primus, a Singaporean self-propelled howitzer

See also

  • Prima (disambiguation)
  • Prime (disambiguation)
  • Secundus (disambiguation)