Gus

For other uses, see Gus (disambiguation).

Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for Angus, August, Augustine, ^[1] Gustave, Constantine, Konstantinos, Augusten, Gustavo, Gusten, Augustus, Aengus, Argus, Fergus, 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 Elen (1862–1940), English music hall singer and comedian, born Ernest Augustus Elen
• 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) (1953–2025), 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 Bakugan: New Vestroia and Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge
• 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
• Gus: The Theatre Cat, in the musical Cats
• the title character of Gus (1976 film), a football-playing mule
• Burton "Gus" Guster, in Psych
• Gus the groundhog, "spokesgroundhog" for the Pennsylvania Lottery
• Gusforce
• 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

• GUS the eagle, mascot of Georgia Southern University
• Gus, mascot of the Fredericksburg Nationals minor league baseball team

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Gus
• All pages with titles containing Gus
• Gussie

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 68. ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC   67869278 . Retrieved 6 November 2025.