Hermanus (name)

Hermanus is a Latinized version of the Germanic masculine given name Herman. It and its less common variant Hermannus have been used in the Low Countries and South Africa as a birth name. Most people use a short form, like Herman, Harm, Harmen, and Manus. Hermanus also is a patronymic surname in South Africa. People with the name include:

As a Latinized name

 * Hermannus Alemannus (died 1272), German bishop in Spain and translator of Arabic philosophical works into Latin
 * Hermannus Contractus (1013–1054), German scholar, composer, music theorist, mathematician, and astronomer
 * Hermannus Dalmata (c.1100–1160), Istrian philosopher, astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, translator and author
 * Hermannus de Wartberge (died c.1380), Livonian chronicler
 * Hermannus Witsius (1636–1708), Dutch theologian

As a birth name

 * Hermanus Angelkot (1688–1727), Dutch pharmacist, poet and playwright
 * Hermanus Hendrikus Baanders (1849–1905), Dutch architect
 * Hermanus Berserik (1921–2002), Dutch painter and print maker
 * Hermanus Beukes (1913–2004), Namibian politician and activist
 * Hermanus Blom (1885–1963), Dutch actor, screenwriter and playwright known as Herman Bouber
 * Hermanus Brockmann (1871–1936), Dutch rower
 * Hermanus Brood (1946–2001), Dutch musician and painter.
 * Hermanus van Brussel (1763–1815), Dutch landscape painter and etcher
 * Hermanus Jacob Coster (1865–1899), Dutch lawyer and Second Boer War lieutenant
 * Hermanus Johannes de Graaf (1899–1984), Dutch historian of Java
 * Hermanus Haga (1852–1936), Dutch physicist
 * Hermanus P. J. B. Heinsbroek (born 1951), Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs
 * Hermannus Höfte (1884–1961), Dutch rower
 * Hermanus Koekkoek (1815–1882), Dutch landscape painter
 * Hermanus Willem Koekkoek (1867–1929), Dutch military scenes painter
 * Hermanus Ellen Mees (1880–1964), Dutch painter, draftsman, and lithographer
 * Hermanus Meyer (1733–1791), German-born clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church in America
 * Hermanus Numan (1744–1820), Dutch painter, draftsman, and publisher
 * Hermanus J.A.M. Schaepman (1844–1903), Dutch priest, politician and poet
 * Hermanus Eliza Verschoor (1791–1877), Dutch liberal politician
 * Hermanus L. W. Vrauwdeunt (1915–1982), Dutch footballer
 * Hermanus van Wyk (1835–1905), South African Baster settler in Namibia

As a surname

 * Grant Hermanus (born 1995), South African rugby player
 * Kartini Hermanus (1949–2021), Indonesian military officer
 * Oliver Hermanus (born 1983), South African film director and writer