Ignatius

Ignatius is a male given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Religious

 * Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), saint and martyr, Apostolic Father, early Christian bishop
 * Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877), Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint, Patriarch of Constantinople
 * Ignatios the Deacon (780/790 – after 845), Byzantine bishop and writer
 * Ignatius of Bulgaria, patriarch in 1272–1277
 * Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867), Russian Orthodox saint, bishop and ascetical writer
 * Ignatius of Jesus (1596–1667), Italian Catholic missionary friar
 * Ignatius of Laconi (1701–1781), Italian Catholic saint
 * Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), Basque Catholic saint and founder of the Society of Jesus
 * Ignatius of Moscow (1540–1620), Russian Orthodox Patriarch
 * Ignatius Moses I Daoud (or Moussa Daoud) (1930–2012), Syrian Catholic Patriarch
 * Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (born 1933), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch
 * Ignatius III Atiyah, 17th-century Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
 * Ignatius III David, 13th-century Syriac Orthodox Church Patriarch
 * Ignatius IV Sarrouf (1742–1812), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
 * Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch (1921–2012), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
 * Ignatius V Qattan (1756–1833), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
 * First name of all the Syrian Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch since the 15th century
 * Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (born 1950), Indonesian prelate and current archbishop of Jakarta
 * Ignatius Phakoe (1927–1989), Lesotho Roman Catholic bishop

Other

 * Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931–1979), Ghanaian military ruler
 * Ignatius Bernstein (1846–1900), Russian railroad engineer
 * Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870), British architect
 * Ignatius Valentine Chirol (1852–1929), British writer and diplomat
 * Ignatius Chombo (born 1952), Zimbabwean politician
 * Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831–1901), American politician and writer
 * Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British writer and physician
 * Ignatius J. Galantin (1910–2004), American admiral
 * Ignatius Ganago (born 1999), Cameroonian professional footballer
 * Ignatius Joseph Kasimo Hendrowahyono (1900–1986), Indonesian politician
 * Ignatius Jones (1957–2024), Australian singer and producer
 * Ignatius K. Musaazi (1905–1990), Ugandan politician
 * Ignatius Leong (born 1956), Singaporean Chess Organizer
 * Ignatius O'Brien, 1st Baron Shandon (1857–1930), Irish lawyer
 * Igantius Xavier Pereira (1888–1951), Indian Tamil-Sri Lankan businessman and politician
 * Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780), British writer
 * Ignatius Scoles (1834–1896), British architect, priest and writer
 * Ignatius Shixwameni (born 1966), Namibian politician
 * Ignatius Zhuwakiyi (born 1969), Zimbabwean sculptor

Surname

 * Adi Ignatius (born 1959), American journalist
 * David Ignatius (born 1950), American journalist and writer
 * Hannes Ignatius (1871–1941), Finnish general
 * Karl Ferdinand Ignatius (1837–1909), Finnish politician
 * Paul Ignatius (born 1920), American administrator

Fictional characters

 * Ignatius, in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
 * Dr. Ignatius "Iggy" Frome, psychiatrist in TV series New Amsterdam
 * Ignatius Gallaher, in the short story "A Little Cloud" by James Joyce
 * Ignatius Mortimer Meen, the villain in the 1995 video game I.M. Meen
 * Ignatius Martin Perrish, in Horns by Joe Hill and the film adaptation
 * Ignatius J. Reilly, in A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
 * Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian, in Disney’s 1989 film The Little Mermaid
 * Percy Ignatius Weasley, in Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling