Julius (name)

Julius is a masculine given name and a surname, derived from the nomen of a Roman family, most famously Julius Caesar. The name may be derived from Greek ιουλος (ioulos) lit. 'downy-bearded' or from Latin Jovilius lit. 'devoted to Jove'. Julio/Júlio is the Spanish/Portuguese form and Jules is the French form.

Given name

 * Julius, the centurion given custody of Paul the Apostle in Acts 27
 * Pope Julius (disambiguation), multiple popes
 * Julius the Veteran (255–302), Catholic, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox saint and martyr
 * Julius (judge royal) (fl. before 1135), nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary
 * Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1812–1884), German noble
 * Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528–1589), German noble
 * Julius Aghahowa (born 1982), Nigerian footballer
 * Julius Akosah (born 1982), Cameroonian-Hongkonger (soccer) footballer
 * Julius Axelrod (1912–2004), an American biochemist
 * Julius Babao (born 1968), Filipino broadcast journalist
 * Julius Bacher (1810–1889), German playwright and novelist
 * Julius Balkow (1909–1973), East German engineer and politician
 * Julius Bär (1857–1922), German banker
 * Julius Boros (1920–1994), American golfer
 * JuJu Brents (real name Julius; born 2000), American football player
 * Julius Brink (born 1982), German beach volleyball player
 * Julius Büdel (1903–1983), German geomorphologist
 * Julius Buelow, American football player
 * Julius Chestnut (born 2000), American football player
 * Julius Eastman (1940–1990), American composer
 * Julius Erving (born 1950), American basketball player
 * Julius Evola (1898–1974), Italian philosopher
 * Julius Fučík (composer) (1872–1916), Czech composer, the journalist's uncle
 * Julius Fučík (journalist) (1903–1943), Czech journalist, the composer's nephew
 * Julius Gregory (born 1988), American football player
 * Julius Hirsch (1892–1945), Jewish German soccer player and Iron Cross recipient
 * Julius Kuperjanov (1894–1919), Estonian teacher and military officer
 * Julius Köbner (1806–1884), Danish Baptist pioneer
 * Julius Ingram (1832–1917), American politician.
 * Julius Lenck (1845–1901), Hungarian-German brewer and businessman
 * Julius Ludolf (1893–1947), German SS officer and concentration camp commandant
 * Julius Wandera Maganda (born 1971), Ugandan politician
 * Julius Mägiste (1900–1978), Estonian linguist and academic
 * Julius Malema (born 1981), South African politician
 * Julius Mandel aka Gyula Mándi (1899–1969), Hungarian Olympic footballer and manager
 * Julius Masvanise (born 1966), Zimbabwean track and field athlete
 * Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), president of Tanzania
 * Julius Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), American theoretical physicist
 * Julius Petersen (1839–1910), Danish mathematician
 * Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921), German bacteriologist
 * Julius Randle (born 1994), American professional basketball player
 * Julius Reubke (1834–1858), German composer, pianist and organist.
 * Julius La Rosa (1930–2016), American pop singer
 * Julius Rudel (1921–2014), Austrian-born American opera and orchestra conductor
 * Julius Rosenberg (1918–1953), American communist
 * Julius Schaub (1898–1976), chief aide and adjutant to Adolf Hitler
 * Julius Schwartz (1915–2004), American comic book and pulp magazine editor
 * Julius Samuel Scott Jr. (1925–2019), American minister, sociologist, community leader, teacher, and academic administrator
 * Julius Sherrod Scott III (1955–2021), American scholar of slavery and Caribbean and Atlantic history
 * Julius Seligson (1909–1987), American tennis player
 * Julius Streicher (1885–1946), notorious Nazi newspaper editor
 * Julius Terpstra (born 1989), Dutch politician
 * Julius Travis (1869–1961), American Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
 * Julius Warmsley (born 1990), American football player
 * Julius Wolf (born 1993), German basketball player
 * Julius Zeyer (1841–1901), Czech romantic writer

Surname

 * Alice Julius (1846 - 1918), New Zealand artist
 * Andrew Julius (born 1984), international footballer from Montserrat
 * Anthony Julius (born 1956), British lawyer and academic
 * Churchill Julius (1847–1938), first Archbishop of New Zealand
 * David Julius (born 1955), American physiologist
 * DeAnne Julius (born 1949), British-based American economist
 * Eva Julius (1878-1972), Australian Girlguiding leader, wife of George
 * George Julius (1873–1946), Australian inventor and engineer, husband of Eva
 * Harry Julius (1885–1938), Australian commercial artist
 * Henri Willem Julius (1901-1977), Dutch medical professor and cancer researcher
 * Leigh Julius (born 1985), South African sprinter
 * Max Julius (1916–1963), Australian barrister and communist
 * Orlando Julius (1943–2022), Nigerian musician
 * Victor August Julius (1851-1902), Dutch theoretical physicist
 * Willem Henri Julius (1860-1925), Dutch (solar) physicist
 * E. Haldeman-Julius (né Emanuel Julius) (1889–1951), Jewish-American socialist

Fictional characters

 * Julius, book by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Dav Pilkey
 * Julius, song by the band Phish on their album Hoist
 * Julius Caesar, fictional character, Japanese name of Julian Konzern from the animated series Beyblade: Metal Masters (Metal Fight Beyblade: Explosion in Japan)
 * Julius Hibbert, a character from The Simpsons TV series
 * Julius Little, fictional character in the Xbox 360 game Saints Row
 * Julius Pringles, the name of the mascot for Pringles potato crisps
 * Julius, a comic monkey character created by Paul Frank
 * Julius, the father from the television series Everybody Hates Chris
 * Julius, one of the main characters from the Canadian animated series Delilah & Julius
 * The faction House of Julii from the computer game Rome: Total War uses Julius as the family name
 * Julius Belmont, vampire hunter and descendant of Simon Belmont from the Castlevania series of video games
 * Julius, a monster in the 1995 animated Mickey Mouse short, Runaway Brain
 * Julius Geezer, a character from The Smurfs, where he forced Smurfette to marry his son unless Brainy wins a gladiator fight.
 * Dr. Julius Strangepork, a character in The Muppets
 * Julius the Cat, Walt Disney's first recurring animated character.
 * Julius Zebra, a book franchise from author Gary Northfield.
 * Julius Oppenheimmer Jr., a character from The Amazing World of Gumball.
 * Julius Euclius, a character from Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World