Lupus (name)

Lupus means "wolf" in Latin. It was a Latin cognomen and since then has become both a given name and family name.

It may refer to:


 * Cornelius Lupus, Roman statesman (suffect consul AD 42)
 * Marcus Rutilius Lupus, Roman statesman (active 107 to 117)
 * Publius Julius Lupus, Roman statesman (suffect consul AD 98)
 * Publius Rutilius Lupus (died 90 BC), Roman statesman
 * Publius Rutilius Lupus, Roman rhetorician
 * Tiberius Julius Lupus (died AD 73), Roman statesman
 * Virius Lupus (ca.  160 – after 205), Roman soldier and statesman
 * Virius Lupus, Roman statesman (consul 278)

Given name

 * Lupus of Troyes (ca. 383 – ca. 478), French bishop and saint
 * Lupus of Sens (d. 623), French bishop and saint
 * Lupus I of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony and Aquitaine from about 670
 * Lupus II of Gascony (died 778), third-attested historical duke of Gascony
 * Lupus III Centule of Gascony (died c. 820), Duke of Gascony 818-819
 * Lupus Hellinck (1493 or 1494 – 1541), Flemish composer
 * Lupus Servatus (c. 805 – c. 862), French abbot, theological writer and member of Charles the Bald's court

Family name

 * Christian Lupus (1612 – 1681), Flemish theologist and historian
 * Peter Lupus (born 1932), American bodybuilder and actor
 * Edward Lupus (1834–1877), American architect.

Fictional

 * Anthony Lupus character in DC Comics