Magnus (given name)

Magnus is a male given name.

People named Magnus include:
 * Magnus (Roman usurper) (died 235)
 * Magnus (consul 460) (c. 390 or 405–475)
 * Magnus Forteman, 8th–9th century Frisian leader
 * Magnus (bishop), Roman Catholic Bishop of Turku between 1291 and 1308
 * Magnus, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1455–1524)
 * Magnus W. Alexander, German engineer
 * Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player
 * Magnus Arvidsson, several people
 * Magnus Bahne, Finnish footballer
 * Magnus Beronius, Swedish Archbishop
 * Magnus Bäckstedt, Swedish road cyclist
 * Magnus Betnér, Swedish comedian
 * Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess grandmaster, former world chess champion and No. 1 ranked player in the world
 * Magnus Cormack, Australian politician
 * Magnus Ehrencrona (born 1978), Swedish politician
 * Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney
 * Magnus Faxén, Swedish diplomat and journalist
 * Magnus Hallenborg, Swedish diplomat
 * Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist
 * Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian
 * Magnus Kirt, Estonian javelin thrower
 * Magnus Larsson, former professional tennis player from Sweden
 * Magnus Lekven, Norwegian footballer
 * Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
 * Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic-born BBC personality and Mastermind quiz-master
 * Magnus Malan, South African soldier and politician
 * Magnus Manske, German biochemist and developer, developed first version of MediaWiki software
 * Magnus Midtbø, Norwegian rock climber
 * Magnus Norman, Swedish former tennis player
 * Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles
 * Magnus Olson, Swedish Army officer
 * Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic four-time World's Strongest Man champion
 * Magnus Pyke (1908—1992), British scientist and media figure
 * Magnus Lewis Robinson (1852–1918), American newspaper editor and Black community leader
 * Magnus Samuelsson, Swedish strongman and former World's Strongest Man
 * Magnús Scheving, creator and co-star of the children's television show LazyTown
 * Magnus Büchel, Liechtenstein judoka
 * Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson, Swedish hockey player
 * Magnus Rosén, ex-HammerFall bassist
 * Magnus Sjöberg, Swedish jurist
 * Quaiapen (1603–1676), also known as Magnus, Native American leader in Rhode Island.