Modestus

Modestus was a Roman cognomen. It may refer to:


 * Julius Modestus (1st century BC), Roman freedman and grammarian
 * Marcus Mettius Modestus (procurator) (1st century AD), Roman governor of Egypt
 * Aufidius Modestus (1st century AD), Roman philologist, commentator on Horace
 * Mettius Modestus, Roman consul AD 82
 * Gaius Trebonius Proculus Mettius Modestus (2nd century), Roman senator
 * Modestus (apologete) (2nd century), Christian apologist who wrote against Marcion
 * Quintus Aiacius Modestus Crescentianus, consul alongside Marcus Pomponius Maecius Probus in 228
 * Saint Modestus, legendary saint and educator of Saint Vitus, martyr under Diocletian (c. 304)
 * Modestus, martyr at Agde alongside Saint Tiberius during the Diocletianic persecution
 * Domitius Modestus (fl. 358–377), Roman politician
 * Gaius Sollius Modestus Sidonius Apollinaris (5th century), Roman poet and diplomat
 * Modestus (bishop of Trier) (died 489), saint
 * Modestus of Jerusalem (died 630), Christian patriarch of Jerusalem
 * Modestus (Apostle of Carantania) (8th century), Irish missionary to the Carantanians and saint
 * Modestus or Pseudo-Modestus (9th century?), supposed author of the Libellus de vocabulis rei militaris
 * Modestus Yao Z. Ahiable (b. 1948), Ghanaian politician
 * Modestus Kilufi (b. 1959), Tanzanian politician
 * Modestus Setiawan (b. 1982), Indonesian footballer