Octavius

Octavius may refer to:

Topics of Antiquity

 * Augustus, or Octavius, the first Roman emperor
 * Octavia gens, ancient Roman family (includes a list of its members known as Octavius)
 * Octavius (praenomen), a Latin personal name
 * Octavius Mamilius, 5th-century BC ruler in Italy
 * Octavius (King of the Britons) or Eudaf Hen, a figure in Welsh mythology
 * Octavius (dialogue), a 2nd-century defence of Christianity

Modern-era people with the name

 * Prince Octavius of Great Britain (1779–1783), son of King George III
 * Octavius Beale (1850–1930), Australian piano manufacturer
 * Octavius Catto (1839–1871), American educator and civil rights activist
 * Octavius Coope (1814–1886), English businessman and politician
 * Octavius Duncombe (1817–1879), English politician
 * Octavius Ellis (born 1993), American basketball player
 * Octavius Frothingham (1822–1895), American clergyman
 * Octavius D. Gass (1828–1924), American businessman and politician
 * Octavius Gilchrist (1779–1823), English antiquary
 * Octavius Hadfield (1814–1904), New Zealand bishop
 * Octavius Hammond (1835–1908), English clergyman
 * Octavius Leigh-Clare (1841–1912), English lawyer and politician
 * Octavius Mathias (1805–1864), New Zealand clergyman
 * Octavius Vaughan Morgan (1837–1896), Welsh politician
 * Octavius Oakley (1800–1867), English artist
 * Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917), English zoologist
 * Octavius Radcliffe (1859–1940), English cricket player
 * Octavius Ryland (1800–1886), Australian educator
 * Octavius Sturges (1833–1895), English physician
 * Octavius Temple (1784–1834), colonial administrator in Sierra Leone
 * Octavius Terry (born 1972), American athlete
 * Octavius Vernon-Harcourt (1793–1863), Royal Navy officer
 * Octavius Wigram (1794–1878), English businessman
 * Octavius Winslow (1808–1878), English clergyman

Other uses

 * Octavius (ship), an 18th-century ghost ship
 * Pint or octavius, a unit of measurement
 * Octavius, a fictional character in a series of silent films portrayed by actor Herbert Yost
 * Octavius (horse), a 19th-century racehorse