Venus (given name)

Venus is the Roman goddess of love.

Notable people with the given name include:

People

 * Venus Faiq (born 1963), Iraqi-Kurdish and Dutch writer, poet, translator, editor, and journalist
 * Venus Lacy (born 1967), American former Olympic and professional basketball player
 * Venus Raj (born 1988), Miss Universe Philippines 2010
 * Venus Ramey (1924–2017), Miss America in 1944
 * Venus Terzo (born 1967), Canadian actress
 * Venus Williams (born 1980), American professional tennis player

Fictional characters

 * Venus (Tannhäuser opera), leading role in Wagner's opera
 * Venus (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
 * Venus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), the short-lived sister of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * Venus Smith, an early associate of John Steed in The Avengers (TV series)
 * Venus Bluegenes, in the British comic 2000 AD and in comic strips
 * Kasuga, the female ninja in the Uesugi clan in Devil Kings whose Devil Kings' name is Venus
 * Venus, a glamorous doctor of French origin on the television show Fireball XL5
 * Venus, the female protagonist in the PSP video game Metal Gear Acid 2
 * Venus, a character from the Nintendo video game Earthbound
 * Venus, one of the three main characters from We Know the Devil
 * Venus McFlytrap, the daughter of the Venus flytrap, from Monster High
 * Sailor Venus, the superhero persona of Minako Aino, a character from Sailor Moon and the main protagonist of Codename: Sailor V