Linus

Linus is a common name for people or things.

People

Several people bear the first or middle name Linus:

Linus Anton Spiegler
Linus Antlöv
Linus Beerli
Linus B. Comins, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1857-59
Linus Denker
Linus Fontaine
Linus Geisler
Linus Gerdemann, a German professional road bicycle racer
Linus Gödeke
Linus Hauser
Linus Kiess
Linus Kramer
Linus Meyer
Linus Pauling, chemist
Linus Roache, actor
Linus Rosskamp
Linus Starmann
Linus Sweers
Linus Torvalds, programmer, creator of the Linux kernel
Linus Upson
Linus Waltari
Linus Willmann
Linus Wittich
Linus Yale, Jr., American mechanical engineer

Linus (mythology), any of three sons of Apollo; see .
Linus van Pelt, a character in the comic strip Peanuts
Pope Linus, the second Pope of the Catholic Church.
Linus was a figure mentioned at Paul of Tarsus's Second Epistle to Timothy: 'Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.' (2Tim.4:21, KJV) This may or may not be the same person as Pope Linus.

Linus (magazine), Italian magazine published from 1965 named for the "Peanuts" character
(22) Kalliope I Linus, an asteroid moon that orbits 22 Kalliope, named for the son of Apollo
Project Linus
Linus's law, named for Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, states that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow". More formally: "Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone."
(Like) Linus was Deftones's first demo tape.
"Linus and Lucy" is a jazz piano piece written by Vince Guaraldi and made popular in the Charlie Brown television specials.
Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University

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