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 Bäckstedt, Swedish road cyclist
• Magnus Bahne, Finnish footballer
• Magnus Barthelsson, Swedish guitarist
• Magnus Beronius, Swedish Archbishop
• Magnus Betnér, Swedish comedian
• Magnus Brechtken, German historian
• 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
• Magnús Árni Magnússon (born 1968), Icelandic politician
• 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.

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