Vitus

Vitus is a Latin given name meaning lively and may refer to:

People

Given name

• Saint Vitus (c. 290 – c. 303), a Christian martyr
• Vitus Amerbach (1503–1557), German theologian, scholar and humanist
• Vitus Ashaba (1943–1985), Ugandan middle-distance runner
• Vitus Bering (1617–1675), Danish poet and historian
• Vitus Bering (1681–1741), Danish-born Russian navigator
• Vitus Eicher (born 1990), German football player
• Vitus Georg Tönnemann (1659–1740), German cleric
• Vitus Graber (1844–1892), Austrian entomologist
• Vitus of Hungary (died 1297), beatified friar
• Vitus Huonder (born 1942), Swiss prelate
• Vitus Husek (born 1973), German canoeist
• Vitus of Kotor (c. 1275 – after 1335), medieval Serbian architect
• Vitus Miletus (1549–1615), German theologian
• Vitus Nagorny (born 1978), Kyrgyzstan-born German footballer
• Vitus Pichler (1670–1736), Austrian cleric and writer
• Vitus Piluzzi (died 1704), Italian prelate
• V Spehar (born 1982), American journalist

Middle name

• Joseph Vitus Burg (1768–1833), German prelate
• Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich (1738–1802), Habsburg nobleman and general

Surname

• Domenico Vitus (born c. 1536), Italian engraver
• Maksim Vitus (born 1989), Belarusian footballer

Other uses

• Vitus (bicycles), a French bicycle manufacturer
• Vitus (film), a 2006 Swiss film
• Weihenstephaner Vitus, a German weizenbock beer
• Vitus baronets, a 17th century English title
• Vitus Lake, a lake in Alaska

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Vitus
• All pages with titles containing Vitus
• Saint Vitus (disambiguation)
• Saint Vitus' dance (disambiguation)
• Vitis (disambiguation)
• Vito (given name), Italian form of Vitus
• Veit (given name), German form of Vitus
• Vid (given name), Slavic form of vitus

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