Top Celebrity Names Starting With Augustus

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   Augustus

   63 BC - 14 AD Male
   

   First Roman Emperor

   
   

   Augustus is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. Born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, he was adopted posthumously by his great-uncle Gaius Julius Caesar in 44 BC via his last will and testament, and between then and 27 BC was officially named Gaius Julius Caesar. In 27 BC the Senate awarded him the honorific Augustus, and thus consequently he was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus.… read more

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   Augustus Agar

   1890 - 1968 Male
   

   Recipient of the Victoria Cross

   
   

   Captain Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN was a noted Royal Navy officer in both World War I and World War II and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. In his naval biography, Footprints in the Sea, published in 1961, Agar described himself as "... highly strung and imaginative...".… read more

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   Augustus De Morgan

   1806 - 1871 Male
   

   Indian-born British Mathematician and Logician

   
   

   Augustus De Morgan was a British mathematician and logician. He formulated De Morgan's laws and introduced the term mathematical induction, making its idea rigorous. The crater De Morgan on the Moon is named after him.… read more

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   Augustus Owsley Stanley

   1867 - 1958 Male
   

   State and Federal Politician

   
   

   Augustus Owsley Stanley I was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. A Democrat, he served as the 38th Governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. From 1903 to 1915, Stanley represented Kentucky's 2nd congressional district in the House of Representatives, where he gained a reputation as a progressive reformer.… read more

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   Augustus Jones

   1757 - 1836 Male
   

   Upper Canadian Surveyor

   
   

   Augustus Jones was an American-born Upper Canadian farmer, land speculator, magistrate, militia captain and surveyor. Jones trained as a surveyor in New York City, and fled as a United Empire Loyalist to Upper Canada. In Upper Canada, he worked as a crown surveyor in the Nassau District, where he quickly rose to the position of Deputy Surveyor General, the highest position in a district of Upper Canada.… read more

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   Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

   1812 - 1852 Male
   

   Architect and Designer

   
   

   Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was an English architect, designer, artist and critic, chiefly remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style; his work culminated in the interior design and "Big Ben" clock tower of the Palace of Westminster. Pugin designed many churches in England, and some in Ireland and Australia. Pugin was the father of E. W. Pugin and Peter Paul Pugin, who continued their father's architectural firm as Pugin and Pugin.… read more

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   Augustus II the Strong

   1670 - 1733 Male
   

   Polish King, Grand Duke, Knight

   
   

   Frederick Augustus I or Augustus II the Strong was Elector of Saxony and became King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (as Augustus II). Augustus's great physical strength earned him the nicknames "the Strong," "the Saxon Hercules" and "Iron-Hand. " He liked to show that he lived up to his name by breaking horseshoes with his bare hands and engaging in fox tossing with a single finger.… read more

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   Augustus E. Willson

   1846 - 1931 Male
   

   Politician

   
   

   Augustus Everett Willson was the 36th Governor of Kentucky. Orphaned at the age of twelve, Willson went to live with relatives in New England. This move exposed him to such literary masters as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and James Russell Lowell, who were associates of his older brother, poet Forceythe Willson. He was also afforded the opportunity to attend Harvard University, where he earned an A.B.… read more

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   Augustus Pablo

   1954 - 1999 Male
   

   Musician and Record Producer

   
   

   Horace Swaby, known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist, active from the 1970s onwards. He popularized the use of the melodica (an instrument at that time primarily used to teach children music in the Jamaican public schools) in reggae music. He was a committed Rastafarian.… read more

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    Augustus Saint-Gaudens

    1848 - 1907 Male
    

    Sculptor, Major

    
    

    Augustus Saint-Gaudens was the Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the "American Renaissance". Raised in New York City, he traveled to Europe for further training and artistic study, and then returned to major critical success in the design of monuments commemorating heroes of the American Civil War, many of which still stand.… read more