Top Celebrity Names Starting With Magnus

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   Magnus Carlsen

   Age 21 Male
   

   Grandmaster, Second

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   Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy who is currently the number-one ranked player in the world. In January 2010 he became the seventh player in history to be ranked number one in the world on the official FIDE rating list. His peak rating is 2835, the second highest in history, after Garry Kasparov.… read more

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   Magnus Magnusson

   1929 - 2007 Male
   

   Icelandic Television Host

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   Magnus Magnusson KBE was a television presenter, journalist, translator and writer. He was born in Iceland but lived in Scotland for almost all of his life, although he never took British citizenship. He came to prominence as a BBC television journalist, and was best known as the presenter of the BBC television quiz programme Mastermind, which he hosted for 25 years.… read more

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   Magnus Olafsson

   1265 Male
   

   the Last King of Mann and the Isles

   
   

   Magnús Óláfsson was a mid 13th century Manx-Hebridean king, the son of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles. Magnús and Óláfr descended from a long line of Norse-Gaelic kings who ruled the Isle of Mann (Mann) and parts of the Hebrides. Some leading members of the Crovan dynasty, such as Óláfr, styled themselves "King of the Isles"; Magnús and his brothers, however, styled themselves "King of Mann and the Isles".… read more

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   Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie

   1622 - 1686 Male
   

   Politician, Count, Statesman

   
   

   Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1647 and came to be the holder of three of the five offices counted as the Great Officers of the Realm, namely Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Chancellor and Lord High Steward. He also served as Governor-General in the Swedish dominion of Livonia.… read more

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   Magnus Malan

   1932 - 2011 Male
   

   Politician, General, Minister

   
   

   General Magnus André De Merindol Malan was the Minister of Defence (in the cabinet of President P. W. Botha), Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Chief of the South African Army.

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   Magnus Maximus

   388 AD Male
   

   Emperor, Diplomat

   
   

   Magnus Maximus, also known as Maximianus and Macsen Wledig in Welsh, was Western Roman Emperor from 383 to 388. As commander of Britain, he usurped the throne against Emperor Gratian in 383. However, through negotiation with Theodosius I the following year he was made emperor in Britannia and Gaul - while Gratian's brother Valentinian II retained Italy, Pannonia, Hispania, and Africa.… read more

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   Magnus Lindberg

   Age 53 Male
   

   Composer, Pianist, Musician

   
   

   Magnus Lindberg is a Finnish composer and pianist. He is currently the composer-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic.

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   Magnus Hirschfeld

   1868 - 1935 Male
   

   Politician, Doctor, Counsel

   
   

   Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician and sexologist. An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific Humanitarian Committee, which Dustin Goltz called "the first advocacy for homosexual and transgender rights."… read more