Linus

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• OriginGreek
• Gender♂ Male
• MeaningVariant of Lino. Flax

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⭐ Famous People

• Linos (Greek mythology) — Divine musician of Greek mythology, son of Apollo and the muse Urania (or Calliope); credited with inventing the lyre and teaching music to both Orpheus and the young Heracles; his death at Heracles’ hands inspired the ancient Linos Song, a harvest lament that became one of the earliest documented forms of Greek ritual music.
• Pope Linus — Second Bishop of Rome (died c. 76 AD), venerated as the first successor of Saint Peter in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox apostolic succession; considered a martyr and saint, his papacy is traditionally dated to approximately 67–76 AD, making him one of the earliest and most historically significant holders of the title that would become Pope.
• Linus Torvalds — Finnish-American software engineer (born 1969), creator of the Linux kernel (1991), the open-source operating system core that runs the majority of the world’s servers, smartphones (via Android), and supercomputers; also created the version-control system Git (2005); widely considered one of the most influential programmers in history.
• Linus van Pelt — Fictional character in Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip (debuted 1952), best friend of Charlie Brown; known for his security blanket and his philosophical, theological musings; one of the most beloved characters in American comic strip history, giving the name Linus a warm, intellectual, and gentle cultural resonance for generations.
• Linus Pauling — American chemist and peace activist (1901–1994), the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes: the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) for his research into the nature of the chemical bond, and the Nobel Peace Prize (1962) for his anti-nuclear activism; regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century.