Aloysius
Aloysius is a given name. It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognate names, ultimately from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdawīgą. In the US, the name is rare, with babies receiving the name less than 0.001% since the 1940s and mainly among Roman Catholics, according to Social Security Administration data.People
Notable people with the name include:
- Alois Alzheimer
- Aloysius Ambrozic
- Aloysius Bertrand
- Aloysius Gonzaga
- James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, Irish novelist and poet
- Aloysius Lilius 1510-1576 doctor, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist
- Aloysius Schmitt
- Aloysius Stepinac
- Aloysius Szymanski, given name for Baseball Hall of Famer Al Simmons
- Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor
- Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva, Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and director
- James Farley, politician whose given name was James Aloysius Farley
- John Aloysius Fahey
- Aloysius John Jordan, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s
- Petrus Aloysius, Duke of Piacenza and illegitimate son of Pope Paul III
- R. A. Lafferty
- Aloysius Pieris, Sri Lankan Sinhala Jesuit priest
- James Aloysius Carroll, Canadian actor
- Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal, given name for Dutch football manager Louis van Gaal
- Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player
- Thomas Aloysius Keller, American Chef and Restaurateur
Fictional characters
- Aloysius Dawson pillar character in Vampyr.
- Aloysius, in Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited.
- Aloysius Creevey, character in the show Skins.
- Aloysius Hands, character in Rafael Bernal’s 1946 novella, The Strange Case or Aloysius Hands.
- Aloysius McGillicuddy, putative inventor of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky.
- Aloysius Nell, a police office and character in the Stephen King novel It.
- Aloysius Parker, the chauffeur of Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds.
- Aloysius Pendergast, protagonist of several novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
- Aloysius Snuffleupagus of Sesame Street.
- Lynn Aloysius Belvedere.
- Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
- Theodore Aloysius "Theo" Huxtable, The Cosby Show.
- Pee-Wee Aloysius Herman, Pee Wee's Playhouse.
- Sister Aloysius, principal of the school in the play Doubt.
- Aloysius O’Hare, mayor of Thneedville and antagonist in Dr Seuss’ The Lorax.
- Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie, narrator of the Primus song "My Name is Mud".
- Aloysius Pig, a character in the seventh season of Garfield and Friends.
- Bartholomew "Barry" Aloysius Dylan, a recurring antagonist of the show Archer
- Aloysius Castleroy, Lord Castleroy in Reign.
- Hunter Aloysius Percy, character in the Netflix series The OA.
- Owlowiscious, Twilight Sparkle's pet owl in My Little Pony.
- Aloysius T. McKeever, hobo squatter in It Happened on Fifth Avenue.
- Aloysius Gogarty, Mrs. Random's gardener in Bringing Up Baby.
- Geoffrey Aloysius Adams, character in the BBC One series Not Going Out.
Education
- St Aloysius' College
