Cletus or Cleatus is a given name (Ancient Greek Κλητος or Klētos), meaning "one who has been called" or "summoned one". It may refer to:
People Religion Pope Anacletus (died c. 92), third Bishop of Rome, also known as Cletus Cletus Bél (died 1245), Hungarian prelate
Politics Cletus Avoka (born 1951), Ghanaian lawyer and politician Cletus Seidu Dapilah (born 1980), Ghanaian politician Cletus Dunn (born 1948), Canadian politician Cletus Wotorson (1937–2024), Liberian politician and geologist
Sports Cletus Andersson (1893–1971), Swedish water polo player Clete Blakeman (born 1964), American football official Clete Boyer (1937–2007), American baseball player Cletus Clark (born 1962), American retired hurdler Cletus Paul (born 1993), Indian footballer Cletus Seldin (born 1986), American boxer
Other fields Cletus Ibeto (born 1952), Nigerian businessman Cletus P. Kurtzman (1938–2017), American mycologist Cletus Mendis (born 1949), Sri Lankan actor
Fictional characters Cletus Hogg, a deputy in the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard Cletus Kasady, a Marvel Comics supervillain, also known as Carnage Cletus Klump, in The Nutty Professor and its sequel Cledus Snow, in Smokey and the Bandit Cletus Spuckler, in The Simpsons Cleatus, a minor character on Good Times Cletus, a recurring character in Helluva Boss Cletus, in the Deponia video game series Cletus Ewing, in the video game Grand Theft Auto V Cletus, a police dog in the series Resident Alien
Other uses Cletus (bug), a genus of true bugs in the family Coreidae Cleatus the Robot, the robot mascot of Fox NFL Sunday and all of Fox Sports "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus", an instrumental song from the 1972 Frank Zappa album The Grand Wazoo
See also Cleitus (disambiguation) Cletis (disambiguation)