Aloysius ( ) is a given name.
Etymology It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognates (traditionally in Medieval Latin as Ludovicus or Chlodovechus), ultimately from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdawīgą ("famous battle"). In the US, the name is rare, with fewer than 0.001% of babies receiving the name since the 1940s. Most of those were Roman Catholics.
People Aloysius (born 1963), Indonesian politician Aloysius Ambrozic (1930–2011), Roman Catholic cardinal Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), French Romantic poet, playwright, and journalist Tad Dorgan (1877–1929), Thomas Aloysius "Tad" Dorgan, American writer and cartoonist Aloysius Foster (1943–2025), American jazz drummer Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591), Italian aristocrat and saint Aloysius John Jordan (1906–1957), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s Aloisius Kangulu (born 1978), Namibian politician Aloysius Leo Knott (1829–1918), American politician, lawyer and educator Aloysius Lilius (1510–1576), Italian doctor, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist Aloysius Pang (1990–2019), Singaporean actor Aloysius Pieris (born 1934), Sri Lankan Sinhala Jesuit priest Aloysius Schmitt (1909–1941), Roman Catholic priest Aloysius Stepinac (1898–1960), Yugoslav Croat prelate Aloysius Szymanski (1902–1956), given name for Baseball Hall of Famer Al Simmons Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal (born 1951), given name for Dutch football manager Louis van Gaal Aloysius John Wycisło (1908–2005), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay
Fictional characters Alo Creevey, in the UK television series Skins Aloysius “Al” Binewksi, carnival ringmaster and father of the protagonist in Geek Love. Aloysius T. McKeever, hobo squatter in the 1947 Christmas film It Happened on Fifth Avenue Aloysius Menlove, mayor of Schmigadoon, the fictional town in the television series Schmigadoon!. Aloysius O'Hare, villain of the 2012 film The Lorax 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 K. Randall, protagonist in the war film Wake Island. Aloysius Samberly, a season 2 recurring character on the television series Agent Carter Aloysius Snuffleupagus (Mr. Snuffleupagus), on Sesame Street Aloysius (teddy bear), in Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited Sister Aloysius, in the play Doubt: A Parable and the film adaptation Doubt Aloysius, an anthropomorphic wolf in Highlights magazine features Aloysius Devandander Abercrombie, the self-described protagonist of the 1993 Primus song, “My Name is Mud” Doctor Aloysius James Animo, a mad scientist obsessed with genetic experiments on animals from the American animated series “Ben 10” Aloysius, the older cousin of Elias in “Elias, or The struggle with the nightingales”, by Maurice Gilliams Aloysius, the taxidermised cat belonging to Rhoda/Yoda in series 5, episode 6 ("Caravan of Courage") of Brassic Doctor Hunter Aloysius Percy, known as Hap in the series The OA Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock; Tony Hancock's fictional radio Persona
Education St Aloysius' College
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