Alpheus or Alphaeus is a masculine given name which may refer to:
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Mythological, biblical and fictional figures
Alpheus (deity), a river god in Greek mythology
Alphaeus, father of two of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament
Alpheus, the World Forger, a DC Comics character
People
Ancient Greece
Alpheus Mytilenaeus, 1st century BC Greek poet
Alphaeus, a Spartan hoplite who fought well at the Battle of Thermopylae, according to the historian Herodotus
Modern world
Alpheus Babcock (1785–1842), American piano and musical instrument maker and inventor
Alpheus Baker (1828–1891), Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War
Alpheus Batson (1869–?), American lawyer and politician
Alpheus Michael Bowman (1847–1913), American politician and businessman
A. B. Colton (born 1831), American politician from Minnesota
Alpheus Cutler (1784–1864), an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
Alpheus Deane (1916–1986), American Negro league pitcher in the 1947
Alpheus Dimmick (1787–1865), American lawyer and politician
Alpheus Ellis (1906–1995), American banker and philanthropist
Alpheus Felch (1804–1896), American politician, fifth governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator from Michigan
Alpheus Harding (1818–1903), American politician and bank president
Alpheus F. Haymond (1823–1893), American lawyer, politician and justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Alpheus P. Hodges (1821–1858), first mayor of Los Angeles, California, after its incorporation
Alpheus Hyatt (1838–1902), American zoologist and palaeontologist
Alpheus T. Mason (1899–1989), American legal scholar and biographer
Alpheus C. Morse (1818–1893), American architect
Alpheus Morton (1840–1923), British architect, surveyor and politician
Alpheus Muheua (c. 1956–2022), Namibian politician
Alpheus ǃNaruseb (born 1954), Namibian politician
Alpheus Spring Packard Sr. (1798–1884), American professor of ancient language and classical literature and acting president of Bowdoin College, father of Alpheus Spring Packard Jr.
Alpheus Spring Packard Jr. (1839–1905), American entomologist and palaeontologist
Alpheus Potts (1838–1911), American lawyer, judge and politician
Alpheus Quicy (1774–1875), African-American stonemason who built houses and other buildings in Connecticut
Alpheus Sherman (1780–1866). American lawyer and politician
Alpheus Henry Snow (1859–1920), American lawyer and scholarly investigator in the field of international law
Alpheus Beede Stickney (1840–1916), first president of the Chicago Great Western Railway
Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse (1862–1931), Canadian circus owner
A. E. Sunderland (1866–1940), American banker, businessman and mayor of Fresno, California
Alpheus Todd (1821–1884), English-born Canadian librarian and constitutional historian
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871–1954), known as Hyatt Verrill, American zoologist, explorer, inventor, illustrator and writer of natural history and science fiction
Alpheus S. Williams (1810–1878), American lawyer, judge, journalist, politician and Union general in the American Civil War
Alpheus Waters Wilson (1834–1916), American bishop for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Alpheus Field Wood (1828–1910), Canadian merchant and politician
Alphaeus Zulu (1905–1987), South African Anglican bishop