Justus

Religious and biblical figures

Ordered chronologically up to the modern era, then alphabetically by last name.

Justus of Eleutheropolis or Joseph Barsabbas, in the New Testament the man not chosen by lot to take Judas Iscariot's place among the Apostles, later Bishop of Eleutheropolis and martyr

Pope Justus of Alexandria, Pope of Alexandria (118–129) and a saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church

Justus of Beauvais (c. 278–c. 287), semi-legendary Christian saint

Justus of Trieste (died 293), Christian saint

Justus (died c. 304), Christian martyr - see Justus and Pastor

Justus of Lyon (died 389), 13th bishop of Lyon

Justus of Urgell (died c. 527), Spanish bishop and saint

Justus of Vienne, 6th century bishop of Vienne

Justus (died 627), fourth Archbishop of Canterbury

Justus Falckner (1672–1723), Lutheran minister and first Lutheran pastor to be ordained within the United States

Justus Gesenius (1601–1673), German Lutheran theologian

Justus Jonas (1493–1555), German Lutheran reformer

Justus Knecht (1839–1921), German Catholic theologian, writer and bishop

Justus Trettel (1890–1976), American Benedictine monk

Artists and entertainers

Justus D. Barnes (1862–1946), American actor in The Great Train Robbery

Justus Esiri (1942–2013), Nigerian actor

Justus Frantz (born 1944), German pianist, conductor and television personality

Justus van Gent (c. 1410–c. 1480), painter from Ghent

Justus Hagman (1859–1936), Swedish actor

Justus van Huysum (1659–1716), Dutch painter

Justis Ellis McQueen, Jr. (born 1927), stage name L. Q. Jones, American actor

Justus Sustermans (1597–1681) Flemish painter and draughtsman

Justus Zeyen (1963–2025), German classical pianist and song accompanist

Politicians

Justus ǁGaroëb (born 1942), Namibian traditional leader and politician

Justus Moor (born 1987), German politician

Justus Cornelius Ramsey (1821–1881), American politician

Scientists and academics

Justus Carl Hasskarl (1811–1894), German explorer and botanist

Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), German chemist

Justus Lipsius (1547–1606), Flemish Catholic philologist, philosopher and humanist

Justus Mühlenpfordt (1911–2000), German nuclear physicist

Justus Olshausen (1800–1882), German orientalist and philologist

Justus Ferdinand Poggenburg I (1840–1893), American botanist

Justus Rosenberg (1921–2021), Polish literature professor who saved many people from the Nazis during World War II and served in the French Resistance

Justus Ludwig Adolf Roth (1818–1892), German geologist and mineralogist

Sportspeople

Justus Hollatz (born 2001), German basketball player

Justus Ferdinand Poggenburg II (1865–1917), American billiards champion known as the "father of amateur billiards"

Justus Ferdinand Poggenburg III (1895–1966), American billiards champion

Justus Ross-Simmons, American football player

Justus Sheffield (born 1996), American baseball player

Justus Soget (born 1999), Kenyan middle-distance runner

Justus Strid (born 1987), Danish retired figure skater

Justus Tavai (born 1998), American football player

Justus Thigpen (born 1947), American basketball player

Justus Torsutsey (born 1992), Ghanaian footballer

Other people

Justus of Tiberias (c. 35–c. 100), Jewish author and historian

Justus (son of Justin II) (died before 565?), son of Roman Emperor Justin II

Justus Claproth (1728–1805), German jurist and inventor of the deinking process of recycled paper.

Justus Dahinden (1925–2020), Swiss architect, teacher and writer

Justus Danckerts (1635–1701), Dutch engraver and publisher

Justus B. Entz (1867–1947), American electrical engineer and inventor

Justus Hecker (1795–1850), German physician and medical writer

Justus McKinstry (1814–1897), United States Army officer convicted of graft, corruption and fraud

Justus Möser (1720–1794), German jurist and social theorist

Justus Perthes (1749–1816), original editor of the Almanach de Gotha, a directory of royalty and nobility

Justus Scheibert (1831–1903), Prussian army officer whose writings about the American Civil War influenced Prussian and later German military strategy

Justus Georg Schottelius (1612–1676), German grammarian

Justus Thorner (1848–1928), first owner of the professional baseball franchise now known as the Cincinnati Reds

Justus Velsius (c. 1510–after 1581), Dutch humanist, physician and mathematician

Fictional characters

Justus Ward, on the American soap opera General Hospital

Justus (Shakugan no Shana), in the light novel series Shakugan no Shana