Brutus (disambiguation)
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Brutus. |
Brutus may refer to:
People
- Numerous ancient Romans (see Brutus), and most famously:
- Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Caesar's friend and most famous assassin, about whom the line "Et tu, Brute?" was spoken
- The fictional character based on Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (play)
- Cicero's work on oratory addressed to the historical figure; see Brutus (Cicero)
- Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Caesar's friend and most famous assassin, about whom the line "Et tu, Brute?" was spoken
- Brutus de Villeroi, 19th century French engineer
- Brutus Greenshield, legendary king of the Britons
- Brutus of Troy, who, according to legend, founded Britain
- Dennis Brutus (1924–2009), South African poet
- Joel Brutus (born 1974), Haitian judoka
Pseudonyms:
- "Brutus", pen name of Robert Yates (politician), author of several Anti-Federalist Papers
- "Brutus", code name of Roman Czerniawski (1910–1985), World War II double agent
- Brutus Beefcake ("The Barber"), ring name of American professional wrestler Edward Leslie (born 1957)
- "Junius Brutus", pen name of the author Charles Blount (deist)
Places
- Brutus, Michigan, unincorporated community in Emmet County, Michigan, United States
- Brutus, New York, a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States
- Brutus, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland
Music
- Brutus (Canadian band), a 1970s Canadian band
- Brutus (Czech band), a Czech rock band
- Brutus (Norwegian band), a blues rock Norwegian band
- Brutus (rapper), a Dutch rapper, real name Brutus Frederiks
- "B is for Brutus", a song from the third album by The Hives, Tyrannosaurus Hives
- "Even You Brutus", a song from the tenth album by Red Hot Chili Peppers, I'm with You (album)
Fictional characters
- Bluto (sometimes known as "Brutus"), a cartoon character from "Popeye"
- Brutus, name of the evil robot army commander in the webcomic Anima: Age of the Robots
- Brutus, a bull in the fighting game Human Killing Machine
- Brutus, a character in The Hunger Games
- Brutus Jones, protagonist of The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill
- The House of Brutii, a playable faction in the video game Rome: Total War
Transportation
- Texan schooner Brutus, a ship in the Texas Navy
- Brutus (1862-1884), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives
Other uses
- Brutus (film), a 1911 Italian film
- Brutus (magazine), a Japanese magazine
- Brutus Buckeye, the athletics mascot of Ohio State University
- Brutus cluster, a high-performance cluster at ETH Zurich
- Brutus Jeans, maker of denim apparel in the 1970s and '80s
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, February 11, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.