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Gallus may refer to:
- People
- several ancient Romans; see Gallus (cognomen)
- Gaius Cornelius Gallus (c. 70 BC–26 BC), Roman poet, orator and politician (in later life, Prefect of Egypt)
- Aelius Gallus, successor of Cornelius Gallus as prefect of Egypt (26–24 BC) and commander of disastrous Roman expedition in Arabia
- Trebonianus Gallus (206–253), Roman emperor (251–253)
- Constantius Gallus (c. 325/326 – 354), member of the Constantinian dynasty and Caesar of the Roman Empire (351–354)
- Saint Gall (Saint Gallus), 7th century
- Gallus Anonymus, a chronicler working in 11th and 12th century Poland
- Thomas Gallus, c. 1200-1246
- Nicolaus Gallus (1516–1570), a Lutheran Reformer
- Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591), late-Renaissance composer
- Gallus Mag, real name unknown, an early 19th Century female bouncer at a New York bar
- Sandor (Alexander) Gallus, Australian archaeologist
- Gallus, the Latin word for an inhabitant of Gaul
- Gallus, the singular form of Galli, the eunuch priests of Cybele
- Animal-related
- Gallus, the Latin word for rooster or cockerel
- Gallus (genus), a bird genus in the pheasant family
- Gallus (constellation), The Cockerel, an obsolete constellation
- Other
- Gallus (Frankfurt am Main), former Gallusviertel, a district of Frankfurt, Germany
- Gallus, the Lowland Scottish word for 1. self-confident, daring, cheeky or 2. stylish, impressive
- Gallus (album), by Scottish rock band Gun
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