Justus (given name)

Religious figures

• 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 and a saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church
• Justus of Beauvais, semi-legendary Roman Catholic saint
• Justus of Trieste, Roman Catholic saint
• Justus, Christian martyr - see Justus and Pastor
• Justus of Lyons - see Chronological list of saints in the 4th century
• Justus of Urgell, Spanish bishop and saint
• Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury

  Other

• Justus of Tiberias, 1st-century Jewish author and historian
• Justus D. Barnes, American actor in The Great Train Robbery
• Justus Dahinden, Swiss architect, teacher, and writer
• Justus Falckner, Lutheran minister and first Lutheran pastor to be ordained within the United States
• Justus Frantz, German pianist, conductor, and television personality
• Justus ǁGaroëb, Namibian traditional leader and politician
• Justus van Gent, painter from Ghent
• Justus Hagman, Swedish actor
• Justus Carl Hasskarl, German explorer and botanist
• Justus Hecker, German physician and medical writer
• Justus Jonas, German Lutheran reformer
• Justus von Liebig, German chemist
• Justus Lipsius, philologist and humanist from Brabant
• Justus Möser, German jurist and social theorist
• Justus Mühlenpfordt, German nuclear physicist
• Justus Perthes, original editor of the Almanach de Gotha
• Justus Cornelius Ramsey, American politician
• Justus Smith Stearns, American lumber baron and Secretary of State of Michigan
• Justus Sustermans Flemish painter
• Justus Thorner, owner of the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team
• Justus Velsius, Dutch humanist, physician, and mathematician
• Justus Vingboons, Amsterdam architect

  Fictional characters

• Justus Ward, on the American soap opera General Hospital