- Linus
Linus may refer to:
As a name:
*Linus Torvalds , a programmer, the creator of the "Linux" kernel
*Pope Linus , the second Pope of the Catholic Church.
*Linus B. Comins , a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1857-59
*Linus Gerdemann , a German professional road bicycle racer
*Linus Pauling , a chemist, winner of two Nobel Prizes (chemistry and peace)
*Linus Roache , an actor
*Linus Thörnblad , a Swedish high jumper
*Linus Yale, Jr. , an American mechanical engineerIn fiction:
*Linus (mythology) , any of three sons of Apollo
*Linus van Pelt , a character in the comic strip "Peanuts"
*Ben Linus , a character in the US television show "Lost"
*Linus Caldwell , a character from the films "Ocean's Eleven", "Ocean's Twelve" and "Ocean's Thirteen", played by Matt Damon
* Linus Larrabee, a fictional character in the film "Sabrina ", played by Harrison Ford.Other:
* Linus is a Romancognomen
* "Linus" (magazine), an Italian magazine published from 1965 named after the "Peanuts" character
*(22) Kalliope I Linus , an asteroid moon that orbits "22 Kalliope", named for the son of Apollo
*Linus's law , named for Linus Torvalds, states that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"
*Linus (language) , Language for INstructional USe, a structure programming language
*Linus Entertainment , a record label
*Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University
* "Linus and Lucy ", a jazz piano piece written by Vince Guaraldi made popular in the "Charlie Brown" television specials
*(Like) Linus , the Deftones' first demo tape
* Linos distribution of linux, used on theElonex ONE laptop
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