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Pope Linus (died ), second Bishop of Rome and Pope of the Catholic Church •
Linus Arnesson (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player •
Linus Bylund (born 1978), Swedish politician •
Linus B. Comins (1817–1892), American politician •
Linus Diaz (born 1933), Sri Lankan long-distance runner •
Linus Eklöf (born 1989), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider •
Linus Eklöw (born 1979), better known by the stage name Style of Eye, Swedish DJ, producer, and songwriter •
Linus Fernström (born 1987), Swedish hockey player •
Linus Forslund (born 1988), Swedish bandy player •
Lonny Frey (1910–2009), American baseball player •
Linus Fröberg (born 1993), Swedish hockey player •
Linus Gerdemann (born 1982), German professional road bicycle racer •
Linus Hallenius (born 1989), Swedish footballer •
Linus Hultström (born 1992), Swedish hockey player •
Linus Klasen (born 1986), Swedish hockey player •
Linus Lundqvist (born 1999), Swedish race car driver •
Linus Malmborg (born 1988), Swedish footballer •
Linus Malmqvist (born 1981), Swedish footballer •
J. Linus McAtee (1897–1963), American Hall of Fame jockey •
Linus Omark (born 1987), Swedish hockey player •
Linus Pauling (1901–1994), American chemist, winner of two Nobel Prizes (chemistry and peace) •
Linus Persson (ice hockey) (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey right winger •
Linus Persson (handballer) (born 1993), Swedish handball player •
Linus Pettersson (born 1987), Swedish bandy player •
Linus Roache (born 1964), English actor •
Linus Rönnberg (born 2003), Finnish footballer •
Linus Rönnqvist (born 1988), Swedish bandy player •
Linus Sandgren (born 1972), Swedish cinematographer •
Linus Sebastian (born 1986), Canadian YouTuber, creator and host of Linus Tech Tips and founder of Linus Media Group •
Linus Sköld (born 1983), Swedish politician •
Linus Sundström (born 1990), Swedish speedway rider •
Linus Svenning (born 1990), Swedish singer-songwriter •
Linus Thörnblad (born 1985), Swedish high jumper •
Linus Tornblad (born 1993), Swedish footballer •
Linus Torvalds (born 1969), Finnish-born American programmer, creator of the Linux kernel •
Linus Udofia (born 1993), Nigerian-born English boxer •
Linus Ullmark (born 1993), Swedish hockey player •
Linus Videll (born 1985), Swedish hockey player •
Linus Wahlgren (born 1976), Swedish actor •
Linus Wahlqvist (born 1996), Swedish footballer •
Linus Werneman (born 1992), Swedish hockey player •
Linus Yale Jr. (1821–1868), American mechanical engineer, son of Yale, Sr. •
Linus Yale Sr. (1797–1858), American inventor and manufacturer of locks •
Linus Van Pelt (1950-), in the comic strip
Peanuts, and associated media ==Fictional and mythological characters==