Lupus means "wolf" in Latin. It was a Latin cognomen and since then has become both a given name and family name.
It may refer to:
Cognomen Cornelius Lupus, Roman statesman (suffect consul AD 42) Marcus Rutilius Lupus, Roman statesman (active 107 to 117) Publius Julius Lupus, Roman statesman (suffect consul AD 98) Publius Rutilius Lupus (died 90 BC), Roman statesman Publius Rutilius Lupus, Roman rhetorician Tiberius Julius Lupus (died AD 73), Roman statesman Virius Lupus (ca. 160–after 205), Roman soldier and statesman Virius Lupus, Roman statesman (consul 278)
Given name Lupus of Troyes (ca. 383–ca. 478), French bishop and saint Lupus of Sens (d. 623), French bishop and saint Lupus I of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony and Aquitaine from about 670 Lupus II of Gascony (died 778), third-attested historical duke of Gascony Lupus III Centule of Gascony (died c. 820), Duke of Gascony 818-819 Lupus Hellinck (1493 or 1494–1541), Flemish composer Lupus Servatus (c. 805–c. 862), French abbot, theological writer and member of Charles the Bald's court
Family name Christian Lupus (1612–1681), Flemish theologist and historian Peter Lupus (born 1932), American bodybuilder and actor Edward Lupus (1834–1877), American architect
Fictional characters Anthony Lupus, character in DC Comics
See also
Giovanni Luppis (1813–1875), Austrian naval officer and the first to conceive of the self-propelled torpedo Lupus (disambiguation) Lupu (surname)