Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 10 BC – 54 AD) was the fourth Roman Emperor, reigning from AD 41 to his death.

Claudius, a name of Latin origin meaning crippled, may also refer to:

People

Ancient world

Middle Ages

Later

  • Gelawdewos, known as Claudius in English, mid-16th-century Emperor of Ethiopia
  • Claudius Salmasius, Latin name of Claude Saumaise (15881653), French classical scholar
  • Hendrik Claudius, (c. 1655–1697), painter and apothecary
  • Claudius Smith (17361779), a notorious British Loyalist guerrilla leader in the American Revolution
  • Matthias Claudius (17401815), German poet famous for Death and the Maiden
  • Claudius Buchanan (17661815), Scottish theologian, ordained minister of the Church of England, and missionary
  • Claudius Crozet (17891864), French-American educator and civil engineer
  • Claudius B. Grant (18351921), American jurist
  • Eduard Claudius (1911–1976), German writer and diplomat
  • Claudius Dornier (18841969), German airplane builder and founder of Dornier GmbH
  • Hermann Claudius (1878–1980), German writer and poet, great-grandson of Matthias

Other uses

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