Africanus Explained

Africanus is Latin for "African". It may refer to:

People

Ancient Roman cognomen

• Africanus Fabius Maximus, a Roman senator, the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 BC)
• Cresconius Africanus, a Latin canon lawyer, probably latter half of 7th century
• Julius Africanus, an orator in the time of Nero
• Titus Sextius Africanus (1st century), a censor of Gaul
• Lucius Apuleius Africanus Madaurensis, a Latin-language prose writer
• Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus, a consul under Trajan
• Sextus Caecilius Africanus (2nd century), a Roman legal scholar
• Scipio Africanus (disambiguation)
• Sextus Julius Africanus, a Christian traveller and historian
• Junillus Africanus, a Quaestor of the Sacred Palace in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
• Constantine the African (11th century), i.e. Constantinus Africanus

Given name or surname

• George Africanus (1763–1834), a West African slave, later credited as Nottingham's first black entrepreneur
• Leo Africanus (1488–1554), an Andalusi diplomat and author
• Scipio Africanus (disambiguation)
• Africanus Horton (1835–1883), also known as James Beale, a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone
• Albert Freeman Africanus King (1841–1914), American physician

Other uses

• Africanus (journal), a scientific journal about development problems with special reference to the Third World and southern Africa

See also

• Australopithecus africanus, an extinct species of australopithecine
• Africana (disambiguation)
• Africanae (disambiguation)
• Africanis, a group of South African dogs not recognised as a breed
• Africanum