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Aloysius is a Latinisation of the names Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and so on (traditionally Latinised Ludovicus or Chlodovechus). It has Germanic origins meaning, "fame and war."

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Aloysius Ambrozic
Aloysius Bertrand
Aloysius Gonzaga (St Aloysius) (March 9, 1568 – June 21, 1591), Jesuit saint, patron of student, young people and care-givers
Aloysius Lilius
Aloysius Schmitt
Aloysius Stepinac
Aloysius Szymanski, given name for Baseball Hall of Famer Al Simmons
John Aloysius Fahey
Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Sr., American basketball star
Aloysius Paulus Maria (Louis) van Gaal, Dutch football coach
Petrus Aloysius (19 November 1503 – 10 September 1547), Duke of Piacenza and illegitimate son of Pope Paul III
Possum Aloysius Jenkins is a pseudonym of Andre 3000 from hip hop act Outkast

Aloysius in song, story & screen: | Edit

Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan,a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe.
Aloysius, Hudsucker Company Janitor, and Sidney J. Mussburger's spy in The Hudsucker Proxy
Aloysius, the police chief in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Owlowiscious, owl and nighttime assistant to Twilight Sparkle in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Aloysius, Lord Sebastian Flyte's beloved teddy bear in Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited
Aloysius Beauvier, main character in the award winning play Doubt: a Parable
Lynn Aloysius Belvedere ("Mr. Belvedere")
Aloysius Creevey, character in the show Skins
Aloysius "Nosey" Parker, Lady Penelope's chauffeur in the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast, protagonist of several novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Aloysius Snuffleupagus ("Mr. Snuffleupagus") of Sesame Street
Aloysius "Black" Knight, bounty hunter and guardian of Shane Schofield, in the book Scarecrow, by Matthew Reilly.
Aloysius Minch, father of Pokey Minch, one of the main antagonists in the video game EarthBound.
Aloysius Binewski, patriarch of the carnival family in the book Geek Love by Katherine Dunn.
Theodore Aloysius "Theo" Huxtable, The Cosby Show.