Ignatius is a male given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Religious
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Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), saint and martyr, Apostolic Father, early Christian bishop
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Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877), Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint, Patriarch of Constantinople
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Ignatios the Deacon (780/790 – after 845), Byzantine bishop and writer
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Ignatius of Bulgaria, patriarch in 1272–1277
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Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867), Russian Orthodox saint, bishop and ascetical writer
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Ignatius of Jesus (1596–1667), Italian Catholic missionary friar
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Ignatius of Laconi (1701–1781), Italian Catholic saint
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Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), Basque Catholic saint and founder of the Society of Jesus
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Ignatius of Moscow (1540–1620), Russian Orthodox Patriarch
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Ignatius Moses I Daoud (or Moussa Daoud) (1930–2012), Syrian Catholic Patriarch
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Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (born 1933), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch
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Ignatius III Atiyah, 17th-century Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
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Ignatius III David, 13th-century Syriac Orthodox Church Patriarch
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Ignatius IV Sarrouf (1742–1812), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
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Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch (1921–2012), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
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Ignatius V Qattan (1756–1833), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
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First name of all the Syrian Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch since the 15th century
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Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (born 1950), Indonesian prelate and current archbishop of Jakarta
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Ignatius Phakoe (1927–1989), Lesotho Roman Catholic bishop
Other
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Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931–1979), Ghanaian military ruler
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Ignatius Bernstein (1846–1900), Russian railroad engineer
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Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870), British architect
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Ignatius Cadette (born 1957), West Indian cricketer
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Ignatius Valentine Chirol (1852–1929), British writer and diplomat
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Ignatius Chombo (born 1952), Zimbabwean politician
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Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831–1901), American politician and writer
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Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British writer and physician
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Ignatius J. Galantin (1910–2004), American admiral
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Ignatius Ganago (born 1999), Cameroonian professional footballer
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Ignatius Joseph Kasimo Hendrowahyono (1900–1986), Indonesian politician
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Ignatius Jones (1957–2024), Australian singer and producer
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Ignatius K. Musaazi (1905–1990), Ugandan politician
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Ignatius Leong (born 1956), Singaporean Chess Organizer
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Ignatius O'Brien, 1st Baron Shandon (1857–1930), Irish lawyer
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Igantius Xavier Pereira (1888–1951), Indian Tamil-Sri Lankan businessman and politician
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Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780), British writer
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Ignatius Scoles (1834–1896), British architect, priest and writer
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Ignatius Shixwameni (born 1966), Namibian politician
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Ignatius Zhuwakiyi (born 1969), Zimbabwean sculptor
Surname
Fictional characters
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Ignatius, in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
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Dr. Ignatius "Iggy" Frome, psychiatrist in TV series New Amsterdam
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Ignatius Gallaher, in the short story "A Little Cloud" by James Joyce
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Ignatius Mortimer Meen, the villain in the 1995 video game I.M. Meen
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Ignatius Martin Perrish, in Horns by Joe Hill and the film adaptation
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Ignatius J. Reilly, in A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
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Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian, in Disney’s 1989 film The Little Mermaid
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Percy Ignatius Weasley, in Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
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