Cletus
Cletus or Cleatus is a given name (Ancient Greek Κλητος or Klētos), meaning "one who has been called" or "summoned one". It may refer to:
People
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Pope Anacletus (died c. 92), third Bishop of Rome, also known as Cletus
- Cletus Bél (died 1245), Hungarian prelate
Politics
[edit]- Cletus Avoka (born 1951), Ghanaian lawyer and politician
- Cletus Seidu Dapilah (born 1980), Ghanaian politician
- Cletus Dunn (born 1948), Canadian politician
- Cletus Wotorson (1937–2024), Liberian politician and geologist
Sports
[edit]- Cletus Andersson (1893–1971), Swedish water polo player
- Clete Blakeman (born 1964), American football official
- Clete Boyer (1937–2007), American baseball player
- Cletus Clark (born 1962), American retired hurdler
- Cletus Paul (born 1993), Indian footballer
- Cletus Seldin (born 1986), American boxer
Other fields
[edit]- Cletus Ibeto (born 1952), Nigerian businessman
- Cletus P. Kurtzman (1938–2017), American mycologist
- Cletus Mendis (born 1949), Sri Lankan actor
Fictional characters
[edit]- Cletus Hogg, a deputy in the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard
- Cletus Kasady, a Marvel Comics supervillain, also known as Carnage
- Cletus Klump, in The Nutty Professor and its sequel
- Cledus Snow, in Smokey and the Bandit
- Cletus Spuckler, in The Simpsons
- Cleatus, a minor character on Good Times
- Cletus, a recurring character in Helluva Boss
- Cletus, in the Deponia video game series
Other uses
[edit]- Cleatus the Robot, the robot mascot of Fox NFL Sunday and all of Fox Sports
- Cletus (bug), a genus of true bugs in the family Coreidae
See also
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