Phoebus (disambiguation)
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Phoebus (also known as Apollo) is one of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology.
Phoebus may also refer to:
- Phoebus (lichen), a genus of fungus
- Captain Phoebus, a fictional character from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Phoebus, Virginia, United States
- Phoebus (planet), a fictional planet in the computer game Exile
- Phoebus cartel, a cartel that existed to control the manufacture and sale of light bulbs
- Phoebus High School, a public high school located in Hampton, Virginia
- Bölkow Phoebus, an early glass-fibre glider made by Bölkow GmbH, Germany in the 1960s
- Bristol Phoebus, a prototype jet engine of 1949
- The Phoebus nuclear thermal rocket engine developed in the 60s by Project Rover
People with the given name Phoebus:
- Francis Phoebus of Foix (circa 1469-1483), king of Navarre
- Phoebus (songwriter) (born 1971), Greek composer
- Phoebus Levene (1869-1940), American biochemist
- Phoebus of Lusignan (15th century), Marshal of Armenia
People with the surname Phoebus:
- Gaston Phoebus (14th century), 11th count of Foix
- Harrison Phoebus (19th century), American entrepreneur
- Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus (17th century), Polish rabbi
- Tom Phoebus (born 1942), starting pitcher in Major League Baseball
See also
- Phobos (disambiguation)
- Phöbus, a literary journal
- Phoebe
- Phoebis, a butterfly genus
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