Felix (name)

This article is about people named "Felix". For other uses, see Felix (disambiguation).

Felix
Pronunciation	/ˈfiːlɪks/
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	"lucky" or "successful"
Other names
Related names	Felicity, Felicia

Felix is a male given name and surname that stems from Latin (fēlix, felicis) and means "lucky", "favored by luck" or "the lucky one". Its female form is Felicity (English), Felicitas or Felizitas (in German-speaking regions).

In German, Dutch, Czech, Slovenian, Romanian and Scandinavian languages the form "Felix" is the same as English. In French, Hungarian, Portuguese and Spanish it is written with an acute, "Félix", whereas in Catalan it is written with a grave, "Fèlix". The Italian form of the name is "Felice", in Polish and Croatian "Feliks".

Felix may refer to:

Romans

Lucius Cornelius Sulla a Roman dictator
Antonius Felix, procurator of Judaea
Flavius Felix, a Roman consul
A part of many Roman emperors' titles starting with Commodus

Late Antiquity and Middle Ages

Saints

"Saint Felix" may refer to:
- Felix of Heraclea, martyred with Januarius
- Felix and Constantia (d. 68), martyrs
- Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus (d. c. 212), martyrs
- Felix of Nola (d. c. 255)
- Felix and Regula (d. 286), martyrs
- Felix (d. 303), bishop of Thibiuca and patron of Venosa, martyred with Audactus, Fortunatus, Januarius, and Septimus
- Felix and Adauctus (d. c. 303), martyrs
- Felix and Nabor (d. c. 303), martyrs
- Felix of Como (d. c. 390)
- Felix of Nîmes (4th century)
- Felix, martyred at Furci with Justin of Siponto (d. c. 310)
- Felix of Hadrumetum (d. c. 434) North African Catholic bishop
- Felix of Cornwall (5th or 6th century)
- Felix of Nantes (died 584), bishop of Nantes
- Felix of Burgundy (7th century, introduced Christianity to the East Anglians)
- Felix, one of the Martyrs of Córdoba with Aurelius and Natalia (d. 852)
- Felix the Hermit (9th century)
- Felix of Rhuys (d. 1038)
- Felix of Valois (d. 1212)
- Felix, martyred with Anesius

Popes

Pope Felix I (269–274)
Antipope Felix II (356–365)
Pope Felix III (483–492)
Pope Felix IV (526–530)
Antipope Felix V, earlier Amadeus VIII of Savoy (1439–1449)

Bishops and priests

Felix (Bishop of Urgell) (died 818), a Christian bishop and theologian
Felix of Byzantium (fl. early 2nd century), bishop of Byzantium
Felix of Ravenna, archbishop in 709-724
Felix, Frankish clerk of King Æthelwulf of Wessex (fl. 9th century)
Felix, author of a Life of Saint Guthlac

Early modern period (1500–1799)

Felix of Cantalice (died 1587)
Felix of Nicosia (died 1787)

Modern times (1800–present)

Aliases

Felix (musician), the alias of British DJ and producer Francis Wright
Felix da Housecat, a House music DJ and record producer
The pseudonym of Nicholas Wanostrocht, 19th century English cricketer
The codename of Cold War spy Dieter Gerhardt
The pen name of Tom Horan, Australian Test cricketer and cricket journalist

Given names

Felix Adler (clown) (died 1960), long-time head clown of Ringling Brothers Circus
Felix Adler (screenwriter) (died 1963), film writer, known for writing many Three Stooges scripts
Felix Adler (Society for Ethical Culture) (died 1933), popular lecturer and founder of Ethical Culture
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (died 1966), Dutch geophysicist and geodesist
Felix Batista, an American security expert
Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian skydiver who set the world record for the highest skydive at 127,000 feet (39 km)
Felix Bloch (died 1983), physicist and Nobel laureate
Felix Bwalya (died 1997), boxer from Zambia
Félix Caballero, a Dominican priest
Felix Calonder (died 1952), Swiss politician
Felix Cavaliere, an American music producer and musician
Félix Chopin (1813-1892), French bronze designer, active in Russia.
Felix Maria Diogg (1762–1834), Swiss Classicism portrait painter
Felix Dodds, sustainable development activist
Felix Dzerzhinsky (died 1926), Polish Communist, founder of Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka
Felix Ehrlich (1877–1942), German chemist and biochemist
Félix Faure (died 1899), President of France from 1895 until 1899
Félix Fénéon (died 1944), French anarchist and art critic
Félix Fermin a former Major League Baseball player born in the Dominican Republic
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962
Félix Omar Fernández, Puerto Rican track and field athlete
Félix González-Torres (died 1996), Cuban-American artist
Félix Guattari (died 1992), French psychotherapist and philosopher
Felix Hamrin, Prime Minister of Sweden August–September 1932
Felix Hausdorff (died 1942), German mathematician, founder of modern topology
Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball pitcher
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (died 1993), first President of Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa
Félix José Hernández, Venezuelan football midfielder
Felix Hoffmann (died 1946), German chemist and inventor of Aspirin
Felix Jaehn, German DJ and producer
Felix Jones, American football player
Felix Jones (rugby union), Irish rugby union player
Felix Kasper (died 2003), Austrian figure skater
Felix Klein (died 1925), German mathematician
Felix Kjellberg, YouTube personality and video gamer, better known as PewDiePie
Felix Kroos, German football player
Félix Leclerc (died 1988), Québécois singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and political activist
Felix von Luckner (died 1966), German nobleman and navy officer
Felix Magath, former German football central midfielder and current manager
Felix Manalo (1886-1963), Founder and First leader of a religious movement Iglesia Ni Cristo
Félix Mantilla (baseball), former Major League Baseball player
Félix Mantilla Botella, former Spanish professional tennis player
Félix Mathé (1834-1911), French politician.
Félix Miélli Venerando (1927–2012), Brazilian football goalkeeper (1970 World Cup winner)
Felix Mendelssohn (died 1847), German composer
Felix Neureuther, German alpine skier
Felix A. Obuah, Nigerian businessman
Félix Ortiz, Representative of New York's 51st Assembly District
Felix Pipes, Austrian tennis player
Félix Porteiro, Spanish racecar driver
Félix Potvin, former ice hockey goaltender
Felix Riebl, one of the founding members of The Cat Empire
Félix Rodríguez (baseball), Major League Baseball pitcher
Félix Rodríguez (Central Intelligence Agency), former CIA intelligence operative
Felix Rodriguez (guitarist), guitar player in the Swedish band, The Sounds
Felix Salmon, American financial journalist
Felix Sandman, a singer
Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player
Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
Félix Stevens, Cuban sprinter
Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer
Felix Unger, Austrian heart surgeon
Félix Varela (died 1853), Cuban churchman
Felix Wankel (died 1988), German inventor of the Wankel engine
Felix Weingartner (died 1942), Austrian conductor, composer and pianist
Felix Yusupov (died 1967), Russian noble famous for his part in the murder of Grigory Rasputin
Archduke Felix of Austria, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
León Félix Batista, Dominican poet
Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (died 1970), son of the deposed Robert I, Duke of Parma
Prince Felix of Denmark, Danish prince
Prince Félix of Luxembourg, son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Prince of Nassau
Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (died 1852), Austrian statesman and part of Europe's highest nobility
Félix Avendaño (born 1984), Colombian Meidcal Doctor, Orthopaedic Surgeon

Surname

Allyson Felix, American track and field athlete

Fictional characters

Felix Dargai Strachan, protagonist, fictional Canadian Soldier in the Novel "Killing is a Sin" by Christopher J Harvie
Felix the Cat, a cartoon character
Felix Alexius, a character in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition
Felix Boulevardez, a character in the television series, The Proud Family
Felix Dawkins, a primary character portrayed by Jordan Gavaris in the BBC America/Space TV series Orphan Black
Felix DeZouza, a character from the movie Formula 51
Felix Gaeta, a character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV series
Felix Gunn, a minor character in the book series Children of the Red King
Felix Harrowgate, the protagonist of the Doctrine of Labyrinths series of books
Felix Holt, the title character in George Eliot's novel Felix Holt, the Radical
Felix Jaeger, a character in the Gotrek and Felix series of books
Felix Krull, the protagonist of Thomas Mann's novel Confessions of Felix Krull
Felix Leiter, a character from the James Bond books and movies
Felix Lodd, a character in The Edge Chronicles
Felix Renton, a secondary character in Disney's Kim Possible
Felix Sanders, the protagonist of The Divide trilogy book series
Felix Stewart, a character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Felix Taggaro, a recurring character in the television series One Tree Hill
Felix Ungar, character in the stage play, movie adaptation and television series The Odd Couple
Felix, a character from the Nintendo video game series Golden Sun
Felix, a character in the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours
Felix, a character from the video game series SSX
Felix, a member of the Volturi Guard in the Twilight series
Felix, an Iberian lynx in the animated film Missing Lynx
Felix, the protagonist of the novel Armor by John Steakley
Felix, the title character from a series of Micro Power video games such as Felix in the Factory
Fix-It Felix Jr., a character from Disney's Wreck-It Ralph.
Felix, a character from the Kane Chronicles
Felix, a character from the web-series Red vs. Blue
Felix, a character from the game "Tales from the Borderlands"
Felix, a 'lost boy' from the television show Once Upon a Time (TV series)
Felix, a holo-programmer in Star Trek: DS9 who was friends with Julian Bashir, fond of the 1960s and created Vic Fontaine