# Ignatius

Ignatius is a male given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

## Given name
### Religious

* Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), saint and martyr, Apostolic Father, early Christian bishop
* Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877), Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint, Patriarch of Constantinople
* Ignatios the Deacon (780/790 – after 845), Byzantine bishop and writer
* Ignatius of Bulgaria, patriarch in 1272–1277
* Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867), Russian Orthodox saint, bishop and ascetical writer
* Ignatius of Jesus (1596–1667), Italian Catholic missionary friar
* Ignatius of Laconi (1701–1781), Italian Catholic saint
* Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), Basque Catholic saint and founder of the Society of Jesus
* Ignatius of Moscow (1540–1620), Russian Orthodox Patriarch
* Ignatius Moses I Daoud (or Moussa Daoud) (1930–2012), Syrian Catholic Patriarch
* Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (born 1933), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch
* Ignatius III Atiyah, 17th-century Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
* Ignatius III David, 13th-century Syriac Orthodox Church Patriarch
* Ignatius IV Sarrouf (1742–1812), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
* Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch (1921–2012), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
* Ignatius V Qattan (1756–1833), Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch
* First name of all the Syrian Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch since the 15th century
* Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (born 1950), Indonesian prelate and current archbishop of Jakarta
* Ignatius Phakoe (1927–1989), Lesotho Roman Catholic bishop

### Other

* Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931–1979), Ghanaian military ruler
* Ignatius Bernstein (1846–1900), Russian railroad engineer
* Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870), British architect
* Ignatius Valentine Chirol (1852–1929), British writer and diplomat
* Ignatius Chombo (born 1952), Zimbabwean politician
* Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831–1901), American politician and writer
* Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British writer and physician
* Ignatius J. Galantin (1910–2004), American admiral
* Ignatius Ganago (born 1999), Cameroonian professional footballer
* Ignatius Joseph Kasimo Hendrowahyono (1900–1986), Indonesian politician
* Ignatius Jones (1957–2024), Australian singer and producer
* Ignatius K. Musaazi (1905–1990), Ugandan politician
* Ignatius Leong (born 1956), Singaporean Chess Organizer
* Ignatius O'Brien, 1st Baron Shandon (1857–1930), Irish lawyer
* Igantius Xavier Pereira (1888–1951), Indian Tamil-Sri Lankan businessman and politician
* Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780), British writer
* Ignatius Scoles (1834–1896), British architect, priest and writer
* Ignatius Shixwameni (born 1966), Namibian politician
* Ignatius Zhuwakiyi (born 1969), Zimbabwean sculptor

## Surname

* Adi Ignatius (born 1959), American journalist
* David Ignatius (born 1950), American journalist and writer
* Hannes Ignatius (1871–1941), Finnish general
* Karl Ferdinand Ignatius (1837–1909), Finnish politician
* Paul Ignatius (born 1920), American administrator

## Fictional characters

* Ignatius, in the video game Fire Emblem Fates
* Dr. Ignatius "Iggy" Frome, psychiatrist in TV series New Amsterdam
* Ignatius Gallaher, in the short story "A Little Cloud" by James Joyce
* Ignatius Mortimer Meen, the villain in the 1995 video game I.M. Meen
* Ignatius Martin Perrish, in Horns by Joe Hill and the film adaptation
* Ignatius J. Reilly, in A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
* Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian, in Disney’s 1989 film The Little Mermaid
* Percy Ignatius Weasley, in Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling