Africanus

Africanus, in Latin, means "African". It can refer to:

a cognomen of ancient Rome :
- Africanus Fabius Maximus, the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45BCE) and an unknown wife
- Cresconius Africanus, a Latin canon lawyer of uncertain date and place
- Julius Africanus, an orator in the time of Nero
- Junillus Africanus (fl. 541–549), a Quaestor of the Sacred Palace in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
- Scipio Africanus (disambiguation)
- Sextus Caecilius Africanus, a 2nd century Roman legal scholar
- Sextus Julius Africanus, a Christian traveller and historian of the 3rd century
- Titus Sextius Africanus, a censor of Gaul in the 1st century; there was also a man with this name in the 2nd century, who was consul under Trajan
Africanus Horton (1835–1883), also known as James Beale, a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone
Albert Freeman Africanus King, one of the attending doctors during the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Constantine the African i.e. Constantinus Africanus (11th century)
George John Scipio Africanus (1763—1834), a West African negro slave
Leo Africanus (1488–1554)
Africanus (journal), a scientific journal published by UNISA, about development problems with special reference to the Third World and southern Africa