Rasmus
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Rasmus is a shortened form of "Erasmus", the name of Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus , known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and a theologian....

. As a male first name it is most common in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

. It may refer to:
  • Colby Rasmus
    Colby Rasmus
    Colby Ryan Rasmus is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.-Early years:...

    , an American professional baseball player
  • Rasmus (Swedish musician)
    Rasmus (Swedish Musician)
    Rasmus Gardell, known professionally as just Rasmus, is a Swedish electronica and breakbeat music producer who is sometimes mistaken for the Finnish band of the same name . Rasmus released the album Mass Hysteria , a breakbeat record which was released on Bolshi Records...

    , Swedish musician
  • Rasmus Klump
    Rasmus Klump
    Rasmus Klump is a comic strip series for small children created in 1951 by the Danish wife and husband team Carla and Vilhelm Hansen...

    , a Danish comic strip
  • Rasmus Lerdorf
    Rasmus Lerdorf
    Rasmus Lerdorf is a Danish programmer with Canadian citizenship and is most notable as the creator of the PHP scripting language. He authored the first two versions...

    , programmer and creator of the PHP programming language
  • The Rasmus
    The Rasmus
    The Rasmus are a Finnish rock band that formed in 1995 in Helsinki while the band members were still in upper comprehensive school. The original band members were Lauri Ylönen , Eero Heinonen , Pauli Rantasalmi and Janne Heiskanen...

    , a Finnish band formerly called Rasmus
  • Erasmus Montanus, or Rasmus Berg, a character in a comedy by Ludvig Holberg
    Ludvig Holberg
    Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, who spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque...



See also:
  • Rasmussen
    Rasmussen
    The surname Rasmussen is a Danish and Norwegian surname, meaning "Rasmus' son" . It is the ninth most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 1.9% of the population....

     ("Rasmus' Son"), family name derived from "Rasmus"
  • Erasmus (disambiguation)
    Erasmus (disambiguation)
    Erasmus usually refers to Desiderius Erasmus, the humanist scholar, also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam.Erasmus can also refer to:People:* Erasmus of Arcadia, Greek Orthodox bishop* Saint Erasmus of Formiae alias Saint Elmo...

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