Augustus is the name of the devil-may-care cowboy from Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove." The character Augustus McCrae was brought to life by Robert Duvall in the TV miniseries.
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (1779-1844) was an English painter.
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Augustus "Gus" Waters (his family calls him Gus (occasionally Gussy), but his friends call him Augustus) is a character in John Green's young adult novel The Fault in Our Stars. He is Hazel's love interest and friends with Isaac.