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By Brynn McKeon · Jul 2026

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Phoebus

OriginGreek
Meaning"shining, brilliant"
GenderBoy
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    American biochemist

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  • Cesar Phoebus d'Albret

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  • Capt. Phoebus de Chateaupers

    character in Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

  • Phoebus

    artist in Disraeli's Lothair (1870)

  • Phoebus Apollo

    a divine godhead, main character in "Mr Apollo: A Just Possible Story" (1908) by Ford Madox Ford

  • Phoebus Rainsford Daunt

    character in 'The Meaning of Night: A Confession' by Michael Cox

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