Clovis

Clovis may refer to:

People

  • Clovis (given name), the early medieval (Frankish) form of the name Louis
    • Clovis I (c. 466 – 511), the first king of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler
    • Clovis II (c.634 – c. 657), king of Neustria and Burgundy and first of the Rois Fainéants
    • Clovis III (reigned 675–676), king of Austrasia, considered a usurper by some
    • Clovis IV (c.677-694), boy king of the Franks from 691 until 694
    • Clovis (died 580), son of Chilperic I and Audovera, assassinated by his father and stepmother

Places

Archaeology

  • Clovis culture, Paleo-Indian culture of North America
    • Clovis point, the oldest flint tools associated with the North American Clovis culture
  • Clovis comet, a hypothetical impact event in North America

Other

  • Clovis Dardentor, 1896 fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne
  • Clovis Sangrail, a character in the short stories of Saki, named because he was "so appallingly frank"
  • Clovis, the main antagonist in the 1997 Blade Runner video game
  • Clovis la Britannia, a character in the anime series Code Geass
  • Clovis Crawfish the lead character in the book series Clovis the Crawfish
  • Clovis Oncology, pharmaceutical company

See also

  • Clovis High School (disambiguation)
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