After escaping his family and running off to Paris with his friend and confidante Nicolas de Lenfent ( nicknamed Nicki by Lestat ), Lestat is kidnapped and bitten by the rogue elder vampire Magnus, who orphans him on the night he is made.

Lestat de Lioncourt-The main character of the story and the past three books, Lestat was created by a powerful vampire named Magnus, who promptly cremated himself after creating his heir.

When a human is transformed by a vampire whose ' Dark Gift ' has remained pure without ever having been passed on to others for centuries, the newly turned vampire will be much stronger than normal vampires ( as in the case of Lestat, who was turned by Magnus ).

Lestat was made into a vampire by Magnus, and inherited near-inexhaustible wealth when Magnus killed himself in a bonfire.

Magnus was the vampire who sired the vampire Lestat in The Vampire Lestat.

During performances, he attracts the attention of an ancient vampire named Magnus, who later abducts him and transforms him into a vampire.

In the light novels ( also later adapted into two anime films and a manga series ) Vampire Hunter D, the ancient vampire Count Magnus Lee refers to a " Mina the Fair " who was pursued by the " Sacred Ancestor " ( revealed in the English dub of the first film to be " our sire Count Dracula ").

The movie Queen of the Damned stated that Marius made Lestat into a vampire, but it was Magnus that created Lestat as outlined in the novel The Vampire Lestat.

* Collection ( Magnus Uggla album ), 1985

Like Hugh Magnus, Henry was crowned as co-ruler with his father ( 1027 ), in the Capetian tradition, but he had little power or influence as junior king while his father still lived.

" Nowadays, as Hezbollah scholar Magnus Ranstorp reports, Hezbollah does indeed have a formal governing structure, and in keeping with the principle of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists ( velayat-e faqih ), it " concentrate ... all authority and powers " in its religious leaders, whose decisions then " flow from the ulama down the entire community.

* Elias Magnus Fries ( 1794 – 1878 ), mycologist.

* Magnus IV of Sweden ( 1316 – 1374 ), also Magnus VII of Norway

* Magnus of Livonia ( 1540 – 1583 ), also Duke of Holstein

* Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( 1324 – 1373 ), also known as Magnus with the Necklace

* Magnus ( bishop ), Roman Catholic Bishop of Turku between 1291 and 1308

* Magnus of Avignon ( died 660 ), bishop and governor of Avignon

* Albertus Magnus ( born 1193-1206, died 1280 ), German theologian and philosopher

* Magnus ( Marvel Comics ), two characters in the Marvel universe

* Magnus ( formerly Brutus Magnus ), ring name of English professional wrestler Nick Aldis ( born 1986 )

It was popularized and became the standard terminology by the work of Johannes Schefferus, Acta Lapponica ( 1673 ), but was also used earlier by Olaus Magnus in his Description of the Northern peoples ( 1555 ).

* The Transformers, tractor-trailers appear in this 1980s cartoon as the Autobots ' leader Optimus Prime ( Convoy in Japanese version ), their second-in-command Ultra Magnus, and as the Stunticons ' leader Motormaster ( who considers himself Optimus Prime's rival for the title " King of the Road ").

Ministers who followed Balmforth were William and Wilma Constable ( 1937 to 1941 ), Donald Livingstone ( 1941 to 1949 ), Magnus Ratter ( 1949 to 1960 and 1971 to 1976 ), Victor Carpenter ( 1962 to 1967 ), Eugene Widrick ( 1968 to 1971 ), Leon Fay ( 1977 to 1979 ), Robert Steyn ( 1979 to 1997 ).

Early modern publications, dealing with what we now call Viking culture, appeared in the 16th century, e. g. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus ( Olaus Magnus, 1555 ), and the first edition of the 13th century Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus in 1514.

In Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, the character of Alberto Mallich ( founder of the Unseen University and later Death's manservant Albert ) is a sly nod to Albertus Magnus in his more legendary and esoteric guise.

* Leon Magnus, a Tales of Destiny character

* Leon Magnus, a character from Tales of Destiny

* Will Magnus, a scientist character in the DC Comics universe

* Magnus Bane, a character in the Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare

* Magnus Eisengrim, a character in the Deptford Trilogy

* Magnus Gallant, a main character in Ogre Battle 64

* Magnus Pym, the central character of A Perfect Spy

* Magnus, Robot Fighter, a comic book character published by Gold Key and Valiant comics

* Magnus the Red, a character in the Warhammer 40, 000 universe

Two years later Valiant entered the superhero market with a relaunch of the Gold Key Comics character Magnus, Robot Fighter.

Another G1 character to get a new toy for this line was Ultra Magnus, who could combine with Optimus Prime to form Omega Prime.

The character of Cosmo von Wehrstahl has a secret drawer, in which "... lay the works of Albertus Magnus and Cornelius Agrippa ...

Events in the life of the character Magnus Pym are partly based upon the life and career of Kim Philby.

This relationship is played with in a brief cameo in the fantasy-inspired episode " Jubilee's Fairytale Theatre " where Jubilee, much like a Robin Hood type character, saves a peasant Longshot from being annihilated for his disobedience against Magnus the Magnificent, a fairytale version of Magneto.

His father was Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ( Pompey the Great ) and Shakespeare had him as a major character in his play Antony and Cleopatra ( 1606 – 07 ).

Magneto ( born Max Eisenhardt, also known as Magnus and Erik Lehnsherr or Lensherr ) is a fictional character who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Brannigan's DOOP uniform is very similar to that of Magnus, Robot Fighter but he bears no other relation to that character.

Rome ( TV Series ) character Ciarán Hinds uses the phrase in episode 5 of the first season " The ram has touched the wall " in the scene where he as Caesar refuses a truce with Pompei Magnus.

Magnus Red ' kin, a character in the novel, quotes a fragment of a Logue's poem:

The Italians asked for Robert's son Hugh Magnus, co-king of France, but Robert refused to allow his son to go and the Italians turned to William, whose character and court impressed many.

* Magnus Eisengrim — As the main focus of the novel, much of the story revolves around Eisengrim telling his life story in order to explain his context for playing the character of Robert Houdin.

* The Gold Key comic book character Magnus, Robot Fighter lives around year 4000