Clovis
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Clovis may refer to:
People
[edit]- 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
- Clóvis (footballer, born 1937), Clóvis Pinheiro dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Clóvis (footballer, born 1970), Clóvis Bento da Cruz, Brazilian football striker
Places
[edit]- Clovis, California
- Clovis Unified School District, serving Clovis and Fresno
- Clovis, New Mexico
Archaeology
[edit]- 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 around 12,800 years ago
Other
[edit]- 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
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