Africanus is Latin for "African". It may refer to: People Ancient Roman cognomen Africanus Fabius Maximus, the younger son of Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 BC) and an unknown wife Cresconius Africanus, a Latin canon lawyer of uncertain date and place Julius Africanus, an orator in the time of Nero Titus Sextius Africanus, a censor of Gaul in the 1st century Lucius Apuleius Africanus Madaurensis (c. 124–c. 170 CE), a Latin-language prose writer Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus, a consul in the 2nd century under Trajan Sextus Caecilius Africanus, a 2nd-century Roman legal scholar Scipio Africanus (disambiguation) Sextus Julius Africanus, a Christian traveller and historian of the 3rd century Junillus Africanus (fl. 541–549), a Quaestor of the Sacred Palace in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I Constantine the African i.e. Constantinus Africanus (11th century) Given name or surname George Africanus (1763—1834), a West African slave, later credited as Nottingham's first black entrepreneur Leo Africanus (1488–1554) Scipio Africanus (disambiguation) Africanus Horton (1835–1883), also known as James Beale, a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone Albert Freeman Africanus King (1841–1914), American physician Other uses Africanus (journal), a scientific journal about development problems with special reference to the Third World and southern Africa See also Australopithecus africanus, an extinct species of australopithecine Africana (disambiguation) Africanae (disambiguation) Africanis, a group of South African dogs not recognised as a breed Africanum