Sixtus
Sixtus was a Roman name, a corruption of the Greek name "Ξυστος", meaning "polished", and originally Latinized "Xystus". In its Spanish form (Sixto) it is still used as a personal name.
Popes
- Pope Sixtus I (115/116–125)
- Pope Sixtus II (257–258)
- Pope Sixtus III (432–440)
- Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484)
- Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590)
Others
- Sixtus of Reims (d. c. 300), bishop of Reims
- Sixtus of Esztergom (d. 1285/86), Hungarian clergyman
- Sixtus of Siena (1520–1569), Jewish Roman Catholic theologian
- Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886–1934)
- Albert Sixtus (1892–1960), German children's writer
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914–1996), American statesmen, 58th United States Secretary of State 1980–81
- Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma (born 1940)
- Sixtus Lanner (1934–2022), Austrian politician
- Sixtus Leung Chung-hang (born 1986), Hong Kong activist and politician
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