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Gussie


Gussie is occasionally a given name in its own right, but is much more frequently a shortened version (hypocorism) of Chreigusta, Augustus, Augusta, Gustave, Gustavo, August, Augustine, Augusten, Augustina, Angus, Fergus, Argus, Gusten, Gus, and others.

Gussie or Gussy may refer to: NOTOC

Men

  • Edward Augustus Bowles (1865–1954), British horticulturalist, botanist and writer
  • Gussie Busch (1899–1989), American brewing magnate
  • Gussie Clarke (born 1953), Jamaican reggae music producer
  • Gussie Davis (1863–1899), African-American songwriter
  • Gussie Mueller (1890–1965), American jazz clarinetist
  • Gussie Ryan (born 1966), Irish retired hurler

Women

  • Augusta Clark (1932–2013), African-American librarian, lawyer and politician
  • Caroline Augusta "Gussie" Clowry (1845–1897), pen name G. Estabrook, composer and singer
  • Gussy Holl (1888–1966), German actress and singer
  • Gussy or Gussie Moran (1923–2013), American tennis player
  • Gussie Nell Davis (1909–1993), American teacher who founded the Kilgore College Rangerettes

Fictional characters

  • Gussie Fink-Nottle, in the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse
  • Gussie Carnegie, in Merrily We Roll Along (musical) by Stephen Sondheim
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