Gussie
title: "Gussie" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hypocorisms", "english-masculine-given-names", "english-feminine-given-names"] topic_path: "general/hypocorisms" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gussie" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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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