Editing Cletus

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'''Cletus''' or '''Cleatus''' is a given name ([[Ancient Greek language|Ancient Greek]] Κλητος or ''Klētos)'', meaning "''one who has been called''" or "''summoned one''". It may refer to: 
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==People==
===Religion===
* [[Pope Anacletus]] (died c. 92), third Bishop of Rome, also known as Cletus
* [[Cletus Bél]] (died 1245), Hungarian prelate

===Politics===
* [[Cletus Avoka]] (born 1951), Ghanaian lawyer and politician
* [[Cletus Seidu Dapilah]] (born 1980), Ghanaian politician
* [[Cletus Dunn]] (born 1948), Canadian politician
* [[Cletus Wotorson]] (1937–2024), Liberian politician and geologist

===Sports===
* [[Cletus Andersson]] (1893–1971), Swedish water polo player
* [[Clete Blakeman]] (born 1964), American football official
* [[Clete Boyer]] (1937–2007), American baseball player
* [[Cletus Clark]]  (born 1962), American retired hurdler
* [[Cletus Paul]] (born 1993), Indian footballer
* [[Cletus Seldin]] (born 1986), American boxer

===Other fields===
* [[Cletus Ibeto]]  (born 1952), Nigerian businessman
* [[Cletus P. Kurtzman]] (1938–2017), American mycologist
* [[Cletus Mendis]] (born 1949), Sri Lankan actor

==Fictional characters==
* [[Cletus Hogg]], a deputy in the TV show ''The Dukes of Hazzard''
* [[Cletus Kasady]], a Marvel Comics supervillain, also known as Carnage
* Cletus Klump, in ''[[The Nutty Professor (1996 film)|The Nutty Professor]]'' and its [[Nutty Professor II: The Klumps|sequel]]
* Cledus Snow, in ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]''
* [[Cletus Spuckler]], in ''The Simpsons''
* Cleatus, a minor [[Good Times#Minor characters|character on ''Good Times'']]
* [[List of Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss characters#Cletus|Cletus]], a recurring character in ''[[Helluva Boss]]''
* Cletus, in the  [[Deponia (video game)|''Deponia'' video game series]]
* Cletus Ewing, in the video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''
* Cletus, a police dog in the series ''[[Resident Alien (TV series)|Resident Alien]]''

==Other uses==
* Cleatus the Robot, the robot mascot of [[Fox NFL Sunday#Cleatus the Robot|Fox NFL Sunday]] and all of Fox Sports
* [[Cletus (bug)|''Cletus'' (bug)]], a genus of true bugs in the family [[Coreidae]]

== See also ==
* [[Cleitus (disambiguation)]]
* [[Cletis (disambiguation)]]

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