Erasmus (disambiguation)

Erasmus can refer to:

People:
* Desiderius Erasmus, the humanist scholar, also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam. A simple reference to "Erasmus" is usually to him.
* Erasmus of Arcadia, Greek Orthodox Bishop
* Saint Erasmus of Formiae alias Saint Elmo
* Erasmus Grasser, leading sculptor in Munich during the early 16th century.
* Erasmus Darwin
* Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier, prominent 19th Century Belgian politician.
* Kermit Erasmus, South African football player, currently playing for Feyenoord.In Rotterdam:
* Erasmus University
* Gymnasium Erasmianum (Erasmus Gymnasium school)
* Erasmus Bridge

Other:
* ERASMUS programme, the higher education part of the European Union's Socrates programme for student exchange
* Erasmushogeschool in Brussels
* Erasmus Hall High School (originally Erasmus Hall Academy), Brooklyn, New York
* Erasmus the wizard, one of the major characters in the Quest for Glory adventure games
* Erasmus (Dune), a fictional intelligent robot in the Legends of Dune series by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert
* Erasmus (shōgun), Protagonist Blackthorne's ship (Dutch)
* Erasmus (song), the first single from You Am I's 8th album Dilettantes.

The common Danish first name Rasmus is a contraction of "Erasmus" (see Rasmus).

Further derived from it is the family name Rasmussen or Rasmusen (i.e., Rasmus' Son).