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Justinian the Great (483–565) was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565 noted for his codification of Law.

Justinian may also refer to:

People

• Iustinianus (magister militum in Gaul) (d. 407), Roman general
• Justinian II Rhinotmetus (669–711), Byzantine Emperor from 685 to 695 and again from 705 to 711
• Justinian (magister militum per Orientem) (c. 525–582), Byzantine general, nephew of Justinian I
• Justinian of Ramsey Island (Jestin, Iestin), 6th-century Welsh hermit

Other uses

• Justinian (novel), a novel by Harry Turtledove
• Justiniana Prima, a Byzantine city that existed from 535 to 615
• Justinian (1787 ship), a storeship sent to the convict settlement at New South Wales in 1790
• SS Justinian, a Norwegian cargo ship in service from 1946 to 1954

People with the surname

• St. Lawrence Justinian (Lorenzo Giustiniani; 1381–1456), first Patriarch of Venice

People with the given name

• Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Baronet (1610–1675), English scholar and politician
• James Justinian Morier (1782–1849), British diplomat and author
• Justinian Rweyemamu (1942–1982), Tanzanian economist and mathematician
• Justinian Marina (1901–1977), Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1948 to 1977
• Justinian Serédi (1884–1945), Roman Catholic cardinal and Primate of Hungary
• Justinian Tamusuza (born 1951), Ugandan composer

See also

• Giustiniani, a Venetian family
• Giovanni Giustiniani (1418–1453), navy captain, from the Genoese branch of the family