Cletus
Cletus or Cleatus is a given name (Ancient Greek Κλητος or Klētos), meaning "one who has been called" or "summoned one". It may refer to:
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 and its sequel
 - Cledus Snow, in Smokey and the Bandit
 - Cletus Spuckler, in The Simpsons
 - Cleatus, a minor character on Good Times
 - Cletus, a recurring character in Helluva Boss
 - Cletus, in the Deponia video game series
 - Cletus Ewing, in the video game Grand Theft Auto V
 - Cletus, a police dog in the series Resident Alien
 
Other uses
- Cleatus the Robot, the robot mascot of Fox NFL Sunday and all of Fox Sports
 - Cletus (bug), a genus of true bugs in the family Coreidae