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'''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:
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==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]]
==See also==
* ''Gussie Telfair'', a merchant steamship built in 1862, formerly [[USS Gertrude (1863)|USS ''Gertrude'']]
*[[Gus (disambiguation)]]
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