Venus is the Roman goddess of love.

Notable people with the given name include:

• Venus Faiq (born 1963), Iraqi-Kurdish and Dutch writer, poet, translator, editor, and journalist
• Venus Lacy (born 1967), American former Olympic and professional basketball player
• Venus Raj (born 1988), Miss Universe Philippines 2010
• Venus Ramey (1924–2017), Miss America in 1944
• Venus Terzo (born 1967), Canadian actress
• Venus Vance, American slave
• Venus Williams (born 1980), American professional tennis player

• Venus (Tannhäuser opera), leading role in Wagner's opera
• Venus (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
• Venus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), the short-lived sister of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Venus Smith, an early associate of John Steed in The Avengers (TV series)
• Venus Bluegenes, in the British comic 2000 AD and in comic strips
• Venus Hermosa-Bravante, a character from the Filipino drama series Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko
• Kasuga, the female ninja in the Uesugi clan in Devil Kings whose Devil Kings' name is Venus
• Venus, a glamorous doctor of French origin on the television show Fireball XL5
• Venus, the female protagonist in the PSP video game Metal Gear Acid 2
• Venus, a character from the Nintendo video game Earthbound
• Venus, one of the three main characters from We Know the Devil
• Venus McFlytrap, the daughter of the Venus flytrap, from Monster High
• Sailor Venus, the superhero persona of Minako Aino, a character from Sailor Moon and the main protagonist of Codename: Sailor V
• Venus, in Unico