People
- A.E. Backus (1909–1990), American artist
- Billy Backus (born 1943), former world boxing champion
- Edward Burdette Backus (1888–1955), American Unitarian minister and humanist
- Edward Wellington Backus (1861–1934), American timber baron
- Frederick F. Backus (1794-1858), American physician and member of the New York State Senate
- George Edward Backus (born 1930), American geophysicist
- Gus Backus (born 1937), American singer
- Henny Backus (1911–2004), Broadway showgirl and wife of Jim Backus
- Henry T. Backus (1809–1877), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and judge in Arizona Territory
- Isaac Backus (1724–1806), American Baptist preacher and politician
- Jan Backus (20th century), Vermont state senator
- Jeff Backus (born 1977), American professional football player
- Jim Backus (1913–1989), American actor
- John Backus (1924–2007), American computer scientist
- Sharron Backus (born 1946), American former softball player and coach
- Winston Backus (born 1920), Canadian politician
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“What right those who govern have to govern they don’t question, they just govern. Whether the people have a right to depose them that doesn’t concern them. All they are concerned with is that the people will not be tempted to depose them.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“What is saved in the cinema when it achieves art is a spontaneous continuity with all mankind. It is not an art of the princes or the bourgeoisie. It is popular and vagrant. In the sky of the cinema people learn what they might have been and discover what belongs to them apart from their single lives.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)
“Scarlett O’Hara: What shall we do? Ashley, what’s to become of us?
Ashley Wilkes: What do you think becomes of people when their civilization breaks up? Those who have brains and courage come through all right. Those who aren’t are winnowed out.”
—Sidney Howard (1891–1939)