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Hyacinth (died 108) was a young Christian living at the start of the second century, who is honored as a martyr and a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Hyacinth is sometimes called by his Latin name Hyacinthus (in French: Hyacinthe; Spanish: Jacinto; and Italian: Giacinto). According to tradition, he was a native of Caesarea in Cappadocia, a member of a Christian family.

Hyacinth Tungutalum (1946 – 2009) was an Australian politician and the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to a state or territory parliament.