Gavius was the nomen of the ancient Roman gens Gavia. The Gavi Arch in Verona was built in honor of the gens.

  • Gavius Bassus, writer at time of Cicero
  • Gavius Silo, orator heard by Augustus Caesar in 26 BC, mentioned by Seneca
  • Marcus Gavius Apicius, gourmet 1st century AD
  • Gavius Silvanus, tribune of Nero
  • Marcus Gavius Claudius Squilla Gallicanus, consul 127
  • Marcus Gavius Squilla Gallicanus, consul 151
  • Marcus Gavius Orfitus, consul 165
  • Marcus Gavius Cornelius Cethegus, consul 170
  • Lucius Fulvius Gavius Numisius Petronius Aemilianus, 206

Gavius Pontius was a Samnite general ca. 321 BC.