Plato Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution ...

(428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher. Plato may also refer to:

People

Given name or nickname

Plato (comic poet) Plato (also Plato Comicus; Ancient Greek: Πλάτων Κωμικός) was an Athenian comic poet and contemporary of Aristophanes. None of his plays survive intact, but the titles of thirty of them are known, including a ''Hyperbolus'' (c. 420– ...

() *

Plato (exarch) Plato ( el, Πλάτων, Plátōn; ) was the Exarch of Ravenna from 645 to 649. He is known primarily for his monothelitism, as well as for his opposition to Pope Theodore I, whom he convinced Patriarch Paul II of Constantinople to break with. He ...

(), Byzantine exarch of Ravenna * Plato II (1737–1812), Metropolitan of Moscow in 1775–1812 * Plato III (born 1993), American rapper *

Plato of Bactria Diodotus III Plato (Greek: ; ''Platon'' "broad-shouldered") was a Greco-Bactrian king, also known simply by the regnal name Diodotus III, who for a short time ruled in southern Bactria during the mid 2nd century BCE. The style of Plato's coins s ...

(2nd century BCE), Greco-Bactrian king *

Plato of Sakkoudion Platon the Studite, also Plato of Sakkoudion ( gr, Ὅσιος Πλάτων τῆς Μονῆς τῶν Σακκουδίων), probably Constantinople, ca. 735 – Constantinople, 4 April 814, was a Byzantine minor official who became a monk in 759 ...

(–814), Byzantine saint *

Plato Andros Plato Gus Andrecopoulos (November 28, 1921 – September 22, 2008) was a college All-American and professional football player. A 6'0", 240 lbs. guard from the University of Oklahoma, Andros spent four years in the United States Coast Guar ...

(1921–2008), American football player * Plato Cacheris (1929–2019), American lawyer * Plato T. Durham (1873–1930), American academic administrator *

Plato Fludd Plato C. Fludd was a judge, public official, and politician in South Carolina. He had lived in Charleston and had been enslaved. lived in Florence, South Carolina and was one of its first elected politicians. He also served in the state legislatu ...

(), American politician * Plato Malinovsky, Metropolitan of Moscow in 1745–1754 * Plato Malozemoff (1909–1997), Russian-American engineer and businessman * Plato E. Shaw (1883–1947), American historian * Plato A. Skouras (1930–2004), American film producer *

Plato Tiburtinus Plato Tiburtinus ( la, Plato Tiburtinus, "Plato of Tivoli"; fl. 12th century) was a 12th-century Italian mathematician, astronomer and translator who lived in Barcelona from 1116 to 1138. He is best known for translating Hebrew and Arabic docum ...

, 12th-century Italian mathematician, astronomer and translator *

Plato von Ustinov Plato Freiherr von Ustinov (born Platon Grigoryevich Ustinov, russian: Платон Григорьевич Устинов; 1840–1918) was a Russian-born German citizen and the owner of the Hôtel du Parc (Park Hotel) in Jaffa, Ottoman Empire ...

(1840–1918), Russian-born German hotelier * George Haimsohn (1925–2003), American photographer

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* Ann Plato (born ), Black American author and educator *

Anton-Detlev von Plato __NOTOC__ Anton-Detlev von Plato (6 June 1910 – 12 October 2001) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a general in the Bundeswehr. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Awards and ...

(1910–2001), German general *

Burr Plato Burr Plato (–1905) was a Canadian political figure. Of African-American background, he was born into slavery in Logan County, today part of West Virginia. Burr succeeded in escaping enslavement and making his way to Canada in 1856 after an arduo ...

(–1905), Canadian political figure *

Chad Plato Chad Zavier Plato (born 21 April 1998) is a Namibian rugby union player who generally plays as a fullback represents Namibia internationally. He was included in the Namibian squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup which is held in Japan for the fir ...

(born 1998), Nigerian rugby union player *

Dan Plato Daniel Plato (born 5 October 1960), known as Dan Plato, is a South African politician and a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since January 2022, previously serving from June 2011 until October 2018. He is the former mayor of Cap ...

(born 1960), South African politician *

Dana Plato Dana Michelle Plato (née Strain; November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999) was an American actress. An influential "teen idol" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Plato was recognized for her television work, for which she was included on VH1's list o ...

(1964–1999), American actress *

Fritz Plato Fritz Plato (1858 – 1938) was a German chemist. The unit for specific gravity Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material. Specific g ...

(1858–1938), German chemist *

Jason Plato Timothy Jason Plato (born 14 October 1967) is a British racing driver who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for BTC Racing. He has twice been BTCC Champion, in 2001 for Vauxhall and 2010 for Silverline Chevrolet. He ...

(born 1967), British racing driver *

Samuel Plato Samuel M. Plato (1882–1957) was an American architect and building contractor who is noted for his work on federal housing projects and U.S. post offices, as well as designing and building other structures in the United States such as priva ...

(1882–1957), American architect

Places

Plato, Saskatchewan Plato is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Snipe Lake No. 259, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community was named after Plato, Minnesota, which had been the home town of Richard and Agnes Brust, early pioneers. The town i ...

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Plato, Magdalena Plato is a town and municipality in Magdalena Department in Colombia. * Area: 1,501 km². * Elevation: 20 meters * Population: 66,362 ** Rural: 18,625 ** Urban: 47,737 * Agricultural products: livestock, corn, beans, tomatoes, yuca, tobacc ...

, Colombia **

Plato Airport Plato Airport is an airport serving the town of Plato in the Magdalena Department of Colombia. The runway is adjacent to the northwest side of the town. See also * * *Transport in Colombia *List of airports in Colombia This is a list of airp ...

Plato Township, Kane County, Illinois Plato Township is one of sixteen townships in Kane County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,166 and it contained 2,182 housing units. It was originally named Homer Township; the name was changed to Plato on July 2, 1850. ...

, United States *

Plato, Indiana Plato is an unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. History A post office opened at Plato in 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1901. The community was likely named for the philosopher ...

, United States * Plato, Iowa, United States * Plato, Minnesota, United States *

Plato, Missouri Plato is an incorporated village in northwestern Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately 20 miles northwest of Houston and 10 miles south of Fort Leonard Wood on Route 32. The population was 82 at the 2020 census. As ...

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Plato Island Plato Island is a small island lying east of Darwin Island in the Danger Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. The descriptive name ''Islote Plato'' (plate island) was given by the Argentine Ministry of Defense in 1977. The term island is appropr ...

, Antarctica

Science and technology

* ''Plato'' (spider), a genus of ray spider *

PLATO (computer system) Plato (428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher. Plato may also refer to: People Given name or nickname * Plato (comic poet) () * Plato (exarch) (), Byzantine exarch of Ravenna * Plato II (1737–1812), Metropolitan of Mos ...

, a computer-assisted instruction system *

PLATO (spacecraft) PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is a space telescope under development by the European Space Agency for launch in 2026. The mission goals are to search for planetary transits across up to one million stars, and to discover a ...

, an ESA space observatory, due to launch in 2026 *

Plato (crater) Plato is a lava-filled lunar impact crater on the Moon. Its diameter is 101 km. It was named after ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It is located on the northeastern shore of the Mare Imbrium, at the western extremity of the Montes Alpes moun ...

, a lunar crater * 5451 Plato, a main-belt asteroid *

SAM-A-19 Plato The SAM-A-19 Plato was an anti-ballistic missile project developed by the United States Army in the mid 1950s. By modern standards, it would be considered a theatre ballistic missile (TBM) defense system (TBMD), providing protection to the Army fi ...

, an anti-ballistic missile project *

Plato scale When drinking beer, there are many factors to be considered. Principal among them are bitterness, the variety of flavours present in the beverage and their intensity, alcohol content, and colour. Standards for those characteristics allow a more ...

, a scale for the gravity of beer wort and distilled spirits

Other uses

* ''Plato'' (film), a 2008 Russian film *

Plato (mythology) In Greek mythology, Plato ( ; Ancient Greek: Πλάτων or Πλάτωνα ''Plátōn'', means 'broad-shouldered') was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by unknown w ...

, a son of Lycaon of Arcadia in Greek mythology * Plato, a character in ''

Rebel Without a Cause ''Rebel Without a Cause'' is a 1955 American coming-of-age drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers. Filmed in the then recently introduced CinemaScope format and directed by Nicholas Ray, it offered both social co ...

'' * PLATO WA, or People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes, a Western Australian lobby group