Socrates was an Athenian philosopher. Socrates, Sócrates, Sokrates or Sokratis may also refer to:

People

Given name

Ancient Greeks

* Socrates of Achaea (c. 436–401 BC), mercenary general of the Ten Thousand * Socrates of Macedon (4th century BC), a ''hipparchos'' or cavalry officer in Alexander the Great's army * Socrates the Younger (4th century BC), Athenian philosopher *

Socrates Chrestus Socrates Chrestus ( el, Σωκράτης ό Χρηστός; ''Chrestus'' (The Good) died 90–88 BC) was the second son of Nicomedes III of Bithynia. He usurped the Bithynian throne by deposing his elder brother or half brother, Nicomedes IV of Bi ...

(died 90–88 BC), Greek prince and King of Bithynia

Religious figures

* martyrs Socrates and Stephen * Socrates of Constantinople (c. 380–after 439), also known as Socrates Scholasticus, a Byzantine church historian * Socrates Villegas (born 1960), Roman Catholic archbishop in the Philippines

Athletes

* Sócrates (1954–2011), Brazilian footballer *

Socrates Brito Socrates Orel Brito (born September 6, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Kia Tigers of the KBO League (KBO). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto Blue Jays. Career Ariz ...

(born 1992), Dominican baseball player * Sokratis Boudouris (born 1977), Greek footballer * Sokratis Dioudis (born 1993), Greek football goalkeeper * Sokratis Fytanidis (born 1984), Greek footballer *

Sokratis Lagoudakis Sokratis Lagoudakis ( gr, Σωκράτης Λαγουδάκης) (born 1861 in Crete; died 3 June 1944 in Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt) was a Greek physician, scholar, and long-distance runner who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. La ...

(1861–1944), Greek track athlete *

Sokratis Ofrydopoulos Sokratis Ofrydopoulos ( gr, Σωκράτης Οφρυδόπουλος; born 26 October 1973) is a Greek professional football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit or ...

(born 1973), Greek football manager and former player * Sokratis Papastathopoulos (born 1988), Greek footballer * Sócrates Pedro (born 1992), Portuguese footballer *

Sokratis Tsoukalas Sokratis Tsoukalas ( el, Σωκράτης Τσουκαλάς; born on 7 July 1992) is a Greek footballer who plays for Asteras Vlachioti as a right back. Career AEK Athens In 2011, Sokratis Tsoukalas was signed by Greek side AEK Athens. He made ...

(born 1992), Greek footballer

Politicians, soldiers and businesspeople

* Socrates N. Sherman (1801–1873), U.S. Representative from New York and American Civil War officer *

Socrates Nelson Socrates Nelson (January 11, 1814 – May 6, 1867) was an American businessman, politician, and pioneer who served one term as a Minnesota Senate, Minnesota state senator from 1859 to 1861. He was a general store owner, lumberman, and real estat ...

(1814–1867), American businessman and politician *

Sócrates Rizzo Sócrates Cuauhtémoc Rizzo García (born September 14, 1945 in Linares, Nuevo León) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He is a former federal Congressman (1985–1989), mayor of Monterrey (198 ...

(born 1945), Mexican politician * Sokrates Starynkiewicz (1820–1902), Russian general and mayor of Warsaw * Sokratis Kokkalis (born 1939), Greek businessman and billionaire

Writers

* Sócrates Nolasco (1884–1980), writer from the Dominican Republic *

Sokratis Giolias The assassination of Sokratis Giolias took place 2010 when Giolias, a Greek investigative journalist and broadcaster, was shot approximately 15 times at close range outside his home in Ilioupoli, Athens. The identities of the gunmen are unknow ...

(1973–2010), assassinated Greek journalist *

Sokratis Skartsis Sokratis Skartsis ( eΣωκράτης Σκαρτσής}, born 1936) is a Greek poet and writer, as well as a professor in the University of Patras. He is also a founding member of the University of Patras Poetry Symposium. He has published 150 b ...

(born 1936), Greek poet

Other

* Sokratis Malamas (born 1957), Greek singer/songwriter *

Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon, Sr. Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon Sr. (January 24, 1816 – May 15, 1855) was a pioneer physician in what became the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Vermont, he later lived in Iowa and California before moving to the Oregon Territory where he settled t ...

(1816–1855), American pioneer physician in the Oregon Territory

Surname

* Jeanne Socrates (born 1941 or 1942), British yachtswoman and solo circumnavigator * José Sócrates (born 1957), Prime Minister of Portugal (2005–2011)

In literature

* Socrates, the name used by Petrarch to refer to his dear friend Lodewijk Heyligen in his writings * Socrates, a pseudonym for the mentor-like figure in the books of Dan Millman

Arts and entertainment

* ''Socrates'' (Voltaire), a play * ''Socrates'' (film), a 1971 film directed by Roberto Rossellini * ''Sócrates'' (film), a 2018 film directed by Alexandre Moratto * ''Socrates'' (sculpture), a 1950 outdoor sculpture by W. V. Casey *

Socrates Drank the Conium Socrates Drank the Conium, known also as Socrates, is a Greek rock band that formed in 1969 and achieved success in the 1970s. Influenced by heavy blues and rock bands like The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream, the band melded the unorthodox ti ...

(sometimes abbreviated to "Socrates"), a Greek rock band * '' Socrates II'', a chess-playing computer program * Socrates "Cooch" Windgrass, a character in the comic strip '' Footrot Flats'' * Socrates, the lion from the film '' Animals United'' * Socrates the Scarecrow, a character from the 1961 animated television series '' Tales of the Wizard of Oz'' and the 1964 animated television movie sequel '' Return to Oz''

Other uses

* Socrates programme, a European education programme * '' VTech Socrates'', an educational video game system *

SOCRATES (satellite) SOCRATES or Space Optical Communications Research Advanced Technology Satellite is a Japanese small satellite launched in 2014. The satellite is purely a technology demonstrator designed by NICT intended to help AES company to gain experience in ...

, a Japanese satellite * Socrates (pain assessment), a mnemonic used in the evaluation of a patient's pain *

Project Socrates Project Socrates was a classified U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency program established in 1983 within the Reagan administration. It was founded and directed by physicist Michael C. Sekora to determine why the United States was unable to maintain ec ...

, a classified US Defense Intelligence Agency program established in 1983 * Socrates Sculpture Park, New York City *

Socrates, Georgia Socrates is an extinct town in Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History The community was named after Socrates Socrates (; ; –399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philoso ...

, a community in the United States * Socrates Mountain, a mountain in West Virginia