Theodoros or Theodorus ( el, Θεόδωρος) is a masculine given name, from which

Theodore Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Sask ...

is derived. The feminine version is Theodora. It may refer to:

Ancient world

:''Ordered chronologically'' *

Theodorus of Samos Theodorus of Samos () was a 6th-century BC ancient Greek sculptor and architect from the Greek island of Samos. Along with Rhoecus, he was often credited with the invention of ore smelting and, according to Pausanias, the craft of casting. He is ...

, 6th-century BC Greek sculptor, architect and inventor *

Theodorus of Cyrene Theodorus of Cyrene ( el, Θεόδωρος ὁ Κυρηναῖος) was an ancient Greek mathematician who lived during the 5th century BC. The only first-hand accounts of him that survive are in three of Plato's dialogues: the '' Theaetetus'', th ...

, 5th-century BC Libyan Greek mathematician *

Theodorus of Byzantium Theodorus ( el, Θεόδωρος) was a Greek sophist and orator of the late 5th century BC, born in Byzantium. Theodorus is noted by Plato in his ironic survey of oratory in the '' Phaedrus'' for mentioning "confirmation and further confirmatio ...

, late 5th-century BC Greek sophist and orator *

Theodorus the Atheist Theodorus the Atheist ( el, Θεόδωρος ὁ ἄθεος; c. 340 – c. 250 BCE), of Cyrene, was a Greek philosopher of the Cyrenaic school. He lived in both Greece and Alexandria, before ending his days in his native city of Cyrene. As a Cy ...

(c. 340–c. 250 BC),

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

n Greek philosopher * Theodorus of Athamania (), King of a tribe in Epirus *

Theodorus (meridarch) Theodorus ( el, Θεόδωρος) was a "meridarch" (Civil Governor of a province) in the Swat province of the Indo-Greek kingdom in the northern Indian subcontinent, probably sometime between 100 BCE and the end of Greek rule in Gandhara in 55 BC ...

(), civil governor of the Swat province of the Indo-Greek kingdom *

Theodorus of Gadara Theodorus of Gadara ( el, Θεόδωρος ὁ Γαδαρεύς) was a Greek rhetorician of the 1st century BC from Gadara (present-day Um Qais, Jordan)Blank, David"Philodemus" The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2019 Edition), Edward ...

, 1st-century BC Greek rhetorician *

Theodorus of Asine Theodorus of Asine ( el, Θεόδωρος Ἀσιναῖος; fl. 3rd–4th century AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher, and a native of one of the towns which bore the name of Asine, probably Asine in Laconia. He was a disciple of Iamblichus, and o ...

(), Greek Neoplatonist philosopher * Theodorus of Tabennese (c. 314–368), Egyptian Christian monk *

Theodorus (usurper) Theodorus was a Roman usurper against Emperor Valens according to Ammianus Marcellinus. Marcellinus was residing in Antioch in 372 and, making it clear that he is speaking as an eyewitness, tells us that Theodorus was thought to have been identified ...

(), Roman usurper against Emperor Valens * Theodorus Priscianus, 4th-century physician at Constantinople *

Theodorus I (bishop of Milan) Theodorus I ( it, Teodoro) was Archbishop of Milan from 475 to 490. He is honoured as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholic Church, and his feast day is July 27. Life Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of The ...

(died 490) *

Theodorus (consul 505) Theodorus ( 505–523) was an Italian politician during the reign of Theodoric the Great. He held the consulship with Sabinianus as his colleague in 505. Theodorus was son of Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius (consul in 480), and brother of Albin ...

(), Roman politician * Theodorus Lector (), Byzantine scholar and historian *

Theodore Rshtuni Theodore Rshtuni, also spelled Theodoros Ṛštuni (, ; AD 590–655 or 656), equated with Pasagnathes (Πασαγνάθης), the "''patrikios'' of the Armenians" from the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor,Pope Theodoros I of Alexandria Pope Theodoros I of Alexandria, also known as St. Theodorus (Theodore), was the 45th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. He was a monk in a monastery near Mariout, which was known as the monastery of Tanboura, under the g ...

, 45th Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (730–742) (also known as Theodosius II) * Saint Theodorus (c. 775–c. 842), monk from Jerusalem * Theodore Balsamon, 12th-century

Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch The patriarch of Antioch is one of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, the leader of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. The term "Greek" does not refer to ethnic origin; the majority of these patriarchs were not ethnic Greeks. It r ...

Theodore I Laskaris Theodore I Laskaris or Lascaris ( gr, Θεόδωρος Κομνηνὸς Λάσκαρις, Theodōros Komnēnos Laskaris; 1175November 1221) was the first emperor of Nicaea—a successor state of the Byzantine Empire—from 1205 to his de ...

, Emperor of Nicaea (1204–1221 or 1205–1222) *

Theodore II Laskaris Theodore II Doukas Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris ( gr, Θεόδωρος Δούκας Λάσκαρις, Theodōros Doukas Laskaris; 1221/1222 – 16 August 1258) was Emperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258. He was the only child of Emperor John II ...

, Emperor of Nicaea (1254–1258) * Theodore Hyrtakenos (fl. 1300), Byzantine court official and writer * Theodore II Palaiologos (c. 1396–1448), Despot in the Morea * Theodoros Pelecanos of Corfu (), Greek scribe

Modern world

:''Ordered by last name, where available'' *

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria Pope Tawadros II or Theodore II ( cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲑⲉⲟ́ⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲙⲁϩ ⲃ̅', translit=Papa Abba Theódōros II ; ar, البابا تواضروس الثاني, translit=al-Bābā Tawāḍurūs al-Th ānī, ...

(born 1952), current Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark * Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (born 1954), current Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa * Theo Angelopoulos (1935–2012), Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and producer *

Theodorus Bailey (politician) Theodorus Bailey (October 12, 1758September 6, 1828) was an American lawyer and politician from Poughkeepsie, New York, who represented New York in both the U.S. House and Senate. Early life Bailey was born near Fishkill in the Province of ...

(1758–1828), United States senator from New York *

Theodorus Bailey (officer) Theodorus Bailey (April 12, 1805 – February 10, 1877) was a United States Navy officer during the American Civil War. Early career Bailey was born at Chateaugay, New York in the far north-eastern corner of Franklin County, near the border wi ...

(1805–1877), United States Navy rear admiral * Theodorus W. Brevard (1804–1877), American comptroller * Theodorus Frederik van Capellen (1762–1824), Dutch naval officer *

Theodorus van der Croon Theodorus van der Croon (1668-1739) served as the ninth Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands#Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht, Archbishop of Utrecht from 1734 to 1739. Early Ministry & Association with the Chapter of Utrecht Van der Croon ...

(1668–1739), Dutch Archbishop of Utrecht * Theodorus Dekker (1927–2021), Dutch mathematician *

Theodoros Diligiannis Theodoros Deligiannis () was a Greek politician, minister and member of the Greek Parliament, who served as Prime Minister of Greece five times from 1885 to 1905. He led the Nationalist Party, which, alongside the New Party led by his primary ...

(1820–1905), Greek politician, five times Prime Minister of Greece * Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (c. 1691–c. 1747), German-American minister and theologian *

Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen II Theodorus Frelinghuysen II (1724–1761) or Theodorus Frelinghuysen, Jr., was a theologian in Albany, New York. He was a member of the Frelinghuysen Family Biography He was the first-born son of Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen and Eva Terhune. He ...

(1724–1761), New York theologian * Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen (1657–1712), Dutch physician * Theodorus Klompe (1903–1963), Dutch geologist *

Theodoros Kolokotronis Theodoros Kolokotronis ( el, Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης; 3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire. Kolokotronis's g ...

(1770–1843), Greek general and preeminent leader of the Greek War of Independence *

Theodorus van Kooten Dr. Theodorus van Kooten (Leeuwarden, 22 October 1749 – Bennebroek, 1 February 1813) was a Dutch poet, professor and politician. Van Kooten was the son of the sexton at Leeuwarden, and amazed all visitors to his father's house by translating ...

(1749–1813), Dutch poet, professor and politician *

Theodorus B. M. Mason Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason (May 8, 1848 – October 15, 1899) was the founder and first head of the United States Office of Naval Intelligence, with the post of Chief Intelligence Officer (prior to it being redesignated as Director of Naval Int ...

(1848–1899), American founder of the Office of Naval Intelligence *

Theodorus Bailey Myers Theodorus Bailey Myers (December 13, 1821 – June 16, 1888), was an American lawyer, philanthropist, served as a colonel in the U.S. Military, and a collector of books and historical manuscripts. Biography Myers was born to Major Mordecai Myers ...

(1821–1888), American collector of books and historical manuscripts *

Theodoros Natsinas Theodoros Natsinas ( el, Θεόδωρος Νάτσινας; 8 July 1872 - 2 February 1949) was a Greek teacher. He was born in Siatista ( el, Σιάτιστα), then part of the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece. Career He studied Physics and Mathemat ...

(1872–1949), Greek teacher *

Theodoros Negris Theodoros Negris ( el, Θεόδωρος Νέγρης, Constantinople, 1790 – Nafplio, 22 November 1824) was a Greek politician. Biography He was born in Constantinople. He was from an old noble family that descended from Genoa. He was the son ...

(1790–1824), Greek politician *

Theodorus Netscher Theodorus Netscher (1661, Bordeaux – 1728, Hulst), (''alias'': Theodor/Theodoor/de Fransche Netscher) was an 18th-century painter from the northern Netherlands. Biography According to Johan van Gool he was taught to paint from his father, ...

(1661–1728), Dutch painter *

Theodoros G. Orphanides Theodoros Orphanides or Orphanidis ( el, Θεόδωρος Ορφανίδης; 1817 – 5 August 1886) was a poet, professor, politician, author, and botanist. He was a pioneer in 19th-century Greek botany. He helped organize the botanical garden ...

(1817–1886), Greek botanist * Theodoros Pangalos (general) (1878–1952), Greek general, dictator in 1925–26 * Theodoros Pangalos (politician) (born 1938), Greek politician, foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Greece * Theodoros Papagiannis (born 1942), Greek sculptor *

Theodoros Papaloukas Theodoros Papaloukas (Greek: Θεόδωρος Παπαλουκάς; born May 8, 1977), commonly known as Theo Papaloukas or Thodoris Papaloukas, is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was a four - time All-EuroLeague selection, a me ...

(born 1977), Greek basketball player * Theodorus Marinus Roest (1832–1898), Dutch numismatist *

Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg (8 July 1806, Rotterdam – 3 March 1887, Florence) was a Dutch journalist, diplomat, and politician. Early life Theodorus Marinus was the son of Jacob Adriaan Roest van Limburg, merchant in wine at Rotterd ...

(1806–1887), Dutch journalist, diplomat, and politician *

Theodoros Roussopoulos Theodoros Roussopoulos (; born 13 September 1963) is a Greek politician. He was Minister of State and Government Spokesman from 7 March 2004 until 23 October 2008, as well as one of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis's closest aides. Theodoros Rouss ...

(born 1963), Greek politician *

Theodorus Johannes Schoon Theodorus Johannes Schoon (31 July 1915 – 14 July 1985) was a New Zealand artist, photographer and carver of Dutch descent. Biography Theo Schoon was born at Kebumen, Java in the East Indies, the son of Dutch parents, Johannes Theodorus S ...

(1915–1985), Dutch-New Zealand artist, photographer and carver *

Theodorus Schrevelius Theodorus Schrevelius (25 July 1572 – 2 December 1649) was a Dutch Golden Age writer and poet. Biography He was born in Haarlem, and in 1591 went to study Greek and Latin at the University of Leiden. He became the assistant director of the L ...

(1572–1649), Dutch writer and poet *

Theodorus Skuminowicz Teodor Skuminowicz or Theodorus Skumin (died on 24 September 1668) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1652–1668) and Titular Bishop of ''Gratianopolis'' (1652–1668). Biography On 12 August 1652, Teodor Sk ...

(died 1668), Lithuanian Bishop of Vilnius *

Theodoros Stamos Theodoros Stamos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Στάμος) (December 31, 1922 – February 2, 1997) was a Greek-American painter. He is one of the youngest painters of the original group of abstract expressionist painters (the so-called " Irasc ...

(1922–1997), Greek-American painter *

Theodoros Tripotseris Theodoros Tripotseris ( el, Θεόδωρος Τριποτσέρης; born 4 March 1986) is a Greek former professional footballer. Career Born in Athens, Tripotseris began playing football for local side Panathinaikos in 2004. Thereafter he play ...

(born 1986), Greek footballer *

Theodoros Tzinis Theodoros Tzinis () (*1798 ; †1869) was a Greek hero of the Greek War of Independence. He was born in Kompoti, Arta in 1798 and was the main friend of Nikolaos Skoufas, a leader of Filiki Etaireia. He battled against the Turks in Messolongi and ...

(1798–1869), Greek fighter in the Greek War of Independence *

Theodoros Vasilakakis Theodoros Vasilakakis ( el, Θεόδωρος Βασιλακάκης; born 20 July 1988) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League club Lamia. Career Born in Thessaloniki, Vasilakakis began playing ...

(born 1988), Greek footballer *

Theodoros Velkos Theodoros Velkos ( Greek: Θεόδωρος Βέλκος; born 20 November 1976) is a male badminton player from Greece. Velkos competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner George Patis. They were defeated in t ...

(born 1976), Greek badminton player *

Theodoros Voutiritsas Theodoros Voutiritsas (Greek: Θεόδωρος Βουτιρίτσας; born 27 July 1962) is a Greek former professional football player. He played only for AEL for all of his career. Voutiritsas wrote history while wearing the club's jersey, ...

(born 1962), Greek football manager and former player *

Theodoros Vryzakis Theodoros Vryzakis ( el, Θεόδωρος Βρυζάκης; 1819–1878) was a Greek painter, known mostly for his historical scenes. He was one of the founders of the "Munich School", composed of Greek artists who had studied in that city. Biog ...

(1819–1878), Greek painter *

Theodoros Zagorakis Theodoros Zagorakis ( el, Θεόδωρος Ζαγοράκης ; born 27 October 1971) is a Greek politician and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of Greece that won UEFA Euro 2004, and was also presid ...

(born 1971), Greek politician and former footballer * Theodoros Ziakas (1798–1882), Greek fighter in the Greek War of Independence {{given name Greek masculine given names Dutch masculine given names