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Zeno (name) Zeno is the common anglicised form of the name Zenon ( grc, Ζήνων), derived from the theonym Zeus. Other forms of the given name include Zénon ( French) and Zenón (Spanish). The name is popular as a masculine given name in many Western countr ...
, including a list of people and characters with the name


Philosophers

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Zeno of Elea Zeno of Elea (; grc, Ζήνων ὁ Ἐλεᾱ́της; ) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of Magna Graecia and a member of the Eleatic School founded by Parmenides. Aristotle called him the inventor of the dialectic. He is best known fo ...
(), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, known for his paradoxes *
Zeno of Citium Zeno of Citium (; grc-x-koine, Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς, ; c. 334 – c. 262 BC) was a Hellenistic philosopher from Citium (, ), Cyprus. Zeno was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, which he taught in Athens from about 300 BC ...
(333 – 264 BC), founder of the Stoic school of philosophy *
Zeno of Tarsus Zeno of Tarsus ( grc-gre, Ζήνων ὁ Ταρσεύς, ''Zenon ho Tarseus''; fl. 200 BC) was a Stoic philosopher and the son of Dioscorides. Biography Zeno was a pupil of Chrysippus, and when Chrysippus died c. 206 BC, he succeeded him to b ...
(3rd century BC), Stoic philosopher *
Zeno of Sidon Zeno of Sidon ( grc-gre, Ζήνων ὁ Σιδώνιος; c. 150 – c. 75 BC) was a Greek Epicurean philosopher from the Seleucid city of Sidon. His writings have not survived, but there are some epitomes of his lectures preserved among the wr ...
(1st century BC), Epicurean philosopher * Zeno of Rhodes (not later than 220 BC), historian and politician.


Other persons of antiquity

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Zeno of Caunus Zenon or Zeno ( el, Ζήνων; 3rd century BC), son of Agreophon, was a public official in Ptolemaic Egypt around the 250s-230s BC. His writings are known from a cache of papyrus documents which was discovered by archaeologists in the Nile Val ...
(3rd century BC), finance minister to the Ptolemies, whose papyri letters (the "Zenon archive") were discovered in the 20th century *
Zeno (physician) Zeno (or Zenon, grc-x-koine, Ζήνων; 3rd and 2nd centuries BC) was a Greek physician. He was one of the most eminent of the followers of Herophilus, whom Galen calls "no ordinary man," and who is said by Diogenes Laërtius to have been better ...
(3rd and 2nd centuries BC), Greek physician *
Zeno of Cyprus Zeno of Cyprus ( grc, Ζήνων ὁ Κύπριος), (4th century), was a Greek physician, a native of Cyprus, and the tutor of Ionicus, Magnus, and Oribasius.Eunapius, ''Vit. Philos.'' Eunapius states that he lived "down to the time of Julian the ...
(4th century), Greek physician *
Zeno of Gaza Saints Eusebius, Nestablus, Zeno, and Nestor (died ) were early Christian martyrs in Gaza, Palestine. Life Saints Eusebius, Nestablus and Zeno were three Christian brothers in Gaza during the reign of Julian (r. 361–363). They were imprison ...
(died c. 362), early Christian martyr *
Zeno of Verona Zeno of Verona ( it, Zenone da Verona; about 300 – 371 or 380) was either an early Christian Bishop of Verona or a martyr. He is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Orthodox Church. Life and historicity According to a Veronese au ...
(4th century), saint commemorated in the place name Basilica of San Zeno, Verona, Italy *
Zeno the Hermit A disciple of St. Basil the Great, Saint Zeno the Hermit began life in a Christian family of privilege and status. From an early age he devoted himself to the study of letters and sciences and quickly distinguished himself and became known to all, ...
(4th century?) disciple of St. Basil and saint *
Zeno (consul 448) Flavius Zeno (''floruit'' 447–451) was an influential general and politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, of Isaurian origin, who served as ''magister militum per Orientem'', and became consul and '' patricius''. Biography Zeno was of Isauria ...
(447–451), Roman general and consul *
Zeno (emperor) Zeno (; grc-gre, Ζήνων, Zénōn; c. 425 – 9 April 491) was Eastern Roman emperor from 474 to 475 and again from 476 to 491. Domestic revolts and religious dissension plagued his reign, which nevertheless succeeded to some extent in forei ...
(c. 425 – 491), Roman Emperor *
Zeno (Bishop of Mérida) Zeno ( grc, Ζήνων) may refer to: People * Zeno (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Philosophers * Zeno of Elea (), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, known for his paradoxes * Zeno of Citium (333 – 264 BC), ...
(5th century), Greek Bishop of Mérida, Extremadura


Arts, entertainment, and media

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Zeno's Conscience ''Zeno's Conscience'' ( it, La coscienza di Zeno ) is a novel by Italian writer Italo Svevo. The main character is Zeno Cosini, and the book is the fictional character's memoirs that he keeps because his psychiatrist recommended to do so in ord ...
'', a novel by Italian writer Italo Svevo * ''Zeno'' (film), a 2009 New Zealand short film * ''Zeno'' (periodical), a German-language journal *
Zeno.org Zeno.org () is a digital library with German texts and other content such as pictures, facsimile, etc., which has been started by the Directmedia Publishing, Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, a German Publishing, publishing house and sister enterpri ...
, a German digital library * ''Zeno'' (album), a 2019 album by Muzi * ''Zeno'' Mountain EP a 2020 EP by Guster *Grand Zeno the Omni-King, a character in the manga
Dragon Ball Super is a Japanese manga series written by Akira Toriyama and illustrated by Toyotarou. A sequel to Toriyama's original ''Dragon Ball'' manga, it follows the adventures of Goku and friends during the ten-year timeskip after the defeat of Maj ...
*Zeno Zoldyck, a character in the manga
Hunter x Hunter Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products ( fur/ hide, bone/ tusks, horn/antler ...
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Ozone Zeno The Ozone Zeno is a French single-place paraglider that was designed by the Ozone R&D Team and has been produced by Ozone Gliders of Le Bar-sur-Loup, France, since 2016. Design and development The aircraft was designed as a competition glider ...
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Zeno Mountain Farm Zeno Mountain Farm (or Zeno for short) is a non-profit, year round organization that hosts camps for people with and without disabilities. The flagship camp of Zeno Mountain Farm is held in Bristol, Vermont, during July. Satellite camps are held in ...
, a non-profit, year round organization that hosts camps for people with and without disabilities * Zeno, ancient name for the village of
Akköse Akköse is a village in the Dernekpazarı district of Trabzon Province, Turkey, close to the town of Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgi ...
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Zeno, Ohio Zeno is an extinct town in Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio Meigs Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 228 people in the township. Geography Located in the southeast ...
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Zeno (crater) Zeno is a lunar impact crater located near the northwestern limb of the Moon. It lies to the east-southeast of the crater Mercurius. Farther to the east of Zeno, along the limb, is the well-formed crater Boss Boss may refer to: Occupations * ...
, a lunar impact crater, named for Zeno of Citium *
Zeno (programming language) Zeno (after pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea) is an imperative procedural programming language designed to be easy to learn and user friendly. Zeno is generic in the sense that it contains most of the essential elements used in other l ...
, an imperative procedural programming language designed to be easy to learn and user friendly *
Zeno-Watch Basel Zeno-Watch is a Swiss watchmaker established in 1868, but the Zeno name has been in use only since 1922.Quantum Zeno effect The quantum Zeno effect (also known as the Turing paradox) is a feature of quantum-mechanical systems allowing a particle's time evolution to be slowed down by measuring it frequently enough with respect to some chosen measurement setting. Some ...
, an effect in quantum mechanics which disallows certain conditions in the decaying of a quantum state *
San Zeno (disambiguation) San Zeno is the Italian name of Zeno of Verona, an Italian Catholic saint. It may also refer to: Places Italy *San Zeno di Montagna, a municipality in the Province of Verona, Veneto *San Zeno Naviglio, a municipality in the Province of Brescia, ...
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Xeno (disambiguation) Xeno may refer to: Prefix ''xeno''- Greek prefix meaning "foreign" * "xeno-" as used in taxonomy Geography * Xeno, Salamis, an area in Salamis Island People *Xeno Müller (born 1972), Swiss athlete *Randy Hogan (musician), nicknamed Xeno, the o ...
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Xenon (disambiguation) Xenon is a chemical element with symbol Xe and atomic number 54. Xenon may also refer to: Computing *Xenon (processor), the Xbox 360 CPU *Xenon (program), a Dutch web spider intended to discover tax evasion *LG Xenon, a mobile phone manufactured ...
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Zenon (disambiguation) Zenon may refer to * Zenon (name), Zenon, an Ancient Greek name, derived from the theonym Zeus Industry * ZENON Environmental, a Canadian water treatment company based in Oakville, Ontario * Zenon Petroleum and Gas, importer of fuel products ...
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Zeno machine In mathematics and computer science, Zeno machines (abbreviated ZM, and also called accelerated Turing machine, ATM) are a hypothetical computational model related to Turing machines that are capable of carrying out computations involving a co ...
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Zeno's paradoxes Zeno's paradoxes are a set of philosophical problems generally thought to have been devised by Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BC) to support Parmenides' doctrine that contrary to the evidence of one's senses, the belief in pluralit ...
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Zenonia zeno ''Zenonia zeno'', the orange-spotted skipper, orange-spotted bellboy or common bellboy, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal Province, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to eastern Africa and to Nige ...
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Zenos According to the Book of Mormon, Zenos () was an old world prophet whose pre-Christian era writings were recorded upon the plates of brass. Zenos is quoted or paraphrased a number of times by writers in the ''Book of Mormon'', including Nephi, Ja ...
, a book of Mormon scripture * {{Disambiguation, hndis