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 Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift". Theodora may also refer to: Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses * Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora o ...

. 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 i ...

, 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 C ...

(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 the east, Suda ...

n Greek philosopher *

Theodorus of Athamania Theodorus of Athamania was king of the Athamanians in south-eastern Epirus. He is known otherwise only from the Delian temple inventories: his daughter Phila made dedications there before 225 BC. In 250 BC, King Theodorus founded the city of Theodo ...

(), King of a tribe in Epirus * Theodorus (meridarch) (), 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 Theodorus of Tabennese (c. 314 – 368), also known as Abba Theodorus and Theodore the Sanctified was the spiritual successor to Pachomius and played a crucial role in preventing the first Christian cenobitic monastic federation from collapsin ...

(c. 314–368), Egyptian Christian monk * Theodorus (usurper) (), Roman usurper against Emperor Valens *

Theodorus Priscianus Theodorus Priscianus ( el, Θεόδωρος ὁ Πρισκιανός) was a physician at Constantinople during the fourth century, and the author of the Latin work ''Rerum Medicarum'' in four books. Career Priscianus was a pupil of the physician ...

, 4th-century physician at Constantinople * Theodorus I (bishop of Milan) (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 Theodorus Lector ( el, Θεόδωρος Ἀναγνώστης, ''Theodoros Anagnostes'') was a lector, or reader, at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople during the early sixth century. He wrote two works of history; one is a collection of sources ...

(), 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, 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 Theodore Balsamon ( el, Θεόδωρος Βαλσαμῶν) was a canonist of the Eastern Orthodox Church and 12th-century Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch. Biography Born in the second half of the 12th century at Constantinople; died there, ...

, 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 ...

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 d ...

, 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 Theodore Hyrtakenos, Latinized as Theodorus Hyrtacenus ( el, ), was a court official of the Byzantine Empire. He flourished in the time of the Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1282–1328), where he was the superintendent of the public teachers of rhe ...

(fl. 1300), Byzantine court official and writer *

Theodore II Palaiologos Theodore II Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Θεόδωρος Β΄ Παλαιολόγος, ''Theodōros II Palaiologos'') (c. 1396 – 21 June 1448) was Despot in the Morea from 1407 to 1443 and in Selymbria from then until his death. Life T ...

(c. 1396–1448), Despot in the Morea *

Theodoros Pelecanos Theodoros Pelecanos of Corfu was a 15th-century Greek scribe who is known only as the creator of a copy of a collection of medieval alchemical works. In 1478, Pelecanos produced a manuscript now known as the ''Parisinus graecus 2327'' and held in ...

of Corfu (), Greek scribe

Modern world

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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 Theodore (Theodoros) II ( el, Πάπας και Πατριάρχης Αλεξανδρείας και πάσης Αφρικής Θεόδωρος Β΄; born Nikolaos Horeftakis (), November 25, 1954) is the current Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of ...

(born 1954), current Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa *

Theo Angelopoulos Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (; ; 27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012) was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, and Angelopoulos was one of the most influential and widely re ...

(1935–2012), Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and producer * Theodorus Bailey (politician) (1758–1828), United States senator from New York * Theodorus Bailey (officer) (1805–1877), United States Navy rear admiral *

Theodorus W. Brevard Theodorus Washington Brevard (September 24, 1804 – 1877) was a Florida settler who served as Florida Comptroller for nearly ten years from April 3, 1851, to November 27, 1854, and from January 24, 1855, to December 14, 1860. He is the namesake ...

(1804–1877), American comptroller *

Theodorus Frederik van Capellen Vice-admiral Jonkheer Theodorus Frederik van Capellen, GCMWO, KCB (Nijmegen, 6 September 1762 – Brussels, 15 April 1824) was a Dutch naval officer. He was married to Petronella de Lange (1779–1835).Frederiks Alexine Tinne, female explor ...

(1762–1824), Dutch naval officer * Theodorus van der Croon (1668–1739), Dutch Archbishop of Utrecht *

Theodorus Dekker Theodorus Jozef Dekker (Dirk Dekker, 1 March 1927 - 25 November 2021) was a Dutch mathematician. Dekker completed his Ph.D. degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1958. His thesis was titled "Paradoxical Decompositions of Sets and Spaces". ...

(1927–2021), Dutch mathematician * Theodoros Diligiannis (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 (1724–1761), New York theologian * Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen (1657–1712), Dutch physician * Theodorus Klompe (1903–1963), Dutch geologist * Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770–1843), Greek general and preeminent leader of the Greek War of Independence * Theodorus van Kooten (1749–1813), Dutch poet, professor and politician * Theodorus B. M. Mason (1848–1899), American founder of the Office of Naval Intelligence * Theodorus Bailey Myers (1821–1888), American collector of books and historical manuscripts * Theodoros Natsinas (1872–1949), Greek teacher * Theodoros Negris (1790–1824), Greek politician * Theodorus Netscher (1661–1728), Dutch painter * Theodoros G. Orphanides (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 (born 1977), Greek basketball player * Theodorus Marinus Roest (1832–1898), Dutch numismatist * Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg (1806–1887), Dutch journalist, diplomat, and politician * Theodoros Roussopoulos (born 1963), Greek politician * Theodorus Johannes Schoon (1915–1985), Dutch-New Zealand artist, photographer and carver * Theodorus Schrevelius (1572–1649), Dutch writer and poet * Theodorus Skuminowicz (died 1668), Lithuanian Bishop of Vilnius * Theodoros Stamos (1922–1997), Greek-American painter * Theodoros Tripotseris (born 1986), Greek footballer * Theodoros Tzinis (1798–1869), Greek fighter in the Greek War of Independence * Theodoros Vasilakakis (born 1988), Greek footballer * Theodoros Velkos (born 1976), Greek badminton player * Theodoros Voutiritsas (born 1962), Greek football manager and former player * Theodoros Vryzakis (1819–1878), Greek painter * Theodoros Zagorakis (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