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

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is derived. The feminine version is

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

. 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 (; 450 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician. The only first-hand accounts of him that survive are in three of Plato's dialogues: the '' Theaetetus'', the ''Sophist'', and the ''Statesman''. In the first dialogue, he posits ...

, 5th-century BC Libyan Greek mathematician *

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

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

Theodorus the Atheist Theodorus "the Atheist" (; 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 Cyrenaic philosopher, he taught that ...

(c. 340–c. 250 BC),

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

n Greek philosopher *

Theodorus of Athamania Theodorus of Athamania (Greek: Θεοδώρος Αθαμανίας) was king of the Athamanians in south-eastern Epirus. He is known otherwise only from the Delian temple inventories: his daughter Phila Phila most often refers to a shortened name ...

(), King of a tribe in Epirus *

Theodorus (meridarch) Theodorus () was a " meridarch" (Civil Governor of a province) in the Swat province of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, in Modern northern Pakistan, probably sometime between 100 BCE and the end of Greek rule in Gandhara in 55 BCE. He is only known from ...

(), civil governor of the Swat province of the Indo-Greek kingdom * Theodorus of Gadara, 1st-century BC Greek rhetorician * Theodorus of Asine (), 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 collapsi ...

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

Theodorus Priscianus Theodorus Priscianus () 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 Vindicianus, fixing the period of his life in t ...

, 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 (, ''Theodoros Anagnostes''; fl. 6th century AD) was a Reader (liturgy), 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 which ...

(), Byzantine scholar and historian *

Theodore Rshtuni Theodore or Theodoros Rshtuni (, ; AD 590–655 or 656), equated with Pasagnathes (), the "''patrikios'' of the Armenians" from the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor,

(590-654/655), Armenian nobleman who fought against the first Arab invasions of Armenia *

Theodorus (archbishop of Ravenna) Theodorus was the archbishop of Ravenna from 677 to 691. Life Consecrated in Ravenna by his suffragans, under his tenure the church of Ravenna reconciled with the Roman papacy, thus ending a period of acrimony during which the Byzantine emperor ...

(died 691) *

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 from 730 to 742. He was a monk in a monastery near Mariout, which was known as the monastery of Tanbou ...

, 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, also called Balsamo, () 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, after 1195 (Petit ...

, 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, but ...

Theodore I Laskaris Theodore I Laskaris or Lascaris (; 1175November 1221) was the first emperor of Nicaea—a successor state of the Byzantine Empire—from 1205 to his death. Although he was born to an obscure aristocratic family, his mother was related t ...

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

Theodore II Laskaris Theodore II Laskaris or Ducas Lascaris (; November 1221/1222 – 16 August 1258) was Emperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258. He was the only child of Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and Empress Irene Laskarina. His mother was the eldest da ...

, Emperor of Nicaea (1254–1258) *

Theodore Hyrtakenos Theodore Hyrtakenos, Latinized as Theodorus Hyrtacenus (), 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 rhetoric ...

(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 (court title), Despot in the Despotate of the Morea, Morea from 1407 to 1443 and in S ...

(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

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

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria Pope Tawadros II (born 4 November 1952 ) is the 118th and current Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, succeeding the late Pope Shenouda III as leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. He took office on 18 Nov ...

(born 1952), current Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark *

Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria Theodore (Theodoros) II (; born ''Nikolaos Khoreftakis'' (), November 25, 1954) is the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa. He was previously a monk in the Agarathos Holy Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Ear ...

(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 respect ...

(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 Vice-Admiral Theodorus Frederik van Capellen, GCMWO, KCB (6 September 1762 – 15 April 1824) was a Dutch naval officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.Frederiks Career Van Capellen entered service in 1781 in the ...

(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 Theodoros Diligiannis (also transliterated as Deligiannis;Konstantinos Apostolou Vakalopoulos, ''Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912)'', Barbounakis, 1988, p. 95. ; 1826–1905) was a Greek politician, minister and member of the Greek Parlia ...

(1820–1905), Greek politician, five times Prime Minister of Greece *

Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (born Theodor Jakob Frelinghaus, – ) was a German-American Dutch Reformed minister, theologian and the progenitor of the Frelinghuysen family in the United States of America. Frelinghuysen is most remember ...

(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 s ...

(1724–1761), New York theologian *

Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen (24 July 1657 – 28 July 1712) (Theodoor Jansson) was a Dutch physician, and the learned editor of various classical and medical works. He was born at Mijdrecht, near Utrecht, where his father was minister of th ...

(1657–1712), Dutch physician * Theodorus Klompe (1903–1963), Dutch geologist *

Theodoros Kolokotronis Theodoros Kolokotronis (; 3 April 1770 – ) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire. The son of a klepht leader who fought the Ottomans during the Orlov revolt ...

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

Theodorus van Kooten TheodorusvanKooten

Dr. Theodorus van Kooten (Leeuwarden, 22 Octobe ...

(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 Theodoros Natsinas (; 8 July 1872 - 2 February 1949) was a Greece, Greek teacher. He was born in Siatista (), then part of the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece. Career He studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Athens, where he received ...

(1872–1949), Greek teacher *

Theodoros Negris Theodoros Negris (, Constantinople, c. 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. His father was George Negris. His cousins Alexa ...

(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 Dutch Republic. Biography According to Johan van Gool he was taught to paint from his father, and th ...

(1661–1728), Dutch painter *

Theodoros G. Orphanides Theodoros Orphanides or Orphanidis (; 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 in Greece. The genus Orphanidesia is name ...

(1817–1886), Greek botanist *

Theodoros Pangalos (general) Theodoros Pangalos (, romanized: ''Theódoros Pángalos''; 11 January 1878 – 26 February 1952) was a Greek general, politician and dictator. A distinguished staff officer and an ardent Venizelist and anti-royalist, Pangalos played a leading r ...

(1878–1952), Greek general, dictator in 1925–26 *

Theodoros Pangalos (politician) Theodoros Pangalos (; 17 August 1938 – 31 May 2023) was a Greek politician and leading member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). He served as the deputy prime minister of Greece, responsible for the coordination of the Government ...

(1938–2023), Greek politician, foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Greece *

Theodoros Papagiannis Theodoros Papagiannis (, born 1942) is a Greek sculptor. His work is held by many collections and stands in public places in Greece and elsewhere, including his sculpture "The Runners" at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Life Theodoros P ...

(born 1942), Greek sculptor *

Theodoros Papaloukas Theodoros Papaloukas (Greek: Θεόδωρος Παπαλουκάς; born 8 May 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 memb ...

(born 1977), Greek basketball player *

Theodorus Marinus Roest Theodorus Marinus Roest (14 April 1832, Dongen – 2 September 1898 Baden-Baden) was a Dutch numismatist and conservator of the numismatic collection of the Teylers Museum. In 1872 he was appointed ''associé étranger'' of the ''Sociéte ro ...

(1832–1898), Dutch numismatist *

Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg (8 July 1806, in Rotterdam – 3 March 1887, in 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 Rotte ...

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

Theodoros Roussopoulos Theodoros Roussopoulos (; born 13 September 1963) is a Greece, Greek journalist, politician and university professor. He entered politics in 2000 and served as the Minister of State (Greece), Minister of State and Government Spokesman from 7 March ...

(born 1963), Greek politician *

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

(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 ...

(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 Bishop of Vilnius, Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1652–1668) and Titular Bishop of ''Gratianopolis'' (1652–1668). Biography On 12 Aug ...

(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 (born 1986), Greek footballer *

Theodoros Tzinis Theodoros Tzinis () (c. 1798 - 1869) was a Greece, Greek fighter of the Greek War of Independence. He was born in Kompoti, Arta, Greece, Arta in about 1798 and was the main friend of Nikolaos Skoufas, a leader of Filiki Eteria, Filiki Etaireia. He ...

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

(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 (; 1814–1878) 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. Biography He grew up during the years of ...

(1819–1878), Greek painter *

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

(born 1971), Greek politician and former footballer *

Theodoros Ziakas Theodoros Ziakas (; Mavronoros, Grevena, 1798 – Atalanti, 1882) was a chieftain in Macedonia during the Greek War of Independence in 1821. Biography His family were Armatoloi in Western Macedonia. When the Greek War of Independence broke out, T ...

(1798–1882), Greek fighter in the Greek War of Independence

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Modern world

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