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Theo van Gogh (art dealer)
Theodorus van GoghNaifeh, Steven and Gregory White Smith. Van Gogh: the Life, p.23 New York: Random House (2011); (; 1 May 1857 – 25 January 1891) was a Dutch art dealer, the younger brother of Vincent van Gogh. Theo's unfailing financial an ...
(1857–1891), brother and supporter of painter
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...
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Theo van Gogh (film director)
Theodoor van Gogh (; 23 July 1957 – 2 November 2004) was a Dutch film director. He directed '' Submission: Part 1'', a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticised the treatment of women in Islam in s ...
(1957–2004), Dutch film director, great-grandson of the above
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Theo Heemskerk
Theodorus "Theo" Heemskerk (20 July 1852 – 12 June 1932) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 12 February 1908 until 29 August 1913.
Heemskerk is particularly known ...
(1852–1932), Dutch Prime Minister
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Theo Hernandez
Theo is a given name and a hypocorism.
Greek origin
Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example:
*Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, ...
(born 1997), French footballer
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Theo Hutchcraft (born 1986), English singer and songwriter
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Theo Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people
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Theo James (born 1984), English actor
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Theo Jansen
Theodorus Gerardus Jozef Jansen (; born 14 March 1948) is a Dutch artist. In 1990, he began building large mechanisms out of PVC that are able to move on their own and, collectively, are titled ''Strandbeest''. The kinetic sculptures appear to ...
(born 1948), Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor
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Theo Janssen
Theo Janssen (born 27 July 1981) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a midfielder for various clubs in the Netherlands, including Vitesse Arnhem, Twente and Ajax, as well as on loan for Belgian club Genk. He spent 10 years with Vitesse b ...
(born 1981), Dutch footballer
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Theo Jörgensmann
Theodor Franz Jörgensmann (born 29 September 1948) is a German jazz clarinetist.
Activities
Theo Jörgensmann belongs to the second generation of European free jazz musicians. He was part of the clarinet renaissance in the jazz and improvisi ...
(born 1948), German jazz clarinetist and composer
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Théo Lefèvre
Théodore Joseph Albéric Marie "Théo" Lefèvre (17 January 1914 – 18 September 1973) was a lawyer at the Ghent court of justice. In 1946 he became deputy of the Belgian parliament for the PSC-CVP. Between 25 April 1961 and 28 July 1965 he wa ...
(1914–1973), Belgian Prime Minister
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Theo Lingen (1903–1978), German actor, film director and screenwriter
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Theo Mackeben Relief from Mackeben's tombstone
Theo Mackeben, born 5 January 1897 in Preußisch Stargard, Westpreußen, died 10 January 1953 in Berlin, was a German pianist, conductor and composer, particularly of film music.Lamb A. Theo Mackeben. In: ''The Ne ...
(1897–1953), German composer and conductor
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Theo Osterkamp (1892–1975), German flying ace in both World War I and World War II
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Theo Pelouze (1807–1867), French chemist
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Theo de Raadt (born 1968), South African-born Canadian founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects
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Theo Ratliff (born 1973), American basketball player (Theophalus)
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Theo Rossi (born 1975), American actor and producer
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Théo van Rysselberghe
Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe (23 November 1862 – 13 December 1926) was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the twentieth century.
Biography
Early years
Born i ...
(1862–1926), Belgian neo-impressionist painter
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Théo Sarapo (1936–1970), French singer and actor, husband of
Édith Piaf
Édith Piaf (, , ; born Édith Giovanna Gassion, ; December 19, 1915– October 10, 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely known international stars.
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Theo Smyrnaeus (fl. 100 CE), Greek philosopher and mathematician (Theon)
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Theo Sommer
Theo Sommer (10 June 1930 – 22 August 2022) was a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He began working for ''Die Zeit'' in 1958, rising to an editor-in-chief and publisher. His editorials for ''Die Zeit'' shaped the paper's social-libera ...
(1930–2022), German newspaper editor and intellectual
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Theo Timmer
Theo Timmer (born 6 March 1949) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He had his best season in 1981 when he won the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix and finished the season in second place, behind Ricardo Tormo. In 197 ...
(born 1949), Dutch motorcycle racer
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Theo Timmermans (footballer born 1926), Dutch footballer
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Theo Timmermans (born 1989), Dutch footballer
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Theo Von (born 1980), American stand-up comedian, television personality, host, and actor
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Theo Waigel (born 1939), German politician, known as the father of the Euro
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Theo Walcott (born 1989), English footballer
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Theo Zagorakis (born 1971), Greek footballer and politician
Fictional characters
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Theo, the self-proclaimed 'King of All the Land', protagonist of ''Ultra Jump Mania'' and Tari's first companion in the ''
Meta Runner'' web series
* Theo Decker, main character in Donna Tartt's novel
''The Goldfinch''
* Theo Faron, the main character in P.D. James's 1992 novel ''
The Children of Men'' and of the 2006 film ''
Children of Men'' based on the novel
* Theo Fobius, in the webcomic
''Schlock Mercenary''
* Theo Kojak, lead character of the ''
Kojak'' television series
* Theo Raeken, a fictional character in the 2011-2017 TV series ''
Teen Wolf
''Teen Wolf'' is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is chang ...
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* Theo Saville, one of the main characters on the television series ''
A Million Little Things'', son of Eddie and Katherine
See also
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Teo (disambiguation)
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THEO (Testing the Habitability of Enceladus's Ocean), a spacecraft mission to Enceladus
References
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English masculine given names