Plato Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institutio ...

(428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher. Plato may also refer to:

People

Given name or nickname

* Plato (comic poet) () * Plato (exarch) (), Byzantine exarch of Ravenna *

Plato II Plato II or Platon II (29 June 1737 – 11 November 1812) was the Metropolitan of Moscow from 1775 to 1812. He personifies the Age of Enlightenment in the Russian Orthodox Church. He was born at Chashnikovo near Moscow as Platon Levshin (russian ...

(1737–1812), Metropolitan of Moscow in 1775–1812 * Plato III (born 1993), American rapper * Plato of Bactria (2nd century BCE), Greco-Bactrian king * Plato of Sakkoudion (–814), Byzantine saint * Plato Andros (1921–2008), American football player *

Plato Cacheris Plato Cacheris (May 22, 1929 – September 26, 2019) was an American lawyer. He was known as one of Washington's premier defense lawyers, particularly prominent in political scandals. Early life Cacheris was the son of a Greek immigrant. He gre ...

(1929–2019), American lawyer *

Plato T. Durham Plato Tracy Durham (September 9, 1873 - February 10, 1930) was the first Dean of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, serving from 1914 to 1918. Background Plato Tracy Durham was born on September 9, 1873, in Shelby, North Carol ...

(1873–1930), American academic administrator * Plato Fludd (), American politician *

Plato Malinovsky Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution ...

, Metropolitan of Moscow in 1745–1754 * Plato Malozemoff (1909–1997), Russian-American engineer and businessman *

Plato E. Shaw Plato Ernest Oliver Shaw (April 2, 1883 — August 5, 1947) was an American historian and seminary professor born in Athens, Greece. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, Columbia University, Union Theological Seminary, the University of Edinburgh, ...

(1883–1947), American historian *

Plato A. Skouras Plato Alexander Skouras (March 7, 1930 – July 4, 2004) was an American film producer. He was the son of Spyros Skouras. Skouras worked in theatres and became a production assistant in Hollywood at 20th Century Fox. He became a producer and, ...

(1930–2004), American film producer * Plato Tiburtinus, 12th-century Italian mathematician, astronomer and translator * Plato von Ustinov (1840–1918), Russian-born German hotelier *

George Haimsohn George Haimsohn (June 12, 1925 – January 17, 2003) was an American writer and photographer. He was best known for co-writing the book and libretto of the popular 1960s Off-Broadway musical ''Dames at'' Sea. He produced male nude and "physique ...

(1925–2003), American photographer

Surname

Ann Plato Ann Plato (c. 1824 – unknown)Wright 736. was a 19th-century Black (African American and Native American) educator and author. She was the second woman of color to publish a book in the United States and the first to publish a book of essays and p ...

(born ), Black American author and educator * Anton-Detlev von Plato (1910–2001), German general * Burr Plato (–1905), Canadian political figure * Chad Plato (born 1998), Nigerian rugby union player * Dan Plato (born 1960), South African politician * Dana Plato (1964–1999), American actress * Fritz Plato (1858–1938), German chemist * Jason Plato (born 1967), British racing driver * Samuel Plato (1882–1957), American architect

Places

* Plato, Saskatchewan, Canada * Plato, Magdalena, Colombia ** Plato Airport * Plato Township, Kane County, Illinois, United States * Plato, Indiana, United States *

Plato, Iowa Plato is an unincorporated community in Cedar County Cedar County may refer to: * Cedar County, Iowa * Cedar County, Missouri * Cedar County, Nebraska * Cedar County, Choctaw Nation * Cedar County, Washington The list of county secession p ...

, United States *

Plato, Minnesota Plato is a city in eastern McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 320 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Plato has been in operation since 1858. The city was named for Plato, a Greek philosopher. Geography A ...

, United States * Plato, Missouri, United States * Plato Island, Antarctica

Science and technology

* ''Plato'' (spider), a genus of ray spider * PLATO (computer system), a computer-assisted instruction system * PLATO (spacecraft), an ESA space observatory, due to launch in 2026 * Plato (crater), a lunar crater * 5451 Plato, a main-belt asteroid * SAM-A-19 Plato, an anti-ballistic missile project * Plato scale, a scale for the gravity of beer wort and distilled spirits

Other uses

* ''Plato'' (film), a 2008 Russian film * Plato (mythology), a son of Lycaon of Arcadia in Greek mythology * Plato, a character in ''

Rebel Without a Cause ''Rebel Without a Cause'' is a 1955 American coming-of-age drama film about emotionally confused suburban A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that ...

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PLATO WA PLATO WA, an abbreviation of 'People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes', was a lobby group led by Marko Vojkovic that was at the forefront of an ultimately successful campaign of parents and teachers against the implementation of Outcomes Based E ...