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:

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Plato (comic poet) Plato (also Plato Comicus; Ancient Greek: Πλάτων Κωμικός) was an Athenian comic poet and contemporary of Aristophanes. None of his plays survive intact, but the titles of thirty of them are known, including a ''Hyperbolus'' (c. 420– ...

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Plato (exarch) Plato ( el, Πλάτων, Plátōn; ) was the Exarch of Ravenna from 645 to 649. He is known primarily for his monothelitism, as well as for his opposition to Pope Theodore I, whom he convinced Patriarch Paul II of Constantinople to break with. H ...

(), Byzantine exarch of Ravenna * Plato II (1737–1812), Metropolitan of Moscow in 1775–1812 * Plato III (born 1993), American rapper *

Plato of Bactria Diodotus III Plato (Greek: ; ''Platon'' "broad-shouldered") was a Greco-Bactrian king, also known simply by the regnal name Diodotus III, who for a short time ruled in southern Bactria during the mid 2nd century BCE. The style of Plato's coins s ...

(2nd century BCE), Greco-Bactrian king *

Plato of Sakkoudion Platon the Studite, also Plato of Sakkoudion ( gr, Ὅσιος Πλάτων τῆς Μονῆς τῶν Σακκουδίων), probably Constantinople, ca. 735 – Constantinople, 4 April 814, was a Byzantine minor official who became a monk in 75 ...

(–814), Byzantine saint *

Plato Andros Plato Gus Andrecopoulos (November 28, 1921 – September 22, 2008) was a college All-American and professional football player. A 6'0", 240 lbs. guard from the University of Oklahoma, Andros spent four years in the United States Coast Gu ...

(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, Metropolitan of Moscow in 1745–1754 *

Plato Malozemoff Plato Malozemoff (born Platon Alexandovich Malozyomov, russian: Платон Александрович Малозёмов; 1909–1997) was a Russian-American engineer, manager, and businessman. Early life and education Malozemoff was born in ...

(1909–1997), Russian-American engineer and businessman * Plato E. Shaw (1883–1947), American historian * Plato A. Skouras (1930–2004), American film producer * Plato Tiburtinus, 12th-century Italian mathematician, astronomer and translator *

Plato von Ustinov Plato Freiherr von Ustinov (born Platon Grigoryevich Ustinov, russian: Платон Григорьевич Устинов; 1840–1918) was a Russian-born German citizen and the owner of the Hôtel du Parc (Park Hotel) in Jaffa, Ottoman Empire ...

(1840–1918), Russian-born German hotelier * George Haimsohn (1925–2003), American photographer

Surname

* Ann Plato (born ), Black American author and educator * Anton-Detlev von Plato (1910–2001), German general *

Burr Plato Burr Plato (–1905) was a Canadian political figure. Of African-American background, he was born into slavery in Logan County, today part of West Virginia. Burr succeeded in escaping enslavement and making his way to Canada in 1856 after an arduo ...

(–1905), Canadian political figure * Chad Plato (born 1998), Nigerian rugby union player * Dan Plato (born 1960), South African politician *

Dana Plato Dana Michelle Plato (née Strain; November 7, 1964 – May 8, 1999) was an American actress. An influential " teen idol" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Plato was recognized for her television work, for which she was included on VH1's list o ...

(1964–1999), American actress *

Fritz Plato Fritz Plato (1858 – 1938) was a German chemist. The unit for specific gravity Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material. Specific g ...

(1858–1938), German chemist *

Jason Plato Timothy Jason Plato (born 14 October 1967) is a British racing driver who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for BTC Racing. He has twice been BTCC Champion, in 2001 for Vauxhall and 2010 for Silverline Chevrolet. ...

(born 1967), British racing driver *

Samuel Plato Samuel M. Plato (1882–1957) was an American architect and building contractor who is noted for his work on federal housing projects and U.S. post offices, as well as designing and building other structures in the United States such as priva ...

(1882–1957), American architect

Places

Plato, Saskatchewan Plato is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Snipe Lake No. 259, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community was named after Plato, Minnesota, which had been the home town of Richard and Agnes Brust, early pioneers. The town is ...

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Plato, Magdalena Plato is a town and municipality in Magdalena Department in Colombia. * Area: 1,501 km². * Elevation: 20 meters * Population: 66,362 ** Rural: 18,625 ** Urban: 47,737 * Agricultural products: livestock, corn, beans, tomatoes, yuca, tobacc ...

, Colombia **

Plato Airport Plato Airport is an airport serving the town of 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 ...

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

Science and technology

* ''Plato'' (spider), a genus of ray spider *

PLATO (computer system) Plato (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 (1737–1812), Metropolitan of Mos ...

, a computer-assisted instruction system *

PLATO (spacecraft) PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is a space telescope under development by the European Space Agency for launch in 2026. The mission goals are to search for planetary transits across up to one million stars, and to discover a ...

, an ESA space observatory, due to launch in 2026 *

Plato (crater) Plato is a lava-filled lunar impact crater on the Moon. Its diameter is 101 km. It was named after ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It is located on the northeastern shore of the Mare Imbrium, at the western extremity of the Montes Alpes m ...

, a lunar crater * 5451 Plato, a main-belt asteroid * SAM-A-19 Plato, an anti-ballistic missile project *

Plato scale When drinking beer, there are many factors to be considered. Principal among them are bitterness, the variety of flavours present in the beverage and their intensity, alcohol content, and colour. Standards for those characteristics allow a more o ...

, a scale for the gravity of beer wort and distilled spirits

Other uses

* ''Plato'' (film), a 2008 Russian film *

Plato (mythology) In Greek mythology, Plato ( ; Ancient Greek: Πλάτων or Πλάτωνα ''Plátōn'', means 'broad-shouldered') was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by unknown woma ...

, 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 ...