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 Saskatche ...
is derived. The feminine version is
Theodora.
It may refer to:
Ancient world
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Theodorus of Samos, 6th-century BC Greek sculptor, architect and inventor
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Theodorus of Cyrene, 5th-century BC Libyan Greek mathematician
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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 confirmation ...
, late 5th-century BC Greek sophist and orator
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Theodorus the Atheist (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, Su ...
n Greek philosopher
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Theodorus of Athamania (), King of a tribe in Epirus
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Theodorus (meridarch) (), civil governor of the Swat province of the Indo-Greek kingdom
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Theodorus of Gadara, 1st-century BC Greek rhetorician
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Theodorus of Asine (), Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
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Theodorus of Tabennese (c. 314–368), Egyptian Christian monk
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Theodorus (usurper) (), Roman usurper against Emperor Valens
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Theodorus Priscianus, 4th-century physician at Constantinople
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Theodorus I (bishop of Milan) (died 490)
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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 Alb ...
(), Roman politician
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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 ...
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Theodore Rshtuni (590-654/655), Armenian nobleman who fought against the first Arab invasions of Armenia
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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)
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Saint Theodorus (c. 775–c. 842), monk from Jerusalem
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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 r ...
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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)
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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 I ...
, Emperor of Nicaea (1254–1258)
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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 rh ...
(fl. 1300), Byzantine court official and writer
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Theodorus Bailey (officer) (1805–1877), United States Navy rear admiral
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Theodorus W. Brevard (1804–1877), American comptroller
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Theodorus Frederik van Capellen (1762–1824), Dutch naval officer
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Theodorus van der Croon
Theodorus van der Croon (1668-1739) served as the ninth Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands#Old Catholic Archbishops of Utrecht, Archbishop of Utrecht from 1734 to 1739.
Early Ministry & Association with the Chapter of Utrecht
Van der Croon ...
(1668–1739), Dutch Archbishop of Utrecht
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Theodorus Dekker (1927–2021), Dutch mathematician
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Theodoros Diligiannis (1820–1905), Greek politician, five times Prime Minister of Greece
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Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (c. 1691–c. 1747), German-American minister and theologian
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Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen II (1724–1761), New York theologian
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Theodorus Janssonius van Almeloveen (1657–1712), Dutch physician
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Theodorus Klompe (1903–1963), Dutch geologist
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Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis ( el, Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης; 3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire. Kolokotronis's gr ...
(1770–1843), Greek general and preeminent leader of the Greek War of Independence
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Theodorus van Kooten (1749–1813), Dutch poet, professor and politician
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Theodorus B. M. Mason
Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason (May 8, 1848 – October 15, 1899) was the founder and first head of the United States Office of Naval Intelligence, with the post of Chief Intelligence Officer (prior to it being redesignated as Director of Naval Int ...
(1848–1899), American founder of the Office of Naval Intelligence
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Theodorus Bailey Myers
Theodorus Bailey Myers (December 13, 1821 – June 16, 1888), was an American lawyer, philanthropist, served as a colonel in the U.S. Military, and a collector of books and historical manuscripts.
Biography
Myers was born to Major Mordecai Myers ...
(1821–1888), American collector of books and historical manuscripts
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Theodoros Natsinas
Theodoros Natsinas ( el, Θεόδωρος Νάτσινας; 8 July 1872 - 2 February 1949) was a Greek teacher. He was born in Siatista ( el, Σιάτιστα), then part of the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece.
Career
He studied Physics and Mathemat ...
(1872–1949), Greek teacher
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Theodoros Negris
Theodoros Negris ( el, Θεόδωρος Νέγρης, Constantinople, 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. He was the son ...
(1790–1824), Greek politician
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Theodorus Netscher
Theodorus Netscher (1661, Bordeaux – 1728, Hulst), (''alias'': Theodor/Theodoor/de Fransche Netscher) was an 18th-century painter from the northern Netherlands.
Biography
According to Johan van Gool he was taught to paint from his fathe ...
(1661–1728), Dutch painter
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Theodoros G. Orphanides
Theodoros Orphanides or Orphanidis ( el, Θεόδωρος Ορφανίδης; 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 ...
(1817–1886), Greek botanist
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Theodoros Pangalos (general)
Lieutenant General Theodoros Pangalos (; 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 role in the Septem ...
(1878–1952), Greek general, dictator in 1925–26
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Theodoros Pangalos (politician) (born 1938), Greek politician, foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Greece
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Theodoros Papagiannis (born 1942), Greek sculptor
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Theodoros Papaloukas (born 1977), Greek basketball player
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Theodorus Marinus Roest (1832–1898), Dutch numismatist
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Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg
Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg (8 July 1806, Rotterdam – 3 March 1887, 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
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Theodoros Roussopoulos
Theodoros Roussopoulos (; born 13 September 1963) is a Greek politician. He was Minister of State and Government Spokesman from 7 March 2004 until 23 October 2008, as well as one of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis's closest aides. Theodoros Rouss ...
(born 1963), Greek politician
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Theodorus Johannes Schoon
Theodorus Johannes Schoon (31 July 1915 – 14 July 1985) was a New Zealand artist, photographer and carver of Dutch descent.
Biography
Theo Schoon was born at Kebumen, Java in the East Indies, the son of Dutch parents, Johannes Theodorus S ...
(1915–1985), Dutch-New Zealand artist, photographer and carver
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Theodorus Schrevelius (1572–1649), Dutch writer and poet
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Theodorus Skuminowicz
Teodor Skuminowicz or Theodorus Skumin (died on 24 September 1668) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1652–1668) and Titular Bishop of ''Gratianopolis'' (1652–1668).
Biography
On 12 August 1652, Teodor Sk ...
(died 1668), Lithuanian Bishop of Vilnius
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Theodoros Stamos (1922–1997), Greek-American painter
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Theodoros Tripotseris (born 1986), Greek footballer
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Theodoros Tzinis
Theodoros Tzinis () (*1798 ; †1869) was a Greek hero of the Greek War of Independence.
He was born in Kompoti, Arta in 1798 and was the main friend of Nikolaos Skoufas, a leader of Filiki Etaireia. He battled against the Turks in Messolongi and ...
(1798–1869), Greek fighter in the Greek War of Independence
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Theodoros Vasilakakis
Theodoros Vasilakakis ( el, Θεόδωρος Βασιλακάκης; born 20 July 1988) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League club Lamia.
Career
Born in Thessaloniki, Vasilakakis began playing ...
(born 1988), Greek footballer
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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 t ...
(born 1976), Greek badminton player
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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
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Theodoros Vryzakis (1819–1878), Greek painter
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Theodoros Zagorakis (born 1971), Greek politician and former footballer
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Theodoros Ziakas (1798–1882), Greek fighter in the Greek War of Independence
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