Socrates (disambiguation)

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Socrates (c. 469 BC – 399 BC) was an Athenian philosopher.

Socrates, Sokrates or Sokratis may also refer to:

People[]

Given name[]

Ancient Greeks[]

• Socrates of Achaea (c. 436–401 BC), mercenary general of the Ten Thousand
• Socrates of Macedon (4th century BC), a hipparchos or cavalry officer in Alexander the Great's army
• Socrates the Younger (4th century BC), Athenian philosopher
• Socrates Chrestus (died 90-88 BC), Greek prince and King of Bithynia

Religious figures[]

• martyrs Socrates and Stephen
• Socrates of Constantinople (born c. 380), also known as Socrates Scholasticus, a Byzantine church historian
• Socrates Villegas (born 1960), Roman Catholic archbishop in the Philippines

Athletes[]

• Sócrates (1954–2011), Brazilian football player
• Socrates Brito (born 1992), Dominican baseball player
• Sócrates Pedro (born 1992), Portuguese football player
• Sokratis Boudouris (born 1977), Greek football player
• Sokratis Dioudis (born 1993), Greek football goalkeeper
• Sokratis Fytanidis (born 1984), Greek football player
• Sokratis Lagoudakis (1861–1944), Greek track athlete
• Sokratis Papastathopoulos (born 1988), Greek football player
• Sokratis Tsoukalas (born 1992), Greek football player

Politicians, soldiers and businesspeople[]

• Socrates N. Sherman (1801–1873), U.S. Representative from New York and American Civil War officer
• Socrates Nelson (1814–1867), American businessman and politician
• Sócrates Rizzo (born 1945), Mexican politician
• Sokrates Starynkiewicz (1820–1902), Russian general and mayor of Warsaw
• Sokratis Kokkalis (born 1939), Greek businessman and billionaire

Writers[]

• Sócrates Nolasco (1884-1980), writer from the Dominican Republic
• Sokratis Giolias (1973–2010), assassinated Greek journalist
• Sokratis Skartsis (born 1936), Greek poet

Other[]

• Sokratis Malamas (born 1957), Greek singer/songwriter
• Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon, Sr. (1816-1855), American pioneer physician in the Oregon Territory

Surname[]

• Jeanne Socrates (born 1941 or 1942), British yachtswoman and solo circumnavigator
• José Sócrates (born 1957), Prime Minister of Portugal (2005–2011)

In literature[]

• Socrates, the name used by Petrarch in his writings to refer to his dear friend Lodewijk Heyligen
• Socrates, a pseudonym for the mentor-like figure in the books of Dan Millman

In entertainment[]

• Socrates (Voltaire), a play
• Socrates (film), a 1971 film directed by Roberto Rossellini
• Sócrates (film), a 2018 film directed by Alexandre Moratto
• Socrates Drank the Conium (sometimes abbreviated to "Socrates"), a Greek rock band
• VTech Socrates, an educational video game system
• Socrates II, a chess-playing computer program
• Socrates "Cooch" Windgrass, a character in the comic strip Footrot Flats
• Socrates, the lion from the film Animals United
• Socrates the Scarecrow, a character from the 1961 animated television series Tales of the Wizard of Oz and the 1964 animated television movie sequel Return to Oz

Other uses[]

• Socrates programme, a European education programme
• SOCRATES (satellite), a Japanese satellite
• Socrates (pain assessment), a mnemonic used in the evaluation of a patient's pain
• Project Socrates, a classified US Defense Intelligence Agency program established in 1983
• Socrates (sculpture), a 1950 outdoor sculpture by artist W.V. Casey
• Socrates Sculpture Park, New York City
• Socrates, Georgia, a community in the United States
• Socrates Mountain, a mountain in West Virginia
• (SOCRATES), a commercial service since 2004

See also[]

• Socrate, a symphonic drama about the philosopher Socrates by Erik Satie
• "Sokrati", the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
• Saukrates (born 1978), Canadian rapper

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