Socrates (disambiguation)

Socrates is a Greek name (Σωκράτης), which has recently also been transliterated as Sokratis in English. The best known of this name is the Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates.

Socrates may also refer to:

People

Given name

Ancient Greece

• Socrates of Achaea (c. 436-401 BC), a mercenary general of the Ten Thousand
• Socrates of Macedon, a hipparchos or cavalry officer in Alexander the Great's army
• Socrates the Younger, an interlocutor in Plato's Statesman

In Christianity

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

Sports

• Sócrates (born 1954), a Brazilian football player
• Sokratis Bountouris (born 1977), a Greek football player
• Sokratis Fytanidis (born 1984), a Greek football player
• Sokratis Lagoudakis (1861-1944), a Greek track athlete
• Sokratis Papastathopoulos (born 1988), a Greek football player

Other

• Sokratis Kokkalis (born 1939), a Greek businessman
• Socrates N. Sherman (1801-1873), U.S. Representative from New York and officer in the American Civil War
• Assassination of Sokratis Giolias (1973-2010), a Greek journalist
• Sokratis Skartsis (born 1936), a Greek poet
• Saukrates (born 1977), a Canadian rapper
• Sokratis Malamas (born 1957), a Greek singer/songwriter

Surname

• José Sócrates (born 1957), Prime Minister of Portugal...
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