Archon (Gr. αρχων, pl. αρχοντες) is a Greek word that means "ruler".

Archon may also refer to:

Butterflies and moths

  • Archon (butterfly), a genus of butterflies
  • Paysandisia archon, a moth

Entertainment

  • Archon (convention), a science fiction/gaming convention held in Collinsville, Illinois
  • Archon (Dungeons & Dragons), a fantasy race featured in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
  • Archon: The Light and the Dark, a 1983 video game
  • Archon II: Adept, a 1984 video game
  • Archons, the crew of the U.S.S. Archon in the original Star Trek episode "The Return of the Archons"
  • The Archon, the second book of the Oracle Prophecies Trilogy by Catherine Fisher
  • Archon, an Angelic Battle-Priest from the video game Darksiders II
  • Archon, a character from the video game Mass Effect: Andromeda
  • Archons, powerful hybrid enemies bearing resemblance to Gnostic archons in the video game Warframe
  • Archons, gods who rule each of the seven nations in Teyvat in Genshin Impact

People

  • Archon of Pella, a satrap of Babylonia and one of the Diadochi
  • Archon of Aegeira, an Achaean statesman in the 2nd century BCE

Other uses

  • Archon, Aisne, a commune in northern France
  • Archon (Gnosticism), a kind of supernatural being who stood between the human race and a transcendent God
  • Archon (software), open source archival information system
  • Archon Corporation, a company that has owned casinos and water parks
  • Archon X Prize, a genomics contest
  • ARCHON Directory, a computer directory in the UK's National Archives
  • Archon, an object classification in the SCP Foundation storytelling project

See also

  • Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, an award of merit bestowed by the Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Archaeon, a domain of single-celled microorganisms
  • Archonta, a (possibly obsolete) category of mammals including primates and bats
  • Arcon (disambiguation)