Sapiens, a Latin word meaning "one who knows", may refer to:

People

  • Berengarius Sapiens, a designation for Berengar the Wise, count of Toulouse (814-835) and duke of Septimania (832-835)
  • Cato the Elder (234 BC–149 BC), known by the cognomen Sapiens; a Roman statesman
  • Cenn Fáelad mac Aillila (died 679), referred to sapiens; an Irish scholar
  • Gaius Laelius Sapiens (c. 188 BC-?), a Roman statesman
  • Gildas Sapiens, a designation for Saint Gildas (c. 500–570), a 6th-century British cleric

Fiction

  • Felis sapiens (also Felix sapiens), a fictional, sentient, humanoid species from the Red Dwarf television series
  • Icthyo sapiens is a species designation given to at least two fictional characters:
  • The Mariner, played by Kevin Costner in the sci-fi film Waterworld
  • Abe Sapien, a fictional character in the Hellboy comic book series

Other

  • Homo sapiens, the scientific name for humans
  • Hydro Sapiens, an art performance performed by The Lunatics from the Netherlands
  • Robo-Sapiens, the debut album by Malibu
  • Sapiens International Corporation, a computer software company
  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, 2014 book by Yuval Harari
  • Vipera Sapiens, an EP by Brazilian heavy metal band Viper
  • We the Sapiens, a voluntary organisation affiliated to Humanist International and Atheist Alliance International
  • Sapiens (magazine), an online anthropology magazine
  • Sapiens (video game), a 1986 video game

See also

  • Sapience
  • Sapient (disambiguation)
  • Sapienza (disambiguation)