Socrates was an Athenian philosopher.

Socrates, Sócrates, 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

Athletes

  • Sócrates (1954–2011), Brazilian footballer
  • Socrates Brito (born 1992), Dominican baseball player
  • Sócrates Parri (born 1966), Spanish footballer
  • Sócrates Pedro (born 1992), Portuguese footballer
  • Sócrates Quintana (1891–1984), Spanish footballer and artist
  • Sokratis Aristodimou (born 1970), Cypriot alpine skier
  • Sokratis Boudouris (born 1977), Greek footballer
  • Sokratis Dioudis (born 1993), Greek football goalkeeper
  • Sokratis Fytanidis (born 1984), Greek footballer
  • Sokratis Kyrillidis (born 1998), Greek footballer
  • Sokratis Lagoudakis (1861–1944), Greek track athlete
  • Sokratis Naoumis (born 1997), Greek basketball player
  • Sokratis Ofrydopoulos (born 1973), Greek football manager and former player
  • Sokratis Papastathopoulos (born 1988), Greek footballer
  • Sokratis Petrou (born 1979), Greek footballer
  • Sokratis Psaropoulos (born 1992), Greek basketball player
  • Sokratis Tsoukalas (born 1992), Greek footballer

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
  • Socrates Tuttle (1819–1885), American politician from New Jersey
  • Sokrates Starynkiewicz (1820–1902), Russian general and mayor of Warsaw
  • Sokratis Kokkalis (born 1939), Greek businessman and billionaire
  • Sokratis Kosmidis (born 1945), Greek lawyer and politician
  • Sokratis Xynidis (born 1963), Greek politician

Religious figures

  • martyrs Socrates and Stephen
  • Socrates of Constantinople (c. 380–after 439), also known as Socrates Scholasticus, a Byzantine church historian
  • Socrates Villegas (born 1960), Roman Catholic archbishop in the Philippines

Writers

  • Socrates K. Valath (born 1963), Indian novelist and short story writer
  • Sócrates Nolasco (1884–1980), writer from the Dominican Republic
  • Sokratis Giolias (1973–2010), assassinated Greek journalist
  • Sokratis Skartsis (1936–2024), Greek poet and writer

Other

  • Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon, Sr. (1816–1855), American pioneer physician in the Oregon Territory
  • Socrates Tzartos, Greek biologist and neuro-immunologist
  • Sokrates Pantelides (born 1948), Greek American physicist and electrical engineer
  • Sokratis Karantinos (1906–1979), Greek theatre director, theatre critic, drama school teacher and actor
  • Sokratis Malamas (born 1957), Greek singer/songwriter

Surname

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

In literature

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

Arts and entertainment

  • Socrates "Cooch" Windgrass, a character in the comic strip Footrot Flats
  • Socrates Drank the Conium (sometimes abbreviated to "Socrates"), a Greek rock band
  • Socrates (sculpture), a 1950 outdoor sculpture by W. V. Casey
  • Socrates (Voltaire), a play

Film and TV

  • Socrates (film), a 1971 film directed by Roberto Rossellini
  • Sócrates (film), a 2018 film directed by Alexandre Moratto
  • 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
  • Socrates, the lion from the film Animals United

Other uses

  • Project Socrates, a classified US Defense Intelligence Agency program established in 1983
  • Socrates II, a chess-playing computer program
  • Socrates Mountain, a mountain in West Virginia
  • Socrates (pain assessment), a mnemonic used in the evaluation of a patient's pain
  • Socrates programme, a European education programme
  • SOCRATES (satellite), a Japanese satellite
  • Socrates Sculpture Park, New York City
  • Socrates, Georgia, a community in the United States
  • VTech Socrates, an educational video game system

See also

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