Perikles (name)

Perikles or Pericles or Periklis (Greek: Περικλής) is a Greek masculine given name.

Notable people with the given name include

Ancient world

• Pericles (circa 495-429 BC), Athenian statesman, orator and general
  • Pericles the Younger (440s–406 BCE), Athenian general, illegitimate son of the above
• Pericles, Dynast of Lycia (circa 380-360 BC), Dynast of Lycia

Modern world

• Pericles Abbasi, American attorney
• Periklis Bousinakis, Greek footballer
• Periklis Dorkofikis, Greek basketball player
• Periklis Hristoforidis, Greek film actor
• Perikles Ioannidis (1881-1965), Greek admiral
• Perikles Kakousis (1879-1939), Greek weightlifter
• Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, 19th century Greek fencer
• Periklis Panagopoulos, Greek shipping magnate
• Périclès Pantazis, Greek impressionist painter
• Periklis Papapostolou, Greek footballer
• Pericles A. Sakellarios (1905-1985), Greek architect
• Péricles (cartoonist) (1924-1961), full name Péricles de Andrade Maranhão, Brazilian cartoonist
• Periklis Iakovakis, Greek hurdler
• Péricles (singer) (born 1969), full name Péricles Aparecido Fonseca da Faria, Brazilian singer and instrumentalist
• Pericles (footballer, born 1975), full name Pericles de Oliveira Ramos, Brazilian football defender
• Pericles (footballer, born 1989), full name Junior Pericles Pinto Catarina, Brazilian football attacking midfielder
• Péricles (footballer, born 1994), full name Péricles da Silva Nunes, Brazilian football defensive midfielder