Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer.
Ptolemy, Ptolemaeus or Tolomeo may also refer to:
People
edit- Ptolemy (name), the English form of the Greek name Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaios)
Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt
editAny of 15 Greco-Egyptian pharaohs of the Ptolemaic dynasty (305 BC–30 BC):
- Ptolemy I Soter
- Ptolemy II Philadelphus
- Ptolemy III Euergetes
- Ptolemy IV Philopator
- Ptolemy V Epiphanes
- Ptolemy VI Philometor
- Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
- Ptolemy VIII Physcon
- Ptolemy IX Lathyros
- Ptolemy X Alexander I
- Ptolemy XI Alexander II
- Ptolemy XII Auletes
- Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
- Ptolemy XIV Philopator
- Ptolemy XV Caesarion
Also several dynasty members who ruled other territories, but not in Egypt:
- Ptolemy Apion, King of Cyrene (150–145 BC)
- Ptolemy Philadelphus (son of Cleopatra) (36 BC – 29 BC), King of Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia (34-30 BC)
- Ptolemy of Mauretania, client king of Mauretania (20–40 AD) for Rome
Early Greek rulers and generals
edit- Ptolemy (King of Thebes) (12th century BC), the mythical ruler of the ancient Greek city of Thebes
- Ptolemy of Aloros (ruled 368 to 365 BC), Regent of Macedon
- Ptolemy (somatophylax) (died 334 BC), Macedonian bodyguard and general of Alexander the Great
- Ptolemy (son of Seleucus) (died 333 BC), Macedonian bodyguard and general of Alexander the Great
- Ptolemy (son of Philip) (4th century BC), Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great
- Ptolemy (general) or Polemaios (died 309 BC), Macedonian general and nephew of Antigonus I Monophthalmus
- Ptolemy (son of Pyrrhus) (295–272 BC), a son of king Pyrrhus of Epirus
- Ptolemy of Epirus (reigned c. 237 BC – 234 BC), king of the Greek frontier kingdom of Epirus
Other people
edit- Ptolemy Macron (fl. 2nd century BC), governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia
- Ptolemaeus son of Glaucias (fl. 2nd century BC), ancient Egyptian hermit
- Ptolemaeus of Commagene (201 BC - 130 BC), satrap and then first King of Commagene
- Ptolemy son of Abubus, governor of Jericho (c. 130s BC) who betrayed the Hasmonean king Simon Thassi
- Ptolemy (son of Mennaeus) (rule ended ca. 40 BC), governor of biblical Abilene
- Ptolemaeus Chennus (2nd century AD), an Alexandrian grammarian
- Ptolemaeus and Lucius (d. c. 165 AD), Christian martyrs
- Ptolemy (gnostic) (c. 180 AD), a religious philosopher of Roman Italy and Gaul
- Ptolemy-el-Garib (fl. c. 300 AD), a Peripatetic pinacographer whose Life of Aristotle
- Ptolemaeus Secundus ('Second Ptolemy'), a nickname for the Arab polymath Ibn al-Haytham (c. 965 – c. 1040)
- Ptolemy I of Tusculum (d.1126), a count of Tusculum who asserted his family's descent from the Roman Julii
- Ptolemy II of Tusculum (d.1153), a count of Tusculum who married Bertha, daughter of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (1882–1958), a Greek Army officer
- Ptolemy Tompkins (born 1962), an American author
- Ptolemy Dean (born 1968), a British architect, author, and TV presenter
- Ptolemy Slocum (born 1975), an American actor
- Barry Ptolemy (born 1969), an American film director and producer
People named Tolomeo or Tolomei
edit- Ptolemy of Lucca (c. 1236 – c. 1327), a medieval Italian historian
- Bernard Tolomeo (1272–1348), founder of the Olivetan Roman
- Tolomeo Gallio (1527–1607), an Italian cardinal
- Tolomeo Faccendi (1905–1970), an Italian sculptor
- Tolomeo Mwansa (1941-2014), a Zambian football goalkeeper
- Giovanni Battista Tolomei (1653–1726), Italian Jesuit priest, theologian, and cardinal
Places
edit- Mount Ptolemy (Antarctica), a mountain in Graham Land, Antarctica
- Mount Ptolemy (Canada), a mountain in the Flathead Range of the Canadian Rockies
In space
edit- Ptolemaeus (lunar crater), a crater on the near side of the Moon named after the astronomer
- Ptolemaeus (Martian crater), a crater on Mars named after the astronomer
- 4001 Ptolemaeus, a Florian asteroid
Music
edit- Tolomeo ('Ptolemy'), an opera by Handel composed in 1728 about the life of Ptolemy IX of Egypt
- "Ptolemy", a track by Aphex Twin from the 1992 album Selected Ambient Works 85-92
- The Ptolemy, a 1934 large reed organ built by the American composer Harry Partch
- Ptolemaea, a song by Ethel Cain from her debut album Preacher's Daughter
Literature
edit- Ptolemy's Gate, a 2005 book and last installment of The Bartimaeus Trilogy, a fantasy series by the English author Jonathan Stroud
- Ptolemaic Terrascope a magazine founded in 1989
- Ptolemy Tortoise, a character in the 1906 short story The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter
- The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, a 2010 novel by Walter Mosley
Television
edit- Ptolemaios and Ptolemaios 2, spacecraft in anime Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and film Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
- The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, a 2022 miniseries adapted from the novel by Walter Mosley