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Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer.
Ptolemy , Ptolemaeus or Tolomeo may also refer to:
Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt
Any of 15
Greco-Egyptian pharaohs of the
Ptolemaic dynasty (305 BC–30 BC):
Also several dynasty members who ruled other territories, but not in Egypt:
Early Greek rulers and generals
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
Topics referred to by the same term