Ptolemy (disambiguation)

There have been several people named Ptolemy:

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• Claudius Ptolemaeus, called Ptolemy, was an ancient Greek geographer and astronomer;
• Ptolemy (gnostic) Philosopher 180 CE;
• The Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt included many kings by that name:
• Ptolemy I Soter
• Ptolemy II Philadelphos
• Ptolemy III Euergetes I
• Ptolemy IV Philopator
• Ptolemy V Epiphanes
• Ptolemy VI Philometor
• Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (never reigned)
• Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II
• Ptolemy IX Soter II
• Ptolemy X Alexander I
• Ptolemy XI Alexander II
• Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes)
• Ptolemy XIII
• Ptolemy XIV
• Ptolemy XV Caesarion
• Ptolemy, general and nephew of Antigonus
• Ptolemy Keraunos, a king of Macedon, slain by Brennus the Gaul in battle.
• Ptolemy Apion, son of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and ruler of Cyrenaica
• Ptolemy of Mauretania
• Ptolemy, mythical ruler of Thebes, Greece.
• Ptolemaeus Chennus, 2nd-century grammarian
• Ptolemy Project - modeling, simulation, and design of concurrent, real-time, embedded systems

Other Ptolemies include:

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• Ptolemy, mascot of the Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine.
• Tolomeo (the Italian spelling of Ptolemy) is the name of a well-known desk lamp of modern design.