Ptolemy (disambiguation)
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There have been several people named Ptolemy:
- Claudius Ptolemaeus, called Ptolemy, was an ancient Greek geographer and astronomer;
- 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 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
Other Ptolemies include:
- 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.