Theophilus

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Various people have been known by the name Theophilus or Theophilos, which means "One Who Loves God". These include:

• Theophilos (poet) - Athenian comic poet
• Theophilus (geographer) - Greek geographer
• Theophilos (king) - Indo-Greek king who ruled c. 90 BC
• Theophilus (Biblical) is the name to which the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles is addressed
• Theophilus of Antioch — (c. 163–182), an early Christian patriarch
• Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea (d. 195)
• Theophilus of Alexandria — (d. 412) patriarch of Alexandria
• Pope Theophilus II of Alexandria — (953 – 956), Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
• Theophilus of Adana — (d. c. 538) bishop who made a pact with the devil
• Theophilus (emperor) — (829–842) a Byzantine Emperor of the second of the Phrygian dynasty
• Theophilus Presbyter — (1070–1125) a Benedictine monk, metallurgist, and armourer. Thought to be a pseudonym of Roger of Helmarshausen
• Theophilus (comic strip) was a religious comic strip from 1966–2002
• Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem — current patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem

Some people have used Theophilus as a forename, including:

• Theophilus Bradbury (1739-1803), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
• Theophilus Carter, British inventor and furniture dealer
• Theophilus Cazenove (1740-1811), financier and one of the agents of the Holland Land Company
• Theophilus Cibber (1703-1758), English actor, playwright, author, son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber
• Theophilus Danjuma, influential Nigerian soldier and politician
• John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744), natural philosopher born in France
• William Theophilus Dortch (1824-1889), prominent Confederate politician
• Theophilus Eaton (1590-1658), merchant, farmer, Puritan colonial leader, co-founder and first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut
• Henry Theophilus Finck (1854-1926), American musical critic
• Theophilus Gale (1628–1678), English nonconformist divine
• Theophilus H. Holmes (1804-1880), career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War
• Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1584-1640), English nobleman and politician
• Theophilus Lindsey (1723-1808), English theologian
• Theophilus Shepstone (1817-1893), British South African statesman
• Theophilus Weeks (1708-1772), soldier in the French and Indian War

There is also a Theophilus crater on the Moon.