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Socrates was an Athenian philosopher.
Socrates, Sócrates, Sokrates or Sokratis may also refer to:
People
Given name
Ancient Greeks
- Socrates of Achaea (c. 436–401 BC), mercenary general of the Ten Thousand
- Socrates of Macedon (4th century BC), a hipparchos or cavalry officer in Alexander the Great's army
- Socrates the Younger (4th century BC), Athenian philosopher
- Socrates Chrestus (died 90–88 BC), Greek prince and King of Bithynia
Religious figures
- martyrs Socrates and Stephen
- Socrates of Constantinople (c. 380–after 439), also known as Socrates Scholasticus, a Byzantine church historian
- Socrates Villegas (born 1960), Roman Catholic archbishop in the Philippines
Athletes
- Sócrates (1954–2011) (Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira e Oliveira), Brazilian footballer
- Socrates Brito (born 1992), Dominican baseball player
- Sokratis Boudouris (born 1977), Greek footballer
- Sokratis Dioudis (born 1993), Greek football goalkeeper
- Sokratis Fytanidis (born 1984), Greek footballer
- Sokratis Lagoudakis (1861–1944), Greek track athlete
- Sokratis Ofrydopoulos (born 1973), Greek football manager and former player
- Sokratis Papastathopoulos (born 1988), Greek footballer
- Sócrates Pedro (born 1992), Portuguese footballer
- Sokratis Tsoukalas (born 1992), Greek footballer
Politicians, soldiers and businesspeople
- Socrates N. Sherman (1801–1873), U.S. Representative from New York and American Civil War officer
- Socrates Nelson (1814–1867), American businessman and politician
- Sócrates Rizzo (born 1945), Mexican politician
- Sokrates Starynkiewicz (1820–1902), Russian general and mayor of Warsaw
- Sokratis Kokkalis (born 1939), Greek businessman and billionaire
Writers
- Sócrates Nolasco (1884–1980), writer from the Dominican Republic
- Sokratis Giolias (1973–2010), assassinated Greek journalist
- Sokratis Skartsis (born 1936), Greek poet
Other
- Sokratis Malamas (born 1957), Greek singer/songwriter
- Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon, Sr. (1816–1855), American pioneer physician in the Oregon Territory
Surname
- Jeanne Socrates (born 1941 or 1942), British yachtswoman and solo circumnavigator
- José Sócrates (born 1957), Prime Minister of Portugal (2005–2011)
In literature
- Socrates, the name used by Petrarch to refer to his dear friend Lodewijk Heyligen in his writings
- Socrates, a pseudonym for the mentor-like figure in the books of Dan Millman
Arts and entertainment
- Socrates (Voltaire), a play
- Socrates (film), a 1971 film directed by Roberto Rossellini
- Sócrates (film), a 2018 film directed by Alexandre Moratto
- Socrates (sculpture), a 1950 outdoor sculpture by W. V. Casey
- Socrates Drank the Conium (sometimes abbreviated to "Socrates"), a Greek rock band
- Socrates II, a chess-playing computer program
- Socrates "Cooch" Windgrass, a character in the comic strip Footrot Flats
- Socrates, the lion from the film Animals United
- Socrates the Scarecrow, a character from the 1961 animated television series Tales of the Wizard of Oz and the 1964 animated television movie sequel Return to Oz
Other uses
- Socrates programme, a European education programme
- VTech Socrates, an educational video game system
- SOCRATES (satellite), a Japanese satellite
- Socrates (pain assessment), a mnemonic used in the evaluation of a patient's pain
- Project Socrates, a classified US Defense Intelligence Agency program established in 1983
- Socrates Sculpture Park, New York City
- Socrates, Georgia, a community in the United States
- Socrates Mountain, a mountain in West Virginia
See also
- Socrate, a symphonic drama about the philosopher Socrates by Erik Satie
- "Sokrati", the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
- Saukrates (born 1978), Canadian rapper
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