# Andronicus

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**Andronicus** or **Andronikos** (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος) is a classical Greek name. The name has the sense of "male victor, warrior". Its female counterpart is **Andronikè** (Ἀνδρονίκη). Notable bearers of the name include:

## People

- [Andronicus of Olynthus](/source/Andronicus_of_Olynthus), Greek general under Demetrius in the 4th century BC
- [Livius Andronicus](/source/Livius_Andronicus) (c. 284 – c. 204 BC), Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet who introduced drama to the Romans and produced the first formal play in Latin
- [Andronicus ben Meshullam](/source/Andronicus_ben_Meshullam), Jewish scholar of the 2nd century BC
- [Andronicus of Pergamum](/source/Andronicus_of_Pergamum), 2nd-century BC diplomat
- [Andronicus of Macedonia](/source/Andronicus_of_Macedonia), Macedonian governor of Ephesus in 2nd century BC
- [Andronicus of Cyrrhus](/source/Andronicus_of_Cyrrhus) (fl. c. 100 BC), Greek astronomer
- [Andronicus of Rhodes](/source/Andronicus_of_Rhodes) (fl. c. 60 BC), Greek philosopher
- [Andronicus of Pannonia](/source/Andronicus_of_Pannonia) (Saint Andronicus), Christian apostle of the seventy mentioned in Romans 16:7
- [Andronicus (physician)](/source/Andronicus_(physician)), Greek physician of the 2nd century
- [Andronicus (poet)](/source/Andronicus_(poet)), Greek writer of the 4th century
- [Saint Andronicus](/source/Andronicus,_Probus,_and_Tarachus), 4th-century Christian martyr
- Andronicus of Alexandria, soldier, martyr, saint and companion of [Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria](/source/Faustus,_Abibus_and_Dionysius_of_Alexandria)
- Coptic [Pope Andronicus of Alexandria](/source/Pope_Andronicus_of_Alexandria) (reigned 616–622)
- [Andronikos I Komnenos](/source/Andronikos_I_Komnenos) (c. 1118–1185), Byzantine emperor - [Andronikos II Palaiologos](/source/Andronikos_II_Palaiologos) (1258–1332) - [Andronikos III Palaiologos](/source/Andronikos_III_Palaiologos) (1297–1341) - [Andronikos IV Palaiologos](/source/Andronikos_IV_Palaiologos) (1348–1385) - [Andronikos V Palaiologos](/source/Andronikos_V_Palaiologos) (c. 1400 – c. 1407), co-emperor with his father, John VII Palaiologos
- [Andronikos Palaiologos (son of Manuel II)](/source/Andronikos_Palaiologos_(son_of_Manuel_II)) (1403–1429), Byzantine prince and governor
- [Andronikos I of Trebizond](/source/Andronikos_I_of_Trebizond) (r.), emperor of Trebizond - [Andronikos II of Trebizond](/source/Andronikos_II_of_Trebizond) (c. 1240 – c. 1266) - [Andronikos III of Trebizond](/source/Andronikos_III_of_Trebizond) (c. 1310 – c. 1332)
- [Andronicus of Veszprém](/source/Andronicus_of_Veszpr%C3%A9m), 13th-century Hungarian cleric
- [Andronikos Euphorbenos](/source/Andronikos_Euphorbenos) (), Byzantine aristocrat and military commander
- [Andronikos Kakoullis](/source/Andronikos_Kakoullis) (born 2001), Cypriot footballer

## Fictional characters

- *[Titus Andronicus](/source/Titus_Andronicus)*, a play by William Shakespeare, possibly inspired by one of the above-listed emperors
- *Andronicus, or the Unfortunate Politician*, a 1646 satire by [Thomas Fuller](/source/Thomas_Fuller)

## See also

- [Andronikos Komnenos (disambiguation)](/source/Andronikos_Komnenos_(disambiguation))
- [Andronikos Palaiologos (disambiguation)](/source/Andronikos_Palaiologos_(disambiguation))

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