Zeno
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Zeno is the common anglicized form of the Greek name Zenon (Ζηνων), derived from the theonym Zeus.
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[edit] Historical people
[edit] Philosophers
- Zeno of Elea (c.490–c.430 BC), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, famed for his paradoxes.
- Zeno of Citium (333 BC - 264 BC), founder of the Stoic school of philosophy
- Zeno of Tarsus (200s BC), Stoic philosopher
- Zeno of Sidon (1st century BC), Epicurean philosopher
[edit] Other persons of antiquity
- Zeno of Caunus (3rd century BC), finance minister to the Ptolemies, whose papyri letters (the "Zenon archive") were discovered in the 1900s
- Zeno (physician) (3rd and 2nd centuries BC), Greek physician
- Zeno of Cyprus (4th century), Greek physician
- Zeno of Verona (4th century), saint commemorated in the place-names at San Zeno (disambiguation)
- Zeno the Hermit (4th century?) disciple of St. Basil and saint
- Zeno (consul 448) (447-451), Roman general and consul
- Zeno (emperor) (c. 425–491), Eastern Roman Emperor
- Zeno (Bishop of Mérida)
[edit] As a surname
- Reniero Zeno (d. 1268), Doge of Venice
- The Zeno brothers (14th century), Nicolò and Antonio, Venetian navigators
- Carlo Zeno (1333–1418), Venetian admiral
- Pietro Zeno, Lord of Andros and Syros
- Giovanni Battista Zeno (c.1440-1501), Venetian cardinal
- Nicolò Zeno (fl. 1558), Venetian cartographer and publisher of the Zeno map
- Marco Zeno, the commissioner of Palladio's Villa Zeno
- Apostolo Zeno (1669–1750), Venetian poet and librettist
- George Lewis (clarinetist) (1900–1968), born Joseph Louis Francois Zenon
- Ana María Zeno (1922–2011), Argentinian gynecologist & researcher es:Ana María Zeno
- Muhammad bin Jamil Zeno (1922–2010), Syrian islamicist
- Michael Zenon, actor in The Forest Rangers television series
- Thierry Zéno (b. 1950), Belgian filmmaker
- Tony Zeno (b. 1957), American basketball player
- Paul Zenon (b. 1964), English street magician
- Miguel Zenón (b. 1976) Puerto-Rican saxophonist
- Mohamed Al Zeno (b1983), Syrian footballer
- See also it:Zen (familia) below
[edit] Modern given name
- Zenon Grocholewski, Polish cardinal
- Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
- Zenon Konopka, Hockey player, NHL's New York Islanders
- Zenon Mikhailidis, Greek shooter
- Zenon Panoussis, Greek Scientology opponent in Sweden
- Zenon Pylyshyn, cognitive scientist
- Zenon de Souza Farias, Brazilian footballer
[edit] Fictional characters
- Zeno Cosini, the protagonist of Italo Svevo's novel La Coscienza di Zeno
- Zeno and Dufort, a demon that uses spells in the anime Zatch Bell
- Overlord Zenon, the fictional antagonist from the video-game Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
- Great Demon King Zenon, a three-headed (reminiscent of Satan in Dante's Inferno) leader of the demons in the manga and anime Devilman.
- Zénon Ligre, alchemist, the protagonist of Marguerite Yourcenar's novel L'Œuvre au noir, titled The Abyss or alternately titled Zeno of Bruges in the English translation.
[edit] Other
- ZENON Environmental, manufacturer and system integrator of hollow fiber membrane technologies and complementary products
- Zenon Records, an Australian psytrance record label, run by psytrance producer Sensient
- Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, a children's science fiction novel
- Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (film), the movie adaptation of the above novel
- Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, a Nigerian oil company
- Zenon Guitars, a Japanese guitar company
- Zeno, ancient name for the village of Akköse
- Zeno (crater), a lunar impact crater, named for Zeno of Citium
- Zeno (programming language), an imperative procedural programming language designed to be easy to learn and user friendly
- Zeno-Watch Basel, a Swiss clockmaker company specialised in aviation watches
- Zeno (band), a German hard rock band formed by Zeno Roth
- Zeno, a typeface designed by Giovanni Mardersteig for use at the Officina Bodoni
[edit] See also
- Quantum Zeno effect, an effect in quantum mechanics which disallows certain conditions in the decaying of a quantum state
- Zeno's paradoxes, paradoxes by Zeno of Elea
- Zeno machine, a hypothetical computational model
- San Zeno (disambiguation)
- Zenonia zeno, an African butterfly
- Xeno (disambiguation)
- Xenon (disambiguation)
- it:Zen (famiglia) (Venetian form of the surname)
- Zenos, a book of Mormon scripture
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