Theophilus

Theophilus
Pronunciation	/θiˈɒfɪləs/
Origin
Meaning	Love of God; Friend of God
Region of origin	Greek
Other names
Variant form(s)	Théophile, Teófilo, Feofil

Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings. Its origin is the Greek word Θεόφιλος from θεός (theós, "God") and φιλία (philía, "love or affection") can be translated as "Love of God" or "Friend of God", i.e., it is a theophoric name, synonymous with the name Amadeus which originates from Latin, Gottlieb in German and Bogomil in Slavic. Theophilus may refer to:

People

Arts

Theophilus Cibber (1703–1758), English actor, playwright, author, son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber
Theophilus Clarke (1776?–1831), English painter
Theophilos Hatzimihail (c. 1870–1934), Greek folk painter from Lesbos
Theophilus Presbyter (1070–1125), Benedictine monk, and author of the best-known medieval "how-to" guide to several arts, including oil painting — thought to be a pseudonym of Roger of Helmarshausen

Historical

Theophilos (emperor) (c. 812–842), Byzantine Emperor (reigned 829–842), the second of the Phrygian dynasty
Theophilus (geographer), ancient Greek geographer
Theophilus (jurist) (fl. 533), one author of the Institutes of Justinian
Theophilus (Indo-Greek) (fl. 130 or 90 BC), Indo-Greek king
Theophilus of Edessa (695–785), medieval astrologer and scholar
Theophilos Erotikos (10th century), Byzantine jurist and geometer
Theophilus Protospatharius, (c. 7th century), Byzantine medical writer

Politics

Theophilus Bradbury (1739–1803), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
Theophilus Eugene Connor (1897–1973), Birmingham, Alabama's notorious Commissioner of Public Safety during the American Civil Rights Movement
Theophilus Danjuma (born 1938), influential Nigerian soldier and politician
Theophilus Eaton (1590–1658), merchant, farmer, Puritan colonial leader, co-founder and first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1584–1640), English nobleman and politician
Theophilus F. Metcalf (1816–1891), American farmer and politician
Theophilus Shepstone (1817–1893), British South African statesman
Theophilus Williams (1824–1904), mayor of Ballarat

Military

Theophilos Erotikos (fl. 1034–1042), Byzantine general and governor, rebel in Cyprus
Theophilus H. Holmes (1804–1880), Confederate general in the American Civil War
Theophilos Kourkouas (920–970), Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor John I Tzimiskes
Theophilus Weeks (1708–1772), soldier in the French and Indian War

Religious

Patriarch Theophilus (disambiguation)
Theophilus (biblical), person to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles were addressed
Theophilus of Antioch (died c. 183), Christian apologist and Patriarch of Antioch
Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea (fl. 195)
Theophilus the Deacon, martyr from Libya
Theophilus (bishop of the Goths), first known Gothic bishop, participant of the First Council of Nicaea in 325
Theophilos the Indian (fl. 354–364), Arian bishop, also called "The Ethiopian", probably from the Maldive Islands
Pope Theophilus of Alexandria (died c. 412), 23rd Pope of Alexandria
Theophilus of Adana (fl. 538), bishop who made a pact with the devil
Theophilus Presbyter (1070–1125), Benedictine monk, author, metallurgist, artist and armourer — thought to be a pseudonym of Roger of Helmarshausen
Theophilus Gale (1628–1678), English nonconformist divine
Theophilus Gates (1787–1846), American religious leader

Theophilus Lindsey (1723–1808), English theologian
Theophilus, martyr and saint (see Dorothea of Caesarea)
Theophilus of Kiev, monk and saint — see Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev
Theophilus ben Ananus, High Priest of Israel.

Music

Theophilus London (born 1987), Trinidadian-American vocalist
Theophilus Martins (born 1987), American rapper, DJ, and model

Other

Theophilus Carter (1824–1904), British inventor and furniture dealer
Theophilus Cazenove (1740–1811), Dutch financier and one of the agents of the Holland Land Company
Theophilus Metcalfe (bap. 1610–c. 1645), English stenographer who invented a popular shorthand system
Theophilus Redwood (1806–1892), Welsh pharmacist

Fictional characters

Theophilus, a pagan lawyer supposedly converted by Saint Dorothea of Caesarea at the scene of her execution
Theophilus, one of Leibniz's interlocutors in his book New Essays on Human Understanding
Professor Theophilus Branestawm, the protagonist of the Professor Branestawm series of children's books
Theophilus Goon, a policeman in Enid Blyton's Five Find-Outers series of children's mystery novels
Dr. Theophilus Grantly, in Anthony Trollope's novel Barchester Towers
Theophilus Msimangu, in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country
The title character of Theophilus North, the last novel written by Thornton Wilder, first published in 1973
Dr. Theophilus Tanner, from the Deathlands series of books
Theophilus Thistle, in a noted tongue-twister
Theophilus P. Wildebeeste, created by Lenny Henry
The title character of Theophilus (comic strip), a religious comic strip published 1966–2002
The title character of Theofilos (film), a 1987 Greek film about painter Theofilos Hatzimichail