Theophilus

Theophilus
Origin
Meaning	Love of God; Friend of God
Region of origin	Greek
Other names
Variant form(s)	Théophile

Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings. Its origin is the Greek word Θεόφιλος from θεός (God) and φιλία (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. Theophilus may refer to:

People

Arts

Theophilus Clarke, English painter
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
Teófilo Braga (1843–1924), Portuguese writer, playwright, and politician
Theophilus Cibber (1703–1758), English actor, playwright, author, son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber
Theophilos Hatzimihail (ca. 1870–1934), Greek folk painter from Lesbos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer whose baptismal name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus

Fictitious

Theophilus P. Wildebeeste, a character created by Lenny Henry
Professor Theophilus Branestawm, the protagonist of the Professor Branestawm series of children's books
Theophilus Msimangu, a character in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country
Theophilus North, the last novel written by Thornton Wilder, first published in 1973
Theophilus Goon, a policeman in Enid Blyton's Five Find-Outers series of children's mystery novels
Dr. Theophilus Tanner, a character from the Deathlands series of books

Historical

Theophilus (geographer), ancient Greek geographer
Theophilus (jurist) (fl. 533), one author of the Institutes of Justinian
Theophilos (king), Indo-Greek king who ruled c. 90 BC
Theophilus Protospatharius, (c. 7th century), Byzantine medical writer
Theophilos (emperor) (813–842), Byzantine Emperor (r. 829–842), the second of the Phrygian dynasty
Theophilus of Edessa (695–785), medieval astrologer and scholar
Theophilos Erotikos (10th century), Byzantine jurist and geometer

Politics

Teófilo Borunda (1912–2001), Mexican politician
Theophilus Bradbury (1739–1803), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
Theophilus Eugene "Bull" 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
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
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1584–1640), English nobleman and politician
Theophilus Shepstone (1817–1893), British South African statesman

Military

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

Religious

Various Patriarchs by the name of Theophilus

Theophilus (biblical), the name or honorary title of a person to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles were addressed
Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea (fl. 195)
Theophilos the Indian (fl. 354–364), Arian bishop, also called "The Ethiopian", probably from the Maldive Islands
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 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

Sports

Teófilo Cubillas (born 1949), Peruvian footballer
Teófilo Stevenson (1952-2012), Cuban boxer
Kévin Théophile-Catherine (born 1989), French footballer

Music

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

Indian Communication Theologian, Legend in field of Tamil folk arts famously known as "parattai"

Others

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
John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683–1744), natural philosopher born in France

Other uses

Theophilus, one of Leibniz's interlocutors in his book New Essays on Human Understanding
Theophilus (comic strip) was a religious comic strip from 1966–2002
Theophilus (crater) on the moon
Theofilos (film), a 1987 Greek film
MS Theofilos, a passenger/vehicle ferry