Theodotus

Theodotus (Greek: Θεόδοτος "given by God" or "given by gods") is the name of:

• Theodotus of Aetolia (3rd century BC), an Aetolian general who held the command of Coele-Syria for Ptolemy Philopator (221–204 BC), king of Egypt
• Theodotus Hemiolius (3rd century BC), a general in the service of king Antiochus III the Great (223–187 BC)
• Theodotus of Chios (1st century BC), rhetoric tutor of the young Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII
• Theodotus of Byzantium (2nd century), an early Christian writer from Byzantium

• Theodotus The Gnostic (2nd century), a key formulator of Eastern Gnosticism who taught in Asia Minor

• Theodotus of Ancyra (martyr) (4th century), fourth-century Christian martyr
• Theodotus of Laodicea, bishop (c.310–c.335)
• Theodotus (praefectus urbi), Praefectus urbi of Constantinople
• Theodotus of Antioch (died 429), patriarch of Antioch in 420–429
• Theodotus of Ancyra (bishop) (5th century), a fifth-century bishop of Ancyra
• Theodotus I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch in 815–821
• Theodotus II of Constantinople (1070s–1153), Ecumenical Patriarch in 1151–1153
• Theodotos Kalothetos, a senior official and governor in the Empire of Nicaea
• Theodotus of Caesarea, third-century Christian martyr