List of scientists of the ancient world

This is a list of ancient scientists , which consists of mathematicians, physicists, astronomers, grammarians, philologists, doctors, geographers, engineers, architects of the ancient world.

A.

• Helenius Acron , Roman grammarian and commentator
• Adrastos of Kyzikos , mathematician
• Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus , Roman philologist
• Ailios Herodianos , Greek grammarian
• Anatolios of Laodicea , mathematician
• Anaxagoras , Greek philosopher (pre-Socratics)
• Anthemios von Tralleis , mathematician and architect, Byzantium
• Antimachus of Colophon , Greek poet and grammarian
• Apollonios Dyskolos , Greek grammarian
• Apollodorus of Athens , grammarian and writer
• Apollodorus of Damascus , architect
• Apollonius eidograph , Greek grammarian
• Archytas of Taranto , mathematician
• Aristarchus of Samos , astronomer
• Aristarchus of Samothrace , Greek grammarian
• Aristophanes of Byzantium , Greek grammarian
• Aristotheros , mathematician
• Aristoxenus , mathematician
• Arusianus Messius , Roman grammarian
• Asconius Pedianus , Roman commentator on classical texts and grammarian
• Apollonios von Perge , Greek mathematician
• Apollonios of Rhodes , Greek poet and scholar
• Archimedes , Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer
• Aristarchus of Samos , Greek astronomer and mathematician
• Aristotle , Greek philosopher and scientist
• Artemidore of Ephesus , geographer
• Athenaios , Greek rhetorician and grammarian
• Attalos of Rhodes , mathematician and astronomer
• Autolykos von Pitane , Greek astronomer and mathematician

B.

• Balbus (Agrimensor)
• Baudhayana , Indian mathematician
• Bion von Abdera , mathematician, philosopher
• Bryson of Herakleia , philosopher and mathematician

C.

• Publius Valerius Cato , Roman poet and grammarian
• Aulus Cornelius Celsus , medic
• Censorinus , Roman grammarian
• Charmandros , mathematician
• Flavius ​​Sosipater Charisius , Roman grammarian

D.

• Deinostratos , Greek mathematician and geometer
• Democritus , Greek natural philosopher (pre-Socratics), atomist
• Didymos Chalkenteros , Greek grammarian
• Dikaiarchos , mathematician, geographer
• Diogenianos Grammatikos , Greek grammarian
• Diocles (mathematician)
• Diomedes Grammaticus , Eastern Roman grammarian
• Dion of Naples , mathematician
• Dionysios Iambos , Greek grammarian
• Dionysios Thrax , Greco-Thracian grammarian
• Diophantos of Alexandria , Greek mathematician
• Pedanios Dioskurides , doctor and pharmacologist
• Aelius Donatus , Roman grammarian and rhetoric teacher
• Dositheos (mathematician)

E.

• Empedocles , natural philosopher (four-element theory)
• Epaphroditus (Agrimensor)
• Erasistratos , Greek anatomist and physiologist
• Eratosthenes , versatile scholar, including mathematician, geographer, astronomer, grammarian and historian
• Eudoxos of Knidos , Greek mathematician, astronomer, geographer, doctor, philosopher and lawgiver
• Euclid , Greek mathematician
• Eupalinos , engineer
• Eutokios , mathematician
• Eutychios Proklos , grammarian from Numidia

F.

• Marcus Verrius Flaccus , Roman grammarian
• Marcus Cornelius Fronto , Roman grammarian, rhetorician and lawyer

G

• Galen of Pergamon , Greek ancient physician and anatomist
• Aulus Gellius , Roman writer and grammarian
• Geminos of Rhodes , mathematician

H

• Helicon of Kyzikos , mathematician
• Heron of Alexandria , Greek mathematician and engineer
• Herennios Philon (Philon of Byblos), Phoenician scholar, grammarian and historian
• Herophilos of Chalcedon , Phoenician scholar, grammarian and historian
• Hipparchus , Greek astronomer and geographer
• Hippasus of Metapontium , mathematician
• Hippocrates of Chios , Greek mathematician and astronomer
• Hippocrates of Kos , Greek medic
• Hypatia , mathematician, astronomer and philosopher of late antiquity.
• Hypsikles , mathematician

I.

• Isidore of Seville , Spanish scholar and writer
• Isocrates , Greek rhetorician and philosopher

K

• Callimachus , Hellenistic poet, scholar and Alexandrian librarian
• Callippos of Kyzikos , mathematician
• Kallistratos (grammarian) , Greek grammarian
• Karpos of Antioch , mathematician
• Kephalas , Byzantine scholar
• Kidinnu , Chaldean astronomer
• Konon of Samos , mathematician
• Krates von Mallos , Greek philosopher and grammarian
• Ktesias of Knidos , Greek doctor and historian
• Ktesibios , Greek technician, inventor and mathematician

L.

• Leucippus , philosopher and atomist
• Lycophron from Chalkis , Greek grammarian and poet
• Lysanias of Cyrene , Greek grammarian

M.

• Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius , late antique Roman philosopher and grammarian
• Terentianus Maurus , Latin grammarian and theoretician of metrics
• Menaichmos (mathematician)
• Menelaus (mathematician)
• Moschos , ancient Greek grammarian and bucolic poet
• Moses von Choren , Armenian historian of late antiquity
• Menaichmos , Greek mathematician
• Menaichmos of Sicyon , Greek historian (4th century BC)

N

• Nabu-rimanni , Chaldean astronomer
• Nicandros from Colophon , Greek doctor, grammarian and poet
• Nikanor from Alexandria , Greek grammarian
• Nikanor from Kos , Greek grammarian
• Nikanor from Cyrene , Greek grammarian
• Nikokles (rhetorician) , Greek grammarian and rhetorician from Sparta
• Nicomachus of Gerasa , mathematician
• Nicomedes , Greek mathematician
• Marcus Junius Nipsus , Agrimensor
• Nonius Marcellus , late Roman grammarian and lexicographer

O

• Oinopides , mathematician and astronomer

P

• Pamphilus of Alexandria , Greek grammarian and lexicographer
• Pappos , Greek mathematician (geometer)
• Pausanias , geographer
• Phaedo of Elis , a Greek philosopher
• Philetas , Greek poet and grammarian from Kos
• Philo of Byzantium , inventor, designer and author
• Philo of Gadara , mathematician
• Pingala (grammarian) , Indian grammarian and mathematician
• Plato , Greek philosopher, mathematician
• Photios I , Greek grammarian, rhetorician, philosopher and theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople
• Pliny the Elder , naturalist
• Pomponius Porphyrio , ancient grammarian and author of a commentary on Horace
• Claudius Ptolemy , Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer, astrologer, music theorist and philosopher
• Priscian , late antique Latin grammarian
• Marcus Valerius Probus , Latin grammarian
• Pythagoras , ancient Greek philosopher (pre-Socratics), mathematician

S.

• Serenus of Antinoupolis , mathematician
• Maurus Servius Honoratius , Roman philologist
• Solinus , Roman philologist
• Soudines , Babylonian astronomer
• Stephanos (7th century grammarian ) , Byzantine grammarian
• Stephanos of Byzantium , late antique Greek grammarian
• Johannes Stobaios , author and collector of ancient philosophical records and doctrines
• Strabon , geographer

T

• Thales , Greek mathematician and philosopher
• Theaetetos , Greek mathematician
• Theodoros von Asine , philosopher (Neoplatonist), 4th century AD
• Theodoros of Cyrene (mathematician) , Greek mathematician
• Theodoros of Phokaia , Greek architect, 4th century BC. BC architect of the Tholos in Delphi
• Theodoros of Samos , Greek architect, versatile inventor, and artist, 6th century BC Chr.
• Theodoros von Soloi , Greek platonist and mathematician
• Theodosius of Bithynia , mathematician
• Theon of Alexandria , ancient astronomer and mathematician
• Theon of Smyrna , mathematician
• Thymaridas of Paros , mathematician
• Tryphon (grammarian) , grammarian from Alexandria

V

• Marcus Terentius Varro , Roman polyhistor (grammarian, philosopher and historian)
• Marius Victorinus , late antique Roman rhetorician and Christian scholar
• Victorius of Aquitaine , mathematician
• Vitruvius , Roman architect

X

• Xenophanes , pre-Socratic philosopher and poet of ancient Greece, contribution to paleontology

Z

• Zenodorus (mathematician)
• Zeno of Sidon , mathematician
• Zenodotos of Ephesus , Greek grammarian

See also

Historian

• List of Greek-speaking historians of the ancient world
• List of historians of the Christian Orient

Philosophers

• List of ancient philosophers
• List of representatives and recipients of Platonism