Andronicus

Andronicus or Andronikos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος) is a classical Greek name. The name has the sense of "male victor, warrior". Its female counterpart is Andronikè (Ἀνδρονίκη). Notable bearers of the name include:

• Andronicus of Olynthus, Greek general under Demetrius in the 4th century BC
• Livius Andronicus (c. 284–204 BC), Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet who introduced drama to the Romans and produced the first formal play in Latin in c. 240 BC
• Andronicus ben Meshullam, Jewish scholar of the 2nd century BC
• Andronicus of Pergamum, 2nd-century BC diplomat
• Andronicus of Macedonia, Macedonian governor of Ephesus in 2nd century BC
• Andronicus of Cyrrhus (fl. c. 100 BC), Greek astronomer
• Andronicus of Rhodes (fl. c. 60 BC), Greek philosopher
• Andronicus of Pannonia (Saint Andronicus), Christian Apostle of the Seventy mentioned in Romans 16:7
• Andronicus (physician), Greek physician of the 2nd century
• Andronicus (poet), Greek writer of the 4th century
• Saint Andronicus, 4th-century Christian martyr
• Andronicus of Alexandria, soldier, martyr, saint and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
• Coptic Pope Andronicus of Alexandria (reigned 616–622)
• Five Byzantine emperors:
  • Andronikos I Komnenos (1118–1185)
  • Andronikos II Palaiologos (1258–1332)
  • Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297–1341)
  • Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348–1385)
  • Andronikos V Palaiologos (c. 1400–c. 1407), co-emperor with his father, John VII Palaiologos
• Andronikos Palaiologos, Lord of Thessalonike (1403–1429)
• Three emperors of Trebizond:
  • Andronikos I of Trebizond (?-1235)
  • Andronikos II of Trebizond (c. 1240–1266)
  • Andronikos III of Trebizond (c. 1310–1332)
• Andronicus of Veszprém, 13th-century Hungarian cleric
• In fiction:
  • Titus Andronicus, play by William Shakespeare, possibly inspired by one of the above-listed emperors
  • Andronicus, or the Unfortunate Politician, 1646 satire by Thomas Fuller