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Diogenes (Διογένης) is a Greek name shared by several important historical figures:
- Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 BCE), better known as Diogenes the Cynic or simply Diogenes, philosopher
- Diogenes of Apollonia">Diogenes of Apollonia or Diogenes Apolloniates (c. 460 BCE), philosopher
- Diogenes of Babylon (Diogenes the Stoic) (c. 230 -c. 150 BCE), Stoic philosopher from Seleucia, frequently confused with the following
- Diogenes of Seleucia (Epicurean), (2nd century BCE), Epicurean philosopher and adviser to King Alexander of Syria.
- Diogenes of Tarsus (2nd century BCE), Epicurean philosopher
- Diogenes of Judea (fl. c. 100-76 BC), general and advisor of Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus
- Diogenes (explorer)(1st century CE), Greek merchant and explorer
- Diogenes of Byzantium, bishop of Byzantium, 114-129 CE
- Diogenes of Oenoanda (2nd century CE), Epicurean
- Diogenes Laërtius (between 200-500 CE), historian
- Diogenes (bishop of Edessa) died 411-412
- Constantine Diogenes(died ca. 1032), Byzantine general
- Romanos IV Diogenes, Byzantine emperor 1078-1081, son of Constantine Diogenes
- Nikephoros Diogenes, Byzantine general, son of Romanos IV
- Diogenes syndrome, a misnomer for a mental disorder.
Note: "Diogenes" is sometimes confused with the name of Digenes Akritas, the hero of a famous Byzantine epic.
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