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<h2 id="real-people">Real people</h2> <h3>Ancient</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_of_Alopece/e4sdQ1yh">Demetrius of Alopece</a>, 4th century BC Greek sculptor noted for his realism</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_of_Phalerum/FD1EVkVM">Demetrius of Phalerum</a> (c. 350 – c. 280 BC)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_(somatophylax)/IyuhghrB">Demetrius (somatophylax)</a>, <a href="/facts/Somatophylakes/slt4TKmR">somatophylax</a> of <a href="/facts/Alexander_the_Great/8N3gLElj">Alexander the Great</a> (d. 330 BC)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_I_of_Macedon/P0wvC7ee">Demetrius I of Macedon</a> (337–283 BC), called <i>Poliorcetes</i>, son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, King of <a href="/facts/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)/g0F1DEgc">Macedonia</a> 294–288 BC</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_the_Fair/09UvkaMh">Demetrius the Fair</a> (Demetrius the Handsome, Demetrius of Cyrene) (285 BC-249/250 BC) - <a href="/facts/Hellenistic_era/q6BgQsaF">Hellenistic</a> king of <a href="/facts/Cyrene%2c_Libya/bPSt1CR4">Cyrene</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_II_Aetolicus/LXTg3L5x">Demetrius II Aetolicus</a>, son of Antigonus II, King of Macedonia 239–229 BC</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_(son_of_Philip_V)/WAcEP3qC">Demetrius (son of Philip V)</a>, son of <a href="/facts/Philip_V_of_Macedon/zRWpS5cw">Philip V of Macedon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_of_Pharos/PB8dlEdu">Demetrius of Pharos</a>, ruler of <a href="/facts/Hvar/aPWDBP3c">Pharos</a> c. 222 – 219 BC, involved in the <a href="/facts/Illyrian_Wars/D3BhX1Az">First Illyrian War</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_the_Chronographer/YTagvE5s">Demetrius the Chronographer</a> (late 3rd century BC), Jewish chronicler (historian)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_I_Soter/vjs3KTM8">Demetrius I Soter</a> (185–150 BC), king of <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_I_of_Bactria/CmYD0Fjz">Demetrius I of Bactria</a> (d. 180 BC), Greek king of <a href="/facts/Bactria/JcTfl6bR">Bactria</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_II_of_India/T39feB4J">Demetrius II of India</a> (fl. early 2nd century BC), possible relative of the above</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_II_Nicator/DkkxoNNv">Demetrius II Nicator</a> (d. 125 BC), son of Demetrius I Soter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_III_Aniketos/927cor7r">Demetrius III Aniketos</a>, Indo-Greek king c. 100 BC</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_III_Eucaerus/yejqL6dh">Demetrius III Eucaerus</a> (d. 88 BC), son of Antiochus VIII Grypus, Seleucid King</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_the_Cynic/lSXk2RvV">Demetrius the Cynic</a> (1st century), <a href="/facts/Cynicism_(philosophy)/9EGe9B1d">Cynic</a> philosopher</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pope_Demetrius_I_of_Alexandria/NsYMBuH1">Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria</a>, ruled in 189–232</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_of_Thessaloniki/g1VhLUEz">Demetrius of Thessaloniki</a> (died 306), Christian martyr and saint</li></ul> <h3>Medieval</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_of_Bulgaria/RopV0NTC">Demetrius of Bulgaria</a> was the second <a href="/facts/Patriarch/TwvdJlMP">Patriarch</a> of the <a href="/facts/Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church/cLb1HNal">Bulgarian Orthodox Church</a> between c. 927 and c. 930, and the first one to have been recognized by the <a href="/facts/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople/KtWbL8K8">Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_Zvonimir_of_Croatia/UTWKTkQ1">Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia</a> (died 1089), King of <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Croatia_(medieval)/SVJMhgPQ">Croatia</a> 1075–1089</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_I_of_Georgia/sESz0jYS">Demetrius I of Georgia</a>, son of <a href="/facts/David_IV_of_Georgia/U4p9762u">David IV of Georgia</a> the Great, (1125–1156)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrio_Progoni/RUzwAnRH">Demetrio Progoni</a> (1208-1216), medieval Albanian prince</li></ul> <h3>Modern</h3> <ul><li>Pseudo-Demetrius I, also known as <a href="/facts/False_Dmitry_I/MAAVe2N1">False Dmitry I</a>, Tsar of Russia, ruled 1605–1606</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_the_Neomartyr/FjSVpV8o">Demetrius the Neomartyr</a> (1779–1803), Orthodox Christian martyr and saint</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pope_Demetrius_II_of_Alexandria/ABSdzMjl">Pope Demetrius II of Alexandria</a>, ruled in 1861–1870</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_Stefanovich_Schilizzi/3fVevMe8">Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi</a> (1839–1893)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetriu_Radu/SysaBPBc">Demetriu Radu</a> (1861–1920), Romanian Greek Catholic bishop</li> <li><a href="/facts/Archbishop_Demetrios_of_America/du0RsXy2">Demetrios Trakatellis</a> (born 1928), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In office since 1999.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dimitrios_Salpingidis/MFdmxYFo">Dimitrios Salpingidis</a>, Greek footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dimitris_Papadopoulos_(football)/BXy8oG6d">Dimitris Papadopoulos (football)</a>, Greek footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrious_Johnson_(American_football)/Bf8hAhx0">Demetrious Johnson (American football)</a> (1961–2022), American football player</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dimitrios_Douros/6nQakLnX">Dimitrios Douros</a> (born 1980), Greek baseball player</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrious_Johnson/2ow7SJjJ">Demetrious Johnson</a> (born 1986), American mixed martial arts fighter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_Rhaney/D65rw3EP">Demetrius Rhaney</a> (born 1992), American football player</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dimitrios_Siovas/oC9EpKYL">Dimitrios Siovas</a>, Greek footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_Treadwell/CtCL3m0U">Demetrius Treadwell</a> (born 1991), American basketball player for <a href="/facts/Hapoel_Gilboa_Galil/AejQ9N41">Hapoel Gilboa Galil</a> of the Israeli League <a href="/facts/Liga_Leumit_(basketball)/n7e92Ga6">Liga Leumit</a></li> <li>Temetrius Jamel <a href="/facts/Ja_Morant/XppNnaLo">Ja Morant</a> (born 1999), American basketball player for <a href="/facts/Memphis_Grizzlies/VKRUN1t9">Memphis Grizzlies</a> in the <a href="/facts/NBA/dBtflBtK">NBA</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="fictional-characters">Fictional characters</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Demetrius_(Shakespeare)/NbS4avA0">Demetrius (Shakespeare)</a>, a main character in William Shakespeare's play, <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i>; Demetrius is also a villainous character in Shakespeare's revenge tragedy, <i>Titus Andronicus</i></li> <li>Demetrius, a character in Mira Nair's <i><a href="/facts/Mississippi_Masala/Ge0S4HA9">Mississippi Masala</a></i></li> <li>Demetrius, a Greek slave in the Lloyd C. Douglas Christian novel <i><a href="/facts/The_Robe/Kqw5Qs05">The Robe</a></i> and its film sequel below</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Demetrius_and_the_Gladiators/6wbAHIwR">Demetrius and the Gladiators</a></i>, a 1953 20th Century Fox film</li> <li>Demetrius, one of the Titans in the two-part <i><a href="/facts/Charmed/VyMl8Chf">Charmed</a></i> episode "Oh My Goddess!"</li> <li>Demetrius Desmond, a character in Tatsuya Endo's <i><a href="/facts/Spy_%25C3%2597_Family/jwW85QH9">Spy × Family</a></i></li> <li>Demetrius, a character in <a href="/facts/Eric_Barone/80mNb2J8">Eric Barone</a>'s game, <i><a href="/facts/Stardew_Valley/h53KmN3F">Stardew Valley</a></i></li> <li>Demetrios, a character in <i><a href="/facts/The_Young_Indiana_Jones_Chronicles/7bfVwMDP">The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles</a></i></li> <li>Demetri, a fictional character in the <i><a href="/facts/List_of_Twilight_characters/2JkJCRIy">Twilight</a></i> fantasy series</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demitri_Maximoff/kzx2E1nt">Demitri Maximoff</a>, a vampire from the Capcom video game series <i>Darkstalkers</i></li> <li>Dmitri Kissoff, a character in Stanley Kubrick's <i><a href="/facts/Dr._Strangelove_or_How_I_Learned_to_Stop_Worrying_and_Love_the_Bomb/QfYCyoPI">Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb</a></i></li> <li>Dimitri Petrenko, a character in the first-person shooter <i><a href="/facts/Call_of_Duty%3a_World_at_War/mMLLz8fH">Call of Duty: World at War</a></i></li></ul> <h2 id="in-other-languages">In other languages</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Albanian_language/6CyC8GPJ">Albanian</a>: <i>Dhimitër</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Belarusian_language/yRuE1cfX">Belarusian</a>: Зьміцер, Зьмітрок, Дзмітрый (Źmicier, Źmitrok, <a href="/facts/Dzmitry/7V9Ewyq3">Dzmitry</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bulgarian_language/susG15pr">Bulgarian</a>: Димитър (Dimitar)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Catalan_language/W2uTbK8Q">Catalan</a>: <i>Demetri</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dutch_language/yIB5lbsx">Dutch</a>: <i>Dimitri</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Finnish_language/lBuEIgs0">Finnish</a>: <i>Mitri, Mitro, Dimitri</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a>: <i>Dimitri</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Georgian_language/DoKtMLfq">Georgian</a>: დემეტრე (<a href="/facts/Demetre/fQoxVuyX">Demetre</a>), დიმიტრი (Dimitri)</li> <li><a href="/facts/German_language/oWaQIDA8">German</a>: <i>Demetrius</i></li> <li>Modern <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a>: Δημήτριος, Δημήτρης, Μήτρος, Μήτσος, Μητσάρας, Ντίμης (<a href="/facts/Dimitris/aescI5h4">Dimitrios</a>, Dimitris, Mitros, Mitsos, Mitsaras, Dimis)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hebrew_language/hqKCSy9d">Hebrew</a>: (Demetrius) דמיטריוס ,(Dima) דימה ,(Dmitriy) דמיטרי</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hungarian_language/nt4g0ano">Hungarian</a>: <i>Dömötör</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Italian_language/YXsmvlQG">Italian</a>: <i>Demetrio, Dimitri</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Polish_language/lzpvYDvV">Polish</a>: <i>Dymitr, Demetriusz</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Portuguese_language/vr3Fwzw3">Portuguese</a>: <i>Demétrio</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Romanian_language/zAY3GnkL">Romanian</a>: <i>Dumitru, Dimitrie</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a>: Дмитрий, Митя (<a href="/facts/Dmitriy/7V9Ewyq3">Dmitriy</a>, Mitja)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Slovak_language/HmmobnJ8">Slovak</a>: <i>Demeter</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Slovene_language/09YPyUQr">Slovene</a>: <i>Dimitrij, Mitja</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Turkish_language/C5X56Ijp">Turkish</a>: <i>Demeter</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Spanish_language/95BgYNfv">Spanish</a>: <i>Demetrio</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ukrainian_language/2zDw7rpD">Ukrainian</a>: Дмитро (<a href="/facts/Dmytro/pmQT1A9B">Dmytro</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Serbian_language/quNDpTCd">Serbian</a>: Димитрије (Dimitrije), Дмитар (Dmitar), Митар (Mitar)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Croatian_language/o2Y8WHuy">Croatian</a>: <i>Dmitar</i></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080611053943/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0967.html">Demetrius</a>[<i>usurped</i>] <a href="/facts/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Biography_and_Mythology/GGY10Pdg">Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Meaning, origin and history of the name Demetrius". <a href="http://www.behindthename.com/name/demetrius" target="_blank">http://www.behindthename.com/name/demetrius</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Demeter | Etymology, origin and meaning of the name demeter by etymonline". <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Demeter" target="_blank">http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Demeter</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Patriarchs of Preslav". Official site of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160307002801/http://www.bg-patriarshia.bg/index.php?file=preslav_patriarchs.xml" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160307002801/http://www.bg-patriarshia.bg/index.php?file=preslav_patriarchs.xml</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>