title: Sophocles (given name)
text: # Sophocles (given name)
  
  Sophocles is a Greek masculine given name.
  
  Sophocles or Sofoklis may refer to:
  
  ## Sophocles
  
  * Sophocles (c. 497/6–406/5 BC), ancient Greek playwright
  * Sophocles Papas (1893 or 1894–1986), Greek classical guitar pedagogue and music publisher
  * Sophocles Sophocleous (born 1962), Cypriot politician
  * Sophocles Sophocleous (academic), Cypriot academic
  
  ## Sofoklis
  
  * Sofoklis Avraam Choudaverdoglou-Theodotos (1872–1956), Greek scholar, historian, stenographer and member of the Ottoman Parliament
  * Sofoklis Dousmanis (1868–1952), Greek admiral, twice chief of the Greek Navy General Staff, and Minister for Naval Affairs
  * Sofokli Lazri (1923–2002), Albanian diplomat, journalist and suspected KGB agent
  * Sofoklis Schortsanitis (born 1985), Greek former basketball player
  * Sofoklis Venizelos (1894–1964), Greek politician, three times Prime Minister of Greece
  