Theophilus

One of the Fathers of the Christian Church, from Syria. Bishop of Antioch (169–177), he wrote an important Apology for Christianity (c.180).

These include:

Theophilos (king) - Indo-Greek king who ruled c. 90 BC Theophilus (Biblical) is the name to which the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles is addressed Theophilus of Antioch — (c. 163–182), an early Christian patriarch Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea (d. Thought to be a pseudonym of Roger of Helmarshausen Theophilus (comic strip) was a religious comic strip from 1966–2002 Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem — current patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem

Some people have used Theophilus as a forename, including:

Theophilus Bradbury (1739-1803), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts Theophilus Carter, British inventor and furniture dealer Theophilus Cazenove (1740-1811), financier and one of the agents of the Holland Land Company Theophilus Cibber (1703-1758), English actor, playwright, author, son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber Theophilus Danjuma, influential Nigerian soldier and politician John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744), natural philosopher born in France William Theophilus Dortch (1824-1889), prominent Confederate politician Theophilus Eaton (1590-1658), merchant, farmer, Puritan colonial leader, co-founder and first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut Henry Theophilus Finck (1854-1926), American musical critic Theophilus Gale (1628–1678), English nonconformist divine Theophilus H. Holmes (1804-1880), career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1584-1640), English nobleman and politician Theophilus Lindsey (1723-1808), English theologian Theophilus Shepstone (1817-1893), British South African statesman Theophilus Weeks (1708-1772), soldier in the French and Indian War

There is also a Theophilus crater on the Moon.