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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 (fl. 431-404 BC), Athenian general (see Thucydides 3.115.5, 4.2.2, 4.46.1, 4.65.3)
• 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

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• Greek masculine given names
• Masculine given names