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There have been several people named Ptolemy:

• Claudius Ptolmaeus, called Ptolemy, was an ancient Greek geographer and astronomer
  • He created Ptolemaic system.
• Ptolemy (gnostic) Philosopher 180 CE;
• The Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt included many kings by that name:
  • Ptolemy I Soter
  • Ptolemy II Philadelphus
  • Ptolemy III Euergetes
  • Ptolemy IV Philopator
  • Ptolemy V Epiphanes
  • Ptolemy VI Philometor
  • Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (never reigned)
  • Ptolemy VIII Physcon
  • Ptolemy IX Lathyros
  • Ptolemy X Alexander I
  • Ptolemy XI Alexander II
  • Ptolemy XII Auletes
  • Ptolemy XIII
  • Ptolemy XIV
  • Ptolemy XV Caesarion
• Ptolemy, general and nephew of Antigonus
• Ptolemy (son of Seleucus), one of Alexander the Great's bodyguards
• Ptolemy Keraunos, a king of Macedon, slain by Brennus the Gaul in battle.
• Ptolemy Apion, son of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and ruler of Cyrenaica
• Ptolemy of Mauretania
• Ptolemy, governor of Abilene
• Ptolemy, mythical ruler of Thebes, Greece.
• Ptolemaeus Chennus, 2nd-century grammarian
• Ptolemy Project - modeling, simulation, and design of concurrent, real-time, embedded systems

Other Ptolemies include:

• Ptolemy, mascot of the Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine.
• Tolomeo (the Italian spelling of Ptolemy) is the name of a well-known desk lamp of modern design.
• Ptolemy, a semi-fictional character in the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud.

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