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The name Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus commonly refers to:

• Claudius Ptolemaeus (circa 90-circa 168), also known as Ptolemy - an author, geographer, mathematician, astronomer and astrologer who lived in the Greek culture of Roman Egypt. His legacy included the Ptolemaic system to describe the heavens.
• Ptolemy son of Lagus (367 BC-283 BC) - a Macedonian general and close companion of Alexander the Great, later ruler of Egypt as Ptolemy I Soter and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
• The names of the kings of the Ptolemaic dynasty, of Macedonian origin, which ruled Hellenistic Egypt from 305 BC to 30 BC.

For other people named Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus, and a history of the name, see Ptolemy (name).

See also

• Ptolemais for cities named after various Ptolemies.

• Disambiguation pages
• Lists of ambiguous human names