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Euclid (disambiguation)

Euclid generally refers to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (3rd century BC), who wrote a work on geometry called the Elements.

Eukleides biography of williams American Mathematical Society. These basic principles reflect the interest of Euclid, along with his contemporary Greek and Hellenistic mathematicians, in constructive geometry. In , John Dee provided a widely respected "Mathematical Preface," along with copious notes and supplementary material, to the first English edition by Henry Billingsley. He also provided some missing proofs.

Euclid, Euclides, or Eucleides may also refer to:

People

  • Euclid of Megara (c. BC–c. BC), ancient Greek philosopher
  • Eucleides, archon of Athens (5th century BC)
  • Euclid Bertrand (born ), Dominican former footballer
  • Euclides da Cunha (–), Brazilian sociologist
  • Euclid James Sherwood (–), American musician
  • Euclid Kyurdzidis (born ), Russian actor
  • Euclid Tsakalotos (born ), Greek economist and Minister of Finance
  • Nicholas Euclid (–), Australian rugby league player, coach, and official

Mathematics, science, and technology

Higher education

Places in the United States

  • Euclid, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
  • Euclid, Ohio, a city and suburb of Cleveland
  • Euclid, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
  • Euclid, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Euclid Township, Polk County, Minnesota
  • Euclid Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in existence from to

Fiction

  • Euclid, a supercomputer built by the fictional character Maximillian Cohen in the film Pi
  • Euclid, a town in the game Tales of Phantasia
  • Euclid, an object classification in the SCP Foundation storytelling project

Other uses

  • Euclid Avenue (disambiguation), several streets in the United States, as well as transit stations and a school
  • Euclid Apartments, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
  • Euclid Tree, a giant Sequoia in California
  • Euclid Trucks, a company specialized in heavy equipment for earthmoving
  • Village of Euclid, Ohio v.

    Ambler Realty Co., a U.S. Supreme Court case relevant to contemporary land use and police power issues; the legal precedent for zoning

  • "Euclid", a song by Sleep Token from Take Me Back to Eden

See also

Topics referred to by the same term