Euclid (disambiguation)

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

It may also refer to:

People

• Euclid of Megara (c. 435 – c. 365 BCE), ancient Greek philosopher (5th century BC); sometimes confused with the better-known mathematician
• Eucleides, archon of Athens (5th century BC)
• Euclides da Cunha (1866–1909), Brazilian sociologist
• Euclid Kyurdzidis (born 1968), Russian actor
• Euclid Tsakalotos (born 1960), Greek Minister of Finance
• Nicholas Euclid (1932–2007), Australian rugby league player, coach, and official

Mathematics, science, and technology

• Euclid Contest, a math competition held by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
• Euclid (programming language)
• Euclid (computer program)
• Euclid, a computer system used by Euroclear
• Euclid (spacecraft), a space telescope built by ESA, to be launched in 2020

Higher education

• EUCLID (university), an intergovernmental organization
• Euclid Consortium, a group of universities
• Project Euclid, a university collaboration to assist publishing in math and statistics

Geographical

• Euclid, Minnesota
• Euclid, West Virginia
• Euclid Avenue (disambiguation), several streets in the United States
• Euclid Township, Polk County, Minnesota

Related to Cleveland, Ohio

• Euclid, Ohio, an eastern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio
• South Euclid, Ohio, a south-eastern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio
• Euclid Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in existence from 1809 to 1917

Places in New York State

• Euclid Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line), a station of the New York City Subway
• Euclid Avenue, the main road of Syracuse University's "Off Campus" housing area

Fiction

• Euclid, a supercomputer built by the fictional character Maximillian Cohen in the 1998 film Pi
• Euclid, a town in the game Tales of Phantasia
• An object classification in the SCP Foundation storytelling project

Other uses

• 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