Zeno is a Greek name derived from the more ancient variant Zenon. The word may refer to any of the following:

People

Philosophers

• Zeno of Elea (c.490–c.430 BC), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, famed for his paradoxes.
• Zeno of Citium (333 BC - 264 BC), founder of the Stoic school of philosophy
• Zeno of Tarsus (200s BC), Stoic philosopher
• Zeno of Sidon (1st century BC), Epicurean philosopher

Other people

• Zeno of Verona (4th century AD), saint
• Zeno (emperor) (c. 425–491 AD), Byzantine ruler
• The Zeno brothers (14th century AD), Nicolo and Antonio, Venetian navigators
• Apostolo Zeno (18th century), poet and librettist for opera

Other uses

• Zeno, ancient name for the village of Akköse‎
• Zeno's paradoxes, paradoxes by Zeno of Elea
• Zeno machine, a hypothetical computational model
• Zeno (crater), a lunar impact crater, named for Zeno of Citium
• Zeno Cosini, the protagonist of Italo Svevo's novel La Coscienza di Zeno
• Zeno (programming language), an imperative procedural programming language designed to be easy to learn and user friendly
• Zeno-Watch Basel, a Swiss clockmaker company specialised in aviation watches
• Quantum Zeno effect, an effect in quantum mechanics which disallows certain conditions in the decaying of a quantum state
• Zeno (acne treatment), a handheld acne-treating device
• Zeno's Pub, a notable bar with a beer 'passport' in State College, Pennsylvania
• Zeno (band), a German hard rock band formed by Zeno Roth
  • also the title of their first album

In Modern Fiction

• Zeno and Dufort, a demon that uses spells in the anime Zatch Bell
• Zeno (demon), a fictional demon from webcomic Charby the Vampirate

See also

• Xeno
• Xenon
• Zenon

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