Plato (428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher.

Plato may also refer to:

People

• Plato (comic poet) (fl. 420–391 BC)
• Plato of Bactria (2nd century BC), Greco-Bactrian king
• Plato (exarch) (fl. 645–653), Byzantine exarch of Ravenna
• Plato of Sakkoudion (735–814), Byzantine saint
• Plato I, Metropolitan of Moscow in 1745–1754
• Plato III (b. 1993), American rapper
• Platon Levshin or Plato II, Metropolitan of Moscow in 1775–1812
• George Haimsohn or Plato, beefcake photographer

Places

• Plato, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Plato, Magdalena, Colombia
• Plato Township, Kane County, Illinois, U.S.
• Plato, Indiana, U.S.
• Plato, Iowa, U.S.
• Plato, Minnesota, U.S.
• Plato, Missouri, U.S.

Science and technology

• Plato (spider), a genus of ray spider
• PLATO (computer system), a computer-assisted instruction system
• PLATO (spacecraft), a planned space observatory
• Plato (crater), a lunar crater
• 5451 Plato, a main-belt asteroid
• SAM-A-19 Plato, an anti-ballistic missile project
• Plato scale, a scale for the gravity of beer wort and distilled spirits

Other uses

• Plato (film), a 2008 Russian film
• Plato, a son of Lycaon of Arcadia in Greek mythology
• Plato, a character in Rebel Without a Cause
• PLATO WA, or People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes, a Western Australian lobby group

People with the surname

• Dana Plato (1964–1999), American actress
• Jason Plato (born 1967), British racing driver

See also

• Play-Doh
• Platon (disambiguation)