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The name Graeco-Roman nomen Andronicus or Andronikos (Greek: Ανδρόνικος) may refer to several people:
- Livius Andronicus (c.284 BC–204 BC), introduced drama to the Romans and produced the first formal play in Latin in c.240 BC
- Andronicus ben Meshullam, a Jewish scholar of the second century BC
- Andronicus of Cyrrhus (c.100 BC), Greek astronomer
- Andronicus of Rhodes (c.70 BC), Greek philosopher
- Andronicus of Pannonia (Saint Andronicus), an Apostle of the Seventy mentioned in Romans 16:7
- Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Saint Andronicus), a fourth century martyr
- Andronicus of Alexandria, a soldier, martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
- Coptic Pope Andronicus of Alexandria (reigned 616–622)
- Five Byzantine Emperors:
- Andronikos I Komnenos (1118–1185)
- Andronikos II Palaiologos (1258–1332)
- Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297–1341)
- Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348–1385)
- Andronikos V Palaiologos (c.1400–c.1407), Co-Emperor with his father John VII Palaiologos
- Andronikos Palaiologos, Lord of Thessalonike (1403–1429)
- Three Emperors of Trebizond:
- Andronicus I Gidus Comnenus (1222–[1235)
- Andronicus II Comnenus (1263–1266)
- Andronicus III Comnenus (1330–1332)
In fiction:
- Titus Andronicus, main character in the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, possibly named after one of the above-listed emperors
- Andronicus, or the Unfortunate Politician, a 1646 satire by Thomas Fuller
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