Descartes (disambiguation)

René Descartes (1596–1650) was a French mathematician and philosopher.

Descartes or des Cartes may also refer to:

Places

 * Descartes (crater), on the Moon
 * Descartes, Indre-et-Loire, a commune of France
 * Descartes Highlands, lunar landing site of Apollo 16

People with the surname

 * Blanche Descartes, collaborative pseudonym for R. Leonard Brooks, Arthur Harold Stone, Cedric Smith, and W. T. Tutte
 * Francine Descartes (1635–1640), René Descartes' daughter

Transportation and vehicles

 * French frigate Descartes (1844–1867)
 * French cruiser Descartes (1896–1920)
 * René Descartes (ship), a cable-laying ship operated by France Télécom

Other uses

 * Descartes (plotting tool), computer software
 * Descartes Editeur, a French game publishing company
 * University of Paris V: René Descartes, a university in Paris