Perikles (name)

Perikles or Pericles or Periklis (Περικλής) is a Greek masculine given name.

Notable people with the given name include

Ancient world

 * Pericles (circa 495-429 BC), Athenian statesman, orator and general
 * Pericles the Younger (440s–406 BCE), Athenian general, illegitimate son of the above
 * Pericles, Dynast of Lycia (circa 380-360 BC), Dynast of Lycia

Modern world

 * Pericles Abbasi, American attorney
 * Periklis Bousinakis, Greek footballer
 * Periklis Dorkofikis, Greek basketball player
 * Periklis Hristoforidis, Greek film actor
 * Perikles Ioannidis (1881-1965), Greek admiral
 * Perikles Kakousis (1879-1939), Greek weightlifter
 * Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, 19th century Greek fencer
 * Periklis Panagopoulos, Greek shipping magnate
 * Périclès Pantazis, Greek impressionist painter
 * Periklis Papapostolou, Greek footballer
 * Pericles A. Sakellarios (1905-1985), Greek architect
 * Péricles (cartoonist) (1924-1961), full name Péricles de Andrade Maranhão, Brazilian cartoonist
 * Periklis Iakovakis, Greek hurdler
 * Péricles (singer) (born 1969), full name Péricles Aparecido Fonseca da Faria, Brazilian singer and instrumentalist
 * Pericles (footballer, born 1975), full name Pericles de Oliveira Ramos, Brazilian football defender
 * Pericles (footballer, born 1989), full name Junior Pericles Pinto Catarina, Brazilian football attacking midfielder
 * Péricles (footballer, born 1994), full name Péricles da Silva Nunes, Brazilian football defensive midfielder