Proteus (disambiguation)

Proteus is an early Greek water god.

Proteus may also refer to:

People

 * Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865–1923), German-American mathematician and electrical engineer
 * Peregrinus Proteus (died 165), Cynic philosopher, from Parium in Mysia
 * Proteus (Greek myth), name of multiple mythical characters
 * Proteus of Egypt, an ancient Egyptian king who was associated with the island of Pharos

Characters

 * Proteus (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), a character from William Shakespeare's play The Two Gentlemen of Verona
 * Dr. Paul Proteus, the main character in Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
 * Prince Proteus of Syracuse, a character in the 2003 DreamWorks Animation film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
 * Proteus, the Prime Minister in The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw
 * Proteus IV, a villainous supercomputer in the Dean Koontz novel and film Demon Seed
 * Proteus, the second monster created by Victor Frankenstein in the TV show Penny Dreadful

Characters in comics

 * Proteus (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics mutant
 * Proteus (DC Comics), a DC Comics super-villain, enemy of the superhero the Creeper

Biology

 * Amoeba proteus, the most famous species of amoebae
 * Proteus (amphibian), a small cave-dwelling amphibian genus, also known as the olm
 * Proteus (bacterium), a genus of Proteobacteria responsible for many human urinary tract infections
 * Proteus, a cultivar of Clematis introduced in 1876

Medicine

 * Proteus syndrome, a very rare congenital disorder known mostly for its most famous sufferer Joseph Merrick (the Elephant Man)
 * Proteus-like syndrome, a condition similar to Proteus syndrome, but with an uncertain etiology

Science

 * Proteus (alchemy), a term for the "first matter" (prima materia)
 * Proteus (moon), a natural satellite of Neptune
 * Proteus (satellite), a French multimission satellite platform

Software and hardware

 * Proteus (programming language), a fully functional, procedural programming language created in 1998 by Simone Zanella
 * Proteus (proteomics software), a software using Trans-Proteomic Pipeline technology
 * Proteus (video game), an exploration video game created in 2013
 * Proteus Design Suite, a proprietary software tool suite used primarily for electronic design automation

In media

 * Proteus (play), a satyr play by Aeschylus, part of the Oresteia
 * "Proteus" (X-Men episode), an episode of the X-Men animated series
 * Proteus (video game), a 2013 video game developed by Ed Key and David Kanaga
 * "Proteus", an episode of the television series Person of Interest

Films

 * Proteus, a 1995 film by director Bob Keen
 * Proteus (2003 film), a film by Canadian director John Greyson
 * Proteus (2004 film), an animated documentary by David Lebrun

Novels

 * Proteus In The Underworld, a science fiction novel by Charles Sheffield and published in 1995
 * The Proteus Operation, a science fiction novel written by James P. Hogan and published in 1985
 * "Proteus" (Ulysses episode), an episode in James Joyce's novel Ulysses
 * Proteus, a novel by Morris West and published in 1979

Vehicles

 * Bluebird-Proteus CN7, a wheel-driven land speed record-breaking car
 * HMS Proteus (disambiguation), several ships
 * Proteus (watercraft), an experimental vessel developed by Marine Advanced Research
 * Scaled Composites Proteus, an experimental aircraft
 * USS Proteus (disambiguation), several ships
 * A type of diver propulsion vehicle; there are at least two makes called Proteus:
 * Protei-5 Russian diver propulsion vehicle
 * Proteus replica Jaguar C-Type car, manufactured in the UK by Proteus sports and racing cars
 * Saturn (Russian Navy), a class of Russian tugboats

Fictional vehicles

 * Proteus (submarine), the miniaturized submarine in the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage
 * Proteus, a derelict spacecraft infested with alien spiders in the 1998 film Lost in Space
 * Proteus, a Strategic Cruiser class ship from the MMORPG Eve Online
 * Proteus, a new US Navy warship in a season 2 episode of New Captain Scarlet entitled Proteus
 * Proteus, a legendary narrow gauge steam locomotive from Thomas & Friends

Engines

 * Bristol Proteus, a turboprop engine

Organisations

 * Proteus-eretes, the largest student rowing club in Delft, Netherlands
 * Proteus Gowanus, an interdisciplinary gallery and reading room founded in 2005 in Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York, United States
 * Krewe of Proteus, the second oldest parade krewe at New Orleans Mardi Gras

Companies

 * Proteus Airlines, a French regional airline with its head offices in Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or, France, near Dijon, and in Saint-Étienne
 * Studio Proteus, a Japanese manga import, translation and lettering company

Other

 * E-mu Proteus, a series of sample playback synthesizers
 * Proteus, a board game by Steve Jackson Games
 * Proteus effect, an effect that appears when the behavior of an individual conforms to their digital self-representation
 * Proteus phenomenon, the tendency in science for early replications of a work to contradict the original findings, a consequence of publication bias