Heliodorus is a Greek name meaning "Gift of the Sun". Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which are:
- Heliodorus of Emesa, author of the novel Aethiopica.
- Heliodorus a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator ca. 175 BC
- Heliodorus, a Greek ambassador who erected famous votive Heliodorus pillar near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Heliodorus of Athens ancient author who wrote fifteen books on the Acropolis of Athens, possibly about 150 BC.
- Heliodorus of Catania, necromancer and witchdoctor from Catania.
- Heliodorus a metrist in the 1st century AD who did work on the comedies of Aristophanes
- Heliodorus a surgeon, probably from Egypt, and mentioned in the Satires of Juvenal
- Heliodorus of Alexandria 5th century Neoplatonist philosopher, and brother of Ammonius Hermiae
- Heliodorus (philosopher) the author of a work entitled Commentary (564 AD)
- Heliodorus of Altino, Christian saint
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