# 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