Meaning of name Theodore

The names of some famous persons by the name Theodore (or its variants) are:

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., born on 27 October, a famous president. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.'s background: The twenty-sixth President of the United States, and a leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Movement. He became President of the United States at the age of 42.

Theodore William Schultz, born on 30 April, a famous economist. Theodore William Schultz's background: The 1979 winner (jointly with William Arthur Lewis) of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, focusing on the economics of agriculture. He analysed the role of agriculture within the economy, and his work has had far reaching implications on industrialisation policy, both in developing and developed nations. Schultz also promulgated the idea of educational capital, an offshoot of the concept of human capital, relating specifically to the investments made in education.

Theodore William Richards, born on 31 January, a famous chemist. Theodore William Richards's background: The first American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, earning the award 'in recognition of his exact determinations of the atomic weights of a large number of the chemical elements.