Callinicus or Kallinikos () is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Callinice or Callinica (). It is of Greek origin, meaning "beautiful victor", "the one that achieves a beautiful victory" or "beautifully triumphant".

People named Callinicus

Seleucid rulers

• Seleucus II Callinicus (r. 246–225 BC)

• Antiochus VIII Grypus

• Antiochus XII Dionysus

• Antiochus XIII Asiaticus

Kingdom of Commagene

• King Mithridates I Callinicus, who married the daughter of Antiochus VIII Grypus

• Callinicus (Prince of Commagene), a prince of Commagene who lived in the 1st century

Religious figures

• Callinicus, the supposed father of the tannaic scholar Onkelos

• Callinicus, the author of the Vita Sancti Hypatii

• Callinicus of Pelusium, a 4th-century bishop, imprisoned by Saint Athanasius of Alexandria

Martyrs of the Eastern Church:

• (c. 2nd century), martyred together with Meletius Stratelates and many others

• (died 251), martyred together with Leukios and Saint Thyrsus

• Saint Callinica (or Callinicus), beheaded in Rome in 252

• (c. 4th century), martyred in Gangra (modern Çankırı)

• Patriarch Callinicus I of Constantinople (r. 693–705), a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church

• Patriarch Callinicus II of Constantinople (r. 1688, 1689–1693, 1694–1702)

• Patriarch Callinicus III of Constantinople (r. 1726), died before being enthroned and sometimes not counted among the patriarchs

• Patriarch Callinicus IV of Constantinople (or III) (r. 1757), numbered III when the previous patriarch is not counted

• Patriarch Callinicus V of Constantinople (or IV) (r. 1801–1806, 1808–1809)

• Serbian Patriarch Kalinik I (r. 1691–1710)

• Serbian Patriarch Kalinik II (r. 1765–1766)

• Patriarch Callinicus of Alexandria (r. 1858–1861)

Other historical figures

• Callinicus (sophist) (c. 3rd century), Greek historian

• , praepositus sacri cubiculi (chamberlain) and sole witness of the death of Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 565, who designated Justin II as successor

• Callinicus (exarch), Exarch of Ravenna (r. 597–602 or 603)

• Callinicus of Heliopolis (c. 7th century), Byzantine chemist credited with inventing Greek fire

Modern individuals

• Jannis Kallinikos (born 1954), organization theorist at the London School of Economics

• Alex Callinicos (born 1950), political theorist at King's College London and Trotskyist leader

Places

Callinicum, a city founded by Seleucus II Callinicus, now modern Raqqa, Syria

• Battle of Callinicum (531), victory of the Sassanid Persians over the Byzantines