Despot
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Despot may refer to:
People with the surname Despot:
- Despot (court title), a Byzantine court title
- DespotismDespotismDespotism is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power. That entity may be an individual, as in an autocracy, or it may be a group, as in an oligarchy...
, a form of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of an individual or a small group
People with the surname Despot:
- Despot voda or Ioan Iacob Heraclit (1511–1563), a prince in Moldavia
- George DespotGeorge DespotGeorge Joseph Despot was a Shreveport businessman and a pioneer in the establishment of a competitive Republican Party in the U.S. state of Louisiana. He was the state Republican chairman from 1978-1985...
(1927–1991), a Shreveport businessman - Veljko DespotVeljko DespotVeljko Despot is Croatian music journalist and record business entrepreneur.He is a well-known name from Croatia in music and entertainment industry. A record business entrepreneur, product manager, music producer and record company executive, a journalist...
(born 1948), a Croatian record producer