Despot

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Despot may refer to:

• Despot (court title), a Byzantine court title
• Despotism, a form of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of an individual or a small group
• Despot (rapper), rapper Alec Reinstein's stage name
• Despot voda or Ioan Iacob Heraclit (1511–1563), a prince in Moldavia

People with the given name

• Despot Badžović (1850—1930) a teacher and an activist of the Serbian national movement

People with the surname

• Blaženka Despot (1930–2001), Croatian philosopher and sociologist
• Branko Despot (1942–), Croatian philosopher
• Dragan Despot (1956–), Croatian actor
• George Despot (1927–1991), Shreveport businessman
• Ilija Despot (1885–1970), Croatian poet and writer
• Ivan Despot (1851–1886), Croatian writer
• Miroslava Despot (1912–1995), Croatian historian
• Veljko Despot (born 1948), Croatian record producer