Xanthippus is the name of:

Xanthippus (father of Pericles) (c. 520–475 BC), wealthy Athenian politician and general Xanthippus (son of Pericles) (died 429 BC), one of the sons of Pericles and grandson of the above Xanthippus (Spartan commander), 3rd century BC Spartan general who fought for Carthage during the First Punic War