List of people from Greece

• Metrobius
• Thespis

• Alexander I of Macedon, runner and Olympic winner
• Astylos of Croton
• Pheidippides
  

  Phidippides, acclaimed runner and 'inspirator' of the Olympic Marathon race, who had run back and forth between Athens and Sparta in order to relay news of the Battle of Marathon, resulting in his death from ultimate exhaustion, when in his last breath he yelled out "We (the Greeks) won". Painting by Luc-Olivier Merson, 1869.
• Chionis of Sparta
• Cynisca
• Diagoras of Rhodes
• Dioxippus, pankration
• Hydna, swimmer and diver
• Kleitomachos, pankration
• Leonidas of Rhodes, ancient runner and Olympic winner
• Milo of Croton, pankration
  

  Milo of Croton, wrestler and the most acclaimed ancient Olympian
• Troilus of Elis
• Phillip of Macedon

• Aristotle George (Harry) Agganis baseball and American football player
• Aristidis Akratopoulos tennis player
• Konstantinos Akratopoulos tennis player
• Giannis Antetokounmpo basketball player
• Nikos Alefantos football player and manager
• Anna Korakaki sport shooter and Olympic champion
• Anastasios Bakasetas football player
• Andreas Bouchalakis football player
• Lampros Choutos football player
• Fanis Christodoulou basketball player
• Anton Christoforidis boxer
• Stephanos Christopoulos wrestler
• Constantine II former King of Greece, 1960 Olympic champion in sailing (Dragon class)
• Ioannis Chrysafis gymnast
• Nikos Dabizas football player
• Evangelos Damaskos pole vaulter
• Nick "the Greek" Dandolos, gambler
• Eleni Daniilidou tennis player
• Filipos Darlas football player
• Stefanos Dedas (born 1982), basketball head coach in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Dimitrios Deligiannis marathoner
• Traianos Dellas football player
• Hrysopiyí Devetzí triple jumper and long jumper
• Themistoklis Diakidis high jumper
• Dimitris Diamantidis basketball player
• Georgios Diamantis shooter
• Dimosthenis Dikoudis basketball player
• Pyrros Dimas three-time Olympic champion weightlifter
  

  Pyrros Dimas in Dion, former Olympic Weightlifting three time gold medalist
• Stefanos Dimitrios middle-distance runner
• Zoi Dimoschaki swimmer
• Mimis Domazos football player
• Giorgos Donis football player
• Dimitrios Drivas swimmer
• Kostas Eleftherakis football player
• Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos football player
• Giannoulis Fakinos football player
• Panagiotis Fasoulas basketball player
• Giannis Fetfatzidis football player
• Alexios Fetsios shooter
• Angelos Fetsis middle-distance runner
• Giorgos Foiros football player and manager
• Antonis Fotsis basketball player
• D. Frangopoulos tennis player
• Takis Fyssas football player
• Nikos Galis basketball player, MVP of Eurobasket 1987
• Konstadinos Gatsioudis javelin thrower
• Theofanis Gekas football player
• Georgios Gennimatas sprinter
• Nikolaos Georgantas discus thrower
• Grigorios Georgatos football player
• Giorgios Georgiadis football player
• Ioannis Georgiadis fencer
• Evangelos Gerakeris marathoner
• Panagiotis Giannakis basketball player, captain of Greek Eurobasket 1987 champion team
  

  Panagiotis Giannakis, former 1987 EuroBasket Team Captain, former Olympiacos Head coach
• Stelios Giannakopoulos football player
• Kleopas Giannou football player
• Herodotos Giorgallas gymnast
• Giannis Gitsioudis football player
• Andreas Glyniadakis basketball player
• Spyros Gogolos football player
• Dimitrios Golemis middle-distance runner
• Georgios Gougoulias football player
• Yannis Goumas football player
• Anastasios Gousis sprinter
• Miltiadis Gouskos shot putter
• Georgios Grigoriou marathoner
• Efstratios Grivas chess player
• Faní Halkiá Olympic champion hurdler
• Vassilis Hatzipanagis football player
• José Holebas football player
• Periklis Iakovakis hurdler
• Georgios Iatridis fencer
• Miltiades Iatrou cyclist
• Takis Ikonomopoulos football player
• Giannis Ioannidis basketball player and coach
• Leonidas Kabantais football player
• Pantelis Kafes football player
• Ilias Kafetzis marathoner
• Kakhi Kakhiashvili weightlifter
• Michalis Kakiouzis basketball player
• Nikos Kaklamanakis windsurfer
• Michalis Kalamiotis football player
• Ioannis Kalitzakis football player
• Georgios Kalogiannidis archer
• George Kalovelonis tennis player
• Marios Kaperonis boxer
• Michalis Kapsis football player
• Alexandros Karageorgiou archer
• Giorgos Karagounis football player
• Telemachos Karakalos fencer
• Karakatsanis shooter
• Konstantinos Karakatsanis middle-distance runner
• Pantelis Karasevdas shooter
• Hristos Karipidis football player
• Filippos Karvelas gymnast
• Michalis Kasapis football player
• Dionysios Kasdaglis tennis player
• Fanis Katergiannakis football player
• N. Kartavas swimmer
• Kostas Katsouranis football player
• Ioannis Kastritis former basketball player and coach in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Anastasía Kelesídou discus thrower
• Konstantinos Kenteris European, World and Olympic champion sprinter
• Alexandros Khalkokondilis sprinter and long jumper
• Hatzidakis shooter
• Dimitrios Christopoulos marathoner
• Vassilis Kikilias basketball player
• Michalis Klokidis football player
• Frank Klopas, football player
• Ekaterini Koffa sprinter
• Savvas Kofidis football player
• Dimitrios Kokotis high jumper
• Georgios Kolettis cyclist
• Georgios Koltsidas football player
• Giorgos Koltzos football player
• Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis fencer
• Ntinos Konstantakis football player
• Aristidis Konstantinidis cyclist
• Vasilis Konstantinou football player
• Konstantinos Konstantinou cyclist
• Michalis Konstantinou football player
• Dimitrious Konstantopolous football player
• Georgios Korakakis football player
• Prodromos Korkizoglou decathlete
• Anastasia Kostaki basketball player
• Nikos Kostakis football player
• Yiorgos Kostikos football player
• Athanasios Kostoulas football player
• Vasilios Kotronias chess player
• Ilias Kotsios football player
• Stefanos Kotsolis football player
• Giorgos Koudas football player
• Dinos Kouis football player
• Konstantinos Koukodimos long jumper
• Efthimios Kouloucheris football player
• Yiannis Kouros multiple world record-holding ultramarathoner
• Vasilios Koutsianikoulis football player
• Vaggelis Koutsoures football player
• Petros Kravaritis football player
• Ioannis Kyrastas football player
• Sotirios Kyrgiakos football player
• Anastasios Kyriakos football player
• Panagiotis Lagos football player
• Vassilis Lakis football player
• Alexi Lalas, football player
• Leonidas Langakis shooter
• Ioannis Lavrentis marathoner
• Sotiris Leontiou football player
• Nikolaos Levidis shooter
• Kostas Linoxilakis football player
• Spiros Livathinos football player and manager
• Spiridon Louis marathoner, winner of first modern Olympic marathon
• Takis Loukanidis football player
• Greg Louganis Olympic Diver
  

  Greg Louganis, four times Greek-American Olympic Gold Medalist (Diving)
• Konstantinos Loumpoutis football player
• Dimitrios Loundras gymnast
• Nikolaos Lyberopoulos football player
• Nikos Machlas football player
• Ioannis Malokinis swimmer
• Miréla Manjani javelin thrower
• Stelios Manolas football player
• Vlasios Maras gymnast
• Nick Markakis baseball player
• Dimitris Markos football player
• Stamatios Masouris marathoner
• Dimitris Mavrogenidis football player
• Loukas Mavrokefalidis basketball player
• Thomas Mavros football player
• Hristos Meletoglou triple jumper
• Angelos Messaris football player
• Anastasios Metaxas shooter
• Athanasios Michalopoulos volleyball player
• Nikolaos Michopoulos football player
• Zenon Mikhailidis shooter
• Kostas Mitroglou football player
• Ioannis Mitropoulos gymnast
• Tasos Mitropoulos football player
• Georgios Mitsibonas football player
• Antonis Miyiakis football player
• Vaggelis Moras football player
• Nikolaos Morakis shooter
• Irini Mouchou, triathlete
• Andreas Mouratis football player
• Moustakopoulos shooter
• Apostolos Nanos archer
• Evangelos Nastos football player
• Konstantinos Nebegleras football player
• Kostas Negrepontis football player
• Kostas Nestoridis football player
• Apostolos Nikolaidis football and volleyball player
• Demis Nikolaidis football player
• Alexandros Nikolopoulos weightlifter
• Stamatios Nikolopoulos cyclist
• Antonios Nikopolidis football player
• Sotiris Ninis football player
• Nikos Nioplias football player
• Georgios Orphanidis shooter
• Alexandros Pagalis football player
• Alketas Panagoulias football player and manager
• Loukas Panourgias football player
• Pantazidis shooter
• Anastasios Pantos football player
• Alexandros Papadimitriou hammer thrower
• Avraam Papadopoulos football player
• Dimitrios Papadopoulos football player
• Lazaros Papadopoulos basketball player
• Antonios Papaioannou gymnast
• Mimis Papaioannou football player
• Lambros Papakostas high jumper
• Theodoros Papaloukas basketball player
• Manolis Papamakarios basketball player
• Christos Papanikolaou pole vaulter
• Georgios Papasideris weightlifter
• Eleftherios Papasymeon marathoner
• Athina Papayianni race walker
• Charilaos Pappas football player
• Tom Pappas, world champion decathlete
• Georgios Paraskevopoulos cyclist
• Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos discus thrower
• Mikhail Paskalides sprinter
• Konstantinos Paspatis tennis player
• Petros Passalis football player
• George Patis badminton player
• Voula Patoulidou hurdler
• Christos Patsatzoglou football player
• Patsouris shooter
• Pavlos Pavlidis shooter
• Antonios Pepanos swimmer
• Ioannis Persakis triple jumper
• Petros Persakis gymnast
• Aristovoulos Petmezas gymnast and shooter
• Demetrios Petrokokkinos tennis player
• Ioannis Phrangoudis shooter
• Mimis Pierrakos football player
• Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis fencer
• Stiliani Pilatou long jumper
• Platis shooter
• Hristos Polihroniou hammer thrower
• Ioannis Poulos fencer
• Evangelia Psarra archer

Leonidas Pyrgos, first modern Olympics Gold Medalist (Fencing)

Sofoklis Schortsanitis

• Leonidas Pyrgos fencer
• Evangelos Rallis tennis player
• Kurt Rambis (Kyriakos Rambidis) basketball player, won 4 NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers
• Flora Redoumi hurdler
• Dimitrios Regas sprinter
• Efthimios Rentzias basketball player
• Elpida Romantzi archer
• Nicolas Rossolimo chess player
• Georgios Roubanis pole vaulter
• Sakis Rouvas pole vaulter (later became famous as a musician-entertainer)
• Maria Sakkari tennis player
• Dimitris Salpingidis football player
• Georgios Samaras football player
• Sanidis shooter
• Miltiadis Sapanis football player
• Dimitris Saravakos football player
• Nikos Sarganis football player
• Georgios Saridakis race walker
• Sofoklis Schortsanitis basketball player
• Yourkas Seitaridis football player
• Ioannis Sfairopoulos (born 1967) basketball coach in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and EuroLeague
• Giorgos Sideris football player
• Nikolaos Siranidis diver
• Athanasios Skaltsogiannis
• Giannis Skopelitis football player
• Georgios Skoutarides sprinter and hurdler
• George Sotiropoulos mixed martial artist
• Vasileios Spanoulis basketball player
• Konstantinos Spetsiotis race walker
• Spiridon Stais shooter
• Andreas Stamatiadis football player
• Ieroklis Stoltidis football player
• Aryiro Strataki heptathlete
• Dimosthenis Tampakos gymnast
• Giannis Taralidis football player
• Alexandros Tatsis football player
• Efstathios Tavlaridis football player
• Irini Terzoglou shot putter
• Ekateríni Thánou sprinter
• Stefanos Theodoridis football player
• Georgios Theodoridis sprinter
• Ioannis Theodoropoulos pole vaulter
• Alexandros Theofilakis shooter
• Ioannis Theofilakis shooter
• Dimitrios Tomprof middle-distance runner
• Vasilis Torosidis football player
• Nicolaos Trikupis shooter
• A. Tryfiatis-Tripiaris cyclist
• Jake Tsakalidis basketball player
• Kostas Tsartsaris basketball player
• Loúis Tsátoumas long jumper
• Dimitrios Tsiamis triple jumper
• Paraskeví Tsiamíta triple jumper
• Nikos Tsiantakis football player
• Vassilis Tsiartas football player
• Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Olympic champion standing long jumper
  

  Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, renowned Olympic long jumper
• Leonidas Tsiklitiras gymnast
• Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi javelin thrower
• Chris Tsiprailidis poker player
• Georgios Tsitas wrestler
• Stefanos Tsitsipas tennis player
• Athanasia Tsoumeleka race walker
• Tryfon Tzanetis football player
• Alexandros Tziolis football player
• Stavros Tziortziopoulos football player
• Alexandros Tzorvas football player
• Danai Varveri free diver
• Olga Vasdeki triple jumper
• Spyridon Vasdekis long jumper
• Charilaos Vasilakos marathoner
• Panagiotis Vasilopoulos basketball player
• Kostas Vassiliadis basketball player
• Fotini Vavatsi archer
• Vavis shooter
• Theodoros Velkos badminton player
• Stylianos Venetidis football player
• Tassos Venetis football player
• Anna Verouli javelin thrower
• Sotirios Versis weightlifter
• Kleanthis Vikelides football player
• Ekateríni Vóggoli discus thrower
• Ioannis Vourakis shooter
• Athanasios Vouros fencer
• Ian Vouyoukas basketball player
• Ioannis Vrettos marathoner
• Zisis Vryzas football player
• Loukas Vyntra football player
• Charalambos Xanthos poker player
• Níki Xánthou long jumper
• Thomas Xenakis gymnast
• Vasilios Xydas pole vaulter
• Theodoros Zagorakis football player, captain of Greek team which won 2004 European Championship
  

  Theodoros Zagorakis, Greece national football team captain during Greece's UEFA Euro 2004 victory
• Akis Zikos football player
• Nikos Zisis basketball player
• Khristos Zoumis triple jumper

• Saints Cyril and Methodius, monks and scholars, inventors of the Cyrillic script
• Saint Nicholas, 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre in modern-day Turkey) in Lycia.
• Michael Cerularius (c. 1000–1059), Patriarch of Constantinople
• John Chrysostom (347–407), Christian bishop and orator
• Photios I of Constantinople (820–891), Patriarch of Constantinople and writer
• Pope Evaristus (c. 98–105), fourth Pope
• Pope Stephen I (254–257)
• Pope Agatho (678–681)
• Pope John VI (701–705)
• Pope John VII (706–709)
• Pope Alexander V (1409–1410), Roman Catholic Antipope in the Pisan line

• Jacob Palaeologus (c. 1520–1585), Dominican friar, later antitrinitarian theologian; (Greek father)

See also:

• List of Constantinople patriarchs
• List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Jerusalem
• List of Archbishops of Athens
• List of Archbishops of Cyprus

• Androsthenes of Thasos
• Archias of Pella
• Colaeus
• Demodamas
• Eudoxus of Cyzicus
• Euthymenes
• Hippalus
• Megasthenes
• Nearchus
• Patrocles the Geographer
• Pytheas
• Scylax
• Simmias

• Cosmas Indicopleustes

• Evstratii Delarov
• Jorge Griego
• Juan de Fuca
• Pedro de Candia

• Panayotis Potagos

• Agis III (r.338–?331 BCE), Spartan king who rebelled against Macedon in 331 BCE
• Alcibiades (450–404 BCE), Athenian general and statesman
• Alexander the Great (356–323 BCE) King of Macedon, and conqueror of the Persian Empire
• Antiochus III the Great, (c. 241–187 BCE) Seleucid Monarch
• Antipater (c.390–319 BCE), Macedonian noble and Alexander the Great's regent in Macedon
• Aristides (530–468 BCE), Athenian statesman
• Cimon (510–450 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman
• Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, (c.68–30 BCE) Queen of Egypt, from the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Dynasty
  

  Michelangelo's rendering of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator
• Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), politician and orator
• Dionysius I (c.432–367), ruler of the Syracusan empire
• Epaminondas (c.420–362), Theban general and statesman
• Eucratides, ruler of the Bactrian Greeks
• Leonidas (d.480 BCE), Spartan king, killed defending Greece from the Persians
  

  Bust of Leonidas I, famed king of Sparta who led his troops at the Battle of Thermopylae against a Persian invasion of the Greek city states, perhaps most famous for having told the Persian King Xerxes his "Molon labe", or "Come and take them", when ordered to surrender and to give up his weapons once his unit's position had been betrayed and surrounded
• Lycurgus (9th century BCE), semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver
• Lysander (d.395), Spartan general and hero during the Peloponnesian War
• Memnon of Rhodes (d.333), Greek mercenary general in Persian army under Darius III
• Miltiades, Athenian statesman and general
• Nearchus, Alexander's naval commander
• Peisistratus, Athenian tyrant
• Pericles (495–429 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman
  

  Pericles, strategos of the city state of Athens during the Peloponnesian War
• Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BCE), Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great
• Polycrates, Samian ruler
• Ptolemy I (c.356–285), Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded a dynasty in Egypt
• Pyrrhus of Epirus (c.318–272), invaded Italy, became known for victories of dubious value (Pyrrhic)
• Seleucus I, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded dynasty in Persia
• Solon (638–558 BCE), Athenian lawmaker and archon
• Themistocles (c.514–449 BCE), Athenian statesman and admiral
• Xenophon (430–c.354 BCE), mercenary general, led and recounted march from Persia
• Saint George (AD c.275–303), soldier in the Roman army, venerated as a Christian martyr

• Alexius I Comnenus (1048–1118), Byzantine Emperor
• Basil II (963–1025), Emperor, known as the 'Bulgar-slayer'
• Constantine Lascaris, promoters of the revival of Greek learning in the Italian peninsula
• Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor and scholar, 'born in the (Imperial) purple' (Porphyrogenitus)
• Constantine XI (1405–1453), last Byzantine Emperor
• Gemistus Pletho, one of the chief pioneers of the revival of learning in Western Europe.
• Helena, Christian mother of Constantine I
• Irene, Byzantine Empress, instrumental in the restoration of icons, later sanctified
• Johannes Bessarion, bishop and cardinal
• Manuel Chrysoloras, one of the pioneers in introducing Greek literature to western Europe.
• Manuel I Comnenus (1143–1180), Byzantine Emperor, was responsible for a distinct revival of Byzantine fortunes until his defeat at Myriokephalon
• Michael VIII Palaeologus (1159–1182), Byzantine (before 1261 Nicene) Emperor, recaptured Constantinople from the Franks.
• Marcus Musurus, professor of Greek language at the University of Padua.
• Nicephorus II Phocas (963–969), Byzantine Emperor and general
• Romanus IV (1068–1071), lost the fateful battle of Manzikert
• Saint Cyril (827–869), Byzantine monk, developed the Glagolitic alphabet
• Theodora, wife of Justinian I, actress, courtesan, Empress.

• Atik Sinan, architect for Mehmed II and Mustafa III
• Barbarossa (1473–1518), famous privateer, older brother of Khair ad Din; (Greek mother)
• Laskarina Bouboulina, privateer, naval commander, Greek nationalist fighter
• İbrahim Ethem Pasha, Greek-born Grand Vizier
• Khair ad Din (1475–1546), Greek-born Ottoman Turkish Admiral, also known as Barbarossa; (Greek mother)
• Pargalı İbrahim Pasha, Suleyman the Magnificent's first appointed Grand Vizier, who left an important landmark on his reign.
• Alexandra Mavrokordatou (1605–1683), salonist and intellectual.
• Mimar Sinan, architect for Suleiman the Magnificent
• Kosem Sultan
• İshak Pasha Grand Vizier
• Turgut Reis Ottoman Admiral
• Al-Husayn I ibn Ali founder of the Husainid Dynasty of Tunisia

• Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776–1831), first President of the free and unified Greek state, last President of the first Greek republic
  

  Ioannis Kapodistrias, first Prime Minister of the modern Greek state
• Georgios Hatzianestis (1863–1922), General
• Konstantinos Kanaris (c. 1794–1877), freedom fighter, admiral, and Prime Minister of Greece
• Constantine I (1868–1923), King of Greece
• Constantine II (1940–2023), King of Greece
• George II (1890–1947), King of Greece
• Paul (1901–1964), King of Greece
• Nikolaos Gioulekas, Captain in the Greek War of Independence of 1821
• Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998), President of Greece and four-time prime minister
• Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956), Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the New Democracy party – Greek-Macedonian
• Dimitris Plapoutas (1786–1864), Greek General in the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire and later a Politician
• Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770–1843), Greek general in the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire
  

  Theodoros Kolokotronis, leading Greek general in the Greek Revolution for Independence against the Ottoman Empire
• Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855–1935), admiral, war hero and later President of Greece
• Alexander Mavrocordatos
• Pavlos Melas (1870–1904), hero of Greek Struggle for Macedonia
• Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), dictator of Greece before and during the first part of its participation in World War II
  

  Ioannis Metaxas in 1937, Fascist dictator of Greece who refused the invasion of Italian troops, famously responding to Benito Mussolini, "Then it is war".
• Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996), economist, politician, and three-time prime minister
• George Andreas Papandreou (born 1952), current leader of the PASOK political party and former Foreign Minister of Greece (1999–2004).
• Aleka Papariga (born 1945), current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) (1991–)
• Karolos Papoulias (1929–2021), current President of Greece (2005–)
• Kostas Simitis (born 1936), former prime minister of Greece (1996–2004)
• Kostis Stephanopoulos (1926–2016), former president of Greece (1995–2005)
• Aris Velouchiotis (27 August 1905 – 16 June 1945), born Athanasios (Thanasis) Klaras, leader of Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS), the communist segment of Greek guerrilla resistance during World War II
• Maria Theofili (fl. from 1990s), diplomat, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations
• Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Prime Minister of Greece during Balkan Wars and First World War
  

  Eleutherios Venizelos, liberal Prime Minister of Greece during the Balkan Wars and World War I, pushing for a Megali Idea strategy against the Ottoman Empire during the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
• Nikos Zachariadis (1903–1973), former Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) (1931–1957)

• Apostolos Arsachis (1792–1874) Greek-Vlach politician and philanthropist, born in Northern Epirus
• Pyrros Dimas (born 1971) retired weightlifter, considered as one of the greatest of all time, having been three times Olympic champion and three times World Champion.
• Dimitris Nanopoulos (born 1948) world-renowned physicist, of a Northern Epirotian[1] descent
• Georgios Sinas (1783–1856) entrepreneur, banker and national benefactor. Founder of the Athens National Observatory
• Evangelos Zappas (1800–1865) businessman and philanthropist. He is recognized today as the founder of the modern Greek Olympic Games
• Georgios Christakis-Zografos (1863–1920), politician, president of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus

• John Cannis
• Jim Karygiannis

• Marietta Karamanli, (MP) Socialist Party

• Iannis Pharmakis (died 1821), revolutionary fighter
• Michael von Melas, field-marshal for Austrian Empire
• Cantacuzene governors of Bessarabia and Walachia (1678–1688)

• Queen Sofía of Spain (born 1938), wife of Spain's king Juan Carlos

• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021), husband of UK's queen Elizabeth II, born on the island of Corfu
• Norman St.John-Stevas, British politician
• Lord Adonis, British politician

• Petro Georgiou, federal politician
• John Hatzistergos, Attorney General, NSW
• Jenny Mikakos, politician, VIC
• Maria Vamvakinou, politician

• George Christopher, Mayor of San Francisco, California (1956–64)
• Arianna Huffington (née Arianna Stassinopoulos), liberal pundit and blogger

• Alypius composer
• Terpander poet and kitharode

• Rita Abatzi musician
• Maurice Abravanel conductor
• Haris Alexiou singer
• Louis Demetrius Alvanis (born 1960) pianist
• Costas Andreou composer and musician
• Steve Angello DJ producer, member of Swedish House Mafia
• Theodore Antoniou composer, conductor
• Grigoris Asikis singer and lyricist
• Nikolas Asimos singer and composer
• Nicolas Astrinidis Romanian-born composer who settled in Thessaloniki
• Gina Bachauer pianist
• Yiorgos Batis musician
• Grigoris Bithikotsis popular singer and lyricist
• Miltiades Caridis conductor
• Pavlos Carrer composer
• Petros Christo guitarist
• Nikos Christodoulou composer and conductor
• Jani Christou composer
• Christos Dantis singer and musician
• Dionysios Demetis composer
• Odysseas Dimitriadis (1908–2005) conductor
• Marina Diamandis singer for Marina and the Diamonds
• Dimitris Dragatakis composer
• Antiochos Evangelatos composer and conductor
• Kostas Exarhakis musician
• Maria Farantouri (born 1947) singer
• Yorgos Foudoulis (born 1964) guitarist and composer
• Eleni Foureira (born 1987) singer
• Gus G. guitarist
• Katy Garbi singer
• Michalis Genitsaris singer and composer
• Christos Govetas musician
• Manos Hadjidakis (1925–1994) composer
• Alkinoos Ioannidis singer and composer
• Sotiris Kakisis poet
• George Kallis composer
• Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962) composer
• Iakovos Kambanelis poet and lyricist
• Alex Kapranos frontman of the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand
  

  Franz Ferdinand vocalist and guitarist Alex Kapranos
• Eleni Karaindrou composer
• Herbert von Karajan (Herbert Karajannis) (1908–1989) (Austrian of Greek origin)
• Nikos Karvelas composer
• Antonios Katinaris musician
• Bob Katsionis musician
• Akis Katsoupakis (born 1972) musician, composer, and record producer
• Leonidas Kavakos (born 1967) violinist
• Stelios Kazantzidis singer
• Areti Ketime musician
• Panayiotis Kokoras musician and composer
• Iakovos Kolanian guitarist
• Yannis Kotsiras singer and songwriter
• Stavros Koujioumtzis (1932–2005) composer and lyricist
• Rena Kyriakou pianist
• Andreas Lagios guitarist
• Alexandre Lagoya guitarist
• Leo Leandros musician and composer
• Tommy Lee drummer
  

  Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee
• Manos Loizos (1937–1982) composer
• Sokratis Malamas singer and musician
• Nikolaos Mantzaros composer
• Giannis Markopoulos composer
• Kostas Martakis singer
• Marinella singer-songwriter
  

  Marinella in 2006, classical Greek singer and songwriter
• Thanos Mikroutsikos composer
• Dimitri Minakakis former singer for mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Dimitris Mitropanos singer, notably the greatest Laika singer of the modern age
• Dimitris Mitropoulos conductor[2]
• Kostas Mountakis musician
• Takis Mousafiris, composer and songwriter
• Georges Moustaki (Greek-French) singer and lyricist
• Orianthi Panagaris singer
• Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (George Michael) singer-songwriter (English of Greek ancestry)
• Tzimis Panousis, musician
• Lefteris Papadimitriou composer and performer
• Lefteris Papadopoulos poet and lyricist
• Thanassis Papakonstantinou singer and lyricist
• Helena Paparizou singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
  

  Helena Paparizou in 2013, Eurovision winner of 2005
• Apostolos Paraskevas composer and classical guitarist
• Stelios Perpiniadis musician
• Yannis Philippakis frontman of Foals (band)
• Phivos lyricist
• Sadahzinia musician
• Sakis Rouvas singer and guitarist
• Spyros Samaras composer
• Kalomira Sarantis singer-songwriter, winner of second Fame Story season, third place at Eurovision Song Contest 2008
• Dionysis Savvopoulos singer, composer and lyricist
• Kyriakos Sfetsas composer
• Dimitris Sgouros pianist
• Pavlos Sidiropoulos musician
• Nikos Skalkottas composer
• Kostas Skarvelis composer
• Camille-Marie Stamaty Greek-French composer-pianist
• Paschalis Terzis singer
• Mikis Theodorakis (1925–2021)[3] composer
• Sonia Theodoridou opera singer
• Giorgos Theofanous composer
• Marios Tokas composer of Cypriot origin
• Sakis Tolis musician
• Michalis Travlos composer
• Tatiana Troyanos mezzo-soprano[4]
• Eleni Tsaligopoulou (born 1963) singer
• Iovan Tsaous musician and composer
• Vassilis Tsitsanis popular composer
• Markos Vamvakaris popular composer of rebetiko
• Despina Vandi singer
• Vangelis (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou) (1943–2022) musician and composer
• Anna Rezan performer and lyricist
• Marios Varvoglis composer
• Anna Vissi singer
• Haris Xanthoudakis composer
• Stavros Xarhakos composer and MEP
• Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001) composer
• Nikos Xilouris singer and composer
• Nikos Xydakis pianist and singer
• Spyridon Xyndas composer and guitarist
• Mirka Yemendzakis musician
• Yanni (born 1954) composer, pianist, keyboardist
  

  Yanni, Kalamata native world-famous Greek composer, pianist and keyboardist
• Savvas Ysatis musician
• Sarah P. musician, lyricist, singer
• George Zervanos (1930–2006) operatic tenor

• Apelles
• Aetion (4th century BCE)
• Berlin Painter
• Euphronius
• Exekias
• Parrhasius
• Polygnotus
• Zeuxis

• El Greco (1541–1614), born Domenicos Theotokopoulos
  

  El Greco: Portrait of a Man (presumed self-portrait, c. 1595–1600)
• Antonio Vassilacchi

• Theophilos Hatzimihail (19th century)
• Demetrios Galanis (19th century)
• Nicholaos Gysis (19th century)
• Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (20th century)
• Aris Kalaizis (21st century)
• Julianos Kattinis (20st century)
• Christos Kapralos
• Nikiphoros Lytras (19th century)
• Nikos Nikolaou (20th century)
• Konstantinos Parthenis (20th century)
• Marie Spartali (19th century)
• Yannis Tsarouchis (20th century)
• Odysseus Yakoumakis (21st century)
• Spyros Vassiliou (20th century)

• Anaxarchus of Abdera (c. 380–320 BCE)
• Anaximander (c. 610–546 BCE)
• Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585–528 BCE)
• Archimedes (c. 287–212 BCE)
• Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
• Athenagoras of Athens (c. 133–190), early Christian apologist
• Celsus (second century CE)
• Democritus (c. 460–370 BCE)
• Diogenes of Sinope (412–323 BCE)
• Empedocles (490–430 BCE)
• Epictetus (55–c. 135 CE)
• Epicurus (341–270 BCE)
• Epimenides (seventh or sixth century BCE), semi-mythical Greek seer
• Eratosthenes (c. 276–195 BCE), mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist
• Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 329 – 25 January 390)
• Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335–395)
• Hecataeus of Abdera (fourth century BCE)
• Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BCE)
• Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 360–415 CE)
• Irenaeus (c. 140–202 CE)
• Leucippus (fifth century BCE)
• Parmenides (late sixth or early fifth century BCE)
• Pherecydes of Syros (sixth century BCE)
• Plato (c. 427–347 BCE)
• Plotinus (c. 205–270 CE)
• Protagoras (c. 490–420 BCE)
• Pyrrho (c. 360 – c. 270 BC), founder of Pyrrhonism
• Pythagoras (582–496 BCE)
• Sextus Empiricus (c. 160 – c. 210 CE)
• Socrates (470–399 BCE)
  

  Socrates, teacher of Plato, Xenophon, Antisthenes, and Aristippus
• Thales of Miletus (c. 624–547 BCE)
• Theagenes of Patras (fl. c. 160 CE)
• Theophrastus (c. 371–287 BCE)
• Xenophanes (c. 570–475 BCE)
• Zeno of Citium (333–264 BCE)
• Zeno of Elea (c. 495–430 BC)

• Plethon (c. 1355–1452)
• Michael Psellos (c. 1018–1078 or 1096)

• Kostas Axelos (1924–2010)
• Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997)
• Takis Fotopoulos (born 1940)
• Anthimos Gazis (1758–1828)
• Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957)
• Adamantios Korais (1748–1833)
• Elli Lambridi (1896–1970)
• Michail Papageorgiou (1727–1796)
• Nicos Poulantzas (1936–1979)
• Ioannis Theodorakopoulos (1900–1981)
• Christos Yannaras (born 1935)

• Anaximander
• Apollonius of Perga
• Archimedes
• Archytas
• Aristarchos of Samos
• Aristotle
• Autolycus of Pitane
• Ctesibius
• Diophantus
• Eratosthenes
• Euclid
  

  Euclid, mathematician and inventor, famous still today for his Elements
• Eudoxus of Cnidus
• Eupalinos
• Galen
• Heron of Alexandria
• Herophilos
• Hipparchos
• Hippocrates
• Meton of Athens
• Parmenides
• Posidonios
• Ptolemy
• Pythagoras of Samos
• Sostratus of Cnidus
• Strabo
• Thales of Miletus
• Theon
• Theopompus

Constantin Carathéodory, acclaimed mathematician and scientist, mentor and teacher to Albert Einstein

• Anthemius of Tralles, involved in the construction of the Haghia Sophia
• Isidore of Miletus, 6th-century polymath, principally in charge of design and construction of the Haghia Sophia
• Paul of Aegina, 7th-century physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books.
• Leon the Mathematician, 9th-century geometer, subject of a bidding war between the Byzantine Emperor and Caliph al-Mamun
• Callinicus of Heliopolis, engineer, inventor of Greek fire

• Georgios Papanikolaou, doctor, Pap smear inventor
• Constantin Carathéodory, mathematician
• Ioannis Argyris, mathematician, Finite Element Method
• Dimitrios Nanopoulos, astrophysicist
• Fotis Kafatos, biologist, current director of the European Research Council
• Christos Papadimitriou, computer scientist
• Georgios Papanikolaou scientist and inventor
  

  Georgios Papanikolaou, scientist and inventor; developed the pap test, named after him, in order to treat and prevent ovarian cancer.
• Manolis Andronikos, archaeologist
• Spyridon Marinatos, archaeologist
• Raphael Salem, mathematician
• Athanassios S. Fokas, mathematician, integrable nonlinear partial differential equations
• Michael L Dertouzos, former Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science
• Nicholas Negroponte, Greek-American founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab
• John Iliopoulos, physicist
• Panayiotis Zavos, geneticist
• Joseph Sifakis, computer scientist
• George P. Chrousos, clinical investigator in pediatrics
• Andreas Mandelis, photonics expert

• Agesandros, Athanadoros and Polidoros, composed the Laocoön group
• Agasias
• Callicrates, relief artist, worked on the Parthenon under the direction of Pheidias
• Lysippus
• Myron
• Phidias, sculptor of the colossal statue of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World
  

  The Sculptor Phidias best known for his sculptures of the Seven Wonders of the World masterpieces for the Temple of Zeus
• Polyclitus
• Polyeuctes
• Pheidias
• Praxiteles
• Scopas

• Constantine Andreou (20th century)
• Jannis Kounellis
• Kyveli Makri
• Memos Makris
• Thodoros Papadimitriou
• Nikolaos Pavlopoulos
• Panayiotis Vassilakis
• Electros Vekris
• Lydia Venieri
• Constantin Xenakis
• Takis

• Aeschylus
• Aesop
  

  Aesop, accredited with the Fables
• Alcaeus
• Alcman
• Alexander Aetolus
• Anacreon
• Apollodorus
• Apollonius Rhodius
• Aristarchus of Samothrace
• Aristophanes
• Aristophanes of Byzantium
• Callimachus
• Cassius Dio
• Dionysius Thrax
• Euripides
• Eusebius of Caesarea
• Hecataeus of Miletus
• Hecataeus of Abdera
• Hesiod
• Homer
  

  Bust of Homer, composer and writer of the Iliad and Odyssey, the oldest poetry of Western civilization
• Lycophron
• Lysias
• Longus
• Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, frequently called Lucan
• Menander
• Pausanias
• Philitas of Cos
• Pindar
• Plutarch
• Polybius
• Polycarp
• Sappho
• Sophocles
  

  Bust of Sophocles, writer of Oedipus Rex, one of the three most recomposed Greek playwrights of antiquity alongside Euripides and Aeschylus
• Theocritus
• Thucydides
• Zenodotus

• Anna Comnena
• Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
• Isaac of Nineveh
• John of Damascus
• Michael Psellos
• Procopius
• Zozimus

• Aris Alexandrou
• Manolis Anagnostakis
• Iason Athanasiadis
• Constantine P. Cavafy
• Athanasios Christopoulos
• Kiki Dimoula
• Maro Douka
• Odysseus Elytis winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1979
  

  Odysseus Elytis in 1974, the 1979 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
• Andreas Embirikos
• Nikos Engonopoulos
• Jeffrey Eugenides[5]
• Michalis Fakinos
• Rigas Feraios
• Nikos Gatsos
• Kostis Gimossoulis
• Demetris Th. Gotsis
• Sotiris Kakisis
• Andreas Kalvos
• Iakovos Kambanelis
• M. Karagatsis
• Nikos Karouzos
• Kostas Karyotakis
• Nikos Kavvadias
• Nikos Kazantzakis
• Antigone Kefala
• Yannis Kondos
• Menis Koumantareas
• Napoleon Lapathiotis
• Christoforos Liontakis
• Dimitris Lyacos
• Jenny Mastoraki
• Stratis Myrivilis
• Kostis Palamas
• Alexandros Panagoulis
• Alexandros Papadiamantis
• George Pavlopoulos
• George Pelecanos
• Maria Polydouri
• Lefteris Poulios
• Ioannis Psycharis
• Yannis Ritsos
• Miltos Sachtouris
• David Sedaris
  

  Greek-American author David Sedaris in June 2008, author best known for his When You Are Engulfed in Flames
• Giorgos Seferis
  

  George Seferis, 1963 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
• Angelos Sikelianos
• Takis Sinopoulos
• Giannis Skarimpas
• Dionysios Solomos
• Alexandros Soutsos
• Alexis Stamatis
• Theodore Stephanides
• Vassilis Steriadis
• George Tsimbidaros-Fteris
• Nanos Valaoritis
• Kostas Varnalis
• Vassilis Vassilikos
• Haris Vlavianos

• Cybele (1887–1978): Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
• Manos Katrakis (1908–1984): Crete, then an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire
• Alexis Minotis (1898–1990): Chania, Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire
• Sotiris Moustakas (1940–2007): Limassol, Cyprus, then part of the British Empire
• Sapfo Notara (1907–1985): Crete, then an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire
• Nikos Stavridis (1910–1987): Samos, Principality of Samos, then an autonomous principality under Ottoman suzerainty

• Pyrros Dimas (1971–): Himara, Albania
• Leonidas Sampanis (1971–): Korytsa, Albania
• Apostolos Nikolaidis (1896–1980): Plovdiv, Bulgaria

• Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (1881–1949): Gratini, Thrace, then part of the Ottoman Empire
• Archbishop Spyridon of Athens (1873–1956): Chili, Ottoman Empire
• Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople (1834–1912): Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
• Ecumenical Patriarch Maximus V of Constantinople (1897–1972): Sinope, Ottoman Empire
• Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886–1972): Vasilikón, Ioannina, Epirus, then part of the Ottoman Empire
• Archbishop Iakovos of America (1911–2005): Imbros, Ottoman Empire
• Makarios III (1913–1977): Panagia, Paphos, Cyprus, then part of the British Empire
• Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrius I of Constantinople (1914–1991): Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
• Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940–): Imbros, Turkey

• John D. Chandris (1890–1942): Chios, then part of the Ottoman Empire
• Aristotle Onassis (1906–1975): Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
• Basil Zaharoff (1849–1936): Muğla, Ottoman Empire

• Sotirios Boulgaris (1857–1932): Paramythia, Epirus, then part of the Ottoman Empire

• Elia Kazan (1909–2003): Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
• Michael Cacoyannis (1922–2011): Limassol, Cyprus, then part of the British Empire

• Stephanos Skouloudis (1838–1928): Constantinople, Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
• Georgios Theotokis (1844–1916): Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands then part of the British Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
• Spyridon Lambros (1851–1919): Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands then part of the British Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
• Themistoklis Sophoulis (1860–1949): Vathy, Samos, then an autonomous principality under Ottoman suzerainty; Prime Minister of Greece
• Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936): Mournies, Chania, Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
• Emmanouil Tsouderos (1882–1956): Rethymno, Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
• Konstantinos Tsaldaris (1884–1970): Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt, Prime Minister of Greece
• Alexandros Svolos (1892–1956): Krusevo, Ottoman Empire, Prime Minister of Greece
• Sophoklis Venizelos (1894–1964): Chania, Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
• Evripidis Bakirtzis (1895–1947): Kozani, Macedonia; then part of the Ottoman Empire; leader of the Political Committee of National Liberation during World War II
• Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998): Proti, Serres, then part of the Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister and then President of Greece

• Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962): Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
• Rita Abatzi (1914–1969): Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
• Marios Tokas (1954–2008): Limassol, Cyprus, then part of the British Empire

• Theophilos Hatzimihail (1870–1934): Vareia, Lesbos, then part of the Ottoman Empire

• Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997): Constantinople, Ottoman Empire

• Manolis Andronikos (1919–1992): Prousa, Ottoman Empire
• Panayiotis Zavos (1944–): Tricomo, Cyprus then part of the British Empire

• Pavlos Prosalentis (1784–1837): Corfu, Republic of Venice
• Konstantinos Dimitriadis (1879 or 1881–1943): Stenimachos, Eastern Rumelia
• Costas Valsamis (1908–2003): Symi, Ottoman Empire
• Dimitra Tserkezou (1920–2007): Constantinople, Ottoman Empire

• Alkistis Protopsalti (1954–): Alexandria, Egypt
• Anna Vissi (1957–): Larnaca, Cyprus then part of the British Empire
• Elena Paparizou (1982–): Borås, Sweden

• Aristotle Onassis (1906–1975): Smyrna, Ottoman Empire

• Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933): Alexandria, Ottoman Egypt
• Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957): Heraklion, Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire
• Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971): Urla, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
• Odysseas Elytis (1911–1996): Crete, then an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire

• Sir Alec Issigonis (1906–1988): Smyrna, Ottoman Empire