List of Greeks

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This is a list of notable Greeks.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Actors/actresses

Ancient period

Modern period

Adventurers

Athletes & sports figures

Ancient period

Modern period

Clerics

Medieval period

See also:

Entrepreneurs

Explorers

Ancient period

Medieval period

Early Modern

  • Juan de Fuca aka Apostolos Valerianos, born Ioannis (John) Phocas

Fashion designers

Fashion models

Filmmakers

Military and political figures

Ancient period

  • 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) Macedonian king, and conqueror
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lycurgus, (9th century BCE) semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver
  • Lysander, (d395)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
  • Philip II of Macedon, (382–336 BCE)Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great
  • Polycrates, Samian ruler
  • Ptolemy I, (c356-285) Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded a dynasty in Egypt
  • Pyrrhus of Epirus, (c318-272)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

Medieval period

Ottoman Empire period

Modern period

Greece

Northern Epirus

Canada

France

Romania

Spain

United Kingdom

Australia

United States

Musicians

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See also: List of Greek composers and List of Greek musical artists

Ancient period

Modern period

Painters

Ancient period

Renaissance

Modern period

Philosophers

Ancient period

Medieval period

Modern period

Scientists and Engineers

Ancient period

Medieval period

Modern period

Sculptors

Ancient period

Modern period

Singers

Tycoons

Writers

Ancient period

Medieval period

Modern period

General

Academics

See also

References

  1. ↑ Από τη Βόρειο Ηπειρο στο Σύμπαν: (in Greek) «Οχι, δεν είμαι Πελοποννήσιος. Γεννήθηκα και μεγάλωσα στην Αθήνα, αλλά είμαι Βορειοηπειρώτης και μάλιστα Βλάχος. Νάκας ήταν το αυθεντικό επώνυμο του παππού μου προτού φύγουμε από την Αλβανία»
  2. ↑ [1] "Greek conductor and composer"
  3. ↑ [2] "This website is dedicated to preserving the musical memory of the late, great, Tatiana Troyanos, Greek-American Mezzo-Soprano"
  4. ↑ [3] "Eugenides is himself Greek-American, Detroit-born, suburb-raised-- all sources of inspiration for his second novel."
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