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This is a list of notable Greeks.

Actors/actresses

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Ancient period

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Clerics

Medieval period

Modern period

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

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Entrepreneurs

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Ancient period

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Modern

Fashion designers

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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) 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
  • 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 (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
  • 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

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Musicians

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

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Ancient period

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Modern period

Scientists and Engineers

Ancient period

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Sculptors

Ancient period

Modern period

Tycoons

Writers

Ancient period

Medieval period

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General

Academics

List of Greeks who were born outside modern Greece

This is a list of ethnic Greeks who were born after the Declaration of the Greek War of Independence (1821), outside the borders of the Greek state. The list does not include Greeks born in the diasporan communities or Greeks of Cyprus (after its independence in 1960), but only Greeks born in the traditional Greek homelands (the Balkans, Anatolia and the Eastern Mediterranean shores).

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Athletes

Clerics

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General

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Notes

  1. ^ His origin is disputed, but there are estimates that he was either Illyrian,[1][2][3][4] Greek,[5][6] or Thracian[7]

References

  1. ^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997). A history of the Byzantine state and society. Stanford University Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-8047-2630-6. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. ^ Barker, John W. (1966). Justinian and the later Roman Empire. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-299-03944-8. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  3. ^ History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the death of Justinian volume 2, by J. B. Bury p. 56
  4. ^ Count Marcellinus and His Chronicle by Brian Croke, p. 75
  5. ^ Carey, Brian Todd; Allfree, Joshua B.; Cairns, John (2012). Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527–1071. Casemate Publishers. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-84884-916-7.
  6. ^ "The Rise of Byzantium". War. Vol. 1. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2009. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-4053-4778-5.
  7. ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2010). Battles that changed history : an encyclopedia of world conflict (1st ed.). Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-59884-429-0.
  8. ^ 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»
  9. ^ [1] "Greek conductor and composer"
  10. ^ "Μίκης Θεοδωράκης".
  11. ^ [2] "This website is dedicated to preserving the musical memory of the late, great, Tatiana Troyanos, Greek-American Mezzo-Soprano"
  12. ^ "Eugenides is himself Greek-American, Detroit-born, suburb-raised – all sources of inspiration for his second novel." [3]
  13. ^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Echephyllides". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 2.
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