Spyridon

Spyridon (Ancient Greek: Σπυρίδων; Greek: Σπυρίδωνας) or Spiridon is a Greek male given name. It is often shortened to Σπύρος (Spyros) and can sometimes be found as Σπυρέτος(Spyretos), sometimes Anglicised as Spyro or Spiro.

Notable people with the name include:

• Saint Spyridon, Orthodox/Catholic saint

• Saint Spyridon Church, Romanian Orthodox church in Iași, Romania
• St Spyridon College, Greek Orthodox school in Sydney

• Spyridon of Serbia (1379–1389), patriarch[ of the Serbian patriarchate of Peć
• Archbishop Spyridon of Athens, archbishop of Athens 1949–1956
• Spiro Agnew, 39th vice president of the United States from 1969 to 1973, under President Richard Nixon
• Spyridon Belokas (1877–unknown), Greek runner
• Spyros Christopoulos, Greek footballer
• Spyridon Gianniotis, freestyle swimmer
• Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
• Spiridon Gopčević (1855–1928), Serbian astronomer and historian
• Spyros Kokotos, Greek architect
• Spyros Kyprianou, 2nd President of the Republic of Cyprus
• Spyridon Lambros, Greek history professor and former Prime Minister of Greece
• Spyros Livathinos, Greek footballer and football coach
• Spyridon Louis, gold medalist of the first modern Olympic Marathon
• Spyridon Marinatos, 20th century archaeologist
• Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician
• Spyridon Mavrogenis, Phanariot (Ottoman) Greek doctor
• Spyridon Mercouris, Greek politician, long-time mayor of Athens
• Spyros Moustakas, Greek writer
• Spyros Moustaklis, Greek democracy activist
• Spiridon of Neva, according to Russian sources, the Swedish leader in the Battle of the Neva
• Spyros Paliouras, Greek writer
• Spiridon Popescu (1864–1933), Romanian writer
• Spiridon Putin (1879–1965), Russian chef for Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, grandfather of Vladimir Putin
• Spiridione Roma, 18th-century Greek painter traveled to London
• Spyros Spyromilios, Greek Gendarmerie officer in the Greek struggle for Macedonia
• Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer
• Spiridon Stais, Greek sport shooter
• Spyridon Stais, Greek politician
• Spyridon Trikoupis, former Prime Minister of Greece
• Spyros Vallas, Greek footballer
• Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper
• Spyridon Vasileiadis, Greek poet and playwright
• Spyros Vrettos, Greek poet
• Spyridon Xyndas, 19th century musician

• Alexandru Spiridon, Moldovan footballer and footbasll manager
• Simona Spiridon, Romanian-Austrian handballer

• All pages with titles containing Spiridon
• All pages with titles containing Spyridon
• Spiridon (disambiguation)
• Aghios Spyridon, a ship otherwise known as Empire Cape, an Empire ship