Famous
Greeks or
Greek-speaking/writing people:
In alphabetical order.
- Maria Callas, (1923-1977), Operatic soprano
- Manos Hadjidakis, (1925-1994)
- Nana Mouskouri[?]
- Vicky Leandros
- Demis Roussos[?]
- Nikos Skalkottas[?], (1904-1949), Greek composer
- Mikis Theodorakis, (1925-), Greek composer
- Vangelis, musician
- Yanni[?]
- Yannis Xenakis, (1922-2001), Greek composer
- Anaximander, (609 BC,610 BC-c. 547 BC), Greek philosopher
- Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher
- Aristotle, (384 BC-322 BC), Ancient Greek writer and philosopher
- Democritus, (born 460 BC), Greek philosopher
- Diogenes, (114-129), Greek patriarch of Constantinople
- Empedocles, (490 BC-430 BC), Greek philosopher
- Epictetus, (AD 55-circa 135), Greek philosopher
- Epicurus, (341 BC-270 BC), Greek philosopher
- Epimenides
- Hypatia of Alexandria, (died 415), euclidean geometry
- Leucippus, Greek philosopher
- Parmenides, Greek philosopher
- Plato, (c. 427 BC-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
- Protagoras, Greek Sophist and first major Humanist
- Pythagoras, (582 BC-496 BC), euclidean geometry
- Socrates, (470 BC-399 BC), Greek philosopher
- Thales of Miletus, (circa BC624-BC547), euclidean geometry
- Zeno of Citium, (333 BC-264 BC), Greek philosopher
- Zeno of Elea, (circa 495 BC-circa 430 BC), Greek philosopher
- Archimedes, (circa 287 BC-212 BC BC), euclidean geometry
- Eratosthenes, (276 BC-194 BC), euclidean geometry
- Euclides, (circa 365 BC-275 BC), Greek geographer
- Eudoxus of Cnidus, (circa 408 BC-circa 347 BC), Greek astronomer, mathematician
- Hippocrates, (c. 460 BC-377 BC), Ancient [[Greece|Greek] physician
- Georgios Papanikolaou, (1883-1962)
- Pythagoras, (582 BC-496 BC), euclidean geometry
- Aesop, Fables[?]
- Aristophanes, (ca. 446 BC-385 BC), Ancient Greek playwright
- Aeschylus, (525 BC-456 BC), Greek dramatist
- Odysseas Elytis, (1911-1996)
- Euripides, (born 480 BC), Greek playwright
- Hesiod, (born c. 700 BC)
- Herodotus, (485 BC?-c. 420 BC?), author
- Homer, Greek poet
- Nikos Kazantzakis, (1883-1957), Greek writer
- Pindar
- Plutarch, (A.D. 46?-120?), author
- Polybius, (c. 203-120 BC), author
- Giorgos Seferis
- Sappho, Greek poet
- Sophocles, (496 BC-406 BC), Athenian dramatist
- Thucydides, (c. 460-400 BC), author
- Xenophon, (431 BC-c. 360 BC), an Athenian knight and an associate of Socrates
See also: List of people by nationality