Greece
Historical figures born in Greece
5,866 notable historical figures were born in Greece. These are the most notable:
Greece ranks #29 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Denmark, Switzerland and South Africa.
By era
- Ancient: 23
- Medieval: 1
- Early Modern: 2
- Modern: 10
By occupation
- Writer/Author: 17
- Monarch/Royalty: 14
- Philosopher: 10
- Soldier/Officer: 8
- Poet: 5
- Politician: 5
- Historian: 5
- Mathematician: 4
- Aristotle (384 BC to 322 BC, Philosophy)
- Plato (427 BC to 347 BC, Philosophy)
- Alexander the Great (356 BC to 323 BC, Politics)
- Socrates (470 BC to 399 BC, Philosophy)
- Euclid (333 BC to 285 BC, Science)
- Homer (900 BC to 800 BC, Literature)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921 to 2021, Sports)
- Mustafa Kemal (1881 to 1938, Politics)
- Apollo (Sports)
- Pythagoras (550 BC to 490 BC, Philosophy)
- Sappho (650 BC to 550 BC, Literature)
- Sophocles (496 BC to 406 BC, Literature)
- Hippocrates (460 BC to 370 BC, Science)
- Plutarch (40 to 120, Philosophy)
- Leonidas I (Politics)
- Muses (Other)
- Philip II of Macedon (385 BC to 336 BC, Politics)
- Constantine II of Greece (1940 to 2023, Politics)
- Aeschylus (525 BC to 456 BC, Literature)
- Epicurus (342 BC to 270 BC, Philosophy)
- Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882 to 1944, Politics)
- Ptolemy I Soter (365 BC to 285 BC, Politics)
- Euripides (480 BC to 406 BC, Literature)
- Vangelis (1943 to 2022, Arts & Music)
- Thucydides (460 BC to 395 BC, Literature)
- Saint Stephen (1 to 36, Religion)
- Xenophon (430 BC to 354 BC, Philosophy)
- Aristophanes (448 BC to 386 BC, Literature)
- Democritus (460 BC to 360 BC, Philosophy)
- Bayezid II (1447 to 1512, Politics)
- Kösem Sultan (1589 to 1651, Politics)
- El Greco (1541 to 1614, Arts & Music)
- Constantine I (1868 to 1923, Politics)
- Paul (1901 to 1964, Politics)
- Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906 to 1968, Politics)
- Alcibiades (450 BC to 404 BC, Politics)
- Kratos (God of War) (Sports)
- Yanni (born 1954, Arts & Music)
- Seleucus I Nicator (358 BC to 281 BC, Military)
- Queen Sofía of Spain (born 1938, Politics)
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