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Historical figures born in Greece

5,866 notable historical figures were born in Greece. These are the most notable:

• 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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