list of ancient greeks

This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD.

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A

Acestorides - tyrant of Syracuse
Achaeus - general
Achaeus of Eretria - poet
Achermus - sculptor
Achilles Tatius - writer
Acron - writer
Acrotatus - King of Sparta
Acusilaus - scholar
Adeimantus - Corinthian general
Adrianus - sophist
Aedesius - philosopher
Aeimnestus - Spartan soldier
Aelianus Tacticus - military writer
Aelius Aristides - orator and writer
Aeneas Tacticus - writer
Aenesidemus - Sceptic philosopher
Aeropus I of Macedon - king
Aeropus II of Macedon - king
Aeschines Socraticus - Socratic philosopher
Aeschines - Athenian orator
Aeschylus - playwright
Aesop - author of fables
Aetion - painter
Aetius - philosopher
Agarista - two; wife of Megacles, mother of Pericles
Agasias - sculptor
Agasicles - King of Sparta
Agasides - athlete
Agatharchidas - Spartan general
Agatharchides - historian
Agatharchus - painter
Agatharcides - grammarian
Agathias - historian
Agathinus - medicine
Agathocles - tyrant of Syracuse
Agathocles of Bactria - Indo-Greek king
Agathon - tragic poet
Ageladas - sculptor
Agesander - sculptor
Agesilaus I - King of Sparta
Agesilaus II - King of Sparta
Agesipolis I - King of Sparta
Agesipolis II - King of Sparta
Agesipolis III - King of Sparta
Agis I - King of Sparta
Agis II - King of Sparta
Agis III - King of Sparta
Agis IV - King of Sparta
Agoracritus - sculptor
Agrippa - astronomer
Agyrrhius - Athenian politician c. 400 BC
Aisimides - Corcyrean general
Albinus - philosopher
Alcaeus - three; lyric poet, playwright, epigrammatist
Alcamenes - sculptor
Alcetas I of Macedon - King of Macedon
Alcibiades - Athenian general
Alcidamas - sophist
Alciphron - sophist
Alcmaeon of Croton - physician
Alcman - lyric poet 7th c. BC
Alcmenes - King of Sparta
Alexander - tragic poet
Alexander Aetolus - poet
Alexander Balas - Seleucid king of Syria
Alexander Cornelius - grammarian
Alexander I of Epirus - king of Epirus
Alexander I of Macedon - King of Macedon
Alexander I of Molossia
Alexander II of Epirus - king of Epirus
Alexander II of Macedon - King of Macedon
Alexander II of Molossia
Alexander II Zabinas - King of Macedon
Alexander IV of Macedon - King of Macedon
Alexander of Abonuteichos - cult leader
Alexander of Aphrodisias - Peripatetic philosopher
Alexander of Greece - rhetorician
Alexander of Pherae - tyrant
Alexander Polyhistor - writer
Alexander the Great - King of Macedon
Alexander V of Macedon - King of Macedon
Alexis - playwright
Alyattes I - king of Lydia
Alyattes II - king of Lydia
Alypius - music writer
Ameinocles - Corinthian inventor of the trireme
Ameipsias - Athenian comic poet
Amelesagoras - writer
Amelius - philosopher
Ammonius Hermiae - philosopher
Ammonius Saccas - philosopher
Ammonius - writer
Amphicrates - king of Samos
Amphis - Middle Comedy poet
Amynander - king of Athamania
Amyntas I of Macedon - King of Macedon
Amyntas II of Macedon - King of Macedon
Amyntas III of Macedon - King of Macedon
Amyntas IV of Macedon - King of Macedon
Anacharsis - philosopher
Anacreon - lyric poet 6th cent. BC
Anaxagoras - philosopher
Anaxander - King of Sparta
Anaxandridas I - King of Sparta
Anaxandridas - King of Sparta
Anaxandrides - philosopher
Anaxarchus - philosopher
Anaxidamus - King of Sparta
Anaxilas of Rhegium - tyrant
Anaxilas - Middle Comedy poet
Anaxilaus - physician
Anaximander - philosopher
Anaximenes of Lampsacus - historian
Anaximenes of Miletus - philosopher
Anaxippus - New Comedy poet
Andocides - two; Athenian politician, potter
Andreas - physician
Andriscus - Adramyttian adventurer
Andron - writer
Andronicus of Cyrrhus - astronomer
Andronicus Rhodius - Peripatetic philosopher
Androsthenes - navigator
Androtion - Athenian politician and writer
Anniceris - philosopher
Anonymus sic - writer
Anser - erotic poet
Antagoras of Rhodes - writer
Antalcidas - Spartan general
Antenor - sculptor
Anthemius of Tralles - architect
Anticleides - writer
Antidorus - grammarian
Antigenes - Attic poet
Antigonus of Carystus - scholar
Antigonus I Monophthalmus - King of Macedon
Antigonus II Gonatas - King of Macedon
Antigonus III Doson - King of Macedon
Antigonus III of Macedon - King of Macedon
Antimachus - poet and scholar
Antimachus I - Greco-Bactrian king
Antinous - lover of Hadrian
Antiochus of Ascalon - philosopher
Antiochus I Soter - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus II Theos - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus III the Great - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus IV Epiphanes - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus IX Cyzicenus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus V Eupator - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus VI Dionysus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus VII Sidetes - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus VIII Grypus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus X Eusebes - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus XI Ephiphanes - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus XII Dionysus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antiochus XIII Asiaticus - Seleucid king of Syria
Antipater II of Macedon - King of Macedon
Antipater III of Macedon - King of Macedon
Antipater of Sidon - writer
Antipater of Tarsus - philosopher
Antipater of Thessalonica - epigrammatist
Antipater of Tyre - philosopher
Antipater - Macedonian general
Antiphanes - playwright
Antiphilus - writer
Antiphon - three; two Athenian orators, tragic poet
Antisthenes - two; philosopher, writer
Antonius Diogenes - writer
Antoninus Liberalis - grammarian
Antyllus - physician
Anyte of Tegea - poetess
Anytos - Athenian general
Apelles - painter
Apellicon - book collector
Apion - scholar
Apollocrates - tyrant of Syracuse
Apollodorus of Alexandria - physician
Apollodorus of Athens - scholar
Apollodorus of Carystus - New Comedy poet
Apollodorus of Damascus - architect
Apollodorus of Gela - New Comedy poet
Apollodorus of Pergamum - rhetor
Apollodorus of Seleuceia on the Tigris - Stoic philosopher
Apollodorus - several; painter, grammarian, comic playwright, architect
Apollodotus I - Indo-Greek king
Apollonius - finance minister of Egypt
Apollonius Molon - rhetor
Apollonius Mys - physician
Apollonius of Citium - physician
Apollonius of Perga - mathematician
Apollonius of Rhodes - writer and librarian
Apollonius of Tyana - Neopythagorean sage
Apollonius of Tyre - hero of a novel
Apollonius Sophista - scholar
Apollonius - several; philosopher and mathematician
Apollophanes - comedian
Apollos - early Christian
Appian - historian
Apsines - rhetor
Araros - son of Aristophanes
Aratus - two; scholar, statesman
Arcesilas - four Cyrene kings
Arcesilaus - two; philosopher, sculptor
Archedemus - Stoic philosopher
Archedicus - New Comedy poet
Archelaus I - King of Macedon
Archelaus II - King of Macedon
Archelaus - three; philosopher, general, Judaean ruler
Archermus - sculptor
Archestratus - two; Athenian general, writer
Archias - poet
Archidamus I - King of Sparta
Archidamus II - King of Sparta
Archidamus III - King of Sparta
Archidamus IV - King of Sparta
Archidamus V - King of Sparta
Archigenes - physician
Archilochus - poet
Archimedes - mathematician
Archippas - Athenian comic poet
Archytas - philosopher
Arctinus - epic poet
Aretaeus - medical writer
Areus I - King of Sparta
Areus II - King of Sparta
Argas - notably bad poet
Argentarius - two; epigrammatist, rhetor
Ariaramnes - ruler of Cappadocia
Ariarathes - ten rulers of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes - three rulers of Cappadocia
Arion - poet
Aristaeus - mathematician
Aristagoras - tyrant of Miletus
Aristander of Telmessus - soothsayer to Alexander the Great
Aristarchus - two; mathematician, scholar
Aristarchus of Samothrace - critic and grammarian
Aristarchus of Tegea - tragedian
Aristeas - poet
Aristeus - Corinthian general
Aristias - playwright
Aristides of Miletus - writer
Aristides Quintilianus - writer
Aristides - three; Athenian statesman, two painters
Aristippus - philosopher
Aristobulus - two; historian, commentator
Aristocles - three; Spartan general, two scholars
Aristodemus - three; Spartan hero, Roman hero, historian
Aristogiton - Athenian tyrannicide
Aristomenes - two; Messenian hero, Athenian comedian
Ariston of Alexandria - philosopher
Ariston of Ceos - philosopher
Ariston of Chios - philosopher
Ariston - King of Sparta
Aristonicus of Pergamum - Attalid king of Pergamum
Aristonicus - grammarian
Aristonous - citharode
Aristonymus - comedian
Aristophanes of Byzantium - scholar
Aristophanes - playwright
Aristophon - Athenian politician
Aristotle - philosopher; Athenian general
Aristoxenus - philosopher and music theorist
Arius Didymus - philosophy teacher
Arius - Christian heretic
Arrian - historian
Arsecilas - king of Cyrene
Arsinoe I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Arsinoe II of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Arsinoe III of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Artemidorus - three; grammarian, two travellers
Artemisia - two; princess and queen of Halicarnassus
Artemon - five scholars
Asclepiades - four scholars
Asclepiodotus - scholar
Asius - poet
Asmonius - grammarian
Aspasia - hetaira of Pericles
Aspasius - philosopher
Astydamas - two poets
Astyochus - Spartan general
Athenaeus - two scholars, physician
Athenagoras of Athens - apologist
Athenodorus - philosopher
Attalus I - Attalid king of Pergamum
Attalus II - Attalid king of Pergamum
Attalus III - Attalid king of Pergamum
Autocrates - Athenian comic poet
Autolycus of Pitane - astronomer
Avaris - priest of Apollo (or Abaris the Hyperborean?)
Axionicus - Middle Comedy poet

B

Babrius - fabulist
Bacchylides - poet
Basil of Caesarea - Christian saint
Basilides - philosopher
Bathycles of Magnesia - sculptor
Battus - founder of Cyrene
Berenice I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Berenice II of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Berenice IV of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Bion
Bion the Borysthenite
Biton
Boethus - two sculptors
Boethus of Sidon - two philosophers
Bolus - writer
Brasidas - Spartan general
Brygus - potter
Bryson - philosopher
Bupalus - sculptor

C

Cadmus of Miletus - one of the first logographers
Caecilius of Calacte - rhetorician
Caesarion - son of Cleopatra VII, possibly by Julius Caesar
Calamis - sculptor
Calliades - archon of Athens
Callias - three; Athenian statesman, comic poet, nobleman
Callias of Syracus - historian
Callicrates - architect
Calicrates of Leontium - Acheaean statesman
Callicratides - Spartan general
Callimachus (polemarch) - Athenian general
Callimachus (sculptor) - sculptor
Callimachus - poet
Callinus - poet
Calliphon - philosopher
Callippus - astronomer
Callisthenes - historian
Callistratus - four; grammarian, poet, sophist, orator
Carneades - philosopher
Cassander - King of Macedon
Castor of Rhodes - rhetorician
Cebes - two philosophers
Celsus - theologian
Cephidorus - two; Old Comedy poet, writer
Cephisodotus - two sculptors
Cercidas - politician/philsopher/poet
Cercops of Miletus - poet
Chabrias - Athenian general
Chaeremon - tragic poet
Chaeremon of Alexandria - teacher
Chaeris - writer
Chaeron - tyrant of Pellene
Chamaeleon - writer
Charax - writer
Chares - three writers
Chares of Lindos - sculptor
Charidemus - Euboean soldier
Charillus - King of Sparta
Chariton - writer
Charmadas - philosopher
Charmidas - Athenian noble
Charon of Lampsacus - writer
Charondas - lawgiver
Chilon - Spartan ephor
Chionides - comic poet
Choerilus - Athenian tragic poet
Choerilus of Iasus - epic poet
Choerilus of Samos - epic poet
Chremonides - Athenian statesman
Christodorus - epic poet
Chrysanthius - philosopher
Chrysippus - philosopher
Dio Chrysostom - orator
John Chrysostom - theologian
Cimon - Athenian statesman
Cimon of Cleonae - painter
Cinaethon of Lacedaemon - epic poet
Cineas - Thessalian diplomat
Cinesias - Athenian poet
Cleandridas - Spartan statesman
Cleanthes - philosopher
Clearchus - two; Spartan general, Middle Comedy poet
Clearchus of Soli
Clearidas - Spartan general
Cledonius - grammarian
Cleidemus - atthidographer
Cleinias - Athenian general, father of Alcibiades
Cleisthenes - Athenian statesman
Cleisthenes of Sicyon - tyrant of Sicyon
Cleitarchus - historian
Cleitus - two Macedonian nobles
Clement of Alexandria - theologian
Cleombrotus I - King of Sparta
Cleomedes - astronomer
Cleomenes I - King of Sparta
Cleomenes II - King of Sparta
Cleomenes III - King of Sparta
Cleomenes of Naucratis - administrator
Cleon - Athenian statesman
Cleon of Sicyon - tyrant
Cleonides - writer
Cleonymus - Spartan general
Cleopatra I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra II of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra III of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra IV of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra Thea - Seleucid king of Syria
Cleopatra V of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra V of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra VI of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleopatra VII of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Cleophon - two; Athenian statesman, tragic poet
Clitomachus - philosopher
Cnemus - Spartan general
Colaeus - explorer
Colluthus - epic poet
Colotes - sculptor
Colotes of Lampsacus - philosopher
Comeas - archon of Athens
Conon - Athenian general
Conon of Samos - astronomer
Conon (mythographer) - mythographer
Corinna - poet
Cosmas Indicopleustes - explorer
Crantor - philosopher
Craterus of Macedon - King of Macedon
Crates of Thebes - philosopher
Crates of Mallus - grammarian and philosopher
Crates of Olynthys - architect
Cratippus - historian
Creon - archon of Athens
Cresilas - sculptor
Critias - one of the Thirty Tyrants
Critius - sculptor
Crito - four; two writers, philosopher, physician
Critolaus - general
Croesus - king of Lydia
Ctesias - physician and historian
Ctesibius - scientist
Cylon - attempted usurper in Athens
Cynaethus - writer
Cynegeirus - heroic soldier
Cynisca - female Spartan athlete
Cypselus - tyrant of Corinth

D

Daimachus - two writers
Daman - philosopher
Damascius - philosopher
Damastes - writer
Damasias - archon of Athens
Damocles - courtier of sword fame
Damon of Athens - writer on music
Damon of Syracus - philosopher
Damophilus - painter
Damophon - sculptor
Damoxenus - New Comedy playwright
Dares of Phrygia - writer
Deinocrates of Rhodes - architect
Demades - orator
Demaratus - King of Sparta
Demetrius - epistolographer
Demetrius - comic playwright
Demetrius - rhetorical stylist
Demetrius - Indo-Greek king
Demetrius I of Bactria - Greek king of Bactria
Demetrius I of Syria - Seleucid king of Syria
Demetrius I Poliorcetes - King of Macedon
Demetrius II - Indo-Greek king
Demetrius II of Macedon - King of Macedon
Demetrius II of Syria - Seleucid king of Syria
Demetrius III of Syria - Seleucid king of Syria
Demetrius Ixion - grammarian
Demetrius Lacon - Epicurean philosopher
Demetrius of Alopece - sculptor
Demetrius of Magnesia - writer
Demetrius of Pharos - ruler in Illyria
Demetrius of Scepsis - grammarian and archaeologist
Demetrius of Tarsus - grammarian
Demetrius of Troezen - literary historian
Demetrius Phalereus - philosopher and statesman
Demetrius the Cynic - philosopher
Demetrius the Fair - son of Demetrius I Poliorcetes
Democedes - physician
Democritus - philosopher
Demon - writer
Demonax - philosopher
Demophanes - philosopher active in public life
Demosthenes (general) - Athenian general
Demosthenes - Athenian orator
Demosthenes of Bithynia - poet
Dercyllidas - Spartan commander
Dexippus - historian
Diagoras - poet
Dicaearchus - geographer
Dicaeogenes - tragic poet
Dictys Cretensis - writer
Didymus Chalcenterus - grammarian
Didymus the Blind - theologian
Didymus the Musician - music theorist
Dinarchus - orator
Dinon - historian
Dio Cocceianus - orator and philosopher
Diocles - four; politician, poet, mathematician, rhetor
Diocles of Carystus - physician
Diocles of Magnesia - philosopher
Diodorus of Alexandria - mathematican and astronomer
Diodorus of Sinope - New Comedy playwright
Diodorus Cronus - philosopher
Diodorus Siculus - historian
Diodotus - Cicero's teacher
Diodotus of Bactria - Seleucid king of Bactria
Diodotus II - Greco-Bactrian king
Diodotus Tryphon - Seleucid king of Syria
Diogenes Apolloniates - philosopher
Diogenes Laertius - biographer
Diogenes of Babylon - philosopher
Diogenes of Oenoanda - Epicurean
Diogenes of Sinope - Cynic philosopher
Diogenes of Tarsus - Epicurean
Diogenianus - two; Epicurean, grammarian
Diomedes - grammarian
Dion - tyrant of Syracuse
Dionysius Aelius - lexicographer
Dionysius the Areopagite - Athenian convert
Dionysius of Byzantium - writer
Dionysius Chalcus - poet
Dionysius of Halicarnassus - historian
Dionysius of Heraclea - writer
Dionysius Periegetes - geographic writer
Dionysius of Philadelphia - writer
Dionysius of Phocaea - Ionian general
Dionysius of Samos - writer
Dionysius Scytobrachion - grammarian
Dionysius of Sinope - Middle Comedy playwright
Dionysius of Syracuse - tyrant of Syracuse
Dionysius II - tyrant of Syracuse
Dionysius of Thebes - poet
Dionysius Trax or Thrax - grammarian
Dionysius son of Calliphron - poet
Diophantus - mathematician
Dios - historian
Dioscorides - several(?) writers
Dioscorides Pedanius - physician
Diotimus - two; poet, Athenian general
Diotogenes - Pythagorean writer
Diphilus - comic playwright
Doreius - Spartan prince
Dorissus - King of Sparta
Dorotheus - astrological poet
Dosiadas - poet
Dositheus - two; astronomer, grammarian
Draco - Athenian lawmaker
Dracon - writer
Duris - two; Athenian potter and vase painter, writer

E

Echecrates - philosopher
Echestratus - King of Sparta
Ecphantides - comic playwright
Ecphantus - philosopher
Eirenaeus - grammarian
Empedocles - philosopher
Epaminondas - Theban general
Epaphroditus of Chaeronea - scholar
Ephialtes - Athenian statesman
Ephialtes - traitor
Ephippus - two; Middle Comedy playwright, pamphleteer
Ephorus - historian
Epicharmus of Kos - writer
Epicrates - Middle Comedy playwright
Epictetus - philosopher
Epictetus - Athenian potter and vasepainter
Epicurus - philosopher
Epigenes - two playwrights
Epilycus - writer
Epimenides - seer
Epiphanius of Salamis - theologian
Epitadas - Spartan general
Epitadeus - Spartan statesman
Erasistratus - physician
Eratosthenes - geographer
Erinna - poetess
Eriphus - Middle Comedy poet
Erucius of Cyzicus - writer
Euangelus - New Comedy poet
Euanthius - writer
Eubulides of Miletus - philosopher
Eubulus (statesman) - Athenian statesman
Eubulus (playwright) - Middle Comedy playwright
Eucleidas - King of Sparta
Eucleides - two; philosopher, archon
Euclid - mathematician
Eucratides - Greco-Bactrian king
Euctemon - astronomer
Eudamidas I - King of Sparta
Eudamidas II - King of Sparta
Eudamidas III - King of Sparta
Eudemus - philosopher
Eudemus of Rhodes - philosopher
Eudorus of Alexandria - philosopher
Eudoxus of Cnidus - mathematician
Eudoxus of Cyzicus - explorer
Eudoxus of Rhodes - historian
Euenus - poet
Euetes - writer
Eugammon - epic poet
Euhemerus - mythographer
Eumelus - Corinthian poet
Eumenes I - Attalid king of Pergamum
Eumenes II - Attalid king of Pergamum
Eumenes of Cardia - secretary
Eumenius - rhetoric teacher
Eumolpidae - one of the families who ran the Eleusinian mysteries
Eunapius - sophist
Eunomus - King of Sparta
Euphantus - writer and teacher
Euphemus - Athenian general
Euphorion - philosopher
Euphorion son of Aeschylus - playwright
Euphranor - sculptor and painter
Euphron - New Comedy playwright
Euphronius - potter and vasepainter
Eupolis - Old Comedy playwright
Euridice I of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Euripides - playwright
Eurybatus - Corcyrean general
Eurybiades - Spartan general
Eurycrates - King of Sparta
Eurycratides - King of Sparta
Eurylochus - Spartan general
Eurymedon - Athenian general
Eurypon - King of Sparta
Eurysthenes - King of Sparta
Eusebius of Caesarea - Christian historian
Euthydemus - sophist
Euthydemus I - Seleucid king of Bactria
Euthydemus II - Indo-Greek king
Euthymides - vasepainter
Eutychides - sculptor and painter
Euxenides - playwright
Evagoras of Salamis - rebel
Execias - potter and vasepainter

F

Favorinus - philosopher

G

Galen - physician
Gelo - tyrant of Syracuse
Glaphyra - two; hetaeira, wife of Juba
Glaucus of Chios - inventor of iron welding
Glaucus of Rhegium - writer
Glycon - poet
Glycon of Athens - sculptor
Gnathaena - courtesan
Gorgias - two orators
Gorgidas - Theban military leader
Gregory of Nyssa - Christian saint
Gylippus - Spartan general

H

Habron - grammarian
Hagnon - Athenian colonizer
Hagnothemis - alleged that Alexander the Great had been poisoned
Harmodius and Aristogeiton - assassins
Harpalus - friend of Alexander the Great
Hecataeus - historian
Hecataeus of Abderos - historian of Egypt
Hecatomnus - ruler in Asia
Hecaton - Stoic philosopher
Hedylus - epigrammatist
Hegemon of Thasos - parodist
Hegesander - writer
Hegesias of Cyrene - philosopher
Hegesias of Magnesia - historian
Hegesippus - Athenian statesman
Hegesippus (poet) - New Comedy poet
Hegesippus (epigrammatist) - epigrammatist
Hegesipyle - mother of Cimon
Hegesistratus - son of Pisistratus
Heliocles - Greco-Bactrian king
Heliodorus - four; historian, commentator, physician, writer
Hellanicus - poet
Hellanicus of Lesbos - logographer
Hephaestion - lover of Alexander the Great
Heracleides - tyrant of Syracuse
Heraclides Ponticus - philosopher
Heraclitus - philosopher
Hermaeus - Indo-Greek king
Hermias - philosopher
Hermias - tyrant of Atarneus, pupil of Plato
Hermippus - comic playwright
Hermocrates - Syracusan general
Hero of Alexandria - scientist
Aelius Herodianus - grammarian
Herodotus - historian
Herophilus - physician
Herostratus - arsonist
Hesiod - poet
Hesychius of Alexandria - grammarian
Hicetas - philosopher
Hiero I of Syracuse - tyrant of Syracuse
Hiero II of Syracuse - tyrant of Syracuse
Hierocles of Alexandria - philosopher
Hierophon - Athenian general
Hippalus - explorer
Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus) - tyrant of Athens
Hipparchus - mathematician
Hippias (son of Pisistratus) - tyrant of Athens
Hippias - philosopher
Hippocleides - archon of Athens
Hippocrates - two; physician, Athenian general
Hippodamus - architect
Hipponax - poet
Hipponicus - Athenian general
Hipponoidas - Spartan general
Histiaeus - tyrant of Miletus
Homer - poet
Hypatia of Alexandria - philosopher
Hyperbolus - Athenian statesman
Hypereides - orator
Hypsicles - mathematician and astronomer
Hypsicrates - historian

I

Iamblichus (writer) - novelist
Iamblichus (philosopher) - Neoplatonist philosopher
Iambulus - writer
Iasus - two early kings
Ibycus - poet
Ictinus - architect
Idomeneus (writer) - writer of Lampsacus
Ion of Chios - poet
Iophon - tragedian
Iphicrates - Athenian general
Irenaeus - theologian
Isaeus - orator
Isaeus (Syrian rhetor)
Isagoras - archon of Athens
Isidore of Alexandria - Neoplatonist philosopher
Isidorus of Miletus - architect
Isigonus - writer
Isocrates - rhetorician; Spartan general
Ister of Cyrene - writer
Isyllus - poet

J

Jason of Pherae - Thessalian general

K

Karanus of Macedon - King of Macedon
Karkinos - painter
Kerykes - one of the families who ran the Eleusinian mysteries
Kleoitas - architect
Koinos of Macedon - King of Macedon

L

Lacedaimonius - Athenian general
Lacydes - philosopher
Lais - courtesan
Lamachus - Athenian general
Lamprocles - Athenian musician and poet
Lamprus of Erythrae - philosopher
Lasus of Hermione - poet
Leochares - sculptor
Leon - King of Sparta
Leonidas I - King of Sparta
Leonidas II - King of Sparta
Leonida of Alexandria - astrologer and poet
Leonnatus - Macedonian noble
Leosthenes - Athenian general
Leotychidas II - King of Sparta
Leotychides - Spartan general
Lesbonax - writer
Lesches - epic poet
Leucippus - philosopher
Leucon - Old Comedy poet
Libanius - writer
Licymnius of Chios - poet
Livius Andronicus - colonist and slave
Lobon - literary forger
Longinus - literary critic
Longus - writer
Lucian - writer
Lyco - philosopher
Lycophron - three; poet, son of Periander, Spartan general
Lycortas - statesman and father of Polybius
Lycurgus - two; King of Sparta, Athenian orator
Lycus - historian
Lydiadas - Megalopolitan general
Lygdamus - two; tyrant of Naxos, poet
Lysander - Spartan general
Lysanias - philologist
Lysias - historian
Lysimachus - Macedonian general
Lysippus - two; poet, sculptor
Lysis - two; philosopher, actor
Lysistratus - sculptor

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Machaon - Spartan general
Machon - New Comedy poet
Marcellinus - two writers
Marcellus of Side - physician and poet
Marinus - philosopher
Marsyas of Pella - writer
Matris of Thebes - rhetor
Matron of Pitane - parodist
Maximus of Smyrna - anatomist and philosopher
Megacles - numerous; archon of Athens, Athenian statesman, various other Athenians
Megasthenes - traveller
Meidias - Athenian potter
Melanippides - poet
Melanthius - three; tragedian, painter, writer
Melas - sculptor
Meleager of Gadara - poet and anthologist
Meleager of Macedon - King of Macedon
Melesagoras of Chalcedon - writer
Meletus - two; tragedian, son
Melinno - poetess
Melissus of Samos - Eleatic philosopher
Memnon of Heraclea Pontica - historian
Memnon of Rhodes - military leader
Menaechmus - mathematician
Menander - playwright
Menander the Just - Indo-Greek king
Menander of Ephesus - writer
Menander of Laodicea - writer
Menecrates of Ephesus - poet
Menecrates of Xanthus - historian
Menedaius - Spartan general
Menedemus of Eretria - poet
Menedemus - Cynic philosopher
Menelaus (sculptor) - sculptor
Menelaus of Alexandria - mathematician
Menestor - botanical writer
Menexenus - student of Socrates
Menippus - satirist
Menippus of Pergamum - writer on geography
Meno - student of Aristotle
Menodotus - writer
Menodotus of Nicomedia - medical writer
Mentor of Rhodes - military leader
Mesatos - tragedian
Metagenes - Athenian comic writer
Meton - astronomer
Metrodorus - four:

Miciades - Corcyrean general
Micciades - sculptor
Micon - Athenian painter and sculptor
Milo of Croton - athlete
Miltiades - numerous; archon of Athens, Athenian general, various other Athenians
Mimnermus - poet
Mindarus - Spartan general
Mnasalces - writer
Mnaseas - traveller
Mnesicles - architect
Mnesimachus - Middle Comedy poet
Moderatus - philosopher
Moeris - Attic lexicographer
Moiro - poetess
Morsimus - poet
Moschion - tragedian
Moschus - poet
Myron - sculptor
Myronides - Athenian general
Musaeus - three poets
Myia - daughter of Pythagoras
Myron - sculptor
Myronides - Athenian general
Myrsilus - historian
Myrtilus - Athenian comic poet
Myrtis - Boeotian poetess