List of Thessalonians

The lists below contain notable people who are from the city of Thessaloniki, listed alphabetically.

Notable Thessalonians[]

The following were born in or associated with Thessaloniki. Some became famous after they moved away.

A[]

• Aaron Abiob, rabbi
• Maurice Abravanel, conductor
• Isaac Adarbi, casuist
• Nikolaos Aggelakis
• Mary Akrivopoulou, actress
• Shlomo Alkabetz
• Moses Almosnino
• Saul Amarel, pioneer of artificial intelligence
• Manolis Anagnostakis, poet
• Anthimos Ananiadis, actor
• Georgios Anatolakis
• Antipater of Thessalonica
• Cahit Arf, mathematician
• Aristarchus, saint
• Konstantinos Armenopoulos, Byzantine jurist whose book, the Hexabiblos, influenced Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek civic code
• Salamo Arouch, boxer
• Ḥayyim Asahel (d. before 1746) rabbi, author
• Nikolas Asimos
• Michael Astrapas and Eutychios, painters
• Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey

B[]

• Loukas Barlos
• Refet Bele, an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army
• Mehmet Cavit Bey, Ottoman Sabbatean economist and politician who was executed for alleged involvement in an assassination attempt against Kemal Atatürk
• Nâzım Bey, politician and physician who was executed for alleged involvement in an assassination attempt against Kemal Atatürk
• Rene Ben Sussan, illustrator
• Isaak Benrubi, philosopher
• Albert Bourla
• Yiannis Boutaris
• Salih Bozok, an officer of the Ottoman Army, later the Turkish Army and a politician of the Republic of Turkey
• Fuat Bulca, an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army

C[]

• Nicholas Cabasilas, Byzantine mystic
• Andronicus Callistus, scholar, pioneer of the Renaissance
• David Samuel Carasso, 19th-century Jewish traveler and writer
• Emmanuel Carasso, freemason, Young Turk, anti-Zionist, and proponent for internationalization of Thessaloniki
• Isaac Carasso, founder of Groupe Danone (Dannon yogurt)
• Manolis Chiotis, composer and musician
• Nuri Conker, politician and an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army
• Auguste Corteau, pen name of the Greek author Petros Hadjopoulos
• Demetrius Cydones, prime minister of the Byzantine Empire
• Prochorus Cydones, monk, theologian, and linguist
• Saint Cyril, co-creator of the Cyrillic alphabet

D[]

• Atanas Dalchev, poet
• Traianos Dellas, footballer
• Saint Demetrius, patron saint of the city

E[]

• Epigonus of Thessalonica

F[]

• Byron Fidetzis, cellist and conductor

G[]

• Gus G., guitarist
• Theodorus Gaza, humanist and translator of ancient Greek texts
• Katerina Georgiadou
• Philippe Gigantès, Canadian politician
• Evi Gkotzaridis, historian^[1][2]
• Şükrü Naili Gökberk, military officer in the Ottoman and Turkish armies
• Demetris Th. Gotsis
• Aka Gündüz, poet, composer, and politician

H[]

• Costas Hajihristos
• Nâzım Hikmet, poet
• Olympia Hopsonidou, model

I[]

• Afet İnan, historian and sociologist
• Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach
• Isidore of Kiev, patriarch of Russia

J[]

K[]

• Eva Kaili, Member of Parliament and newscaster
• Giannis Kalatzis, singer
• Andronikos Kallistos, teacher of Greek literature
• Takis Kanellopoulos, director
• Christos Karipidis, footballer
• Harry Klynn, comedian^[3]
• Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, footballer
• Mary Kostakidis, Australian news anchor
• Christos Kostis, footballer
• Georgios Koudas, footballer
• Dinos Kouis, footballer
• Stavros Koujioumtzis, composer

L[]

• Zoe Laskari, actress
• George-Emmanuel Lazaridis, pianist
• Leo the Mathematician
• Moshe Levy, chemist

M[]

• Macedonius of Thessalonica
• Thomas Magister, scholar and grammarian
• Dionysis Makris, singer
• Markos Mamalakis, economist
• Mordechai Mano
• Marinella, singer
• Marsheaux, synthpop duo
• Margalit Matitiahu
• Rabbi Samuel de Medina, Talmudist and author
• Saint Methodius, co-creator of the Cyrillic alphabet

N[]

• Nicolaus Cabasilas, Byzantine mystic
• Nightrage, metal band

O[]

• Salih Omurtak, fourth Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces
• Clio-Danae Othoneou, actress, musician, and pianist
• Hatice Özgener, school teacher, politician, and one of the first 18 female members of the Turkish parliament

P[]

• Alketas Panagoulias
• Dimitrios Pandermalis
• Ioannis Papafis
• Vassilios Papageorgopoulos, champion sprinter
• Stelios Papathemelis
• David Pardo, Dutch rabbi, born at Salonica
• Joseph Pardo, rabbi
• Halil Rifat Pasha, Ottoman statesman and a Grand Vizier
• Natasa Pazaïti
• Philippus, epigrammatist
• Patriarch Philotheus I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
• Philippus of Thessalonica
• Pyrrhus of Thessalonica, fortificator (ca. 620–630 AD)^[4]
• Evangelia Psarra, archer

Q[]

• Jacob Querido

R[]

• Emilios Riadis, classical composer
• Georgios Roubanis

S[]

• Sabiha Sertel, professional journalist and publisher in Turkey
• Raphaël Salem, mathematician
• Dimitris Salpingidis, footballer
• Victoria Samanidou, analytical chemist and professor
• Christos Sartzetakis, President of the Hellenic Republic
• Dionysis Savvopoulos, composer
• Ioannis Sfairopoulos (born 1967), basketball coach in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and EuroLeague
• Solomon Sirilio, rabbi and Talmud commentator
• Ahmet Zeki Soydemir, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
• Yannis Stavrou, contemporary artist
• Damaskinos Stouditis, patriarchal exarch of Aitolia

T[]

• Hasan Tahsin, Ottoman patriot of Jewish Dönmeh descent who was resisted to Greek invasion of Smyrna (İzmir) after World War I
• Calliope Tatti, socialite
• Natassa Theodoridou, singer
• Dimo Todorovski, sculptor and artist
• Makis Triantafyllopoulos
• Demetrius Triclinius, scholar

U[]

• Hasan Tahsin Uzer, bureaucrat

V[]

• Shlomo Venezia
• Evangelos Venizelos
• Kostas Voutsas, actor

W[]

X[]

Y[]

• Ahmet Emin Yalman, journalist and author

Z[]

• Grigorios Zalykis, scholar, writer, and diplomat
• Anastasia Zampounidis, German TV personality
• Nikos Zisis, basketball player

References[]