The lists below contain notable people who are from the city of

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

, listed alphabetically.

Notable Thessalonians

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The following were born in or associated with

. Some became famous after they moved away.

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Aaron Abiob Aaron Abiob ( he, אהרן אביוב) (1535–1605) was Turkish rabbi of Salonica. He was the author of ''Oil of Myrrh'', in the Yiddish known as Shemen ha-Mor (''ex Myrrhoe commentariis Oleum''), and was commentary on the Book of Esther. He li ...

, rabbi *

Maurice Abravanel Maurice Abravanel (January 6, 1903 – September 22, 1993) was an American classical music conductor. He is remembered as the conductor of the Utah Symphony Orchestra for over 30 years. Life Abravanel was born in Salonika, Rumelia Eyalet, Ottom ...

, conductor * Isaac Adarbi, casuist *

Nikolaos Aggelakis Nikolaos Angelakis ( el, Νικόλαος Αγγελάκης; 15 May 1905 – 29 October 1986) was a Greek footballer who played as a forward and a later manager. Career Angelakis played for Aris and was a member of the 1932 side that won the G ...

* Mary Akrivopoulou, actress *

Shlomo Alkabetz Shlomo ha-Levi Alkabetz, also spelt Alqabitz, Alqabes; ( he, שלמה אלקבץ) ( 1500 – 1576) was a rabbi, kabbalist and poet perhaps best known for his composition of the song ''Lecha Dodi''. Biography Alkabetz studied Torah under Rabb ...

Moses Almosnino Moses ben Baruch Almosnino ( 1515 – 1580) was a distinguished rabbi; born at Thessaloniki about 1515, and died in Constantinople about 1580. Rabbinical Work He was elected rabbi of the Neveh Shalom community of Spanish Jews in that city in 155 ...

Saul Amarel Saul Amarel (1928 – December 18, 2002) was a professor of computer science at Rutgers University, and best known for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence (AI). He also had a career as a scientist, engineer, and teacher. He was a contribu ...

, pioneer of

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...

Manolis Anagnostakis Manolis Anagnostakis (10 March 1925 – 23 June 2005) was a Greek poet and critic at the forefront of the Marxist and existentialist poetry movements arising during and after the Greek Civil War in the late 1940s. Anagnostakis was a leader amongst ...

, poet *

Anthimos Ananiadis Anthem Moss (Born 9 June 1985), or Anthimos Ananiadis ( el, Άνθιμος Ανανιάδης), is a Greek actor and model best known from his leading role in ''Maria, i Aschimi'', the Greek edition of the television series ''Ugly Betty''. For ...

, actor *

Georgios Anatolakis Georgios Anatolakis ( el, Γεώργιος Ανατολάκης; born 16 March 1974) is a Greece, Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He is well known in Greece f ...

Antipater of Thessalonica Antipater of Thessalonica ( grc-gre, Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Θεσσαλονικεύς; c. 10 BC - c. AD 38) was a Greek epigrammatist of the Roman period. Biography Antipater lived during the latter part of the reign of Augustus, and perha ...

Cahit Arf Cahit Arf (; 24 October 1910 – 26 December 1997) was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 (applied in knot theory and surgery theory) in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem ...

, mathematician * Aristarchus, saint *

Konstantinos Armenopoulos Constantine Harmenopoulos ( el, ; 1320 – ) was a Byzantine jurist from Greece who held the post of '' katholikos kritēs'' ("universal judge") of Thessalonica, one of the highest judicial offices in the Byzantine Empire. He is best known for his ...

, Byzantine jurist whose book, the '' Hexabiblos'', influenced Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek civic code *

Salamo Arouch Salamo Arouch ( el, Σολομόν Αρούχ; January 1, 1923 – April 26, 2009) was a Jewish Greek boxer, the Middleweight Champion of Greece (1938) and the All-Balkans Middleweight Champion (1939), who survived the Holocaust by boxing (over ...

, boxer * Ḥayyim Asahel (d. before 1746) rabbi, author *

Nikolas Asimos Nikolas Asimos ( el, Νικόλας Άσιμος; 20 August 1949 – 17 March 1988) was a Greek composer, singer and performance artist.Michael Astrapas and Eutychios Michael Astrapas and Eutychios ( el, Μιχαήλ Αστραπάς και Ευτύχιος (flourished 1294 to 1317) were Roman (Byzantine) painters from Thessaloniki. They had a very active workshop in the area and some of their work survived. ...

, painters *

Kemal Atatürk Kemal may refer to: ;People * Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, a Turkish politician and the first president of Turkey * Kemal (name), a common Turkish name ;Places * Kemalpaşa, İzmir Province, Turkey * Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa Province, Turkey ;See also ...

, founder of the Republic of Turkey

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Loukas Barlos Loukas Barlos ( el, Λουκάς Μπάρλος; 1920 – 20 October 1999) was a Greek businessman who served as the twenty third president of AEK Athens F.C. from 1974 until 1981. Early life Barlos was born and raised in Thessaloniki, but his p ...

Refet Bele Refet Bele (1881 – 3 October 1963), also known as Refet Bey or Refet Pasha was a Turkish military commander. He served in the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army, where he retired as a general. Life He was born to a Turkish family in Thessalon ...

, an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army *

Mehmet Cavit Bey Mehmet Cavit Bey, Mehmed Cavid Bey or Mehmed Djavid Bey ( ota, محمد جاوید بك; 1875 – 26 August 1926) was an Ottoman economist, newspaper editor and leading politician during the dissolution period of the Ottoman Empire. A founding me ...

, Ottoman Sabbatean economist and politician who was executed for alleged involvement in an assassination attempt against

* Nâzım Bey, politician and physician who was executed for alleged involvement in an assassination attempt against Kemal Atatürk * Rene Ben Sussan, illustrator *

Isaak Benrubi Isaak Benrubi (24 May 1876 in Thessaloniki – October 19 1943 in Geneva) was a philosopher from the Ottoman city of Thessaloniki, he opposed the conventional character of the act of knowing in "subject" and "object" to the reality that is intereste ...

, philosopher *

Albert Bourla Albert Bourla ( el, Άλμπερτ Μπουρλά; born ) is a Greek-American veterinarian and the chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer, an American pharmaceutical company. He joined the company in 1993 and has held several executive ro ...

Yiannis Boutaris Yiannis Boutaris ( el, Γιάννης Μπουτάρης; born 13 June 1942) is a Greek businessman and politician, former mayor of Thessaloniki. Biography Yiannis Boutaris was born in Thessaloniki in 1942, the son of winemaker Stelios Boutaris ...

Salih Bozok Salih Bozok (1881 – April 25, 1941) was an officer of the Ottoman Army, later the Turkish Army and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was the chief aide-de-camp of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), the founder of modern Turkey.Türk Parlamento ...

, an officer of the Ottoman Army, later the Turkish Army and a politician of the Republic of Turkey *

Fuat Bulca Ahmet Fuat Bulca (1881 – September 14, 1962) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He served as an Ottoman soldier and he fought in the Italo-Turkish War, the First Balkan War and the First World War. He then joined the for ...

, an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army

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Nicholas Cabasilas Nicholas Kabasilas or Cabasilas ( el, Νικόλαος Καβάσιλας; born 1319/1323 in Thessalonica; died 1392) was a Byzantine mystic and theological writer. Kabasilas is a saint within the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is June ...

, Byzantine mystic *

Andronicus Callistus Andronikos Kallistos ( el, Ανδρόνικος Καλλίστος) was a teacher of Greek literature in Bologna, Rome, Florence, Paris and London. He was one of the most able Greek scholars of the 15th century and cousin of the distinguished schola ...

, scholar, pioneer of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

David Samuel Carasso David Samuel Carasso ( gr, Δαβίδ Σάμιουελ Καράσσο) was a nineteenth-century Jewish merchant, traveler, and writer. He was a member of the Carasso family, a prominent Sephardic Jewish family in Ottoman Salonica. On the occasion ...

, 19th-century Jewish traveler and writer *

Emmanuel Carasso Emmanuel Carasso or Emanuel Karasu (1862 in Salonica – 1934 in Trieste) was an Ottoman lawyer and a member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso family of Ottoman Salonica (now Thessaloniki, Greece). He was also a prominent member ...

, freemason, Young Turk,

anti-Zionist Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism. Although anti-Zionism is a heterogeneous phenomenon, all its proponents agree that the creation of the modern State of Israel, and the movement to create a sovereign Jewish state in the region of Palestine ...

, and proponent for internationalization of Thessaloniki *

Isaac Carasso Isaac Carasso (1874 – 19 April 1939) was a member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso (Karasu) family of Ottoman Salonica (modern Thessaloniki, Greece). After emigrating to Barcelona, he started a yogurt factory which later became Group ...

, founder of

Groupe Danone A group is a military unit or a military formation that is most often associated with military aviation. Air and aviation groups The terms group and wing differ significantly from one country to another, as well as between different branches ...

(Dannon yogurt) *

Manolis Chiotis Manolis Chiotis (Greek: Μανώλης Χιώτης; March 21, 1921 – March 20, 1970) was a Greek rebetiko and laiko composer, singer, and bouzouki player.English translation He is considered one of the greatest bouzouki soloists of all tim ...

, composer and musician *

Nuri Conker Mehmet Nuri Conker (September 20, 1882 – January 11, 1937) was a Turkish politician and an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. Mehmet Nuri Conker was the oldest childhood and lifelong friend of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk). Mehmet N ...

, politician and an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army *

Auguste Corteau Auguste Corteau ( el, Αύγουστος Κορτώ, links=no; born 1979) is the pen name of the Greek author Petros Hadjopoulos (Πέτρος Χατζόπουλος). Early life Corteau was born in Thessaloniki, in 1979. Career In addition to ...

, pen name of the Greek author Petros Hadjopoulos *

Demetrius Cydones Demetrios Kydones, Latinized as Demetrius Cydones or Demetrius Cydonius ( el, Δημήτριος Κυδώνης; 1324, Thessalonica – 1398, Crete), was a Byzantine Greek theologian, translator, author and influential statesman, who served an ...

, prime minister of the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

Prochorus Cydones Prochoros Kydones ( el, Πρόχορος Κυδώνης; c. 1330 – c. 1369), Latinized as Prochorus Cydones or Prochorus Cydonius was an Eastern Orthodox monk, theologian, and linguist. An advocate of Western Aristotelian thought, his translatio ...

, monk, theologian, and linguist * Saint Cyril, co-creator of the Cyrillic alphabet

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Atanas Dalchev Atanas Hristov Dalchev (also written ''Dalčev''; bg, Атанас Далчев) (June 12, 1904 - January 17, 1978) was a Bulgarian poet, critic and translator. He was among the leading Bulgarian poets of the 1920s and 1930s. Dalchev was also a ...

, poet *

Traianos Dellas Traianos Dellas ( el, Τραϊανός Δέλλας; born 31 January 1976) is a Greek football manager and former professional footballer, who played as a centre back. He was an integral part of Greece's Euro 2004 winning squad, during which ...

, footballer *

Saint Demetrius Saint Demetrius (or Demetrios) of Thessaloniki, Thessalonica ( el, Ἅγιος Δημήτριος τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης, (); bg, Димитър Солунски (); mk, Свети Димитрија Солунски (); ro, Sfântu ...

, patron saint of the city

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* Epigonus of Thessalonica

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Byron Fidetzis Byron Fidetzis ( el, Βύρων Φιδετζής) is a Greek cello, cellist and conductor, who has been a major figure for decades in the musical life of his native Greece. He has championed Greek classical music and has premiered a wide range of ...

, cellist and conductor

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Gus G. Kostas Karamitroudis (born 12 September 1980), better known as Gus G, is a Greek heavy metal guitarist. He currently plays with his band Firewind. He has also played in Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil and Ozzy Osbourne ...

, guitarist *

Artemi Gavezou Artemi Gavezou Castro (born 19 June 1994 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a former group rhythmic gymnast, who also represented Spain. Career Gavezou was born in Thessaloniki, Until 2013 she lived in Greece, where she trained and competed with th ...

, rhythmic gymnast and Olympic silver medalist in 2016 *

Theodorus Gaza Theodorus Gaza ( el, Θεόδωρος Γαζῆς, ''Theodoros Gazis''; it, Teodoro Gaza; la, Theodorus Gazes), also called Theodore Gazis or by the epithet Thessalonicensis (in Latin) and Thessalonikeus (in Greek) (c. 1398 – c. 1475), wa ...

, humanist and translator of ancient Greek texts *

Katerina Georgiadou Katerina Georgiadou ( el, Κατερίνα Γεωργιάδου) (born 1982 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a former Miss Greece and fashion model who has appeared in fashion magazines and international events. Background Georgiadou lives in Argyrou ...

Philippe Gigantès Philippe Deane Gigantès (August 16, 1923 – December 9, 2004) was a veteran of the Second World War, journalist, war correspondent, POW of the Korean War, author, television commentator, Greek minister of culture, and Canadian senator. Wa ...

, Canadian politician * Evi Gkotzaridis,

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

Şükrü Naili Gökberk Şükrü Naili Gökberk (1876 in Thessaloniki, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 26 October 1936 in Edirne, Turkey) was an officer of the Ottoman Army during World War I, reaching the rank of miralay ( senior colonel / brigadier) on 1 Septembe ...

, military officer in the Ottoman and Turkish armies * Demetris Th. Gotsis * Robert Guérin du Rocher, a

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priest, who was

beatified Beatification (from Latin ''beatus'', "blessed" and ''facere'', "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their nam ...

Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...

in October 1926 was a

pastor A pastor (abbreviated as "Pr" or "Ptr" , or "Ps" ) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and ...

in the city. *

Aka Gündüz Aka Gündüz (1886 – 7 November 1958) was a Turkish poet, composer and politician. He is most notable for having composed the Ankara Marşı (Ankara March). Early life and education Aka Gündüz was born as the son of the Major of the Ott ...

, poet, composer, and politician

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Costas Hajihristos Kostas Hatzichristos or Costas Hajihristos ( el, Κώστας Χατζηχρήστος; 1921 – October 3, 2001) was a Greek actor. Biography He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, to a large family of thirteen members, he was the eleventh chil ...

Nâzım Hikmet Mehmed Nâzım Ran (15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), Note: 403 Forbidden error received 10 October 2022. commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (), was a Turkish-Polish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was ...

, poet * Olympia Hopsonidou, model

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Afet İnan Ayşe Afet İnan (30 October 1908 – 8 June 1985) was a Turkish historian and sociologist. She was one of the eight adopted daughters of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. She was known to be involved in the practice of physical anthropology, as sh ...

, historian and sociologist *

Giannis Ioannidis Giannis Ioannidis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis) (Greek: Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης; born 26 February 1945 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a former Greek basketball player, professional basketball coach, and Greece New Democra ...

, Greek basketball coach *

Isidore of Kiev Isidore of Kiev, also known as Isidore of Thessalonica or Isidore, the Apostate ( el, ; russian: Исидор; uk, Ісидор; 1385 – 27 April 1463), was a prelate of Byzantine Greek origin. From 1437 to 1441 he served as the Metropolitan ...

, patriarch of Russia

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Eva Kaili Eva Kaili ( el, Εύα Καϊλή; born 26 October 1978) is a Greek politician who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. She served as one of fourteen vice presidents of the European Parliament from January 2 ...

, Member of Parliament and newscaster *

Giannis Kalatzis Giannis Kalatzis ( el, Γιάννης Καλατζής, 29 April 1943 – 13 July 2017) was a Greeks, Greek singer who was especially popular in Greece in the late 1960s and the first half of the 1970s. Giannis Kalatzis was born in Thessaloniki ...

, singer *

Andronikos Kallistos Andronikos Kallistos ( el, Ανδρόνικος Καλλίστος) was a teacher of Greek literature in Bologna, Rome, Florence, Paris and London. He was one of the most able Greeks, Greek scholars of the 15th century and cousin of the distinguishe ...

, teacher of Greek literature *

Takis Kanellopoulos Takis Kanellopoulos ( el, Τάκης Κανελλόπουλος; 26 October 1933 – 21 September 1990) was a Greek film director and screenwriter. He directed ten films between 1960 and 1980. Filmography * ''Sonia'' (1980) * '' Romantik ...

, director * Christos Karipidis, footballer *

Harry Klynn Vasilis N. Triantafillidis ( el, Βασίλης Ν. Τριανταφυλλίδης, 7 May 1940 – 21 May 2018), also known by his artistic nickname Harry Klynn (Χάρρυ Κλυνν), was a Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, ...

, comedian *

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos Dimitrios Konstantopoulos ( el, Δημήτριος Κωνσταντόπουλος; born 29 November 1978) is a Greek former international football player who played as a goalkeeper. After playing amateur football with Iraklis Ampelokipi, Kons ...

, footballer *

Mary Kostakidis Mary Kostakidis (born 1954) is an Australian journalist. She is the former weeknight '' SBS World News Australia'' presenter and was the face of SBS over two decades. Early life She was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and migrated to Australia ...

, Australian news anchor *

Christos Kostis Christos Kostis ( el, Χρήστος Κωστής, born 15 January 1972) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. Kostis is widely regarded to be one of the most technical players Greece has ever produced, but his great ...

, footballer * Georgios Koudas, footballer *

Dinos Kouis Dinos Kouis (Greek language, Greek: Ντίνος Κούης) is a Greek retired footballer, one of the best to have ever played for Aris Thessaloniki F.C., Aris Thessaloniki. Kouis moved to Thessaloniki with his family at age ten, while he st ...

, footballer *

Stavros Koujioumtzis Stavros Kouyioumtzis, also Kougioumtzis, Kouyoumtzis, or Koujioumtzis, (23 July 1932 – 12 March 2005) ( el, Σταύρος Κουγιουμτζής ) is one of the most significant Greeks, Greek music composers of the 20th century. Kouyiou ...

, composer

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Zoe Laskari Zoe Laskari ( el, Ζωή Λάσκαρη, ; 12 December 1942 – 18 August 2017) was a Greek film and stage actress. Life Zoe Laskari was born Zoe Kouroukli in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 12 December 1942—not 1943 or 1944, as had been misreported ...

, actress * George-Emmanuel Lazaridis, pianist *

Leo the Mathematician Leo the Mathematician, the Grammarian or the Philosopher ( grc-gre, Λέων ὁ Μαθηματικός or ὁ Φιλόσοφος, ''Léōn ho Mathēmatikós'' or ''ho Philósophos''; – after January 9, 869) was a Byzantine philosophy, Byzan ...

* Moshe Levy, chemist

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Macedonius of Thessalonica Macedonius of Thessalonica or Macedonius Consul ( el, Μακηδόνιος or Μακεδόνιος Ύπατος, ο Θεσσαλονικεύς, c.500-560 AD) a Byzantine ''hypatos'' during the reign of Justinian, is the author of 42 epigrams in the ...

Thomas Magister Thomas, surnamed Magister or Magistros ( el, Θωμάς Μάγιστρος), also known by the monastic name Theodoulos Monachos, was a native of Thessalonica, a Byzantine scholar and grammarian and confidential adviser of Andronikos II Palaiologo ...

, scholar and grammarian *

Dionysis Makris Dionysis Makris (Greek: Διονύσης Μακρής) born 5 February 1982 as Dionysis Sindrivanis) is a popular Greek singer, of laiko music. Biography Makris was born on 5 February 1982 in Thessaloniki and appeared on the Greek talent show '' ...

, singer * Markos Mamalakis, economist *

Mordechai Mano Mordechai Mano ( he, מרדכי מנו) (1922, Salonika, Greece – 1969) was an Israeli businessman and member of the Mano shipping family. He was one of the pioneers in the maritime industry and Israeli economy in general. See also *Mano Mariti ...

Marinella Marinella ( el, Μαρινέλλα) (born 20 May 1938, Thessaloniki) is one of the most popular Greek singers whose career has spanned several decades. She has sung professionally since 1957. Since the beginning of her career, she has release ...

, singer *

Marsheaux Marsheaux is a Greek synthpop duo formed in Athens in 2003. The group is composed of vocalists, songwriters and keyboardists Marianthi Melitsi and Sophie Sarigiannidou. The name Marsheaux is derived from the first syllable of each band member's ...

, synthpop duo *

Margalit Matitiahu Margalit Matitiahu (Hebrew: מרגלית מתתיהו, born 1935, in Tel Aviv) is a poet in Ladino language, Ladino and Hebrew language, Hebrew from Israel. After the Holocaust, her parents moved to Israel from Thessaloniki, Greece where they were ...

*Rabbi

Samuel de Medina Rabbi Samuel ben Moses de Medina (abbreviated RaShDaM, or ''Maharashdam''; 1505 – October 12, 1589), was a Talmudist and author from Thessaloniki. He was principal of the Talmudic college of that city, which produced a great number of promine ...

, Talmudist and author * Saint Methodius, co-creator of the Cyrillic alphabet

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* Nicolaus Cabasilas, Byzantine mystic *

Nightrage Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band originally from Thessaloniki. They later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden. History Formation and ''Sweet Vengeance'' (2000–2003) Nightrage was founded by Marios Iliopoulos and his cl ...

, metal band

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Salih Omurtak Salih Omurtak (1889–23 June 1954) was a Turkish general and the fourth Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces. Biography He was born 1889 in Thessaloniki, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Greece). ...

, fourth Chief of the General Staff of the

Turkish Armed Forces The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF; tr, Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, TSK) are the military forces of the Republic of Turkey. Turkish Armed Forces consist of the General Staff, the Land Forces, the Naval Forces and the Air Forces. The current Chi ...

Clio-Danae Othoneou Clio Danae Othoneou ( el, Κλειώ Δανάη Οθωναίου born 30 September 1979) is a Greek actress, musician and pianist. Family and early life She was born September 30, 1979 in Thessaloniki, Greece, where her parents studied, and is ...

, actress, musician, and pianist *

Hatice Özgener Hatice Özgener (1865 – February 21, 1940) was a Turkish school teacher, politician and one of the first 18 female members of the Turkish parliament. Early life Hatice was born to Sheikh Mustafa and his spouse Fatma in Sanjak of Salonica, Ott ...

, school teacher, politician, and one of the first 18 female members of the Turkish parliament

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Alketas Panagoulias Alketas 'Alkis' Panagoulias ( el, Αλκέτας 'Άλκης' Παναγούλιας; 30 May 1934 – 18 June 2012) was a Greek association football player and manager. He managed the national teams of both Greece and the United States. He also ...

Dimitrios Pandermalis Dimitrios Pandermalis ( el, Δημήτριος Παντερμαλής; 1940 – 14 September 2022) was a Greek archaeologist. He was professor of archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, supervisor of the Archaeological site of ...

Ioannis Papafis Ioannis Papafis or Giovanni di Niccolò Pappaffy ( el, Ιωάννης Παπάφης; 1792 – 1886) was a Greek businessman and philanthropist, prominent for helping in the funding of the Greek War of Independence and in financing crucial sector ...

* Vassilios Papageorgopoulos, champion sprinter *

Stelios Papathemelis Stelios Papathemelis ( el, Στέλιος Παπαθεμελής) (born January, 1938 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek politician and lawyer. He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Political career He was elected for the first ti ...

* David Pardo, Dutch rabbi, born at Salonica * Joseph Pardo, rabbi *

Halil Rifat Pasha Halil Rifat Pasha (Modern Turkish: ''Halil Rıfat Paşa''; 1820According to the obituary in The Times, he was born about 1807. This would make him almost 95 years old at the time of his death. Other sources give 1820.–9 November 1901) was an ...

, Ottoman statesman and a Grand Vizier *

Natasa Pazaïti Anastasia Pazaiti-Karamanli ( el, Αναστασία Παζαΐτη-Καραμανλή (Anastasía Pazaïti-Karamanlí) (born April 14, 1966), is the wife of Kostas Karamanlis, former Prime Minister of Greece. She is a resident general surgeon. B ...

* Philippus, epigrammatist *

Patriarch Philotheus I of Constantinople Philotheos Kokkinos (Thessaloniki, c. 1300 – Constantinople, 1379) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods from November 1353 to 1354 and 1364 to 1376, and a leader of the Byzantine monastic and religious revival in t ...

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

Philippus of Thessalonica Philippus may refer to: * Philippus (cognomen), a name accustomed with the Roman gens ''Marcia'' * Philippus (character), a fictional character in DC Comics People * Flavius Philippus, a Roman Empire official under Emperor Constantius II c. 350 ...

*Pyrrhus of Thessalonica, fortificator (ca. 620–630 AD) *

Evangelia Psarra Evangelia Psarra ( el, Ευαγγελία Ψάρρα; born June 17, 1974 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek archer who has competed at the Summer Olympics six times from 2000 to 2020. Career At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Psarra entered the women's competi ...

, archer

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* Jacob Querido

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Emilios Riadis Emilios Riadis (original name Emilios Khu; el, Αιμίλιος Κου (Κούης) or Ριάδης; 13 May 1880 – 17 July 1935) was a Greek composer. Biography Riadis was born in Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire, now in Greece. He had his first ...

, classical composer *

Georgios Roubanis Georgios Roubanis ( el, Γεωργιος Ρουμπανης, born July 31, 1929) is a Greek pole vaulter. He was born in Tripoli, Greece. He competed at three Olympic Games. He is the elder brother of Aristeidis. He was named the 1956 Greek Ath ...

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Sabiha Sertel Sabiha Sertel (1895–1968) was the first professional female journalist and publisher in modern Turkey. Her articles and columns advocated for reforming the rights of women and workers and criticized state oppression, imperialism, fascism and ...

, professional journalist and publisher in Turkey *

Raphaël Salem Raphaël Salem (Greek: Ραφαέλ Σαλέμ; November 7, 1898 in Salonika, Ottoman Empire (now Thessaloniki, Greece) – June 20, 1963 in Paris, France) was a Greek mathematician after whom are named the Salem numbers and Salem–Spencer sets ...

, mathematician *

Dimitris Salpingidis Dimitris Salpingidis ( el, Δημήτρης Σαλπιγγίδης ; born 18 August 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a winger or a striker. He was known to be "a very quick and useful tool on the counter attack." ...

, footballer * Victoria Samanidou, analytical chemist and professor *

Christos Sartzetakis Christos Sartzetakis ( el, Χρήστος Σαρτζετάκης; 6 April 1929 – 3 February 2022) was a Greek jurist and a supreme justice of the Court of Cassation, who served as the President of Greece from 1985 to 1990. Early life and educ ...

, President of the Hellenic Republic *

Dionysis Savvopoulos Dionysis Savvopoulos ( el, Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος) (born 2 December 1944) is a prominent Greek singer-songwriter. Career Savvopoulos was born in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece (December 1944) in a middle-class family. He pass ...

, composer *

Ioannis Sfairopoulos Ioannis Sfairopoulos (alternate spellings: Giannis, Yiannis, Yannis, Sferopoulos) (Greek: Γιάννης Σφαιρόπουλος; born March 21, 1967) is a Greek professional basketball coach. Playing career Sfairopoulos began playing basketball ...

(born 1967), basketball coach in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

and EuroLeague *

Solomon Sirilio Solomon Sirilio ( he, סיריליאו also שלמה סריליו) (1485–1554), the son of Joseph Sirilio, was a rabbi and author of one of the first commentaries made on the Jerusalem Talmud (''Seder Zeraim''). Background Solomon Sirilio was ...

, rabbi and Talmud commentator *

Ahmet Zeki Soydemir Ahmet Zeki Soydemir (1883; Salonica (Thessaloniki) - Sep 4, 1954; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army The Turkish Land Forces ( tr, Türk Kara Kuvvetleri), or Turkish Army (Turkish: ), is the main br ...

, officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army * Yannis Stavrou, contemporary artist *

Damaskinos Stouditis Damaskinos Stouditis ( el, Δαμασκηνός Στουδίτης; Latin: Damascenus Studites) was a high-ranking Greek ecclesiastic and writer in the sixteenth century. Born in Thessaloniki around 1500, he became a monk in Constantinople, where ...

, patriarchal exarch of Aitolia

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Hasan Tahsin Hasan Tahsin was the code name of Osman Nevres (1888 – 15 May 1919), a Turkish nationalist, patriot, and journalist of Dönmeh descent. Hailed as a Turkish war hero, his name has been given by the Turkish Armed Forces to the Information ...

, Ottoman patriot of Jewish

Dönmeh The Dönme ( he, דוֹנְמֶה, Dōnme, ota, دونمه, tr, Dönme) were a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who converted outwardly to Islam, but retained their Jewish faith and Kabbalistic beliefs in secret. The move ...

descent who was resisted to Greek invasion of Smyrna (İzmir) after World War I *

Calliope Tatti Calliope Tatti () was born in Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire in 1894. Great-granddaughter of Constantine Tattis who was member of the secret Greek society Filiki Eteria which in early 19th century organized the successful Greek War of Independence a ...

, socialite *

Natassa Theodoridou Natasa Theodoridou ( el, Νατάσα Θεοδωρίδου; born October 24, 1970 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek singer. She is the only female Greek artist to have her first three albums achieve platinum status. She has been certified for a total ...

, singer *

Dimo Todorovski Dimo Todorovski (Macedonian: Димо Тодоровски; 1910 in Thessaloniki – 1983 in Skopje), was a prominent Macedonian artist and sculptor. Education and career Two years after his birth, his family returned to his hometown of Prilep, ...

, sculptor and artist *

Makis Triantafyllopoulos Efthimios "Makis" Triantafillopoulos ( el, Μάκης Τριανταφυλλόπουλος; born 14 August 1954) is a Greek journalist and publisher. He was, along with Themos Anastasiadis, the publisher of Proto Thema newspaper and host of two ...

Demetrius Triclinius Demetrius Triclinius ( el, Δημήτριος Τρικλίνιος; b. ca. 1300), a native of Thessalonica, was a Byzantine scholar who edited and analyzed the metrical structure of many texts from ancient Greece, particularly those of Aeschylus, S ...

, scholar *

Dimosthenis Tampakos Dimosthenis Tampakos ( el, Δημοσθένης Ταμπάκος, born 12 November 1976 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. He won gold in the men's rings at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 9.862. H ...

, gymnast who won gold medal in

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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Hasan Tahsin Uzer Hasan Tahsin Bey (27 August 1878 – 5 December 1939; surnamed Uzer after 1934) was an Ottoman and later Turkish bureaucrat and politician. Throughout his career as a politician, Tahsin served as a governor to several Ottoman cities including Ay ...

, bureaucrat

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* Shlomo Venezia *

Evangelos Venizelos Evangelos Venizelos (, ; born 1 January 1957) is a Greek academic and politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Greece and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015. Previously, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ...

Kostas Voutsas Kostas Voutsas ( el, Κώστας Βουτσάς; born Konstantinos Savvopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Σαββόπουλος; 31 December 1931 – 26 February 2020) was a Greek actor, director, and writer. Personal life Voutsas was b ...

, actor

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Ahmet Emin Yalman Ahmet Emin Yalman (1888–19 December 1972) was a Turkish people, Turkish journalist, author and professor. He was a liberal and opposed the spread of the Nazism, Nazi ideology in his home country. Early life and education Ahmet Emin Yalman was ...

, journalist and author

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Grigorios Zalykis Grigorios Zalykis ( el, Γρηγόριος Ζαλύκης; french: Grégoire Zalykis) (1785 – 4 October 1827) was a Greek scholar, writer and diplomat. He was the founder of the "Greek-speaking Hotel" ( Hellenoglosso Xenodocheio or ''Ελλη ...

, scholar, writer, and diplomat *

Anastasia Zampounidis Anastasia Zampounidis ( el, Αναστασία Ζαμπουνίδη; born 28 December 1968) is a Greek-German TV host. Climb to Fame After graduating from high school, Zampounidis spent time in Los Angeles as an au pair, Go-Go dancer, and language ...

, German TV personality *

Nikos Zisis Nikolaos "Nikos" Zisis (alternate spelling: Zissis; el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Ζήσης; born August 16, 1983) is a Greek basketball executive and former professional basketball player. During his pro club playing career, at a height of ...

, basketball player

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