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

Notable Thessalonians

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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 of Thessalonica, 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 *Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 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 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Kemal Atatürk *Nazım Bey, 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 Turks, Young Turk, Anti-Zionism, 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 *Saints Cyril and Methodius, Saint Cyril, co-creator of the Cyrillic alphabet

D

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

E

*Epigonus of Thessalonica

F

*Byron Fidetzis, cellist and conductor

G

*Gus G., guitarist *Artemi Gavezou, rhythmic gymnast and Olympic silver medalist in 2016 *Theodorus Gaza, humanist and translator of ancient Greek texts *Katerina Georgiadou *Philippe Gigantès, Canadian politician *Evi Gkotzaridis, historian *Şükrü Naili Gökberk, military officer in the Ottoman and Turkish armies *Demetris Th. Gotsis *Robert Guérin du Rocher, a Jesuit priest, who was beatified by Pope Pius XI in October 1926 was a pastor in the city. *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), Takis Kanellopoulos, director *Christos Karipidis, footballer *Harry Klynn, comedian *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), 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 of Thessaloniki, 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), David Pardo, Dutch rabbi, born at Salonica *Joseph Pardo (rabbi), Joseph Pardo, rabbi *Halil Rifat Pasha, Ottoman statesman and a Grand Vizier *Natasa Pazaïti *Philippus of Thessalonica, Philippus, epigrammatist *Patriarch Philotheus I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople *Philippus of Thessalonica *Pyrrhus of Thessalonica, fortificator (ca. 620–630 AD) *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 landing at Smyrna, 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 *Dimosthenis Tampakos, gymnast who won gold medal in 2004 Olympic Games

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

{{reflist Lists of people by city, Thessaloniki People from Thessaloniki,