This is a list of notable people from the city of

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

(present-day

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) between the third century and 1453 CE. For a list of people born before the third century CE, see Notable people from Byzantium. For a list of people born after 1453, see

List of people from Istanbul This is a list of notable people hailing from the city of Istanbul. * Hrant Dink editor of an Armenian newspaper * Halide Edib Adıvar, novelist, politician * Müjde Ar, actress * Oğuz Aral, cartoonist * Bülent Arel, music producer * Duygu Asena ...

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Saint Alexander Saint Alexander may refer to one of several saints including: *Pope Alexander I (died 115), saint and pope *See Epipodius and Alexander for Saint Alexander, martyred in Lyon, 178 AD *Alexander of Rome (died c. 289), Christian martyr *Alexander of B ...

(237/244–337) * Saint Helena (c. 250–c. 330) * Julian the Apostate (331–363), Byzantine emperor *Hecebolius (Ἑκηβόλιος), sophist and rhetorSuda, 431
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Theodosius II Theodosius II ( grc-gre, Θεοδόσιος, Theodosios; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450) was Roman emperor for most of his life, proclaimed ''augustus'' as an infant in 402 and ruling as the eastern Empire's sole emperor after the death of his ...

(401–450) * Proclus (412–485), Greek philosopher * Zosimus (c. 490–c. 510), Byzantine historian * Saint Arthelais (544–560) *

Maximus the Confessor Maximus the Confessor ( el, Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής), also spelt Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople ( – 13 August 662), was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his ear ...

(c. 580–662), Christian monk, theologian, scholar and saint *

Eudoxia Epiphania Eudoxia Epiphania ( gr, Επιφανεία) (also known as Epiphania, Eudocia or Eudokia) was the only daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius and his first wife Eudokia. She was born at Constantinople on July 7, 611 CE, baptized on August 15 ...

(b. 611), daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius * Tarasios (c. 703–806), Patriarch of Constantinople and Christian saint * Nikephoros I (c. 758–828), Patriarch of Constantinople * Saint Theophanes the Confessor (758/760–817/818) *

Ignatius Ignatius is a male given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Religious * Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), saint and martyr, Apostolic Father, early Christian bishop * Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877), Cath ...

(c. 797–877), Patriarch of Constantinople *

Kassia Kassia, Cassia or Kassiani ( gr, Κασσιανή, Kassianí, ; – before 865) was a Byzantine-Greek composer, hymnographer and poet. She holds a unique place in Byzantine music as the only known woman whose music appears in the Byzantine lit ...

(805/810–c. 867), Greek poet, composer and hymnographer *

Lazarus Zographos Lazarus ( gr, Λάζαρος), surnamed Zographos (Ζωγράφος, "the Painter"), is a 9th-century Byzantine Christian saint.Ramsgate, St Augustine's Abbey. ''The Book of Saints: A Dictionary of Servants of God Canonized''. NP: Adam and Charles ...

(d. 867), monk, painter and Christian saint * Photios I (c. 820–893), Patriarch of Constantinople *

Nicholas Mystikos Nicholas I Mystikos or Nicholas I Mysticus ( el, Νικόλαος Α΄ Μυστικός, ''Nikolaos I Mystikos''; 852 – 11 May 925) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from March 901 to February 907 and from May 912 to his death ...

(852–925), Patriarch of Constantinople *

Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

(c. 870–913), Byzantine emperor * Constantine VII (905–959), Byzantine emperor and writer *

Michael I Cerularius Michael I Cerularius or Keroularios ( el, Μιχαήλ Α΄ Κηρουλάριος; 1000 – 21 January 1059 AD) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 1043 to 1059 AD. His disputes with Pope Leo IX over church practices in the 11th century p ...

(c. 1000–1059), Patriarch of Constantinople * Michael Psellos (1017/1018–after 1078), Greek writer, philosopher, politician, and historian *

Alexios I Komnenos Alexios I Komnenos ( grc-gre, Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός, 1057 – 15 August 1118; Latinized Alexius I Comnenus) was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. Although he was not the first emperor of the Komnenian dynasty, it was during ...

(1048–1118), Byzantine emperor * Michael VII (1050–1090), Byzantine emperor *

Anna Komnene Anna Komnene ( gr, Ἄννα Κομνηνή, Ánna Komnēnḗ; 1 December 1083 – 1153), commonly Latinized as Anna Comnena, was a Byzantine princess and author of the ''Alexiad'', an account of the reign of her father, the Byzantine emperor, ...

(1083–1153), Greek princess and scholar *

John II Komnenos John II Komnenos or Comnenus ( gr, Ἱωάννης ὁ Κομνηνός, Iōannēs ho Komnēnos; 13 September 1087 – 8 April 1143) was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. Also known as "John the Beautiful" or "John the Good" (), he ...

(1087–1143), Byzantine emperor * Eustathius (c. 1110–1198), archbishop of Thessalonica * Isaac Komnenos (1093–1152), brother of Emperor John II Komnenos * John Tzetzes (c. 1100–1180), Byzantine poet and grammarian * Manuel I Komnenos (1118–1180), Byzantine emperor *

Isaac II Angelos Isaac II Angelos or Angelus ( grc-gre, Ἰσαάκιος Κομνηνός Ἄγγελος, ; September 1156 – January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204. His father Andronikos Doukas Angelos was a ...

(1156–1204), Byzantine emperor *

Theodore I Laskaris Theodore I Laskaris or Lascaris ( gr, Θεόδωρος Κομνηνὸς Λάσκαρις, Theodōros Komnēnos Laskaris; 1175November 1221) was the first emperor of Nicaea—a successor state of the Byzantine Empire—from 1205 to his d ...

(1174–1221), Byzantine emperor * Alexios II Komnenos (1169–1183), Byzantine emperor *

Maria Komnene (daughter of Manuel I) Maria Komnene (or Comnena) ( el, Μαρία Κομνηνή, ''Maria Komnēnē''; Constantinople, March 1152 – July 1182) was the eldest daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos by his first wife, Bertha of Sulzbach.Garland-StoneBertha-Irene of ...

(1152–1182), daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos * Nicephorus Blemmydes (1197–1272), Byzantine author *

Theodore Metochites Theodore Metochites ( el, Θεόδωρος Μετοχίτης; 1270–1332) was a Byzantine Greek statesman, author, gentleman philosopher, and patron of the arts. From c. 1305 to 1328 he held the position of personal adviser ('' mesazōn'') to e ...

(1207–1332), Greek statesman, author, gentleman philosopher, and patron of the arts *

George Acropolites George Akropolites ( Latinized as Acropolites or Acropolita; el, , ''Georgios Akropolites''; 1217 or 1220 – 1282) was a Byzantine Greek historian and statesman born at Constantinople. Life In his sixteenth year he was sent by his father, the ...

(1217–1282), Greek historian and statesman *

Michael VIII Palaiologos Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( el, Μιχαὴλ Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, Mikhaēl Doukas Angelos Komnēnos Palaiologos; 1224 – 11 December 1282) reigned as the co-emperor of the Empire ...

(1223–1282), Byzantine emperor * Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259–1332), Byzantine emperor *

John VI Kantakouzenos John VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene ( el, , ''Iōánnēs Ángelos Palaiológos Kantakouzēnós''; la, Johannes Cantacuzenus; – 15 June 1383) was a Byzantine Greek nobleman, statesman, and general. He served as grand domestic under ...

(c. 1292–1383), Byzantine emperor *

Gregory Palamas Gregory Palamas ( el, Γρηγόριος Παλαμᾶς; c. 1296 – 1359) was a Byzantine Greek theologian and Eastern Orthodox cleric of the late Byzantine period. A monk of Mount Athos (modern Greece) and later archbishop of Thessaloniki, he ...

(1296–1359), Archbishop of Thessalonica * Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297–1341), Byzantine emperor *

Manuel Chrysoloras Manuel (or Emmanuel) Chrysoloras ( el, Μανουὴλ Χρυσολωρᾶς; c. 1350 – 15 April 1415) was a Byzantine Greek classical scholar, humanist, philosopher, professor, and translator of ancient Greek texts during the Renaissance. Se ...

(1355–1415), Greek scholar and grammarian * Gennadius II Scholarius (c. 1400–1473), philosopher, Patriarch of Constantinople * Saint Laura of Constantinople (c. 1400–1453), nun, abbess, saint *

Constantine XI Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, ''Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos''; 8 February 1405 – 29 May 1453) was the last List of Byzantine em ...

(1405–1453), Byzantine emperor and saint *

John Argyropoulos John Argyropoulos (/ˈd͡ʒɑn ˌɑɹd͡ʒɪˈɹɑ.pə.ləs/ el, Ἰωάννης Ἀργυρόπουλος ''Ioannis Argyropoulos''; it, Giovanni Argiropulo; surname also spelt ''Argyropulus'', or ''Argyropulos'', or ''Argyropulo''; c. 1415 – 2 ...

(1415–1487), Greek lecturer, philosopher and humanist *

Constantine Lascaris Constantine Lascaris ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Λάσκαρις ''Kostantinos Láskaris''; 1434 – 15 August 1501) was a Greek scholar and grammarian, one of the promoters of the revival of Greek learning in Italy during the Renaissance, ...

(1434–1501), Greek scholar and grammarian

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