Miltiades or Miltiadis (, short: Miltos) is a Greek masculine given name. The name is derived from the Greek word for "red earth". People with the given name include: *

Miltiades Miltiades (; ; c. 550 – 489 BC), also known as Miltiades the Younger, was a Greek Athenian statesman known mostly for his role in the Battle of Marathon, as well as for his downfall afterwards. He was the son of Cimon Coalemos, a renowned ...

the Younger (c. 550–489 BC), tyrant of the Thracian Chersonese and the Athenian commanding general in the Battle of Marathon *

Miltiades the Elder Miltiades the Elder (ca. 590 – 525 BC) was an Athenian politician from the Philaid family. He is most famous for travelling to the Thracian Chersonese (now Gallipoli) where, at the behest of the local peoples, he ruled as a tyrant. During his r ...

(died c. 524 BC), wealthy Athenian, and step-uncle of Miltiades the Younger *

Pope Miltiades Pope Miltiades (, ''Miltiádēs''), also known as Melchiades the African ( ''Melkhiádēs ho Aphrikanós''), was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314. It was during his pontificate that Emperor Constantine the Great i ...

(died 314), African saint and pope *

Miltiades Caridis Miltiades Caridis (; 9 May 1923 – 1 March 1998) was a German-Greek conductor. Biography Caridis was born in the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk). His mother was a Danziger of German ethnicity, his father was a Greek tobacco merchant from Smyrn ...

(1923–1998), German-Greek conductor *

Miltiadis Evert Miltiadis Evert (; ; 12 May 1939 – 9 February 2011) was a Greek politician, a member of Parliament, government minister, and ex-chairman of the New Democracy party. Origins Evert was born in Athens, Greece. He was the son of Angelos Evert, ch ...

(1939–2011), Greek politician *

Miltos Gkougkoulakis Miltos Gougoulakis (born 1 February 1977 in Athens) is a Greek football player who last played for Saronikos F.C. in the Gamma Ethniki. Gougoulakis played for Egaleo in the Greek Super League The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Su ...

(born 1977), Greek footballer *

Miltiadis Goulimis Miltiadis Goulimis () (c. 1844–1896) was a Greek politician from Missolonghi. In the Greek elections on April 16, 1895, he defeated the former Prime Minister Charilaos Trikoupis and won the regional seat, leaving Trikoupis out of the Hellenic Pa ...

(1844–1896), Greek politician *

Miltiadis Iatridis Miltiadis Iatridis (; 1906–1960) was a Greek naval officer active during World War II. He was born in the village Sofiko in the Peloponnese. He entered the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1921 and graduated in 1926. By the outbreak of the Greco-It ...

(1906–1960), Greek naval officer in World War II * Miltiadis Manakis (1880–1964), one of the

Manakis brothers The Manaki brothers (), Yanaki and Milton ( and ), were two Aromanian photography and cinema pioneers within the Balkan Peninsula and the Ottoman Empire. They were the first to bring a film camera and create a motion picture in the city of M ...

, Aromanian pioneering photographer and filmmaker, aka Milton Manachia *

Miltos Papapostolou Miltiadis "Miltos" Papapostolou (, 9 September 1935 – 2 February 2017) was a Greek professional footballer and manager. Club career Papapostolou started his career at Omvros Omvriakis, where in 1951 he joined Egaleo. He played there for 5 sea ...

(1936–2017), Greek football manager *

Miltos Sachtouris Miltos Sachtouris (: July 29, 1919, Athens – March 29, 2005, Athens) was a Greek poet. He was a descendant of Georgios Sachtouris, whose origins were the Island of Ydra. When he was young he abandoned his law studies to follow his real passio ...

(1919–2005), Greek poet * Miltiadis Sapanis (born 1976), Greek footballer *

Miltiadis Tentoglou Miltiadis "Miltos" Tentoglou ( ; born 18 March 1998) is a Greek long jump athlete, who is 14th in the all time lists, but one of the best in terms of achievements, as he is a double Olympic Champion with multiple World and European titles also t ...

(born 1998), Greek

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

athlete and Olympic gold medalist

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