Persons
(in chronological order)
- Spiridon Zambelios (1813-1881), historian
- Frederick Temple (1821-1902), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Aristotelis Valaoritis (1824-1879), poet and politician
- Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904), Greco-Irish orientalist and writer, named after the island
- Petros Soumilas (1861–19??), Greek Army officer who reached the rank of Lieutenant General.
- Dimitrios Golemis (1874–1941), athlete
- Aggelos Sikelianos (1884–1951), poet and playwright
- Tzavalas Karousos or Karoussos (1904–1969), actor
- Panos Rontoyannis (1911–1996), philologist and historian
- Theodoros Stamos (1922–1997), Greek-American painter
- Apostolos Kaklamanis (1936), politician
- Agnes Baltsa (1944), opera singer
- George Contogeorgis (1947), political scientist
- Elli Stai (1954), journalist and talk show presenter
- Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping tycoon
- Maria Vamvakinou (1959), Greek-Australian politician
- Spyros Vrettos (1960), poet
- Evagelia Aravani (1985), fashion model
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