Notable Residents
- Terpander (7th century BC), poet and citharede
- Alcaeus of Mytilene (7th century BC), poet and politician
- Sappho (7th and 6th centuries BC), poet
- Aristotle (384–322 BC), philosopher, was born in Chalkidike but lived for a time on the island.
- Theophrastus (370–285 BC), philosopher and botanist
- Theoctiste of Lesbos (9th century), hermit saint
- Christopher of Mytilene (11th century), poet
- Hayreddin Barbarossa (1470s–1546), Ottoman admiral
- Georgios Jakobides (1853–1932), painter
- Theophilos Hatzimihail (c. 1870–1934), painter
- Tériade (1889–1983), art critic, patron, and publisher
- Hermon di Giovanno (c. 1900–1968), painter
- Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha Ottoman Grand Vizier 1909–1910
- Odysseas Elytis (1911–1996), poet
- Tzeli Hadjidimitriou (b. 1962), photographer and writer
- Stratis Myrivilis (1890–1969), writer
- Ahmed Djemal (1872–1922), Ottoman commander, politician
- Kostas Kenteris, athlete, Gold Olympic medal Sydney 2000, World and European championship gold medal
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