Notable People
- Andreas Miaoulis (1768–1835) admiral and politician
- Laskarina Bouboulina (1771–1825) heroine of the Greek War of Independence
- Iakovos Tombazis (1782–1829) merchant, ship-owner and admiral
- Georgios Kountouriotis (1789–1858) politician, Prime Minister of Greece
- Leonard Cohen (1934) Canadian poet and song-writer
- Lazaros Kountouriotis gave up his fortune to arm a Greek navy during the Greek War of Independence.
- Antonios Kriezis (1796–1865) revolutionary fighter and one of the first Greek Prime Ministers
- Dimitrios Voulgaris (1802–1878) revolutionary fighter, Prime Minister of Greece
- Athanasios Miaoulis (1815–1867) Prime Minister of Greece
- Nikolaos Vokos (1854–1902) painter
- Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855–1935) naval hero, admiral and President of Greece
- Nikolaos Votsis (1877–1931) naval hero and admiral
- Dorotheus (1888–1957) Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
- Nikos Nikolaou (1909–1986) artist
- Gikas N. Koulouras Shipowner, member of Parliament, philanthropist, founder and first President of the Greek Shipowners Association
- Panayiotis Tetsis (1925) painter
- Michalis Maniatis (1952) film and TV actor, producer, screen and book writer
- Rallou Manou, choreographer
- Emmanuel Tombazis
- Elena Votsi (b. 1964), jewellery designer
- Anastassios Tsamados, Captain of the Arès, who died in the Battle of Sphacteria (1825), holding off the Egyptian-Turkish landing force.
- Dimitrios Voulgaris
- Axel Jensen (1932–2003) Norwegian author
- George Johnston (1912–1970) Australian journalist, novelist and writer
- Charmian Clift (1923–1969) Australian novelist and writer
- Göran Tunström (1937–2000) Swedish author
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