Famous Pontians
- Strabo, a Greek historian, geographer, and philosopher.
- Evagrius Ponticus, a Greek theologian/monk of the 4th century
- Chrysanthos Theodoridis Singer
- A.I. Bezzerides, an American novelist and screenwriter. Famous for writing Humphrey Bogart movies, and co-creator of the TV series The Big Valley. Born in Samsun.
- Mike Lazaridis,CEO of Research in Motion and creator of BlackBerry phones.
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“Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante,
Had a bad cold, nevertheless
Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe....”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)