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List of people from Constantinople

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This is a list of notable people from the city of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) between the third century and 1453 CE. For a list of people born before the third century CE, see Notable people from Byzantium. For a list of people born after 1453, see List of people from Istanbul.

List

  • Saint Alexander (237/244–337)
  • Saint Helena (c. 250–c. 330)
  • Julian the Apostate (331–363), Byzantine emperor
  • Hecebolius (Ἑκηβόλιος), sophist and rhetor
  • Theodosius II (401–450)
  • Proclus (412–485), Greek philosopher
  • Zosimus (c. 490–c. 510), Byzantine historian
  • Saint Arthelais (544–560)
  • Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662), Christian monk, theologian, scholar and saint
  • Eudoxia Epiphania (b. 611), daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius
  • Tarasios (c. 703–806), Patriarch of Constantinople and Christian saint
  • Nikephoros I (c. 758–828), Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Saint Theophanes the Confessor (758/760–817/818)
  • Ignatius (c. 797–877), Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Kassia (805/810–c. 867), Greek poet, composer and hymnographer
  • Lazarus Zographos (d. 867), monk, painter and Christian saint
  • Photios I (c. 820–893), Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Nicholas Mystikos (852–925), Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Alexander (c. 870–913), Byzantine emperor
  • Constantine VII (905–959), Byzantine emperor and writer
  • Michael I Cerularius (c. 1000–1059), Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Michael Psellos (1017/1018–after 1078), Greek writer, philosopher, politician, and historian
  • Alexios I Komnenos (1048–1118), Byzantine emperor
  • Michael VII (1050–1090), Byzantine emperor
  • Anna Komnene (1083–1153), Greek princess and scholar
  • John II Komnenos (1087–1143), Byzantine emperor
  • Eustathius (c. 1110–1198), archbishop of Thessalonica
  • Isaac Komnenos (1093–1152), brother of Emperor John II Komnenos
  • John Tzetzes (c. 1100–1180), Byzantine poet and grammarian
  • Manuel I Komnenos (1118–1180), Byzantine emperor
  • Isaac II Angelos (1156–1204), Byzantine emperor
  • Theodore I Laskaris (1174–1221), Byzantine emperor
  • Alexios II Komnenos (1169–1183), Byzantine emperor
  • Maria Komnene (daughter of Manuel I) (1152–1182), daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos
  • Nicephorus Blemmydes (1197–1272), Byzantine author
  • Theodore Metochites (1207–1332), Greek statesman, author, gentleman philosopher, and patron of the arts
  • George Acropolites (1217–1282), Greek historian and statesman
  • Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223–1282), Byzantine emperor
  • Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259–1332), Byzantine emperor
  • John VI Kantakouzenos (c. 1292–1383), Byzantine emperor
  • Gregory Palamas (1296–1359), Archbishop of Thessalonica
  • Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297–1341), Byzantine emperor
  • Manuel Chrysoloras (1355–1415), Greek scholar and grammarian
  • Gennadius II Scholarius (c. 1400–1473), philosopher, Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Saint Laura of Constantinople (c. 1400–1453), nun, abbess, saint
  • Constantine XI (1405–1453), Byzantine emperor and saint
  • John Argyropoulos (1415–1487), Greek lecturer, philosopher and humanist
  • Constantine Lascaris (1434–1501), Greek scholar and grammarian

References

References

  1. [http://www.poesialatina.it/_ns/greek/testi/Suda/Lexicon.html Suda, 431]
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