List of Eastern Orthodox Christians

This is primarily a list of notable people who contributed to the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianity's theology or culture. However it is also for people whose Eastern Orthodox identity is an important part of their notability. As there are many nations that are predominantly Eastern Orthodox names from such nations should usually meet a stricter standard, but in the case of converts their conversion might be notable enough to make an exception.

Set of pictures for a number of famous Eastern Orthodox Christians from various fields.

Artists
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  • Andrei Rublev – important in the history of Russian Iconography
  • El Greco – from Crete, noted for Christian art
  • Feofan Grek – noted iconographer
  • Boris Kustodiev – Russian artist known for depictions of Russian Orthodox people and culture
  • Jerzy Nowosielski – famous Polish painter, noted for his numerous works of Byzantine-influenced religious art
  • Karl Matzek – convert from Catholicism who did religious art for the faith
  • Prokhor of Gorodets – icon painter
  • Toros Roslin – Armenian of Oriental Orthodoxy, but some of his works are Byzantine-influenced
  • Simon Ushakov – leading religious artist linked to the reforms of Patriarch Nikon
  • Valentin Alexandrovich Serov – Russian painter, and one of the premier portrait artists of his era.
  • Constantin Brancusi – Romanian world-renowned sculptor
  • Gala Dalí – (Birth name Elena Ivanovna Diakonova Russian: Елена Ивановна Дьяконов), model, wife and muse of Salvador Dalí.
  • Aminé – Ethiopian-American rapper.

Athletes

Entrepreneurs/industrialists

Entertainers

Musicians and composers
  • Djuro Zivkovic - a contemporary Serbian-swedish composer, born 1975 in Belgrade, since 2000 based in Sweden.
  • Maksym Berezovsky - Known for religious music
  • Dmytro Bortniansky - Religious music.
  • John Craton - American classical composer
  • George Enescu - Romanian composer
  • Bill Evans
  • Enca (Ruensa Haxhiaj) - Albanian pop singer
  • Alexander Frey - Conductor, pianist, organist and composer, was baptized in the Greek Orthodox church, but is also a practicing Episcopalian.
  • David Gahan - English lead singer for Depeche Mode, converted to Greek Orthodox Christianity to marry his current wife Jennifer.
  • Chris Hillman - original member of The Byrds
  • Lena Katina - Member of Russian music group t.A.T.u.
  • Boris Ledkovsky - Russian-American composer of Church music
  • Bob Marley - baptized by the Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Church in Kingston, Jamaica, on November 4, 1980 com/culture/rasta/ethiopian_church.shtml Bob Marley#Religion
  • George Michael - celebrity pop singer, a Greek-Cypriote.
  • Dimitris Mitropoulos - Conductor, pianist and composer. Music Director of the New York Philharmonic and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.
  • Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac - one of the most famous Serbian composers and music educators of the nineteenth century.
  • Ivan Moody - British composer, conductor and Orthodox priest.
  • Katie Melua - singer
  • Lauryn Hill - Baptized into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church with the name "Fikerte Maryam"
  • Inva Mula - Albanian Orthodox, famous opera singer.
  • Arvo Pärt – Estonian composer, known for religious music, convert from Lutheranism
  • Georgs Pelēcis – Latvian composer and musicologist.
  • Ciprian Porumbescu - Romanian composer
  • Tose Proeski - Macedonian pop singer
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Possibly atheist after some point, but did Russian Orthodox church music.
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Mstislav Rostropovich - Conductor, National Symphony, cellist
  • Kurt Sander - American composer who converted to Russian Orthodoxy in 1993. Composer of the first complete English-language setting of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.
  • Thomas Simaku - Albanian Orthodox, famous composer
  • Trey Spruance - Leader of the multi-genre outfit Secret Chiefs 3
  • Igor Stravinsky - Left the faith from 1900 to 1926, after rejoining he did Symphony of Psalms.[3]
  • John Tavener - Converted to Orthodoxy, and much of his music is influenced by that. He is now often said to be Universalist or Perrenialist, although he himself says that he remains Orthodox.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Russian composer of the Romantic era. His wide-ranging output includes symphonies, operas, ballets, instrumental and chamber music and songs
  • Stephen M. Wolownik - Church music early on
  • The Weeknd - R&B singer
  • Kalil Wilson – Jazz Vocalist, Wilson is a convert to the Russian Orthodox Church.
  • Aminé – Ethiopian-American Rapper.

Historians

Journalists

Linguists

Modern politicians

Note: Most political figures in the Byzantine Empire, or most other Medieval Eastern European Empires, would be at least nominally Eastern Orthodox. Therefore, this is limited to modern times, specifically after 1800. For United States entries Political Graveyard was used for this section, but additional sources are encouraged.

The list is not complete; the vast majority of politicians in countries such as Greece, Romania, Cyprus, Russia, Serbia and others are Eastern Orthodox.

United States / Canada

Europe / Middle East

Scientists
  • Anthemius of Tralles - architect who designed the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
  • Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch - mathematician
  • Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909–1992) - theoretical physicist and mathematician
  • Theodosius Dobzhansky - evolutionary biologist
  • Pavel Florensky - worked on Dielectrics and theodicy
  • Alexander Friedmann - discovered the expanding universe solution to the Einstein field equations
  • John Kanzius - raised Russian Orthodox, created an experimental cancer treatment using radio waves and discovered how to use radio frequencies to ignite salt water.
  • Sergei Korolev - designed the R-7 rocket which launched the Space Age on October 4, 1957
  • Dmitri Mendeleev - chemist and inventor, formulated the Periodic Law
  • Josif Pančić - noted botanist, physician, and Orthodox convert
  • Ivan Pavlov - his father was a Russian Orthodox priest, and Ivan Pavlov was enrolled in the seminary before reading The Origin of Species .
  • John Philoponus - "Christian philosopher, scientist, and theologian"
  • Alexander Popov - radio pioneer, son of a priest, planned to study in the seminary
  • Michael I. Pupin - famous physicist
  • Nikola Tesla - inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist
  • Nicolae Paulescu - Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine, and politician, the discoverer of pancreine
  • Victor Babeș - Romanian physician, biologist, and one of the earliest bacteriologists
  • Ana Aslan - Romanian biologist and physician who discovered the anti-aging effects of procaine
  • Petrache Poenaru - Romanian inventor of the fountain pen
  • Henri Coanda - Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft
  • Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky/St. Luke of Crimea, Russian physician, the founder of purulent surgery
  • Aurel Vlaicu - Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot

Writers/philosophers

Theologians and clergy

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See also
  • List of Byzantine Empire-related topics
  • List of children of Orthodox priests
  • List of Orthodox dioceses and archdioceses
  • List of current patriarchs

References
  1. "Hank Hanegraaff (a.k.a. "the Bible Answer Man") Received Into the Orthodox Church". www.johnsanidopoulos.com. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  3. "Stravinsky - MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 2009-10-29.

Sources

On the politics section the main source is Political Graveyard: Eastern Orthodox Politicians.

For other sections Adherents.com Famous Adherents Eastern Orthodox Christians and NNDB.com were used. As these are unreliable additional searches on each individual were used for verification.

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