List of people from Crete

The following is a list of people from the island of Crete in southern Greece.

Ancient

Mythology

See also Category:Cretan mythology and History of Crete

  • Acacallis daughter of Minos.
  • Aerope granddaughter of Minos.
  • Androgeus son of Minos.
  • Ariadne daughter of Minos.
  • Asterion first king of Crete.
  • Bianna immigrant to ancient Gaul.
  • Catreus son of Minos.
  • Deucalion son of Minos, father of Idomeneus.
  • Dictys Cretensis legendary companion of Idomeneus, and the alleged author of a diary.
  • Glaucus (son of Minos)
  • Idomeneus son of Deucalion. He led the Cretan armies to the Trojan War in the side of Achaeans.
  • Minos son of Asterion, king of Crete and judge in the Greek underworld.
  • Rhadamanthus son of Asterion, king of Crete and judge in the Greek underworld.
  • Zeus father of the gods of Olympus, god of the sky, thunder and lightning.

Dorian

Archaic era

Classical era (ca.500-335 BC)
  • Ergoteles (5th century BC) Olympic runner of Knossos, migrant to Himera, Sicily.
  • Kresilas (5th century BC) sculptor, famous for his "Pericles statue".
  • Brotachus of Gortyna, mercenary mentioned in an epigram of Simonides.
  • Sotades (early 4th century BC) Olympic runner. In his second Olympic victory, he ran for Ephesus.

In the army of Alexander the Great
  • Eurybotas and Ombrion, generals of archers
  • Nearchus admiral, geographer and explorer.
  • Sibyrtius general and satrap of Arachosia and Gedrosia.

Hellenistic period (323 BC- 69 BC)
  • Rhianus (3rd century BC), poet and scholar.
  • Lagoras (3rd century BC) mercenary in the service of Ptolemy IV Philopator.

Roman period (69 BC-330)
  • Aenesidemus 1st century BC, Skeptical philosopher.
  • Lasthenes and Panares, generals who fought Metellus.
  • Saint Titus (1st century) follower of Paul and first bishop of Crete.
  • Lucillus of Tarrha writer.
  • Mesomedes (2nd century) composer and lyric poet.
  • Saint Philip (2nd century) bishop of Gortyna.
  • Saint Pinytus (2nd century) bishop of Knossos.

Byzantine period (330-824, 961-1204)

Venetian period (1204-1669)
  • Pedro de Candia (1485–1542) mercenary and naturalized Spanish conquistador.
  • Constantine Corniaktos (1517–1603) wine merchant and wealthiest man in the Eastern European city of Lviv.[1]

Clerics

Artists

Writers

Scholars
  • John Rhosos (15th century) scribe, calligraphist and translator.
  • Marcus Musurus (1470–1517) professor of Greek at the University of Padua, scholiast and epigrammatist.
  • Nicholas Kalliakis (1645–1707) classical professor in universities of Italy.

Ottoman period (1669-1898)

Christian

Muslim

See also Cretan Turks

  • Ahmed Resmî Efendi (18th century) statesman, diplomat and author.
  • Giritli Ali Aziz Efendi (18th century) Ottoman author, diplomat.
  • Salacıoğlu (1750–1825) (18th century) Turkish folk literature poet.
  • Giritli Sırrı Pasha (1844–1895) Ottoman author, statesman.
  • Leyla Saz woman poet and composer.
  • Rahmizâde Bahaeddin Bediz (1875–1951) the first Turkish professional photographer.
  • Paul Mulla (1882–1959) (alias Mollazade Mehmed Ali) Roman Catholic bishop and author.
  • Ali Fuat Cebesoy (1882–1968) Turkish statesman.
  • Mustafa Ertuğrul (1892–1961) Turkish naval officer.

Modern
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References
  1. I︠A︡roslav Dmytrovych Isai︠e︡vych (2006). Voluntary brotherhood: confraternities of laymen in early modern Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press. p. 47. ISBN 1-894865-03-0. …the Greek merchants Constantine Korniakt and Manolis Arphanes Marinetos are added. This second redaction appeared no earlier than 1589, as wealthy Greeks began to join the confraternity at a later date, once it had expanded its activities. Korniakt was actually the wealthiest man in Lviv: he traded in Eastern, Western, and local goods, collected customs duty on behalf of the king, and owned a number of villages.
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