Nikolis ApostolisW
Nikolis Apostolis

Nikolis Apostolis was a Greek naval commander during the Greek War of Independence. Apostolis was born on the island of Psara in 1770. He was initiated into the Filiki Eteria in 1818. When the revolt against the Ottoman Empire broke out in 1821, he took part in the naval struggles at the head of the Psarian squadron. Apostolis continued the struggle even after his native Psara was attacked and sacked by the Turks in 1824. He helped supply the army and people of Messolonghi by running through the Ottoman blockade during the final siege of that city. He died in Aegina on April 6, 1827.

Fotos BomporisW
Fotos Bomporis

Fotos Bomporis or Fotios Bomporis, from Kranea was a Greek politician and chieftain of the Greek Revolution of 1821, deputy of the Souliotes in the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.

Kostas BotsarisW
Kostas Botsaris

Kostas (Kitsos) Botsaris, also known as Constantine Botzaris, was a Greek general and senator. He was also a captain and a hero of the War of Greek Independence. He fought at the Battle of Karpenisi and completed the victory of his brother, the renowned Markos Botsaris.

Laskarina BouboulinaW
Laskarina Bouboulina

Laskarina "Bouboulina" Pinotsis was a Greek naval commander, heroine of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, and allegedly first woman-admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.

Stefanos ChalisW
Stefanos Chalis

Stefanos Chalis was a Greek chieftain and a fighter of the Greek War of Independence from Crete. He was the younger brother of fighters of the Revolution, Vassilios and Ioannis, who were also notable chieftains.

Dimitrios ChristidisW
Dimitrios Christidis

Dimitrios Christidis was a Greek politician and economist. He served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament, Minister of Finance, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice. He was a Senator (1846–1851) and advisor to the State Council established by the Greek Constitution of 1864. He was elected several times as member of Parliament for Syros (1847–1877).

Georgios FilippopoulosW
Georgios Filippopoulos

Georgios Filippopoulos or Filippou or Parathyras was a Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence.

Anthimos GazisW
Anthimos Gazis

Anthimos Gazis or Gazes was a Greek scholar, revolutionary and politician. He was born in Milies (Thessaly) in Ottoman Greece in 1758 into a family of modest means. In 1774 he became a deacon; his career later brought him to Constantinople where he was promoted to archimandrite. He left for Vienna in 1789, where he preached at the Church of Saint George, while simultaneously pursuing his academic interests. His efforts to promote education in Greece through the Filomousos Eteria, translation work and contributions to the first Greek philological periodical, Hermes o Logios, played a significant role in the development of the Greek Enlightenment.

Antonios GeorgantasW
Antonios Georgantas

Antonios Georgantas was a Greek Major General and revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence.

Vasileios GoudasW
Vasileios Goudas

Vasileios Goudas was a fighter of the Greek War of Independence and an officer of the Greek Army from Epirus.

Angelis GoviosW
Angelis Govios

Angelis Govios or Govginas was a leader of the Greek War of Independence. He is known for the reorganization of the Struggle against the Ottomans in Euboea. A statue in his honour has been erected near the Euboean town of Psachna.

Athanasios KanakarisW
Athanasios Kanakaris

Athanasios Kanakaris was a Greek politician. He fought in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.

Constantine KanarisW
Constantine Kanaris

Konstantinos Kanaris, anglicised as Constantine Kanaris or Canaris, was a Greek Prime Minister, admiral and politician who in his youth was a freedom fighter in the Greek War of Independence.

Panagiotis KefalasW
Panagiotis Kefalas

Panagiotis Kefalas was a Greek fighter of the Greek Revolution of 1821.

Alexandros KontostavlosW
Alexandros Kontostavlos

Alexandros Kontostavlos was a Greek banker, magnate and politician.

Georgios KountouriotisW
Georgios Kountouriotis

Georgios Kountouriotis was a Greek ship-owner and politician who served as prime minister from March to October 1848. He was born in 1782 on the Saronic island of Hydra to an Arvanite family. He was the brother of Lazaros Kountouriotis, another ship-owner of the Greek War of Independence and grandfather of Pavlos Kountouriotis who fought in the First Balkan War and later served as first (1924-1926) President of the Second Hellenic Republic.

Lazaros KountouriotisW
Lazaros Kountouriotis

Lazaros Kountouriotis was a Greek Senator of the 1844 Senate and a major actor of the Greek War of Independence of 1821.

Kyprianos of CyprusW
Kyprianos of Cyprus

Archbishop Kyprianos of Cyprus was the head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church in the early 19th century at the time that the Greek War of Independence broke out.

Lambros KoutsonikasW
Lambros Koutsonikas

Lambros Koutsonikas was a Souliote fighter of the Greek Revolution of 1821, army officer and amateur historian of the Revolution.

Georgios LassanisW
Georgios Lassanis

Georgios Lassanis (1793–1870) was a scholar and politician from Kozani, Greece.

Anastasios ManakisW
Anastasios Manakis

Anastasios Manakis or Michaloglou was a Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence.

Manto MavrogenousW
Manto Mavrogenous

Manto Mavrogenous was a Greek heroine of the Greek War of Independence. A rich woman, she spent all her fortune for the Hellenic cause. Under her encouragement, her European friends contributed money and guns to the revolution.

Alexandros MavrokordatosW
Alexandros Mavrokordatos

Alexandros Mavrokordatos was a Greek statesman and member of the Mavrocordatos family of Phanariotes.

Konstantinos MavromichalisW
Konstantinos Mavromichalis

Konstantinos Mavromichalis, brother of the Bey of Mani Petros Mavromichalis, was a commander of Maniot forces during the Greek War of Independence, and the assassin of the first head of state of Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias. Along with Dimitrios Ypsilanti, he commanded the forces that saved Nafplio from Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt during the Egyptian invasion of Mani.

Petrobey MavromichalisW
Petrobey Mavromichalis

Petros Mavromichalis, also known as Petrobey, was the leader of the Maniot people during the first half of the 19th century. His family had a long history of revolts against the Ottoman Empire, which ruled most of what is now Greece. His grandfather Georgios and his father Pierros were among the leaders of the Orlov Revolt.

Zachos MiliosW
Zachos Milios

Zachos Milios was a Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1830) and officer of the Greek army. He was the brother of the distinguished general and politician Spyros Milios.

Nikolaos MykoniosW
Nikolaos Mykonios

Nikolaos Mykonios was a fighter of the Greek War of Independence and later an officer of the Greek army.

NikitarasW
Nikitaras

Nikitaras was the nom de guerre of Nikitas Stamatelopoulos, a Greek revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence. Due to his fighting prowess, he was known as Tourkofagos, literally meaning the "Turk-Eater".

Panoutsos NotarasW
Panoutsos Notaras

Panoutsos Notaras was a leading figure of the Greek War of Independence, serving several times as president of the Greek national assemblies and legislative bodies.

Andronikos PaikosW
Andronikos Paikos

Andronikos Paikos was a Macedonian fighter of the Greek Revolution of 1821, university professor, politician, representative in two national assemblies, and minister in three governments.

PapaflessasW
Papaflessas

Grigorios Dimitriou Dikaios, popularly known as Papaflessas was a Greek priest and government official who became one of the most influential figures during the Greek War of Independence. The prefix papa- (παπα-) in the name "Papaflessas" indicates his status as a cleric since the word means "priest" in Greek. He was appointed Archimandrite in 1819. He served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Chief of Police in the government of Alexander Mavrocordatos. Papaflessas was killed during the Battle of Maniaki on May 20, 1825, fighting against the forces of Ibrahim Pasha at Maniaki, Messinia.

Dimitrios PapanikolisW
Dimitrios Papanikolis

Dimitrios Papanikolis (1790–1855) was a naval hero of the Greek Revolution, famous for being the first to successfully employ a fireship to destroy an Ottoman ship of the line.

Kyriakos PittakisW
Kyriakos Pittakis

Kyriakos S. Pittakis or Pittakys (1798–1863) was a Greek archaeologist from Athens.

Dionysios PyrrhosW
Dionysios Pyrrhos

Dionysios Pyrrhos the Thessalian, was a monk, doctor, writer and publisher.

Ioannis RagosW
Ioannis Ragos

Ioannis Ragos was a Greek armatolos of the 19th century and fighter in the Greek War of Independence.

Georgios SisinisW
Georgios Sisinis

Georgios Sisinis was a Greek politician and a leader of the Greek War of Independence.

Ioannis SkandalidisW
Ioannis Skandalidis

Ioannis Skandalidis was a Greek politician before and during the Greek War of Independence.

Zisis SotiriouW
Zisis Sotiriou

Zisis Sotiriou was a Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence.

Alexandros SoutzosW
Alexandros Soutzos

Alexandros Soutzos was a Phanariote Greek who ruled as Prince of Moldavia (July 10, 1801 – October 1, 1802 and Prince of Wallachia. Born in Constantinople, he had earlier been Grand Dragoman of the Ottoman Empire.

Georgios TertsetisW
Georgios Tertsetis

Georgios Tertsetis was a Greek independence fighter, historian, politician, poet, writer, judge and philosopher. He is best known, along with Anastasios Polyzoidis, for his refusal to agree to the condemnation and execution of Theodoros Kolokotronis and Dimitrios Plapoutas, in 1834.

Spyridon TrikoupisW
Spyridon Trikoupis

Spiridon Trikoupis was a Greek statesman, diplomat, author and orator. He was the first Prime Minister of Greece (1833) and member of provisional governments of Greece since 1826.

Anastasios TsamadosW
Anastasios Tsamados

Anastasios Tsamados was a Greek admiral of the Greek War of Independence. He was the famous captain of the brig Aris and an admiral who led a naval squadron under Andreas Miaoulis. Anastasios Tsamados was the first to rush to the Greek island of Chios and attack the naval warships of Kapudan Pasha during the massacre of Chios. He also fought in the naval battle of Patras (1822). Anastasios Tsamados died heroically during the famous Battle of Sphacteria.

Dionysios TsokosW
Dionysios Tsokos

Dionysios Tsokos was a Greek painter; one of the first to gain recognition in the post-Ottoman period. He is mostly known for portraits and historical scenes which combine elements from the Heptanese School with Italian styles.

Thanasoulas ValtinosW
Thanasoulas Valtinos

Athanasios or Thanasoulas Valtinos was a Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence.