Byzantine Empire
People of this nationality
Agapius
500 – 600
philosopher
Michael Tarchaneiotes
1201 – 1284
military officer
Probus
politician
Dionysius I of Constantinople
1420 – 1492
presbyter
Theodore Synkellos
cleric
Manuel the Armenian
701 – 838
military personnel
Comentiolus
600 – 602
military leader
Theophanes the Confessor
759 – 817
writer
Leo Phokas the Elder
801 – 901
military personnel
Soterichos Panteugenos
b. 1097
philosopher
Konstantinos Lekapenos
930 – 950
monarch
Manuel Komnenos Doukas
1187 – 1241
monarch
Giovanni Fabriciaco
b. 750
politician
Tiberius Petasius
700 – 730
Trajan the Patrician
500 – 701
historian
Flavius Appalius Illus Trocundes
military officer
Anna Xylaloe
Manuel Komnenos
1143 – 1185
politician
Thomas II of Constantinople
archbishop
Basil Apokaukos
Benedict II
635 – 685
Catholic priest
George the Standard-Bearer
776 – 821
John Chaldos
901 – 1030
military personnel
Tatikios
1048 – 1099
Primicerius
Christopher of Mytilene
1000 – 1050
poet
George
Joseph Tarchaneiotes
1001 – 1074
military personnel
John Jacob, Marquess of Montferrat
1395 – 1445
condottiero
Heliodorus of Alexandria
b. 450
philosopher
Theodorus Palaiologos
b. 1263
military personnel
Kesta Styppiotes
Thamar Angelina Komnene
1264 – 1311
Theodore II
650 – 687
official
Euthymius of Constantinople
writer
Callistus I of Constantinople
1300 – 1363
writer
Joannicius the Great
752 – 846
monk
Theodore I
1290 – 1338
writer
Maurice
539 – 602
military leader
Eudoxia Epiphania
b. 611
Manuel I Komnenos
1118 – 1180
emperor
Anna Angelina Komnene Doukaina
Isaac the Armenian
550 – 643
official
Juvenal of Jerusalem
350 – 458
Eastern Orthodox priest
Athanasius I of Constantinople
1230 – 1310
archbishop
Theophanu
960 – 991
sovereign
Konstantinos Meliteniotes
1240 – 1307
writer
Bardas
816 – 866
politician
Athanasios of Emesa
rhetorician
Nemesius
350 – 420
philosopher
Manuel Chrysaphes
1440 – 1463
composer
Sophia
530 – 600
sovereign
Guglielma Pallavicini
1300 – 1358
politician
Zosimas of Palestine
460 – 560
monk
Helena Kantakouzene, Empress of Trebizond
1401 – 1463
Konstantinos Manasses
1130 – 1187
historian
Flavius Secundinus
b. 450
politician
Niketas Scholares
1350 – 1361
archon
John IV of Constantinople
presbyter
Manuel II of Constantinople
1150 – 1254
Eastern Orthodox priest
Progonos Sgouros
b. 1250
military officer
Eustathios Rhomaios
975 – 1034
jurist
Konstantinos Palaiologos
military personnel
Helena Asanina Kantakouzene
1301 – 1394
regent
Theodore
governor
Manuel Moschopoulos
1275 – 1316
writer
Valentinus
regent
George Doukas Philanthropenos
Pishoy
320 – 417
monk
Theocritus
500 – 518
military officer
Thomas I of Constantinople
Eastern Orthodox priest
Theodore Philes
b. 1250
diplomat
Maria Komnene
1152 – 1182
politician
Plato
550 – 700
official
Andronikos III of Trebizond
1310 – 1332
monarch
Theophano of Athens
701 – 801
consort
Alexios Philanthropenos
1270 – 1340
military personnel
Saint Symeon Stylites of Lesbos
760 – 844
Hypatius of Bithynia
366 – 446
monk
John Raphael
military leader
Michael of Trebizond
1285 – 1355
monarch
Arbazacius
military leader
Methodius II of Constantinople
1150 – 1240
Arcadius
377 – 408
politician
Michael Palaiologos
Maria Komnene
1154 – 1208
consort
Theodosius the Cenobiarch
424 – 529
monk
Vakram
politician
Anthimus
450 – 534
physician writer
Demetrios Palaiologos
b. 1295
illuminator
Theodorokanos
901 – 1001
military leader
Eudokia
Nikephoros Diogenes
1070 – 1094
military personnel
John II Platinus
700 – 800
official
John Moschus
550 – 619
hagiographer
Manuel Kantakouzenos
1326 – 1380
Heraclius
601 – 705
military personnel
Giorgio de' Buondelmonti
1411 – 1453
Matthew I of Constantinople
patriarch
Anna Palaiologina
b. 1400
politician
Vahan
600 – 636