Byzantine Empire
People of this nationality
John Anagnostes
historian
Marcian
392 β 457
politician
John Diakrinomenos
historian
Manso, Prefect of Amalfi
prefect
John Angelus of Syrmia
1193 β 1259
Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera
1155 β 1211
Andronikos of Sardis
Domentziolus
600 β 700
military leader
Maria-Irene Palaiologina
b. 1327
aristocrat
Moses of Crete
Flavius Antoninus Messala Vivianus
b. 450
politician
Konstantinos Maniakes
Anastasia
b. 650
sovereign
Maria Palaiologina
Christian nun
Timothy II of Alexandria
Eastern Orthodox priest
John Climacus
579 β 649
monk
Gregory III
700 β 741
Catholic priest
Donus
Catholic priest
Anicia Juliana
462 β 528
patron of the arts
Andronikos Euphorbenos
military leader
Anastasius
b. 450
politician
Manuel Panselinos
1300 β 1400
painter
Zachary
679 β 752
Catholic priest
Nestorius
381 β 451
writer
Theoleptos of Philadelphia
1250 β 1322
writer
Matthaios Kamariotis
1401 β 1490
writer
Gregory Pterotos
military leader
Konstantinos Dalassenos
military personnel
Bardas Parsakoutenos
military officer
Baduarius
550 β 576
Dimitrios Pepagomenos
1200 β 1300
physician
Germanus II of Constantinople
1101 β 1240
writer
Maria dalle Carceri
1250 β 1400
politician
Sozomen
400 β 450
historian
Michael Melissenos
b. 701
military leader
John the Hunchback
450 β 600
politician
Manuel Chrysoloras
1350 β 1415
philosopher
Nicetas
570 β 700
military personnel
Gjin Bua Shpata
1310 β 1399
politician
Dositheus of Constantinople
b. 1141
patriarch
Peter the Patrician
500 β 565
historian
John Kaminiates
900 β 1000
historian
Isidore of Kyiv
1380 β 1463
diplomat
Andronikos Palaiologos, Lord of Thessalonica
1400 β 1429
despot
Pseudo-Alexios II
1150 β 1191
John II Komnenos
1087 β 1143
politician
Thomas Kantakouzenos
1350 β 1463
diplomat
Zacharias Rhetor
465 β 553
presbyter
Andronicus Contoblacas
scholar
Despina Khatun
1438 β 1507
politician
Constantine Akropolites
1300 β 1320
writer
Anastasius of Samaria
UroΕ‘ II
monarch
Nicephorus Gregoras
1295 β 1360
astronomer
Irene of Brunswick
1293 β 1324
Theagenes
politician
Fravitta
400 β 402
magister militum
Areobindus
350 β 449
politician
Boniface III
1424 β 1494
ruler
Heraclius
b. 670
Theodora Porphyrogenita
984 β 1056
politician
Miriarch
military officer
Gennadius of Constantinople
presbyter
Jacob ben Asher
1269 β 1343
rabbi
Theodosia of Constantinople
700 β 726
nun
Konstantinos Doukas
1101 β 1179
military leader
Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos
1256 β 1335
church historian
David II of Trebizond
1408 β 1463
sovereign
Arduin the Lombard
condottiero
David
631 β 641
John V of Constantinople
Eastern Orthodox priest
Nicholas II of Constantinople
AD 10 β 991
Eastern Orthodox priest
William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat
1420 β 1483
condottiero
Eumathios Philokales
1001 β 1101
diplomat
Irene Gattilusio
1301 β 1440
sovereign
Eustathius of Epiphania
401 β 518
historian
John Kantakouzenos
1190 β 1257
Pinkernes
Nasar
military personnel
Maria Palaiologina
1350 β 1355
Christian nun
Paschal
Catholic priest
Sebastianus
military officer
Asterius of Amasea
335 β 410
writer
Georgi Voyteh
military personnel
Flavian of Constantinople
380 β 449
presbyter
Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria
1132 β 1183
aristocrat
Catherine Zaccaria
John of Scythopolis
500 β 600
theologian
Simon the Athonite
Eastern Orthodox monk
John Pediasimos
1240 β 1314
mathematician
Nicholas the Pilgrim
1075 β 1094
hermit
Alexios Gidos
military leader
Theodore II Laskaris
1221 β 1258
sovereign
Philotheus I of Constantinople
1300 β 1379
writer
Saint Mary the Younger
875 β 902
Nikephoritzes
military personnel
Hierocles
500 β 600
geographer
Philippicus
600 β 614
military personnel
Alexios IV of Trebizond
1379 β 1429
ruler
Theophilos Erotikos
military personnel
John Komnenos
1074 β 1101
colonial administrator