List of people from Crete
Introduction 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====*Thaletas early musician and lyric poet*Epimenides   (6th century BC) seer and philosopher-poet*Chersiphron and Metagenes, father and son, architects, builders of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus*Aristocles, sculptor*Dipoenus and Scyllis sculptors*Hybrias lyric poet====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) *Moses of Crete (5th century) Jewish Messiah claimant *Saint Andrew  (7th-century)  bishop of Gortyna, theologian and hymnographer*Saint Eumenes  (7th century) bishop of Gortyna*Saint Andrew (8th-century) martyr under Iconoclasm
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.===Clerics===*Pope Alexander V  (ca. 1339–1410) antipope during the Western Schism. *Maximos Margunios (1549–1602) bishop of Cythera, scholar and philo-Latin theologian. *Patriarch Cyril of Constantinople and Alexandria (1572–1638).===Artists===*Francisco Leontaritis (1518–1572) Renaissance composer, singer and hymnographer. *Michael Damaskinos (1530/35-1592/9) icon painter*Georgios Klontzas (1535-1608) icon painter*Theophanes the Cretan (?-1559) icon painter*El Greco (1541–1614) painter, icon painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. *Theodore Poulakis (1622–1692) icon painter*Emmanuel Tzanes  (1637–1694) icon painter===Writers===*Stephanos Sahlikis (1330 - after 1391) Greek satyrical poet in Cretan verse. *Francesco Barozzi (1537–1604) Italian mathematician, astronomer, translator and writer in Latin. *Georgios Chortatzis (1545–1610)  Greek dramatist in Cretan verse. *Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553–1613/14) Greek romantic poet in Cretan verse.===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===*Erasmus of Arcadia (18th century) Greek Orthodox bishop. *Daskalogiannis (?–1771) rebel against Ottoman rule. *Dimitrios Kallergis (1803–1867) statesman. *Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936) politician, Prime Minister of Greece. *Evangelos Sarris (1881–1917) army officer. *Emmanouil Tsouderos (1882–1956) economist and politician. *Nikos Kazantzakis (1885–1957) poet and author.===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 NameBornDiedAgeProfessionNotes 1900199090Actor 198578Actress         *Manolis Hatzidakis (1909-1998) art historian and author. *Manos Katrakis (1909–1984) actor. *Odysseas Elitis (1911–1996) poet, Nobel laureate. *Stylianos Pattakos (1912-2016) member of Greek military junta. *Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918-2017) politician, Prime Minister of Greece. *Rena Kyriakou (1918–1994) pianist. *Ilya Livykou (1919–2002) actress. *George Psychoundakis (1920–2006) World War II resistance fighter, poet and translator. *Thanasis Skordalos (1920–1998) Cretan folk singer and composer. *Mikis Theodorakis (1925) musician. *Kostas Mountakis (1926–1991) folk singer and composer. *Terpsichori Chryssoulaki-Vlachou (1926–1944) member of the Greek resistance. *John Aniston (1933) actor. *Rika Diallina (1934) actress. *Nana Mouskouri (1934) singer and politician. *Rita Sakellariou (1934–1999) singer. *Nikos Xilouris (1936–1980) composer and singer. *Konstantinos Volanakis (1937) painter. *Giannis Markopoulos (1939) composer. *Manolis Mavrommatis (1941) sports journalist and politician. *Psarantonis (1942) musician and singer. *Christoforos Liontakis (1945) poet. *Yannis Smaragdis (1946) film director. *Maro Douka (1947) author. *Giannis Dragasakis (1947) politician. *Fotis Kafatos biologist*Joseph Sifakis (1946) computer scientist, laureate of the 2007 Turing Award. *Nikolaos Sifounakis (1949) politician. *Mimis Androulakis (1951) author and politician. *Maria Damanaki (1952) politician. *Manolis Kefalogiannis (1959) politician. *Kostas Hatzidakis (1965) politician. *Nikos Machlas (1973) footballer. *Georgios Samaras (1985) footballer.
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