Gavalas or Gabalas ( el, Γαβαλάς), feminine form Gavala/Gabala (Γαβαλά), is a Greek family name. It can refer to: *

Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith Jabalah IV ibn al-Ḥārith ( ar, جبلة بن الحارث), known also by the tecnonymic Abū Shammar (), in Greek sources found as Gabalas (), was a ruler of the Ghassanids. At first an enemy of the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire, he raided ...

(died 528), Ghassanid Arab phylarch, known as Gabalas in Greek sources *

Leo Gabalas Leo Gabalas ( el, ) was a Byzantine Greek magnate and independent ruler of a domain, centered on the island of Rhodes and including nearby Aegean islands, which was established in the aftermath of the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire by the ...

(fl. 1240s), autonomous ruler of Rhodes and other islands after the Fourth Crusade *

John Gabalas John Gabalas ( el, ) was a Byzantine Greeks, Byzantine Greek magnate and hereditary ruler of the island of Rhodes in the 1240s. He Genoese occupation of Rhodes, lost control of the island to the Republic of Genoa in 1248, and called for aid from ...

(fl. 1250s), brother and successor of the above *

Panos Gavalas Panagiotis (Panos) Gavalas (Greek language, Greek: Πάνος Γαβαλάς; October 26, 1926 – December 3, 1988) was a Greek singer. Discography References

*''The first version of the article is translated from the :el:Πάνος Γα ...

(1926–1988), Greek singer

See also