The following is a list of

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: **Armenian Cypriots **Greek Cypriots **Maronite Cypriots **Turkish C ...

s notable enough to have their own article. They are sorted by field, then by surname (both in alphabetical order).

Academics and scientists

Kyriacos A. Athanasiou Kyriacos A. Athanasiou ( gr, Κυριάκος Αθανασίου; born 1960) is a Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot-American bioengineer who has contributed significantly to both academic advancements as well as high-technology industries. He is curre ...

(born 1960), biomedical engineer *

Ulus Baker Ulus Sedat Baker (July 14, 1960 in Ankara, Turkey – July 12, 2007 in İstanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish Cypriot sociology, sociologist. Baker was born to a cosmopolitan family; his mother was the Cypriot poet Pembe Marmara, and his father was the p ...

(1960-2007), sociologist *

Niyazi Berkes Niyazi Berkes (21 October 1908 – 18 December 1988) was a Turkish Cypriot sociologist. Early life and education Berkes was born in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, on 21 September 1908, shortly after the Young Turk Revolution in Turkey.

(1908-1988), sociologist * Gülsen Bozkurt (born 1950), haematologist * Mustafa Camgöz (born 1952), professor of cancer biology at

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

* Mehmet Çakıcı (born 1966), psychiatrist *

Anastasios Christodoulou Anastasios Christodoulou (1 May 1932 – 20 May 2002), often known as Chris Christodoulou, was a British-based Greek Cypriot university administrator. He was the Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Foundati ...

, foundation secretary,

Open University The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...

Andreas Demetriou Andreas Demetriou ( el, Ανδρέας Δημητρίου; born Andreas Panteli Demetriou on 15 August 1950) is a Greek Cypriot developmental psychologist and former Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus. Founding Fellow and current pr ...

, developmental psychologist *

Nicos Kartakoullis Professor Nicos L. Kartakoullis ( el, Νίκος Λ. Καρτακούλλης) is the President of the Council of the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, as well as Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Sports Management. He served as Vice Preside ...

, professor at the

University of Nicosia The University of Nicosia was established in 1980 and its main campus is located in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus. It also runs study centres in Athens, Bucharest and New York. The University comprises the School of Business, School of ...

Niyazi Kızılyürek Niyazi Kızılyürek (, born 19 February 1959) is a Turkish Cypriot political scientist and politician. He is, as of 2016, a professor of political history in the University of Cyprus, specialising on the political history of Turkey and Cyprus, an ...

(born 1959), political scientist *

Kyriacos C. Markides Kyriacos C. Markides (born November 19, 1942) is a Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot sociologist based in the United States. He teaches at the University of Maine and has written several books on Christian mysticism. Work Born in Nicosia, in his e ...

, professor of sociology and author *

Kypros Nicolaides Kyprianos "Kypros" Nicolaides (born 9 April 1953) is a Greek Cypriot-born British Professor in Fetal Medicine at King's College Hospital, London. He is one of the pioneers of fetal medicine and his discoveries have revolutionised the field. H ...

(born 1953), obstetrician *

Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou ( el, Κυριάκος Κ. Νικολάου; born July 5, 1946) is a Cypriot-American chemist known for his research in the area of natural products total synthesis. He is currently Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor o ...

(born 1946), chemist *

C. L. Max Nikias Chrysostomos Loizos "Max" Nikias ( el, Χρυσόστομος Λοΐζος Νικίας; born September 30, 1952) is a Cypriot-American academic, and served as the 11th University of Southern California president, a position he held from August ...

(born 1952), president of the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

Andreas G. Orphanides Andreas G. Orphanides ( gr, Ανδρέας Γρ. Ορφανίδης, italic=no born 1955) is a Cypriot professor and university administrator. He is Professor of History and Archaeology at Philips University in Cyprus, after serving as Professor o ...

(born 1955), Professor and Rector *

Athanasios Orphanides Athanasios Orphanides (born 22 March 1962) is a Cypriot economist who served as Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus between 3 May 2007 to 2 May 2012 and as a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank between 1 January 2008 ...

(born 1962), economist * Kamil Özerk (born 1954), pedagogue * Irena Papadopoulos, head of transcultural studies in health at Middlesex University *

Christopher A. Pissarides Sir Christopher Antoniou Pissarides (; el, Χριστόφορος Αντωνίου Πισσαρίδης; born 20 February 1948

(born 1948), economist,

Nobel laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...

Andreas Pitsillides Andreas Pitsillides ( el, Ανδρέας Πιτσιλλίδης; born 9 June 1977) is a Cypriot theologian, politician, party member of DISY and former Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a pers ...

, theologian *

Sophocles Sophocleous Sophocles Sophocleous (born 7 August 1962) is a Cypriot Movement for Social Democracy politician. He sat as a Member of the European Parliament for Cyprus between 2012 and 2014. He was the Cypriot Minister of Justice and Public Order from 2006 to ...

, art historian *

Symeon C. Symeonides Symeon C. Symeonides (born 1949), Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law, Dean Emeritus, is an international law scholar and professor at the Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon, United States. The Cyprus-born legal schol ...

(born 1949), dean of the

Willamette University College of Law Willamette University College of Law is the law school of Willamette University. Located in Salem, Oregon, and founded in 1883, Willamette is the oldest law school in the Pacific Northwest. It has approximately 24 full-time law professors and e ...

Marius Vassiliou Marius Vassiliou (born 1957) is an American computational scientist, geophysicist, and aerospace executive. He is also an authority on the history of petroleum. Vassiliou is of Greek Cypriot descent and was educated at Harvard University and t ...

(born 1957), computational physicist and research executive *

Vamık Volkan Vamık D. Volkan, M.D., DFLAPA, FACPsa, (born 1932 in Lefkoşa, Cyprus) is a Turkish Cypriot psychiatrist, internationally known for his 40 years work bringing together conflictual groups for dialogue and mutual understanding. Among his many ot ...

(born 1932), psychiatrist and author *

Panayiotis Zavos Panayiotis Michael Zavos ( el, Παναγιώτης Ζαβός), or Panos Zavos (, ), is a physiologist who was born in Cyprus and later emigrated to the United States. Zavos has been the subject of controversy for making unsubstantiated claims t ...

(born 1944), geneticist

Actors

Zeki Alasya Zeki Alasya (18 April 1943 – 8 May 2015) was a Turkish actor and film director. Alasya was of Turkish Cypriot descent and was related to Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha. Biography Alasya was born in Istanbul. After studying at Robert College, ...

, actor *

Angie Bowie Angela Bowie (born Mary Angela Barnett; September 25, 1949) is an American model, actress, and journalist. Alongside her ex-husband David Bowie, she influenced the glam rock culture and fashion of the 1970s. She was married to Bowie (whom she a ...

, actress, personality *

Feri Cansel Feriha "Feri" Cansel (7 July 1944 – 2 September 1983) was a Turkish Cypriot actress. She was born in Lefkoşa (Nicosia), Cyprus and spent her early youth in the United Kingdom, acquiring British citizenship and she became a hairdresser in ...

, erotic actress *

Natasia Demetriou Natasia Charlotte Demetriou is an English comedian, actress, and screenwriter. She is best known for her roles as Nadja in the FX horror comedy series ''What We Do in the Shadows'' (2019–present) and Sophie in the Channel 4 sitcom '' Stath Le ...

, actress, '' What We Do in the Shadows'', ''

Stath Lets Flats ''Stath Lets Flats'' is a British sitcom created and co-written by Jamie Demetriou, which premiered on Channel 4 on 27 June 2018. The series stars Demetriou as an incompetent and socially inept British Greek-Cypriot man who only has his job at a ...

'' *

Hazar Ergüçlü Hazar Ergüçlü (; born 1 January 1992) is a Turkish-Cypriot actress. She is best known for playing Simay Canay in the drama series ''Kuzey Güney'' (2011–2013) and Eylül on the Turkish drama series ''Medcezir'' (2013–2015). Early life Erg ...

, actress, ''

The Wild Pear Tree ''The Wild Pear Tree'' ( tr, Ahlat Ağacı) is a 2018 Turkish drama film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It was also selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Forei ...

'', ''

Medcezir ''Medcezir'' (''Tide'') is a Turkish teen drama series written by Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu. It is an adaptation of the American TV series ''The O.C.'', created by Josh Schwartz. The story revolves around Yaman Koper, a boy with a poor ba ...

'' *

Dimitri Leonidas Dimitri Leonidas (born 14 November 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles in ''The Monuments Men'', '' Rosewater'' and ''Riviera''. Early life Leonidas was born on 14 November 1987 in Brent, London, the son of a Greek Cypriot fath ...

, actor, '' Sinbad'', '' Tormented'' *

Georgina Leonidas Georgina Leonidas (born 28 February 1990) is a British actress best known for playing Molly in ''The Basil Brush Show'', and Katie Bell in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' and ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2''. Early ...

, actress, ''

The Basil Brush Show ''The Basil Brush Show'' is a British children's television sitcom series, starring the glove puppet fox Basil Brush. It was produced for six series by The Foundation, airing on CBBC from 27 September 2002 to 25 December 2007. The show is a s ...

'', ''

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores th ...

'', ''

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' is a 2011 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. The film is the second of two cinematic parts based on the 2007 novel '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hal ...

'' *

Stephanie Leonidas Stephanie Leonidas (born 14 February 1984) is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the fantasy film ''MirrorMask'' (2005), the Syfy series ''Defiance (TV series), Defiance'' (2013–2015), and the Crackle (service), Cra ...

, actress, ''

Defiance Defiance may refer to: Film, television and theatre * ''Defiance'' (1952 film), a Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander * ''Defiance'' (1980 film), an American crime drama starring Jan-Michael Vincent * ''Defiance'' (2002 film), a ...

'', '' Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend'' *

Sotiris Moustakas Sotiris Moustakas ( el, Σωτήρης Μουστάκας) (17 September 1940 – 4 June 2007) was a Greek Cypriot actor born in Kato Platres, Limassol. His acting career lasted for over four decades, with 1960s–80s as his most successful y ...

(1940-2007), Greek/Cypriot comedy actor *

Ada Nicodemou Ada Nicodemou (Greek: Άντα Νικοδήμου) (born 14 May 1977) is an Australian actress of Greek Cypriot descent . She began her acting career in 1994 in TV serial ''Heartbreak High'' as Katerina Ioannou. She also starred in ''Police Res ...

(born 1977), actress, ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...

'' *

Hal Ozsan Halil Özşan (; born 26 October 1976) is a Turkish Cypriot-origin British-American actor, screenwriter and producer. As an actor, he came to prominence for his role as Todd Carr in ''Dawson's Creek''. He has gone on to appear in various series ...

, actor, ''

Dawson's Creek ''Dawson's Creek'' is an American teen drama television series about the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, beginning in high school and continuing into college that ran from 1998 to 2003. T ...

'', ''

Kyle XY ''Kyle XY'' is an American science fiction television series produced by ABC Family. The central character is a teenage boy (Matt Dallas) who awakens naked in a forest outside Seattle, Washington, with no more knowledge or abilities than a newb ...

'' *

Peter Polycarpou Peter Polycarpou is an English-Cypriot actor, best known for playing Chris Theodopolopodous in the television comedy series '' Birds of a Feather'' and Louis Charalambos in ''The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies''. Early life Polycarpou w ...

, actor

Artists

Ruzen Atakan Ruzen Atakan (born 1966) in Akincilar is a Turkish-Cypriot painter and the daughter of a school teacher Kemal Atakan. She graduated from Gazi University Turkey, in 1988. She has had three solo shows and took part in mixed and group exhibitions in C ...

(born 1966), painter *

Helene Black Helene Black is a Cypriot artist and curator working with various media. She has been exhibited in museums and contemporary art centers in Cyprus, Argentina, France, the UK, United States, Japan, Greece, Switzerland, Denmark, Russia and Aust ...

, artist *

Michael Cacoyannis Michael Cacoyannis ( el, Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης, ''Michalis Kakogiannis''; 11 June 1922 – 25 July 2011), sometimes credited as Michael Yannis, was a Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot theatre and film director, writer, produce ...

(born 1922), filmmaker *

Hussein Chalayan Hussein Chalayan, (; tr, Hüseyin Çağlayan ; born 12 August 1970) is a British-Cypriot fashion designer. He has won the British Designer of the Year twice (in 1999 and 2000) and was awarded the MBE in 2006. Chalayan is currently teaching a ...

(Hüseyin Çağlayan, born 1970), fashion designer *

Chapman Brothers Iakovos "Jake" Chapman (born 1966) and Konstantinos "Dinos" Chapman (born 1962) are British visual artists, often known as the Chapman Brothers. Their subject matter tries to be deliberately shocking, including, in 2008, a series of works that ...

(Jake born 1966, Dinos born 1962), artists *

Tracey Emin Tracey Karima Emin, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Associate of the Royal Academy, RA (; born 3 July 1963) is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawi ...

(born 1963), artist * İsmet Güney (born 1932), artist, creator of the

flag of Cyprus The national flag of Cyprus ( el, Σημαία της Κύπρου, Simaía tis Kýprou; tr, Kıbrıs bayrağı) came into use on 16 August 1960, under the Zürich and London Agreements, whereby a constitution was drafted and Cyprus was proclai ...

, and cartoonist *

Panayiotis Kalorkoti Panayiotis Kalorkoti (born 11 April 1957, Cyprus) is a British artist. He works primarily in acrylics and watercolour, and has also produced drawings, etchings, screenprints, lithographs and monotypes. His work is figurative and features bri ...

(born 1957), artist *

Telemachos Kanthos Telemachos Kanthos (February 24, 1910 – November 18, 1993) was born in Alona, a village in the highland Pitsillia area of Cyprus. He was the son of Christodoulos E. Kanthos, a prominent local teacher, and his wife Evgenia Aravi. He is regarded ...

(1910-1993), artist *

Marios Loizides Marios Loizides (1928–1988) was a Greek Cypriot visual artist. Life Loizides was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. he studied painting and lithography at St. Martin's School of Art, London, between 1951-4, together with courses in stage and costume ...

, (1928-1988), artist *

Loukia Nicolaidou Loukia Nicolaidou ( gr, Λουκία Νικολαΐδου-Βασιλείου, 1909–1994) was the first Cypriot woman to study art abroad and is considered a pioneer for women professional artists in Cyprus. Her painting '' The Good Fruit of the ...

, artist *

Stass Paraskos Stass Paraskos ( el, Στας Παράσκος; 17 March 1933 – 4 March 2014) was an artist from Cyprus, although much of his life was spent teaching and working in England. Early life Paraskos was born in Anaphotia, a village near the city ...

(1933-2014), artist *

Aristos Petrou Suicideboys (stylized as $uicideboy$) is an American hip hop duo from New Orleans, Louisiana, founded in 2014 by cousins Ruby da Cherry and Scrim (stylized as $crim). Via the music sharing platform SoundCloud, the duo rose to popularity for th ...

(born 1990), hip-hop artist *

Konstantia Sofokleous Konstantia Konstantina Sofokleous is a Cypriot artist working with video art, animation, drawing, and new technologies. Her work focuses on the violence in childhood tales, on tradition, rhythm, and materials, and has been exhibited, screened, and a ...

(born 1974), artist, animation *

Stelarc Stelarc (born Στέλιος Αρκαδίου ''Stelios Arcadiou'' in Limassol in 1946; legally changed his name in 1972) is a Cyprus-born Australian performance artist raised in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, whose works focus heavily on ex ...

(born 1946), performance artist *

Derviş Zaim Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for '' Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best Sc ...

(born 1964), novelist and filmmaker

Business

Suat Günsel Suat İrfan Günsel (born 3 August 1952) is a Turkish Cypriot property developer, businessman and founder and 100% owner of Cyprus's private Near East University. In 2011, Forbes ranked him as the second richest person in Cyprus and the 1,140th ...

, billionaire *

Stelios Haji-Ioannou Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou ( el, Στέλιος Χατζηιωάννου, translit=Stelios Hatziioannou; born 14 February 1967) is a Greek Cypriot entrepreneur. Born into a wealthy ship-owning family, he is best known for founding the low-cost ai ...

, entrepreneur, owner of EasyGroup *

Dakis Joannou Dakis Joannou (Leonidas Ioannou; el, Δάκης Ιωάννου; born December 30, 1939) is a Greek Cypriot industrialist and art collector. He is considered to be one of the leading collectors of contemporary art in the world and is famous for ac ...

, J&P *

Lycourgos Kyprianou Lycourgos Kyprianou (born 1954/1955) is a Cypriot businessman, and the former chairman of GlobalSoft and AremisSoft Corp. Together with his business partner, Roys Poyiadjis Roys Poyiadjis (born 14 August 1965) is a Greek Cypriot entrepreneur a ...

, former chairman of GlobalSoft and AremisSoft Corp *

Asil Nadir Asil Nadir (born 1 May 1941) is a British Turkish Cypriot businessman, who was chief executive of Polly Peck, which he took over as a small textile company, growing it during the 1980s to become one of the United Kingdom's top 100 FTSE-listed c ...

, Polly Peck *

Theo Paphitis Theodoros "Theo" Paphitis ( el, Θεόδωρος Παφίτης; born 24 September 1959) is a Greek-Cypriot British retail magnate and entrepreneur. He is best known for his appearances on the BBC business programme ''Dragons' Den'' and as former ...

, former chairman of Millwall Football Club *

Roys Poyiadjis Roys Poyiadjis (born 14 August 1965) is a Greek Cypriot entrepreneur and financier. He is most notable for his role in the largest Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement with an individual, $200 million, after he pleaded guilty to ...

, former co-chief executive officer of AremisSoft * Reo Stakis, hotel and casino owner * Andreas Panayiotou, businessman, property developer

Historical figures

* Acesas (around 5th century BC), ancient artist, famed weaver *

Andromachus of Cyprus Andromachus of Cyprus ( grc, Ἀνδρόμαχος) was an allied admiral of Alexander the Great during the Siege of Tyre in 332 BC. He may have been the same Andromachus who was shortly afterward appointed the governor of Coele-Syria, and was b ...

, admiral of

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...

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Grigoris Afxentiou Grigoris Pieris Afxentiou ( el, Γρηγόρης Πιερής Αυξεντίου; 22 February 1928 – 3 March 1957) was a Greek-Cypriot insurgent leader who led campaigns against the British colonial government as a member of EOKA. He was second ...

, member of

EOKA The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA; ; el, Εθνική Οργάνωσις Κυπρίων Αγωνιστών, lit=National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters) was a Greek Cypriot Greek Cypriots or Cypriot Greeks ( el, Ελληνο� ...

Altheides Altheides (1193–1262) was a Cypriot philosopher, primarily known from sayings attributed to him in the works of others. Little is known about the wandering philosopher known as Altheides of Cyprus, and little of his work remains available to mode ...

, philosopher * St

Barnabas Barnabas (; arc, ܒܪܢܒܐ; grc, Βαρνάβας), born Joseph () or Joses (), was according to tradition an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. According to Acts 4:36, Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew. Name ...

(1st century), apostolic father, early missionary *

Caterina Cornaro Catherine Cornaro ( el, Αικατερίνη Κορνάρο, vec, Catarina Corner) (25 November 1454 – 10 July 1510) was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of the Queen of Jerusalem and Armenia. She was queen ...

, Queen of Cyprus *

Charlotte of Cyprus Charlotte (28 June 1444 – 16 July 1487) was the Queen of Cyprus from 1458 until 1464. She was the eldest and only surviving daughter of King John II of Cyprus and Helena Palaiologina. At the age of 14, she succeeded to the Cypriot throne upon ...

, Queen of Cyprus *

Clearchus of Soli Clearchus of Soli ( el, Kλέαρχoς ὁ Σολεύς, ''Klearkhos ho Soleus'') was a Greek philosopher of the 4th–3rd century BCE, belonging to Aristotle's Peripatetic school. He was born in Soli in Cyprus. He wrote extensively on eastern cul ...

(4th-3rd century BC), Cyprus-born Greek philosopher of the

Peripatetic school The Peripatetic school was a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece. Its teachings derived from its founder, Aristotle (384–322 BC), and ''peripatetic'' is an adjective ascribed to his followers. The school dates from around 335 BC when Aristo ...

* Evagoras, king of Salamis (410-374 BC) *

Henry I of Cyprus Henry I of Cyprus, nicknamed the Fat (french: Henri de Lusignan; 3 May 1217 – 18 January 1253 at Nicosia) was King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253. He was the son of Hugh I of Cyprus and Alice of Champagne. When his father Hugh I died on January 1 ...

, King of Cyprus *

Hugh I of Cyprus Hugh I (french: Hugues; gr, Ούγος; 1194/1195 – 10 January 1218) succeeded to the throne of Cyprus on 1 April 1205 underage upon the death of his elderly father Aimery, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem. His mother was Eschiva of Ibelin, heir ...

, King of Cyprus *

Hugh II of Cyprus Hugh II of Cyprus (or Hugues II de Lusignan) (June–August, 1252 or 1253 – November or December 5, 1267) was king of Cyprus and, from the age of 5 years, also Regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Biography On January 18, 1253, at the age of two ...

, King of Cyprus *

Hugh III of Cyprus Hugh III (french: Hugues; – 24 March 1284), also called Hugh of Antioch-Lusignan and the Great, was the king of Cyprus from 1267 and king of Jerusalem from 1268. Born into the family of the princes of Antioch, he effectively ruled as regent ...

, King of Cyprus *

Hugh IV of Cyprus Hugh IV (1293-1296 – 10 October 1359) was King of Cyprus from 31 March 1324 to his abdication, on 24 November 1358 and, nominally, King of Jerusalem, as Hugh II, until his death. The son of Guy, Constable of Cyprus (son of Hugh III of Cyprus), ...

, King of Cyprus *

James I of Cyprus James I (french: Jacques de Lusignan; 1334 – September 9, 1398) was the youngest son of King Hugh IV of Cyprus and by 1369 held the title "Constable of Jerusalem." When his nephew Peter II died in 1382, James became King of Cyprus. James was als ...

, King of Cyprus *

James II of Cyprus James II (french: Jacques; c. 1438/1439 or c. 1440 – 10 July 1473) was the penultimate King of Cyprus (usurper), reigning from 1463 until his death. Archbishop of Nicosia James was born in Nicosia as the illegitimate son of John II of Cypr ...

, King of Cyprus *

James III of Cyprus James III of Cyprus (or Jacques III de Lusignan) (6 July 1473 – 26 August 1474) was the only child by the marriage of James II of Cyprus and Catherine Cornaro. He died in mysterious circumstances as an infant, leaving his mother as the last Qu ...

, King of Cyprus *

Janus of Cyprus Janus (1375 – 29 June 1432) was King of Cyprus and titular King of Armenian Cilicia and Jerusalem from 1398 to 1432. Early life Janus was born in Genoa, where his father, James I of Cyprus, was a captive. His mother, Helvis of Brunswick-Gr ...

, King of Cyprus *

John II of Cyprus John II or III of Cyprus (16 May 1418 – 28 July 1458) was the King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458. He was previously a titular Prince of Antioch. History Born 16 May 1418 in Nicosia, John was the ...

, King of Cyprus *

Stefano Lusignan Stefano Lusignan (1537–1590), also known as Étienne de Lusignan and Estienne de Lusignan, was a priest, scholar, and titular bishop of Venetian Cyprus who migrated to Italy and France. Life Lusignan was born in Nicosia, in Venetian Cyprus, ...

, writer *

Leontios Makhairas Leontios Machairas or Makhairas (Greek: Λεόντιος Μαχαιράς, French: Léonce Machéras; about 1380 - after 1432) was a historian in medieval Cyprus. The main source of information on him is his chronicle, written in the medieval ...

, historian *

Kyriakos Matsis Kyriakos Matsis (Κυριάκος Μάτσης) (23 January 1926 - 19 November 1958) was a Greek Cypriot guerrilla and member of EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston). Early life Matsis was born in Palaichori Morphou, Cyprus. He received h ...

, member of

Nicocreon Nicocreon (Greek Nικoκρέων; lived 4th century BC) was king of Salamis in Cyprus, at the time of Alexander the Great's (336–323 BC) expedition against Persia. Nicocreon submitted to the conqueror along with the other Cypriot kings, ...

(4th century BC-before 306 BC), king of Salamis *

Evagoras Pallikarides Evagoras Pallikarides (; 26 February 1938 – 14 March 1957) was a Greek-Cypriot poet and revolutionary who was a member of EOKA during the 1955–1959 campaign against British rule in Cyprus. He was arrested on 18 December 1956 when he was caug ...

, member of

* Abu Bekr Pasha *

Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha ("Mehmed Emin Pasha the Cypriot"; 1813–1871) was an Ottoman civil servant and statesman of Turkish Cypriot origin, who served at the top post of Grand Vizier during three different times under the reign of the s ...

Grand Vizier Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...

* Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha (born 1883), Grand Vizier *

Persaeus Persaeus ( el, Περσαῖος; 307/6–243 BC) of Citium, son of Demetrius, was a Greek Stoic philosopher, and a friend and favourite student of Zeno of Citium. Life He lived in the same house as Zeno. Later writers wrote that Persaeus had bee ...

of Citium (306-243 BC), Stoic philosopher *

Peter I of Cyprus Peter I (9 October 1328 – 17 January 1369) was King of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem from his father's abdication on 24 November 1358 until his death in 1369. He was invested as titular Count of Tripoli in 1346. As King of Cyprus, ...

, King of Cyprus *

Peter II of Cyprus Peter II (1354 or 1357 – 13 October 1382), called the Fat (French ''Pierre le Gros''), was the eleventh King of Cyprus of the House of Lusignan from 17 January 1369 until his death. Peter W. Edbury: The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades 1191� ...

, King of Cyprus *

Sergius Paulus Lucius Sergius Paulus or Paullus was a Proconsul of Cyprus under Claudius (1st century AD). He appears in Acts 13:6-12, where in Paphos, Paul, accompanied by Barnabas and John Mark, overcame the attempts of Bar-Jesus ( Elymas) "to turn the procons ...

(1st century),

proconsul A proconsul was an official of ancient Rome who acted on behalf of a consul. A proconsul was typically a former consul. The term is also used in recent history for officials with delegated authority. In the Roman Republic, military command, or ' ...

of Cyprus *

Stasanor Stasanor ( grc, Στασάνωρ; lived 4th century BC) was a native of Soli in Cyprus, who held a distinguished position among the officers of Alexander the Great. Stasanor, officer of Alexander Stasanor probably entered the service of Alexander ...

(lived 4th century BC), Cyprus-born Greek officer of

, later satrap of

Drangiana Drangiana or Zarangiana ( el, Δραγγιανή, ''Drangianē''; also attested in Old Western Iranian as 𐏀𐎼𐎣, ''Zraka'' or ''Zranka'', was a historical region and administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire. This region comprise ...

Bactria Bactria (; Bactrian: , ), or Bactriana, was an ancient region in Central Asia in Amu Darya's middle stream, stretching north of the Hindu Kush, west of the Pamirs and south of the Gissar range, covering the northern part of Afghanistan, southwe ...

, and

Sogdiana Sogdia ( Sogdian: ) or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization between the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, and in present-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Sogdiana was also a province of the Achaemenid Emp ...

Stasinus According to some ancient authorities, Stasinus ( el, Στασῖνος) of Cyprus was a semi-legendary early Greek poet. He is best known for his lost work, ''Cypria'' which was one of the poems belonging to the Epic Cycle that narrated the War of ...

(~7th century BC), one of the first European poets, a semi-legendary early Greek poet, author of the epic poem "

Cypria The ''Cypria'' (; grc-gre, Κύπρια ''Kúpria''; Latin: ''Cypria'') is a lost epic poem of ancient Greek literature, which has been attributed to Stasinus and was quite well known in classical antiquity and fixed in a received text, but whic ...

", related to the

Trojan War In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and has ...

Theodora Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift". Theodora may also refer to: Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses * Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora of ...

(around 500-548), empress of Byzantine empire (527-548) *

Zeno of Citium Zeno of Citium (; grc-x-koine, Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς, ; c. 334 – c. 262 BC) was a Hellenistic philosopher from Citium (, ), Cyprus. Zeno was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, which he taught in Athens from about 300 BC ...

(333-264 BC), Cyprus-born Greek philosopher, founder of

Stoicism Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century Common Era, BCE. It is a philosophy of personal virtue ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world, asser ...

Jurists

* Alecos Markides * Solon Nikitas (1937-2005), judge and jurist, Supreme Court (1988-2003), Attorney-General (2003-2005)

Musicians

Ivi Adamou Ivi Adamou ( el, Ήβη Αδάμου, ; born 24 November 1993) is a Greek-Cypriot singer. She was born and raised in Agia Napa, Cyprus and currently resides in Alexandroupoli, Greece. Adamou rose to recognition in Greece and Cyprus following he ...

, singer (

The X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003 ...

), represented Cyprus in the

2012 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song " Running Scared" by the duo Ell & Nikki. It was the first time Azer ...

Peter Andre Peter Andre (born Peter James Andrea, 27 February 1973) is an English-Australian singer and television personality of Australian descent. Andre gained popularity as a singer, best known for his singles "Mysterious Girl" and " Flava". He is als ...

, singer * Marlen Aggelidou, singer *

Lisa Andreas Lisa Andreas (born Lisa Large; 22 December 1987) is an English singer. She represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and came fifth with her performance of "Stronger Every Minute". At the age of 16, Andreas was the youngest singer t ...

, singer * Aris Antoniades, composer *

Nil Burak Pembe Nihal Munsif (born 27 April 1948), better known as Nil Burak, is a Turkish Cypriot pop singer and actress who is famous in Turkey and Cyprus. Biography She was born in Lefka, Cyprus in 1948. She is best known for her hit song '' Sen de B ...

, singer *

Konstantinos Christoforou Constantinos Christophorou (Κωνσταντίνος Χριστοφόρου, born in Limassol, Cyprus on 25 April 1977) is a Greek-Cypriot singer. He represented Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest as a solo singer with "Mono Yia Mas" (1996) an ...

, singer * Kemal Cetinay, singer and TV personality *

Philippos Constantinos ONE is a boy band that first appeared in 1999, recognized as both Greece and Cyprus's first boy band. The band was formed by leading Cypriot-Greek composer Giorgos Theofanous and Minos EMI A&R Manager Vangelis Yannopoulos. Constantinos Chris ...

, singer (in

One 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

) *

Tulisa Contostavlos Tula Paulinea Contostavlos (Greek: Τούλα Παυλίνα 'Τουλίσα' Κοντόσταυλου; born 13 July 1988) professionally known as Tulisa, is an English singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress. As a part of the ...

, singer * Beyhan Demirdağ Alkan, mezzo-soprano *

Diam's Mélanie Georgiades (; born 25 July 1980 in Nicosia), better known by her stage name Diam's (), is a French rapper of Greek Cypriot origin. Biography Mélanie Marie Georgiades was born on July 25, 1980 in Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. Her mother ...

, singer, rapper *

Nicolas Economou Nicolas Economou ( gr, Νικόλας Οικονόμου; 11 August 1953 – 29 December 1993) was a Cypriot composer, pianist and conductor born in Nicosia, Cyprus. Economou came to international attention at the 1969 Tchaikovsky Competitio ...

, composer *

Eleftheria Eleftheriou Eleftheria Eleftheriou ( el, Ελευθερία Ελευθερίου; ; born 12 May 1989) is a Greek-Cypriot singer, musician, and actress. She came to prominence through her participation in the second season of the Greek version of ''The X F ...

, singer (''

''), represents Greece in the

* Elpida, Greek singer, sang for Cyprus in the

1986 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Bergen, Norway, following the country's victory at the with the song "La det swinge" by Bobbysocks! Organised by the European Broadcastin ...

Barry Evangeli Barry Evangeli is a British-Greek Cypriot record producer, who has produced records for such artists as Gloria Gaynor (''I Wish You Love'' CD) and the ''Divine Record Album Collection''. He was the Executive Officer for Proto Records, an indepe ...

, music producer *

Evridiki Evridiki Theokleous ( el, Ευρυδίκη Θεοκλέους, ; born 25 February 1968), known professionally as simply Evridiki, is a Greek-Cypriot rock, pop, and electropop singer. She is best known in Europe for representing her home countr ...

, singer *

Michalis Hatzigiannis Michalis Hatzigiannis (Greek: Μιχάλης Χατζηγιάννης; born 5 November 1978) is a Greek-Cypriot singer, musician, and record producer. From 2000 to 2010, he received over 30 sales certifications in Greece, making him one of the ...

, singer * Savvas Houvartas, guitarist, songwriter *

Alkinoos Ioannidis Alkinoos Ioannidis ( el, Αλκίνοος Ιωαννίδης; born 19 September 1969) is a Greek Cypriot composer, lyricist, singer, and orchestrator. He was born in Nicosia on 19 September 1969. His artistic family, with a painter father and p ...

, singer *

Yusuf Islam Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later i ...

, singer *

George Kallis George Kallis is a film and TV composer based in Los Angeles. Life and career Kallis grew up on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where he studied classical piano and violin while also being influenced by world music, heavy metal and jazz. By ...

, composer * Fikri Karayel, singer-songwriter *

Mick Karn Andonis Michaelides (Greek: Αντώνης Μιχαηλίδης; 24 July 1958 – 4 January 2011), better known as Mick Karn, was an English-Cypriot musician and songwriter who rose to fame as the bassist for the art rock/ new wave band Japan. H ...

, musician from the rock band

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Yannis Kyriakides Yannis Kyriakides (Greek: Γιάννης Κυριακίδης, born 1 August 1969) is a composer of contemporary classical music, and sound art. His music explores new forms and hybrids of media, synthesizing disparate sound sources and highlighti ...

, composer *

Cyprien Katsaris Cyprien Katsaris ( el, Κυπριανός Κατσαρής; born 5 May 1951) is a French- Cypriot virtuoso pianist, teacher and composer. Amongst his teachers were Monique de la Bruchollerie, a student of Emil von Sauer, who had been a pupil o ...

, French-Cypriot pianist * Maria Elena Kiriakou, singer, winner of the first season of ''

The Voice of Greece ''The Voice of Greece'' is a Greek television talent show created by John de Mol and based on the concept ''The Voice of Holland''. It is part of an international series. It began airing on ANT1 on January 10, 2014, and the final of second seaso ...

'' *

Stelios Konstantas Stylianos (Stelios) Constantas ( el, Στέλιος Κωνσταντάς) is a Greek Cypriot singer. He participated in two Cypriot national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest, coming second in 1997 with ''I grammitis ntropi'', and fourth in 1 ...

, singer *

Stavros Konstantinou Stavros Konstantinou (Σταύρος Κωνσταντίνου) (born 25 August 1984 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Greek Cypriot singer who rose to popularity after winning '' Super Idol'', the Greek version of ''Pop Idol'', shown by MEGA TV in 2004, in ...

, singer *

George Michael George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the MTV generation and is one of the best-selling musici ...

, singer *

Stavros Michalakakos Stavros Michalakakos (in Greek Σταύρος Μιχαλακάκος) (born 9 April 1987) is a Greek Cypriot singer. On 12 February 2010 he won the second season of the Greek version of the television singing competition ''The X Factor''. He w ...

, singer, winner of Greece's ''X-Factor II'' *

Despina Olympiou Despina Olympiou (Greek: Δέσποινα Ολυμπίου, ; born 17 October 1975), also known as Dena Olympiou, is a Greek-Cypriot singer, famous in her homeland as well as in Greece. She represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 ...

, singer, represents Cyprus in the

2013 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EB ...

Alex Panayi Alexandros Panayi ( el, Αλέξανδρος Παναγή, also known as Alex Panayi, born 24 June 1970), is a Greek-Cypriot singer, composer, lyricist, producer, vocal coach, and vocal arranger. He is best known for having represented Cyprus ...

, singer, songwriter *

Elena Patroklou Elena Patroklou was born in Nicosia in 1968. She began her musical career studying guitar and piano when she was just ten years old. She completed her musical studies in Vienna and Cyprus and received her music diploma in 1989. She represented Cypr ...

, singer (Greek-Cypriot parents) *

, rapper *

Marianda Pieridi Mariada Pieridi ( el, Μαριάντα Πιερίδη, ; born 13 July 1973) is a Cypriot pop singer. Early life Mariada Pieridi was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. ''MAD TV''; retrieved 24 April 2008. Her father was an officer in the Greek Navy and her ...

, singer *

Nikki Ponte Nikki Ponte (Greek: Νίκη Πόντε; born 1 August 1991), is a Cypriot-Canadian singer who rose to fame in Greece and Cyprus through her participation in the third season of Greece's version of the singing competition ''The X Factor'', in ...

, singer (''X-Factor'') *

Ziynet Sali Ziynet Sali Safter (born 29 April 1975) is a Turkish-Cypriot singer who also holds British citizenship. Her later works contain pop elements while her earlier works also had rebetiko and classical Turkish music themes. Sali was born in Nicosi ...

(born 1975), singer *

Sarbel Sarbel Michael Maronitis ( el, Σαρμπέλ Μιχαήλ Μαρωνίτης; ar, شربل; born 14 May 1981) known professionally as Sarbel, is a British-Cypriot pop singer. His singles include "Se Pira Sovara" Greek: 'I've just taken you ...

, British-born Greek singer *

Savvas Savva Savvas Savva (born 1958 in Nicosia, Cyprus), is a Cypriot composer, professor of musicology and pianist.Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in ...

, British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; Cypriot father *

Rüya Taner Rüya Taner (born 1971) is a Turkish Cypriot pianist. She was born in Germany and settled in Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a ...

, pianist * Georges Theofanous, composer (Greece) *

Martino Tirimo Martino Tirimo (born 19 December 1942) is a Cypriot classical pianist. Born into a musical family in Larnaca, he began piano and violin lessons with his father, a distinguished conductor and violinist. He gave his first concert at the age of six, ...

, Cypriot pianist, born in Larnaca, Cyprus *

Marios Tokas Marios Tokas ( el, Μάριος Τόκας) (8 June 1954 – 27 April 2008) was a Cypriot composer of traditional music born in Limassol, Cyprus. During the 1974 invasion, he fought as a soldier against the Turkish invaders. In 1975, he went to At ...

, singer, composer * Okan Ersan, guitarist *

Mihalis Violaris Michalis Kyriakou ( el, Μιχάλης Κυριάκου), known by his stage-name Michalis Violaris () (born 9 January 1944 Agia Varvara, Nicosia Cyprus), is a popular singer and composer of modern Greek and Cypriot music. He is also a pioneer ...

, singer, composer *

Anna Vissi Anna Vissi ( el, Άννα Βίσση, , ; born 20 December 1957), is a Greek Cypriot singer and songwriter. She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens, in 1973, where she signed ...

, singer *

Lia Vissi Olympia "Lia" Vissi (born 15 May 1955) is a Greek-Cypriot singer, songwriter and composer who most notable for her two participations in the Eurovision Song Contest and being older sister of Greek Cypriot singer Anna Vissi. Career Vissi partic ...

, singer (older sister of Anna Vissi) * Loucas Yiorkas, singer, ''

'' winner 2009, represents Greece in the

2011 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, following the country's victory at the with the song "Satellite" by Lena. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union ...

Mythical figures

Anaxarete In Greek mythology, Anaxarete (Ancient Greek: Ἀναξαρέτη means 'excellent princess') was a Greek maiden, "a proud princess in the line of Teucer's descendants", who refused the advances of a shepherd named Iphis. Mythology Iphis' advan ...

, legendary Cypriot maiden in Greek mythology *

Iphis In Greek and Roman mythology, Iphis or Iphys ( , ; grc, Ἶφις ''Îphis'' , gen. Ἴφιδος ''Ī́phidos'') was a child of Telethusa and Ligdus in Crete, born female and raised male, who was later transformed by the goddess Isis into a man ...

see Anaxarete *

Aphrodite Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols include ...

, Goddess of Love *

Pygmalion Pygmalion or Pigmalion may refer to: Mythology * Pygmalion (mythology), a sculptor who fell in love with his statue Stage * ''Pigmalion'' (opera), a 1745 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau * ''Pygmalion'' (Rousseau), a 1762 melodrama by Jean-Jacques ...

, legendary king of Cyprus in Greek mythology

Political figures

Adamos Adamou Adamos Adamou (born 30 October 1950, in Limassol) is a Cypriot politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Progressive Party of Working People, sitting with the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group from 2004 ...

, MEP *

Mustafa Akıncı Mustafa Akıncı (; born 28 December 1947) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who was the president of Northern Cyprus from April 2015 until October 2020. An architect by profession, Akıncı in 1976 became the first elected mayor of the Nicosia ...

, President of Northern Cyprus (2015–present) *

Nicos Anastasiades Nicos Anastasiades ( el, Νίκος Αναστασιάδης ; born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician who is the current president of Cyprus since 2013. He was re-elected in 2018. Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally betwe ...

, President of the Republic of Cyprus (2013–present) *

Praxoula Antoniadou Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou is a Cypriot politician, banker and businesswoman. She was a minister and the leader of a political party. Praxoula is a graduate of the London School of Economics. She worked for 24 years with the Central Bank of C ...

, Acting President of the

United Democrats The United Democrats ( el, Ενωμένοι Δημοκράτες (ΕΔΗ), ''Enomenoi Dimokrates'' (EDI)) is a liberal political party in Cyprus. The party was founded by former President of Cyprus George Vasiliou in 1993 as ''Kinima Elefther ...

Mustafa Çağatay Mustafa Çağatay was a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from 15 November 1983 to 13 December 1983. He was previously prime minister of the Turkish Federated State of Cypr ...

, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (1978–1983) *

Reşat Çağlar Mr. Reşat Çağlar is a diplomat from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He served as the ''de facto'' TRNC Chief of Mission to the United Nations from 2002 to 2007, when he was replaced by Kemal Gökeri (though as the UN does not reco ...

, diplomat *

Dimitris Christofias Dimitris (Δημήτρης) is the Modern Greek form of the older forms Demetrios, Dimitrios (Δημήτριος, usually Latinized as Demetrius) and may refer to: * Dimitris Arvanitis (born 1980), Greek professional football defender who plays for ...

, former president of Cyprus (2008–2013) *

Kypros Chrysostomides Kypros Chrysostomides (Greek: Κύπρος Χρυσοστομίδης , 5 July 1942 – 1 December 2022) was a Cypriot politician and member of the Cyprus Parliament, born in the village of Kathikas in Paphos. Early life and education Chrysost ...

, politician *

Panayiotis Demetriou Panayiotis Demetriou ( el, Παναγιώτης Δημητρίου, born May 6, 1939) is a Cypriot politician and Member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party. He is a member of the Democratic Rally.Rauf Denktaş Rauf Raif Denktaş (27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, barrister and jurist who served as the founding president of Northern Cyprus. He occupied this position as the president of the Turkish Republic of North ...

, first President of Northern Cyprus *

Derviş Eroğlu Derviş Eroğlu (born 7 March 1938) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2010Kutlay Erk Kutlay Erk (born 1952) is a Cypriot politician. He served as mayor of North Nicosia, the Turkish Cypriot part of Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Ara ...

, the former

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality *

Alexis Galanos Alexis Galanos (Greeκ: Αλέξης Γαλανός, 30 August 1940 – 15 July 2019) was a Greek Cypriot politician. He was President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus from 1991 to 1996. He studied Economics at King's College, Cambridge ...

, Mayor of

Famagusta Famagusta ( , ; el, Αμμόχωστος, Ammóchostos, ; tr, Gazimağusa or ) is a city on the east coast of Geography of Cyprus, Cyprus. It is located east of Nicosia District, Nicosia and possesses the deepest harbour of the island. Duri ...

and former president of the House of Representatives *

Marios Garoyian Marios Garoyian ( el, Μάριος Καρογιάν; hy, Մարիոս Կարոյեան; born 31 May 1961) is a Greek Cypriot politician. He served as leader of the Democratic Party from 2006 to 2013. On 06/03/2008, he was elected President of ...

, President of the House of Representatives *

Polycarpos Georgadjis Polykarpos Giorkatzis ( el, Πολύκαρπος Γιωρκάτζης (); 5 July 1932 – 15 March 1970) was a Greek Cypriot politician. He served as the first Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Cyprus. He also served as provisional mi ...

, politician and member of

Takis Hadjigeorgiou Takis Hadjigeorgiou ( el, Τάκης Χατζηγεωργίου; born 11 December 1956) is a Cypriot politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Progressive Party of Working People, sitting with the European United Left–Nordic ...

, MEP *

Mehmet Harmancı Mehmet Harmancı, (born 1977) is the current mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality, the local government of the Turkish Cypriot capital North Nicosia. He was born in Nicosia. He studied international relations in the Eastern Mediterranean Univ ...

, mayor of

North Nicosia North Nicosia or Northern Nicosia ( tr, Kuzey Lefkoşa ; el, Βόρεια Λευκωσία) is the capital and largest city of the ''de facto'' state of Northern Cyprus. It is the northern part of the divided city of Nicosia, and is governed b ...

Georgios Iacovou Georgios Kyriakou Iacovou (born 19 July 1938) is a Cypriot diplomat and politician. Iacovou served as Foreign Minister of Cyprus for two consecutive terms from 1983 to 1993 and for a third term from 2003 to 2006, which makes him Cyprus's longest ...

, politician *

Androulla Kaminara Androulla Kaminara (born 29 April 1957) is a Cypriot European civil servant who from September 2019 to May 2022 served as the Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. As such, she was the first ...

(born 1957), European official and EU ambassador *

Ioannis Kasoulidis Ioannis Kasoulides ( el, Ιωάννης Κασουλίδης; born 10 August 1948 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Cypriot politician, party member of DISY and current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus. He has served in the same position from 199 ...

, MEP *

Glafkos Klerides Glafcos Ioannou Clerides ( el, Γλαύκος Ιωάννου Κληρίδης; 24 April 1919 – 15 November 2013) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fourth president of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003. At the time of his death, h ...

, President of the Republic of Cyprus (1993–2003) *

Giannos Kranidiotis Giannos Kranidiotis (Greek: Γιάννος Κρανιδιώτης; September 25, 1947, Nicosia, Cyprus — September 14, 1999, Bucharest, Romania) was a Greek diplomat and politician. Son of the Cypriot diplomat, poet, and writer Nikos Kranidiot ...

, politician *

Fazıl Küçük Fazıl Küçük (; el, Φαζίλ Κιουτσούκ; 14 March 1906 – 15 January 1984) was a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the first Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus. Biography Fazıl Küçük, the son of a farmer, was ...

, first Turkish Cypriot vice president of the Republic of Cyprus *

Markos Kyprianou Markos Kyprianou ( el, Μάρκος Κυπριανού ; born 22 January 1960) is a Cypriot politician who served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs until his official resignation on 19 July 2011, following the events of the Evangelos Florakis Nava ...

, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, formerly Finance Minister and former European Commissioner for Health *

Spyros Kyprianou Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou ( el, Σπύρος Κυπριανού; 28 October 1932 – 12 March 2002) was one of the most prominent politicians and barristers of modern Cyprus. He served as the second president of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988. S ...

, president (1977–1988) *

Georgios Ladas Georgios Ladas (1913–1997) was a Cypriot politician born in Nicosia. Ladas studied law, political and economic sciences in Athens. He was member of DIKO. He was elected President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus The House of Repr ...

, former president of the House of Representatives *

Yiorgos Lillikas Giorgos Lillikas ( el, Γιώργος Λιλλήκας; born 1 June 1960) is a Cypriot politician. Following the election of Tassos Papadopoulos as President in 2003, Lillikas became Minister of Commerce and Industry. He was subsequently the F ...

, politician *

Vassos Lyssarides Vassos Lyssarides ( el, Βάσος Λυσσαρίδης; 13 May 1920 – 26 April 2021) was a Cypriot politician and physician who was a central figure in the politics of Cyprus after the island's independence. Biography Lyssarides was born in ...

, founder of

EDEK The Movement for Social Democracy ( el, Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών, translit=Kinima Sosialdimokraton, EDEK) is a Greek Cypriot nationalism, Greek Cypriot, social-democratic List of political parties in Cyprus, political party in ...

and former president of the House of Representatives *

Averof Neofytou Averof Neofytou ( el, Αβέρωφ Νεοφύτου; born 31 July 1961) is a Cypriot politician, who is the President of the ruling Democratic Rally (DISY) party since 2013, and serves as Member of the House of Representatives since 2006, havin ...

, leader of DISY (2013–present) *

Makarios III Makarios III ( el, Μακάριος Γ΄; born Michael Christodoulou Mouskos) (Greek: Μιχαήλ Χριστοδούλου Μούσκος) (13 August 1913 – 3 August 1977) was a Cypriot politician, archbishop and primate who served as ...

, archbishop, president (1960–1977) *

Niyazi Manyera Niyazi Manyera (1911–1999) was the first minister of health of the 1960 Republic of Cyprus. Manyera was born 1911 in Famagusta and died on 24 October 1999 in London. After completing his high school studies, he studied medicine in Turkey at t ...

, medical doctor, politician and the first Minister of Health of the

Republic of Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

Marios Matsakis Marios Matsakis (born 2 August 1954) is a Greek-Cypriot doctor, coroner, forensic pathologist, and politician who served as Member of the European Parliament and Member of the House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from 2004 to 2009 ...

, former MEP *

Yiannakis Matsis Yiannakis Matsis (born 24 October 1933) is a Greek Cypriot politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the European People's Party The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democrat ...

, former MEP *

Eleni Mavrou Eleni Mavrou (, ) is the Executive Chairman of Dialogos Media Group. She served as Minister of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus until February 2013. Until 2011, she was the mayor of the capital city Nicosia for 5 years. Thus, Ms Mavrou became t ...

, former Mayor of Nicosia (2006–2011) *

Alekos Michaelides Alekos Michaelides (13 August 1933 – 6 January 2008) was a Cypriot politician. He served as Foreign Minister, and as President of the House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981. Biography Alekos Michaelides Alecos Michaelides was born on Augus ...

, former Foreign Minister and President of the House of Representatives * Andreas Moleskis, senior civil servant *

Özkan Murat Özkan Murat (born January 25, 1957, in BAF-TRNC) is a Minister of Interior in the 20th Government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Confirmed in April 2005, he holds the Interior Ministry portfolio under Prime Minister Ferdi Sa ...

, politician *

Osman Örek Osman Nuri Örek (26 December 1925 – 24 March 1999) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, lawyer, author, and academic.Ahmet Aydoğdu, ''Tarihsel Süreçte Kıbrıs Türk Seçimleri ve Yönetimleri'', 2005, p. 20./ref> He was born in Nicosia. Upo ...

, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (1978) *

Kudret Özersay Kudret Özersay (born 16 December 1973) is a Turkish Cypriot academic, diplomat and politician. A scholar in international politics by profession, he served in the negotiations to solve the Cyprus dispute between 2002 and 2012 and in 2014. He was ...

, politician, first leader of #Toparlanıyoruz Movement and founder of Halkın Partisi *

Hüseyin Özgürgün Hüseyin Özgürgün (born 1965) is a Turkish Cypriot politician and a former Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus. He is the current leader of the National Unity Party (UBP). He was formerly the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkish Republic of No ...

, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus *

Canan Öztoprak Canan Öztoprak (born 1955) is a Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Cabinet Minister appointed in the April 2005 TRNC Government of Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer. Her portfolios were National Education and Culture. She has been an active peac ...

, politician *

Leonidas Pantelides Leonidas Pantelides () (born 11 January 1953, in Nicosia) is the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cyprus to Sweden, Greece and Russia. *Since June 27, 2016 he is Cypriot Ambassador to the United States of Americ ...

, former Ambassador of Cyprus to Russia *

Tassos Papadopoulos Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos ( el, Ευστάθιος (Τάσσος) Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος; 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fifth president of Cyp ...

, president (2003–2008) *

Ezekias Papaioannou Ezekias Papaioannou ( el, Εζεκίας Παπαϊωάννου; October 8, 1908 – April 10, 1988) was a Greek Cypriot communist politician and secretary general of the left-wing political party of AKEL. He was born in the village of Kellaki, ...

, Secretary General of AKEL (1949–1988) *

Michalis Papapetrou Michalis Papapetrou is a Cypriot politician and diplomat. He was born in Nicosia, Cyprus on April 11, 1947. He graduated from the Kykko Pancyprian Gymnasium and after his studies in Law, in the University of Athens and the University College Lon ...

, politician and diplomat *

Nikos Sampson Nikos Sampson (born Nikos Georgiadis, el, Νίκος Γεωργιάδης; 16 December 1935 – 9 May 2001) was the ''de facto'' president of Cyprus who succeeded Archbishop Makarios, appointed as the president of Cyprus by the Greek military ...

, ''de facto'' president of the Cyprus Republic after the 1974 coup d'état *

Benon Sevan Benon Vahe Sevan (born December 18, 1937 Nicosia, Cyprus) was the head of the United Nations' Oil-for-Food Programme, established in 1996 and charged with preventing Iraq's government from using the proceeds from oil exports for anything but food, ...

, ex-head of UN

Oil for Food program The Oil-for-Food Programme (OIP), established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) was established to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs f ...

Ploutis Servas Ploutis Servas (Πλουτής Σέρβας in Greek; 22 May 1907 – 14 February 2001), was a Cypriot former politician, reporter, and author. Servas was born Ploutarhos Loizou Savvidis (''Πλούταρχος Λοΐζου Σαββίδης'') ...

, first Secretary General of

AKEL The Progressive Party of Working People ( el, Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού, ; abbr. , AKEL; tr, Emekçi Halkın İlerici Partisi) is a Marxist–LeninistHelena Smith, Cyprus gets ready for a communist 'takeover ...

Ferdi Sabit Soyer Ferdi Sabit Soyer (; born March 5, 1952) is a former Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and former Leader of Republican Turkish Party (CTP). Soyer, a former union leader, has been a member of the TRNC parliament since 1985 ...

, politician *

Sibel Siber Sibel Siber (born 13 December 1960) is a Turkish Cypriot politician. She served as the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus between 13 June 2013, following the fall of the government of İrsen Küçük in a vote of no confidence, and 2 September 201 ...

, first female prime minister of Northern Cyprus * Kostas Themistocleous, politician *

Kyriacos Triantaphyllides Kyriacos Triantaphyllides (born 3 September 1944, Palaichori) is a Cypriot politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Progressive Party of Working People, sitting with the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group, on the ...

, MEP *

Alparslan Türkeş Alparslan Türkeş (; 25 November 1917 – 4 April 1997) was a Turkish politician, who was the founder and president of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Grey Wolves ''(Ülkü Ocakları)''. He represented the far-right of the Turkish ...

, leading Turkish politician * Salih Usar, the Minister of Public Works and Communications * Eşref Vaiz, politician * Androulla Vasiliou,

European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth The European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth is a member of the European Commission. The portfolio was previously titled ''European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport'' until 2019 when it was ...

George Vasiliou Giorgos Vasos Vassiliou ( el, Γιώργος Βασιλείου; born 20 May 1931) is a Cypriot politician who served as the third president of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993. He was also the founder and leader of the Cypriot United Democrats party (ED ...

, president and founder of Cypriot

party (1988–1993)

Religious figures

Arkadios II Archbishop Arkadios II ( el, Ἀρκάδιος Β'; died 643) was the head of the Church of Cyprus during the 630s. He was a supporter of the Monoenergism formula also propounded by Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople, and Emperor Heraclius. Ark ...

, Archbishop (630s–643) *

Archbishop Chrysostomos I of Cyprus Chrysostomos I, born Christoforos Aristodimou ( el, Χριστόφορος Αριστοδήμου; 27 September 1927 – 22 December 2007), was the Archbishop of Cyprus from 1977 to 2006. Biography He was born in the village of Statos in Pa ...

, Archbishop (1977–2006) *

Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus Chrysostomos II ( el, Χρυσόστομος Β΄), born Irodotos Dimitriou (Greek: Ηρόδοτος Δημητρίου; 10 April 1941 – 7 November 2022), was the Archbishop of Cyprus from 2006 to 2022. Clerical career Chrysostomos was born i ...

, Archbishop (2006–) *

Prominent early Christian disciple. He is traditionally identified as the founder of the Cypriot Orthodox Church. The feast day of Barnabas is celebrated on June 11. *

Epiphanius of Salamis Epiphanius of Salamis ( grc-gre, Ἐπιφάνιος; c. 310–320 – 403) was the bishop of Salamis, Cyprus, at the end of the 4th century. He is considered a saint and a Church Father by both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He gai ...

, Metropolitan of Cyprus (367–403) * Gregory II (1241–1290),

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

(1283–1289) *

John the Merciful John the Merciful ( gr, Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἐλεήμων, Iōannēs ho Eleēmōn), also known as St John the Almsgiver, John the Almoner, John V of Alexandria, John Eleymon, and Johannes Eleemon, was the Chalcedonian Patriarch of Alexandria in ...

(7th century),

Patriarch of Alexandria The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation "pope" (etymologically "Father", like "Abbot"). The Alexandrian episcopate was revered as one of the three major episco ...

Kyprianos Archbishop Kyprianos of Cyprus ( el, Αρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου Κυπριανός) was the head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church in the early 19th century at the time that the Greek War of Independence broke out. Kyprianos was born i ...

, Archbishop (1810–1821) *

Kyrillos II Kyrillos II Papadopoulos ( gr, Κύριλλος Παπαδόπουλος, 26 October 1845 – 6 July 1916), nicknamed Kyrillatsos ("Big Kyrillos"), was a Cypriot bishop and politician. He held the positions of Bishop of Larnaca and Archbishop of ...

, Archbishop (1909–1916) *

Kyrillos III Kyrillos III (nicknamed Kyrilloudin "small Kyrillos" to differentiate from Kyrillos II; born Panagiotis Vassiliou; 1859 – 16 November 1933), was the bishop of Kyrenia and later became the archbishop of the Cypriot Orthodox Church. Biography Bor ...

, Archbishop (1916–1933) *

Leontios of Neapolis Leontios ( el, Λεόντιος Νεαπόλεως) was Bishop of Neapolis (Limassol) in Cyprus in the 7th century. He wrote a ''Life'' of John the Merciful, commissioned by the archbishop of Constantia Arcadius; a ''Life'' of Simeon the Holy Fool; ...

(7th century), Bishop of Neapolis and writer *

Lazarus of Bethany Lazarus of Bethany (Latinised from Lazar, ultimately from Hebrew Eleazar, "God helped"), also venerated as Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the subject of a prominent sign of Jesus in the Gospel of John, ...

, ordained by Paul and Barnabus as the first Bishop of

Kition Kition (Egyptian language, Egyptian: ; Phoenician language, Phoenician: , , or , ; Ancient Greek: , ; Latin: ) was a petty kingdom, city-kingdom on the southern coast of Cyprus (in present-day Larnaca). According to the text on the plaque clos ...

following his resurrection * Makarios I, Archbishop of Cyprus (1854–1865) * Makarios II, Archbishop (1947–1950) *

, Archbishop, president (1960–1977) * Nazim al-Qubrusi, leader of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order * Peter VII (1949–2004), Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa (1997–2004) *

Saint Spyridon Saint Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythous also sometimes written Saint Spiridon (Greek: ; c. 270 – 348) is a saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions. Life Spyridon was born in Askeia, in Cyprus. He worked as a shepher ...

(ca. 270–348)

Sports

Georgios Achilleos Georgios Achilleos (; born December 24, 1980) is a Cypriot sports shooter and past World titlist and World No. 1 in Skeet. He is a four-time Skeet Shooting medalist in the World Championships, and a four-time Olympian, with his 5th position i ...

, world champion skeet shooter *

Mete Adanır Mete Adanır (14 November 1961 – 20 January 1989) was a Turkish Cypriot football forward who played for clubs in England and Turkey. Career Born in Limassol, Cyprus, Adanır began playing youth football for local side Doğan Türk Birliği. He ...

, footballer *

Efstathios Aloneftis Efstathios "Stathis" Aloneftis ( el, Ευστάθιος "Στάθης" Αλωνεύτης; born 29 March 1983) is a Cypriot international footballer. He is a winger who tends to play on the left wing, highly regarded for his speed and technique. ...

, football player with

APOEL F.C. APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

Cyprus national football team The Cyprus national football team ( el, Εθνική ομάδα ποδοσφαίρου της Κύπρου) represents Cyprus in international football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyp ...

Anastasios Andreou Anastasios Andreou ( el, Αναστάσιος Ανδρέου; born 1877 in Limassol, Ottoman Cyprus; died 1947) was a Greek athlete from Cyprus. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Limassol in 1877. He studied at the ...

, 1896 Olympian *

Antonakis Andreou Antonakis Andreou ''(Greek: Αντωνάκης Ανδρεου)'' often called Antonis Andreou, is a Demographics of Cyprus, Cypriot shooting sports, sport shooter. He has represented Cyprus in the Cyprus at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer O ...

, skeet shooter *

Eleni Artymata Eleni Artymata ( el, Ελένη Αρτυματά, born 16 May 1986 in Paralimni) is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Cyprus. Biography Artymata represented Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She com ...

, track and field *

Marcos Baghdatis Marcos Baghdatis ( el, Μάρκος Παγδατής, ar, ماركوس بغداتيس; ; born 17 June 1985) is a Cypriot former professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimble ...

, tennis player *

Demetri Catrakilis Demetri Catrakilis ( gr, Δημήτρης Κατρακίλης, born on 6 July 1989) is a former South African professional rugby union player for the in the Pro14. He previously played for Premiership side Harlequins, Top 14 side in France, ...

, rugby player for Harlequins * Constantinos Charalambidis, football player with

Apoel Nicosia APOEL ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a major mult ...

* Dimitris Christofi, football player with Omonoia Nicosia *

Christodoulos Christodoulides Christodoulos Christodoulides (born August 22, 1976) is a Cypriot judoka who won the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In the final he was defeated by the Australian Tom Hill. He also represented Cyprus at the 2004 Summer Olympics in t ...

, judoka *

Andrew Demetriou Andrew Demetriou (born 14 April 1961) is an Australian businessman, sports administrator, and former Australian rules football player who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Australian Football League (AFL) up to June 2014. Demetriou pl ...

, Australian rules football player, CEO of the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL) *

Chris Dicomidis Christopher David Dicomidis (born 14 September 1985) is a rugby union player for Pontypridd RFC in the Principality Premiership, and for the Cyprus national team. Born in Pencoed, Dicomidis progressed through the junior teams of Pencoed RFC, ...

, Cypriot national rugby team *

Tio Ellinas Eftihios "Tio" Ellinas (born 27 January 1992 in Larnaca, Cyprus) is a Cypriot race car driver. Ellinas began racing go-karts at the age of seven, and from 2003 - 2009 won 10 kart racing championships in Cyprus, in 2005 winning the ROK Cup Intern ...

, race car driver *

Savva Georgiou Georgios Savva ( el, Γεώργιος Σάββα; 22 October 1933 – 9 August 1992) was a Cypriot football striker and was the first foreign footballer ever to play professionally in Israel. He was also the first ever Greek Cypriot that played ...

, football player *

Marios Hadjiandreou Marios Hadjiandreou ( el, Μάριος Χατζηανδρέου; born September 19, 1962) is a Cypriot triple jumper who won gold medals in Commonwealth Games and Mediterranean Games. He won the gold medal in both the 1987 and 1991 Mediterranea ...

, triple jumper *

Oscar Heidenstam Oscar Frederick Heidenstam (27 February 191121 March 1991) was a Cyprus-born British bodybuilding champion and physical culturist.

, bodybuilding champion *

Marcus Holden Stephen Easmon Davies (born 16 July 1960) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder for Congleton Town, Port Vale, Northwich Victoria, Altrincham, and South Liverpool. His son is rugby international Marcus Holden. Career Davi ...

, Cypriot national rugby team * Lazaros Iakovou, football player * Andreas Ioannides, football player *

Kyriakos Ioannou Kyriakos Ioannou ( el, Κυριάκος Ιωάννου, born 26 July 1984) is a Cypriot high jumper. He has twice won medals at the World Championships in Athletics (2007 and 2009) and was the bronze medallist at the IAAF World Indoor Champions ...

, track and field *

Sotiris Kaiafas Sotirios Kaiafas (Greek: Σωτήριος Καϊάφας; born 17 December 1949) is a retired Cypriot footballer who is considered to be the best footballer that Cyprus has ever produced. He played for Omonia and Cyprus. During his career at O ...

, former football player with Omonoia Nicosia and Golden Boot winner * Prodromos Katsantonis, sprinter *

Michalis Konstantinou Michalis Konstantinou ( el, Μιχάλης Κωνσταντίνου; born 19 February 1978) is a Cypriot retired football striker. He played for the Cyprus national football team, and he is the all-time leading scorer with 32 goals in 85 appea ...

, football player with Omonoia Nicosia *

Pavlos Kontides Pavlos Kontides ( gr, Παύλος Κοντίδης, born 11 February 1990) is a Cypriot sailor. He became the first Cypriot athlete ever to win an Olympic medal for his country, by winning the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Me ...

, first Cypriot Olympic medalist *

Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides (born 18 January 1973), also known by his nickname of Kouta, is a retired Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club. Considered by many as one of the most powerful and athletic players of all-time, he played ...

, Australian rules footballer *

Stylianos Kyriakides Stylianos "Stelios" Kyriakides ( el, Στυλιανός «Στέλιος» Κυριακίδης; 15 January 1910 in Paphos, Cyprus ( OS/ NS) – 10 December 1987 in Athens, Greece) was a Greek Cypriot marathon runner who came first at the Bo ...

, marathon runner * Tom Loizides, Cypriot national rugby team *

Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides ( el, Άννινος Μαρκουλλίδης; born 8 February 1971 in Limassol, Lemesos) is a Cypriot retired sprinter who specialized in 100 and 200 metre races. He carried the flag for Cyprus at the opening ceremony of th ...

, sprinter * Elena Mousikou, archer *

Yılmaz Orhan Yilmaz Orhan (born 13 March 1955 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a former football forward who played professionally in the United States and England. Career Early career Spotted by Terry Matthews while playing for Aveley, Orhan made his First Divisio ...

, football player *

Dimitri Petrides Dimitri Petrides (August 1912 in Cyprus – 1985 in Blackpool) was a ballroom dancer who was instrumental in pioneering and developing Latin American dancing in England and later globally. He left Cyprus when he was eighteen with his mother af ...

Latin American dance Latin dance is a general label, and a term in partner dance competition jargon. It refers to types of ballroom dance and folk dance that mainly originated in Latin America. The category of Latin dances in the international dancesport competi ...

pioneer *

Costas Philippou Constantinos Philippou ( gr, Κωνσταντίνος Φιλίππου, born November 29, 1979) is a retired Greek-Cypriot mixed martial artist. He formerly fought for the UFC's Middleweight division. Early life Philippou was born in Limassol o ...

, UFC fighter/ Boxer *

Meliz Redif Meliz Redif (born March 26, 1989, Nicosia) is a Turkish Cypriot female sprinter/track runner. She is a native of Northern Cyprus. Meliz Redif is a member of Fenerbahce Sport Club athletics team. In 2015 she was banned from sport for three yea ...

, athlete * Panagiotis Sierepeklis, volleyball player * Andreas Sofokleous, footballer * Andreas Tsiatinis, basketball player *

Garo Yepremian Garabed Sarkis "Garo" Yepremian (June 2, 1944 – May 15, 2015) was a Cypriot-Armenian American football placekicker who played in the National Football League for 15 seasons, primarily with the Miami Dolphins. During his nine seasons in Miam ...

, former place kicker for the

Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...

Karolina Pelendritou Karolina Pelendritou (born 25 August 1986 in Limassol) is a visually impaired swimmer from Cyprus. She has won gold medals and broken records in national and international games as well as winning three gold medals, a silver and two bronze over ...

, golden para Olympics winner

Writers

Kutlu Adali Kutlu is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Kutlu" means "holy", "hooly", and/or "blessed". Given name * Kutlu Adalı, Turkish Cypriot journalist * Kutlu Özmakinacı, bassist of Turkish rock band Yüksek Sadakat. * Kutlu T ...

, journalist *

, non-fiction writer *

Urkiye Mine Balman Urkiye Mine Balman (January 29, 1927 - April 28, 2018), born in Lefke, was a Turkish Cypriot author and poet who graduated from the Cyprus Turkish Teachers' Training College in 1946 and worked as a teacher in Cyprus. Balman has written on a wide v ...

, poet *

Neriman Cahit Neriman Cahit (born 1937) is a Turkish Cypriot poet and author. She is known as a leading figure of Turkish Cypriot poetry and a vocal advocate of women's rights.Turan, MetinÇağdaş Kıbrıs Türk Şiirinde Eğilimler/ Yönelimler(Çukurova Univ ...

, poet and author * Kaytazzade Mehmet Nazım, poet *

Kyriakos Charalambides Kyriakos Charalambides ( el, Κυριάκος Χαραλαμπίδης, Kyriacos Charalambides) is one of the most renowned and celebrated living Cypriot poets. His poetry, essays, translations, and critical analysis celebrate the ideas of Western ...

, poet * Demetris Th. Gotsis, poet and writer *

Dimitris Lipertis Dimitris Theophani Lipertis (; 1866–1937) was a Greek Cypriot poet. Biography Lipertis was born in Larnaca in 1866 (exact date disputed–either 22 September or 26 October). His father, Theofanis Lipertis hailed from Kyrenia, but moved to Larna ...

, poet * Peter Lyssiotis, writer *

Niki Marangou Niki Marangou (1948 – 7 February 2013) was a Greek Cypriot author, poet, and painter. Early life and education Marangou was born in Limassol, Cyprus, in 1948. She studied sociology in West Berlin, Germany, from 1965 to 1970. Career After grad ...

, writer *

Pembe Marmara Pembe Marmara (25 December 1925 – 31 January 1984) was a Turkish Cypriot poet. She was one of the most important Turkish Cypriot poets of the 1940s and one of the earliest female Turkish Cypriot poets. Her poetry was influenced heavily by the Ga ...

, poet *

Vasilis Michaelides Vasilis Michaelides ( el, Βασίλης Μιχαηλίδης, before 1853–18 December 1917) is considered by many and often referred to as the national poet of Cyprus. Michaelides was born in Lefkoniko, a village in the Famagusta District of ...

, poet *

Nicos Nicolaides Nicos Nicolaides ( el, Νίκος Νικολαΐδης) was a Greek Cypriot painter and writer. Early life Nicolaides was born the son of poor parents in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 3 April 1884. A sister, Maria, followed him two years later. He was ...

, writer and painter *

Michael Paraskos Michael Paraskos, FHEA, FRSA (born 1969) is a novelist, lecturer and writer on art. He has written several non-fiction and fiction books and essays, and articles on art, literature, culture and politics for various publications, including ''Art ...

, novelist and art critic * George Philippou Pierides, writer *

Michael Theodoulou Michael Theodoulou is a journalist based in Nicosia, Cyprus who reports for the ''Christian Science Monitor'', ''The Times'', National Public Radio, and ''The Scotsman''. He has reported for numerous news outlets over a long career. He frequently re ...

, journalist * Osman Türkay, poet and Nobel Prize for Literature nominee *

Sevgül Uludağ Sevgül Uludağ (pronounced ooh-loo-dah); born October 15, 1958) is a Turkish Cypriot journalist, as well as a peace and gender activist. Born in Nicosia in 1958, Uludağ worked in a bank, and later as a proofreader, before she became a journalis ...

, journalist *

Mehmet Yaşın Mehmet Yaşın (born 1958) is a Turkish Cypriot poet and author. Biography Mehmet Yaşın was born in the Yenişehir neighborhood of Nicosia to Turkish-Cypriot parents. His father is the accomplished poet and author Özker Yaşın, and his br ...

, poet *

Neşe Yaşın Neşe Yaşın (born February 12, 1959), is a Turkish Cypriot poet and author. Early life Neşe Yaşın was born in Nicosia to Turkish-Cypriot parents. Her father is the accomplished poet and author Özker Yaşın and she is the sister of the awa ...

, poet * Özker Yaşın, poet

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See also

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