Personalities of the island of Kefalonia

This list contains people who were either born in Kefalonia or who worked there.

People who were born on Kefalonia

Melampus , ancient Olympic champion
Gaius Antonius Hybrida , politician. He was exiled to Kefalonia, later brought back to Rome by Caesar
Epiphanes (late 1st or early 2nd century), Gnostic
Carlo I. Tocco , Count Palatine in the 14th century

Juan de Fuca (1536–1602), navigator for Spain, discoverer of the Juan de Fuca Strait
Emmanuel Lombardos , icon painter (emigrated from Crete)
Emmanuel Tzanes (1610–1690), icon painter (emigrated from Crete)
Constantine Phaulkon (1647–1688), Chancellor of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya in Thailand
Elias (Èlie) Meniates (1669–1714), polymath and university professor in Venice

Sophronius Lichud (1652–1730) and Joanniki Lichud (1633–1717), philosophers, Orthodox theologians and founders of the Moscow Spiritual Academy

Vikentios Damodos (1700–1752), philosopher of the Enlightenment
Spiridion Count von Lusi (1741–1815), diplomat in the service of Frederick the Great
Giovanni Francesco Zulatti (1762–1805), medic and composer
Nikolaos Doxaras (1710–1775), painter
Marinos Charvouris (1729–1782), engineer
Pyotr Melissino

Andreas Metaxas (1790–1860), Greek Prime Minister
Andreas Laskaratos (1811–1901), satirical poet and writer
Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos (1826–1909), painter
Marinos Korgialenios (1830–1910), entrepreneur and patron
Georgios Avlichos (1842–1909), painter
Mikelis Avlichos (1844–1917), writer and anarchist
Georgios Bonanos (1863–1940), sculptor of historicism
Marinos Geroulanos (1867–1960), surgeon. Professor in Greifswald and Kiel
George Molfetas , Syrian poet
Marinos Antypas , anarchist

Ioannis Metaxas (1871-1941), politician
Spyridon Vikatos (1878–1960), painter
Hamilcar S. Alivizatos (1887–1969), church historian
Christian Zervos (1889–1970), art collector and publisher
Spyridon Marinatos (1901–1974), important archaeologist of the 20th century
Antiochos Evangelatos (1903–1981), conductor and composer
Dionysios Zakythinos (1905–1993), historian and philosopher
Renée Kahane (1907–2002), Romanist
Nikolaos Platon (1909–1992), archaeologist excavated the Minoan palace in Crete
Nikos Kavvadias (1910–1975), writer
Georges Haldas (1917–2010), Swiss writer
Spyros Linardatos (1923-2004), journalist
Nikos Valsamakis (* 1924), modernist architect
Antonis Tritsis (1937–1992), Mayor of Athens
Andy G. Michalitsianos (1947–1997), NASA astronomer
Gerasimos Danilatos , inventor of ESEM (a variant of the scanning electron microscope )

Doris Metaxa (1911-2007), French tennis player.
Georg von Metaxa , (1914–1944) Austrian tennis player.
The fictional character, the villain Ari Kristatos in the movie James Bond 007 - On a Deadly Mission