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
Until the 15th century
- 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
16./17. 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
- Nicodemus Metaxas , publisher
- Sophronius Lichud (1652–1730) and Joanniki Lichud (1633–1717), philosophers, Orthodox theologians and founders of the Moscow Spiritual Academy
18th century
- 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
19th century
- 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
20th century
- 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 )
21st century
- Keti Garbi (* 1963), pop singer
- Maria Markesini , pianist and jazz singer
- Labis Livieratos , pop singer
- John Varvatos , fashion designer
People who came from Kefalonia
- 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
People who worked on Kefalonia
- Robert Guiscard Norman King, died at Atheras .
- Francis of Assisi built the monastery, later known as Sissia.
- Tocco (noble family)
- Charles James Napier , island governor
- Charles de Bosset , island governor from 1810 to 1813
- Ludwig Salvator from Austria-Tuscany scientifically explored the island
- Lord Byron wrote his Don Juan in Kefalonia.
- Antónios Varthalítis (1924-2007), Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, lived in Kefalonia from 1984 to 1994