Notable People
- Andreas Miaoulis (1768–1835) admiral and politician
- Laskarina Bouboulina (1771–1825) heroine of the Greek War of Independence
- Iakovos Tombazis (1782–1829) merchant, ship-owner and admiral
- Georgios Kountouriotis (1789–1858) politician, Prime Minister of Greece
- Leonard Cohen (1934) Canadian poet and song-writer
- Lazaros Kountouriotis gave up his fortune to arm a Greek navy during the Greek War of Independence.
- Antonios Kriezis (1796–1865) revolutionary fighter and one of the first Greek Prime Ministers
- Dimitrios Voulgaris (1802–1878) revolutionary fighter, Prime Minister of Greece
- Athanasios Miaoulis (1815–1867) Prime Minister of Greece
- Nikolaos Vokos (1854–1902) painter
- Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855–1935) naval hero, admiral and President of Greece
- Nikolaos Votsis (1877–1931) naval hero and admiral
- Dorotheus (1888–1957) Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
- Nikos Nikolaou (1909–1986) artist
- Gikas N. Koulouras Shipowner, member of Parliament, philanthropist, founder and first President of the Greek Shipowners Association
- Panayiotis Tetsis (1925) painter
- Michalis Maniatis (1952) film and TV actor, producer, screen and book writer
- Rallou Manou, choreographer
- Emmanuel Tombazis
- Elena Votsi (b. 1964), jewellery designer
- Anastassios Tsamados, Captain of the Arès, who died in the Battle of Sphacteria (1825), holding off the Egyptian-Turkish landing force.
- Dimitrios Voulgaris
- Axel Jensen (1932–2003) Norwegian author
- George Johnston (1912–1970) Australian journalist, novelist and writer
- Charmian Clift (1923–1969) Australian novelist and writer
- Göran Tunström (1937–2000) Swedish author
Read more about this topic: Hydra (island)
Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or people:
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
“Solitary and farouche people don’t have relationships; they are quite unrelatable. If you and I were capable of being altogether house-trained and made jolly, we should be nicer people, but not writers.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)