Hydra (island) - Notable People

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

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