This is a list of Greek artists from the antiquity to today. Artists have been categorised according to their main artistic profession and according to the major historical period they lived in: the Ancient (until the foundation of the Byzantine Empire), the Byzantine (until the fall of Constantinople in 1453), Cretan Renaissance 1453-1660, Heptanese School 1660-1830 and the Modern period (1830-today). Artists working after World War II are considered Contemporary.
Ancient Greece edit
Poets edit
Painters edit
Vase painters edit
Potters edit
Architects edit
Novelists edit
Actors edit
Dramatists and playwrights edit
- Achaeus of Eretria
- Achaeus of Syracuse
- Aeschylus
- Agathon
- Alexander Aetolus
- Alexis
- Anaxandrides
- Antiphanes
- Aphareus (writer)
- Apollodorus of Carystus
- Aristarchus of Tegea
- Aristophanes
- Carcinus (writer)
- Chaeremon
- Choerilus (tragic poet)
- Cleophon (poet)
- Cratinus
- Diphilus
- Epicharmus of Kos
- Eupolis
- Euripides
- Hegemon of Thasos
- Herodas
- Ion of Chios
- Iophon
- Menander
- Neophron
- Nicochares
- Pherecrates
- Philemon (poet)
- Phrynichus (comic poet)
- Phrynichus (tragic poet)
- Plato (comic poet)
- Pratinas
- Rhinthon
- Sophocles
- Sositheus
- Strattis
- Theodectes
- Xenocles
Byzantine Greece edit
Poets edit
Painters edit
Architects edit
Writers edit
- Nicephorus Blemmydes
- Nicholas Cabasilas
- Cassianus Bassus
- Demetrius Chalcondylas
- Michael Choniates
- Coluthus
- Constantine Manasses
- Constantine VII
- Cosmas Indicopleustes
- Eustathius of Thessalonica
- Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople
- Hesychius of Miletus
- Kekaumenos
- Leontios of Neapolis
- Leontius (writer)
- Joannes Laurentius Lydus
- Mazaris
- Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople
- Leontius Pilatus
- Rhetorius
- Simeon Seth
- Theodore Prodromus
- Theodorus Hyrtacenus
- Anna Comnena
- Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
- Isaac of Nineveh
- John of Damascus
- Michael Psellos
- Procopius
- Zozimus
Post Byzantine Greece edit
Theater edit
Music edit
Painting edit
Italian and Spanish Renaissance Painters edit
Cretan Renaissance Painters edit
- Angelos Akotantos
- Antonios Papadopoulos
- Andreas Pavias
- Angelos Pitzamanos
- Andreas Ritzos
- Nikolaos Tzafouris
- Michael Damaskinos
- Emmanuel Lambardos
- Emmanuel Tzanfournaris
- Fragkos Katelanos
- Ioannis Apakas
- Georgios Klontzas
- Markos Bathas
- Thomas Bathas
- Onufri
- Theophanes the Cretan
- Elias Moskos
- Ioannis Moskos
- Leos Moskos
- Franghias Kavertzas
- Emmanuel Tzanes
- Konstantinos Tzanes
- Victor (iconographer)
- Dionysius of Fourna
Heptanese School Painters edit
Neo-Hellenikos Diafotismos in Painting edit
Modern Greece edit
Painters edit
- Constantine Andreou
- Christodoulos Aronis
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Alexandros Christofis
- Tasos Chonias
- Hermon di Giovanno
- Electros
- Nikos Engonopoulos
- Costas Evangelatos
- Demetrios Farmakopoulos
- Alekos Fassianos
- Demetrios Galanis
- Katerina Grolliou
- Nicholaos Gysis
- Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas
- Theophilos Hatzimihail
- Georgios Jakobides
- Christos Kapralos
- Photios Kontoglou
- Spyros Koukoulomatis
- Kourouniotis
- Marios Loizides
- Nikiphoros Lytras
- Yiannis Moralis
- Theocharis Mores
- Dimitris Mytaras
- Nicos Nicolaides
- Nikos Nikolaou
- Périclès Pantazis
- George Papassavas
- Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki
- Stass Paraskos
- Konstantinos Parthenis
- Yiannis Poulakas
- Yiannis Psychopedis
- Penelope Schizodimou
- Yiannis Spyropoulos
- Yannis Stavrou
- Nikos Stratakis
- Panayiotis Tetsis
- Epameinondas Thomopoulos
- Yannis Tsarouchis
- Alexandros Tzannis
- Antonio Vassilacchi
- Spyros Vassiliou
- Lydia Venieri
- Konstantinos Volanakis
- Constantin Xenakis
- Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos
- Odysseus Yakoumakis
Sculptors edit
- Joannis Avramidis
- Constantine Andreou
- Chryssa
- Kostas Dikefalos
- Aggelika Korovessi
- Jannis Kounellis
- Memos Makris
- Thodoros Papadimitriou
- Thodoros Papayiannis
- Nikolaos Pavlopoulos
- Pavlos Prosalentis
- Kyriakos Rokos
- Takis
- Vassilis Vassili
- Electros (also known as Babis Vekris)
- Lydia Venieri
- Constantin Xenakis
- Iannis Xenakis
Film directors edit
- Kostas Andritsos
- Theo Angelopoulos
- Michael Cacoyannis
- George Pan Cosmatos
- Costa Gavras
- Iakovos Kambanelis
- Giorgos Konstadinou
- Nikos Koundouros
- Manakis brothers
- Nico Mastorakis
- Laura Neri
- Dimitris Papamichael
- Nikos Papatakis
- Pavlos Tassios
- Vassilis Photopoulos
- Yannis Smaragdis
- George Tzavellas
- Agnès Varda
- Dimitris Voyatzis
Poets edit
- Aris Alexandrou
- Manolis Anagnostakis
- Olga Broumas
- Demetrios Capetanakis
- Constantine P. Cavafy
- Athanasios Christopoulos
- Nikos Dimou
- Odysseas Elytis
- Andreas Embirikos
- Nikos Engonopoulos
- Costas Evangelatos
- Rigas Feraios
- Nikos Gatsos
- Demetris Th. Gotsis
- Sotiris Kakisis
- Ektor Kaknavatos
- Andreas Kalvos
- Iakovos Kambanelis
- Nikos Karouzos
- Kostas Karyotakis
- Nikos Kavvadias
- Nikos Kazantzakis
- Antigone Kefala
- Napoleon Lapathiotis
- Dimitris Lyacos
- Jean Moréas
- Kostis Palamas
- Alexandros Panagoulis
- Lefteris Papadopoulos
- George Pavlopoulos
- Maria Polydouri
- Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves
- Yiannis Ritsos
- Miltos Sachtouris
- Giorgos Seferis
- Angelos Sikelianos
- Takis Sinopoulos
- Giannis Skarimpas
- Dionysios Solomos
- Alexandros Soutsos
- Alexis Stamatis
- Theodore Stephanides
- Nanos Valaoritis
- Kostas Varnalis
- Vassilis Vassilikos
- Haris Vlavianos
- Yannis Yfantis
Novelists edit
- Andreas Karkavitsas
- Georgios Balanos
- Penelope Delta
- Apostolos Doxiadis
- Vicky Hadjivassiliou
- Andreas Kalvos
- Christos Kapralos
- Nikos Kazantzakis
- Photios Kontoglou
- Adamantios Korais
- Ioannis Kottounios
- Yannis Makriyannis
- Menis Koumantareas
- Alexandros Papadiamantis
- Zacharias Papantoniou
- Pythagoras Papastamatiou
- Ioannis Psycharis
- Giannis Skarimpas
- Soti Triantafyllou
- Vassilis Vassilikos
- Demetrius Vikelas
- Alki Zei
Dramatists and playwrights edit
Actors edit
Singers edit
Musicians edit
Ancient period edit
Modern period edit
- Rita Abatzi
- Maurice Abravanel
- Art Alexakis
- Louis Demetrius Alvanis
- Costas Andreou
- Theodore Antoniou
- Grigoris Asikis
- Nikolas Asimos
- Gina Bachauer
- Arion
- Yiorgos Batis
- Grigoris Bithikotsis
- Miltiades Caridis
- Pavlos Carrer
- Petros Christo
- Nikos Christodoulou
- Jani Christou
- Christos Dantis
- Dionysios Demetis
- Odysseas Dimitriadis
- Marina Diamandis
- Dimitris Dragatakis
- Antiochos Evangelatos
- Sarah P.
- Kostas Exarhakis
- Yorgos Foudoulis
- Alexander Frey
- Gus G.
- Katy Garbi
- Michalis Genitsaris
- Christos Govetas
- Manos Hadjidakis
- Alkinoos Ioannidis
- Sotiris Kakisis
- George Kallis
- Manolis Kalomiris
- Iakovos Kambanelis
- Alex Kapranos
- Eleni Karaindrou
- Herbert von Karajan
- Nikos Karvelas
- Antonios Katinaris
- Bob Katsionis
- Leonidas Kavakos
- Stelios Kazantzidis
- Areti Ketime
- Panayiotis Kokoras
- Iakovos Kolanian
- Stavros Koujioumtzis
- Akis Katsoupakis
- Rena Kyriakou
- Andreas Lagios
- Alexandre Lagoya
- Tim Lambesis
- Leo Leandros
- Manos Loizos
- Andreas Makris
- Sokratis Malamas
- Ilan Manouach
- Nikolaos Mantzaros
- Giannis Markopoulos
- Kostas Martakis
- Alex Martinez
- Thanos Mikroutsikos
- Dimitris Mitropoulos
- Kostas Mountakis
- Georges Moustaki
- Orianthi Panagaris
- Tzimis Panousis
- Lefteris Papadimitriou
- Lefteris Papadopoulos
- Thanassis Papakonstantinou
- Elena Paparizou
- Apostolos Paraskevas
- Stelios Perpiniadis
- Phivos
- Sadahzinia
- Sakis Rouvas
- Spyros Samaras
- Dionysis Savvopoulos
- Kyriakos Sfetsas
- Dimitris Sgouros
- Pavlos Sidiropoulos
- Nikos Skalkottas
- Kostas Skarvelis
- Camille-Marie Stamaty
- Giorgos Theofanous
- Marios Tokas
- Sakis Tolis
- Michalis Travlos
- Tatiana Troyanos
- Iovan Tsaous
- Vassilis Tsitsanis
- Markos Vamvakaris
- Despina Vandi
- Vangelis
- Marios Varvoglis
- Anna Vissi
- Haris Xanthoudakis
- Stavros Xarhakos
- Iannis Xenakis
- Nikos Xilouris
- Nikos Xydakis
- Spyridon Xyndas
- Mirka Yemendzakis
- Yanni
- Savvas Ysatis
Composers edit
Contemporary Artists edit
Visual Artists (mixed or new media, interdisciplinary, photography, film, performance, other) edit
- Loukia Alavanou
- Andreas Angelidakis
- Manolis Anastasakos
- Aggelos Antonopoulos
- Nikos Arvanitis
- Bill Balaskas
- Kostas Bassanos
- Pantelis Chandris
- Nikos Charalambidis
- Dionisis Christofilogiannis
- Anastasia Douka
- Dora Economou
- Eirene Efstathiou
- Stelios Faitakis
- Alexandros Georgiou
- Marina Gioti
- Maria Glyka
- Guerrilla Optimists
- Effie Halivopoulou
- Zoe Hatziyannaki
- Dionisis Kavallieratos
- Giorgos Kazazis
- Panos Kokkinias
- Georgia Kotretsos
- Marinos Koutsomichalis
- Maria Loizidou
- Andreas Lolis
- Dimitrios Skalkotos
- Panos Kokkinias
- Miltos Manetas
- Lena Mitsolidou
- Nina Papaconstantinou
- Agelos Papadimitriou
- Maria Papadimitriou
- Nikos Papadimitriou
- Ilias Papailiakis
- Nina Pappa
- Antonis Pittas
- Poka-Yo
- Afroditi Psarra
- Madalina Psoma
- Thalia Raftopoulou
- Georgia Sagri
- Kostis Stafylakis
- Eva Stefani
- Stefania Strouza
- Penelope Schizodimou
- Lina Theodorou
- Panos Tsagaris
- Giorgos Tserionis
- Kostas Tsolis
- Maria Varela
- Alexandros Vasmoulakis
- Kostis Velonis
- Vaggelis Vlachos
- Vassilis Vlastaras
- Zafos Xagoraris
- Myrto Xanthopoulou
- Yorgos Zois