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This is a list of notable people from the city of
Constantinople (present-day
Istanbul) between the third century and 1453 CE. For a list of people born before the third century CE, see
Notable people from Byzantium. For a list of people born after 1453, see
List of people from Istanbul.
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Saint Alexander (237/244–337)
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Saint Helena (c. 250–c. 330)
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Julian the Apostate (331–363), Byzantine emperor
- Hecebolius (Ἑκηβόλιος), sophist and rhetor
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Theodosius II (401–450)
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Proclus (412–485), Greek philosopher
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Zosimus (c. 490–c. 510), Byzantine historian
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Saint Arthelais (544–560)
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Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662), Christian monk, theologian, scholar and saint
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Eudoxia Epiphania (b. 611), daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius
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Tarasios (c. 703–806), Patriarch of Constantinople and Christian saint
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Nikephoros I (c. 758–828), Patriarch of Constantinople
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Saint Theophanes the Confessor (758/760–817/818)
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Ignatius (c. 797–877), Patriarch of Constantinople
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Kassia (805/810–c. 867), Greek poet, composer and hymnographer
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Lazarus Zographos (d. 867), monk, painter and Christian saint
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Photios I (c. 820–893), Patriarch of Constantinople
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Nicholas Mystikos (852–925), Patriarch of Constantinople
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Alexander (c. 870–913), Byzantine emperor
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Constantine VII (905–959), Byzantine emperor and writer
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Michael I Cerularius (c. 1000–1059), Patriarch of Constantinople
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Michael Psellos (1017/1018–after 1078), Greek writer, philosopher, politician, and historian
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Alexios I Komnenos (1048–1118), Byzantine emperor
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Michael VII (1050–1090), Byzantine emperor
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Anna Komnene (1083–1153), Greek princess and scholar
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John II Komnenos (1087–1143), Byzantine emperor
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Eustathius (c. 1110–1198), archbishop of Thessalonica
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Isaac Komnenos (1093–1152), brother of Emperor John II Komnenos
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John Tzetzes (c. 1100–1180), Byzantine poet and grammarian
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Manuel I Komnenos (1118–1180), Byzantine emperor
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Isaac II Angelos (1156–1204), Byzantine emperor
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Theodore I Laskaris (1174–1221), Byzantine emperor
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Alexios II Komnenos (1169–1183), Byzantine emperor
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Maria Komnene (daughter of Manuel I) (1152–1182), daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos
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Nicephorus Blemmydes (1197–1272), Byzantine author
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Theodore Metochites (1207–1332), Greek statesman, author, gentleman philosopher, and patron of the arts
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George Acropolites (1217–1282), Greek historian and statesman
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Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223–1282), Byzantine emperor
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Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259–1332), Byzantine emperor
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John VI Kantakouzenos (c. 1292–1383), Byzantine emperor
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Gregory Palamas (1296–1359), Archbishop of Thessalonica
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Andronikos III Palaiologos (1297–1341), Byzantine emperor
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Manuel Chrysoloras (1355–1415), Greek scholar and grammarian
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Gennadius II Scholarius (c. 1400–1473), philosopher, Patriarch of Constantinople
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Saint Laura of Constantinople (c. 1400–1453), nun, abbess, saint
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Constantine XI (1405–1453), Byzantine emperor and saint
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John Argyropoulos (1415–1487), Greek lecturer, philosopher and humanist
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Constantine Lascaris (1434–1501), Greek scholar and grammarian
See also
References