Editing Arcadia (regional unit) (section)

==Notable Arcadians==

===[[Greek Mythology|Mythology]]===
* [[Lycaon (king of Arcadia)|Lycaon]], a mythical King of Arcadia
* [[Hermes]], God of the gymnasium, public speaking, thievery, heralds and travellers.
* [[Pan (god)|Pan]], God of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, and companion of the nymphs
*[[Atalanta]], a Greek mythic woman said to have been the daughter of the King of Arcadia

===Ancient Arcadians===
*[[Polybius]] (app. 200–118 BC), Greek historian of the [[Hellenistic Period]] ([[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]])
*[[Philopoemen]] (253–183 BC), Greek [[general]] and statesman, [[Achaean League|Achaean]] [[strategos]], known as "the last of the Greeks"

===[[List of ancient Olympic victors|Ancient Olympic victors]]===
*[[Androsthenes of Maenalus]], won in 420 and 416 BC
*[[Euthymenes of Maenalus]] (wrestler), won in 400 and 392 BC

===[[Greek War of Independence]] fighters===
*[[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] (1770–1843), [[Field Marshal]] in the Greek War of Independence (1821–1832), he was raised and lived in Arcadia ([[Libovisi]]).
*[[Nikitas Stamatelopoulos]] ''Nikitaras o Tourkofagos'' (Nikitaras the Turk-Eater) (1784–1849), Greek revolutionary, nephew of Theodoros Kolokotronis ([[Tourkoleka]])
*[[Dimitris Plapoutas]] (1786–1864), general in the Greek War of Independence ([[Paloumba]])
*[[Gennaios Kolokotronis]] (1803–1868), Greek revolutionary, [[Major General]] and [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (May 1862 – October 1862), son of Theodoros Kolokotronis ([[Stemnitsa]])
*[[Kanellos Deligiannis]] (1780–1862), Greek revolutionary leader, politician and [[Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament|President of the Hellenic Parliament]] (1844–1845) ([[Lagkadia, Arcadia|Lagkadia]])

===Politicians===
*[[Alexandros Papanastasiou]] (1876–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (March 1924 – July 1924 and May 1932 – June 1932) and sociologist ([[Levidi]])
*[[Epameinondas Deligiorgis]] (1829–1879), Prime Minister of Greece, lawyer ([[Tripoli, Greece|Tripoli]])
*[[Grigoris Labrakis]] (1912–1963), politician, doctor ([[Kerasitsa]]) 
*[[Theodoros Deligiannis]] (1820–1905), Prime Minister of Greece ([[Lagkadia, Arcadia|Lagkadia]])
*[[Dimitrios Gontikas]] (1888–1967), politician and President of the Hellenic Parliament ([[Magouliana]])
*[[Kostas Laliotis]] (1951–), [[Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works|Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works]] (1993–2001) ([[Doliana]])
*[[Dimitris Avramopoulos]] (1953–), [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (2012–), [[Minister of National Defence (Greece)|Minister of National Defence]] (2011–2012), [[Mayor of Athens]] (1995–2002) ([[Elliniko, Arcadia|Elliniko]])

===Poets===
*[[Nikos Gatsos]] (1911–1992), ([[Asea, Greece|Asea]])
*[[Kostas Karyotakis]] (1896–1928), (Tripoli)

===Scientists, scholars, educators, academicians===
*[[:el:Γεώργιος Μιστριώτης|Georgios Mistriotis]] (1840–1916), philologist, Professor of the [[National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|University of Athens]] (Tripoli)
*[[:el:Κωνσταντίνος Ρωμαίος|Konstantinos Romaios]] (1874–1966), archaeologist, President of the [[Academy of Athens (modern)|Academy of Athens]] ([[Vourvoura]])

===Artists===
*[[Mimis Fotopoulos]] (1913–1986), actor ([[Zatouna]]) 
*[[Costa-Gavras|Costas Gavras]] (1933–), director ([[Iraia|Loutra Iraias]])
*[[Maria Menounos]] (1978–), actress, television presenter, journalist ([[Akovo]]) 
*[[Dimitris Mitropoulos]], conductor and composer ([[Melissopetra, Arcadia|Melissopetra]])
*[[Vasilis Papakonstantinou]] (1950–), singer and director ([[Vasta, Arcadia|Vasta]])
*[[Kostas Tournas]] (1949–), singer and composer (Tripoli)
*[[Kostas Triantafyllopoulos]] (1956–), actor ([[Athinaio]])
*[[Babis Tsertos]] (1956–), musician, singer ([[Tropaia]])
*[[:el:Σταύρος Τσιώλης|Stavros Tsiolis]] (1937–), director (Tripoli)
*[[Electros Vekris]], artist / sculptor

===Athletes===
*[[Dimitris Kourbelis]] (1993–), international [[association football|footballer]] ([[Korakovouni]])
*[[Yiannis Kouros]] (1956–), [[ultramarathon]] runner (Tripoli)
*[[Michail Mouroutsos]] (1980–), [[Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg|Olympic taekwondo gold medalist]] (Lagkadia)

===Other notable personalities===
* [[Erasmus of Arcadia]], Greek Orthodox bishop
* [[Lakis Santas]] (1922–2011), Greek Resistance fighter who climbed on the [[Acropolis]] (with [[Manolis Glezos]]), on May 30, 1941, and tore down the [[swastika]], which had been there since April 27, 1941, when the [[Nazi]] forces had entered [[Athens]] ([[Vytina]])