Editing Eunuch (section)

===First millennium CE===
* [[Sporus]] (Died 69): an attractive Roman boy who was castrated by, and later married to, Emperor [[Nero]].
* Unidentified "[[Ethiopian eunuch]]" (1st century AD), from the Kingdom of Kush in modern-day Sudan, described in the [[Acts of the Apostles]] (chapter 8). [[Philip the Evangelist]], one of the original seven deacons, is directed by the Holy Spirit to catch up to the eunuch's chariot and hears him reading from the [[Book of Isaiah]] (chapter 53). [[Philip the Evangelist|Philip]] explained that the section prophesies Jesus' crucifixion, which Philip described to the eunuch. The eunuch was baptized shortly thereafter.
* [[Halotus]] ({{circa}} 20–30 CE – {{circa}} 70–80 CE), [[servant]] to the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Claudius]] and suspected of poisoning him.
* [[Cai Lun]] ({{circa|50–62}}–121): Former attribution to Lun as the inventor of paper has been rescinded following discovery of many earlier manuscripts written on paper. It is now highly questionable if he was directly involved in making paper.
* Zhang Rang: head of the infamous [[Ten Attendants]] of the [[Eastern Han dynasty]].
* [[Huang Hao]]: eunuch in the state of Shu; also appears in the ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]''.
* [[Cen Hun]] (died 280): eunuch in the state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
* [[Origen]] ({{circa}} 185–{{circa}} 253): early Christian theologian, allegedly castrated himself based on his reading of the [[Gospel of Matthew]] 19:12 ("For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it."). Despite the fact that the early Christian theologian [[Tertullian]] wrote that Jesus was a eunuch, there is no corroboration in any other early source.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kuefler |first1=Mathew |title=The manly eunuch: masculinity, gender ambiguity, and Christian ideology in late antiquity |date=2001 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0226457390 |page=266}}</ref> (The [[Skoptsy]] did, however, believe it to be true.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frick |first1=Karl R. H. |title=Licht und Finsternis: gnostisch-theosophische und freimaurerisch-okkulte Geheimgesellschaften bis an die Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert |trans-title=Light and darkness: Gnostic-Theosophical and Freemason-occult secret societies to the turn of the 20th century |date=1975 |publisher=Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt |isbn=978-3201009515 |page=456 |language=de}}</ref>) 
* [[Chusdazat]] (died 344): He served [[Shapur II|King Shapur II]], who killed him for declaring his Christian identity.
* [[Dorotheus of Tyre]] (255–362): A bishop who attended the [[First Council of Nicaea|Council of Nicaea]], was exiled by [[Diocletian]] and [[Julian the apostate|Julian]], and was martyred.
* [[Eutropius (consul 399)|Eutropius]] (died 399): only eunuch known to have attained the highly distinguished office of [[Roman Consul]].
* [[Chrysaphius]] (died 450): chief minister of Eastern Roman Emperor [[Theodosius II]], architect of imperial policy towards the Huns.
* [[Narses]] (478–573): general of Byzantine emperor [[Justinian I]], responsible for destroying the [[Ostrogoth]]s in 552 at the [[Battle of Taginae]] in Italy and reconquering Rome for the empire.
* [[Solomon (magister militum)|Solomon]] (480s/490s–544): general and governor of Africa under Justinian I.
* [[Gao Lishi]] (684–762): a loyal and trusted friend of [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] emperor [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China|Xuanzong]].
* [[Li Fuguo]] (704–762): [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] eunuch who began another era of eunuch rule.
* [[Yu Chao'en]] (722–770): [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] eunuch who began his career as army supervisor.
* [[Staurakios (eunuch)|Staurakios]] (died 800): chief associate and minister of the Byzantine empress [[Irene of Athens]].
* [[Ignatius of Constantinople]] (799–877): twice [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]] during troubled political times (847–858 and 867–877). First absolutely unquestioned eunuch saint, recognized by both the Orthodox and Roman Churches. (There are a great many early saints who were probably eunuchs, though few either as influential nor unquestioned as to their castration.)
* [[Yazaman al-Khadim]] (died 891): Emir of [[Tarsus (city)|Tarsus]] and successful commander in the wars against the Byzantine Empire.
* [[Mu'nis al-Muzaffar]] (845/846–933/934): Commander-in-chief of the [[Abbasid]] armies between 908 and his death.
* [[Joseph Bringas]] (died 965): chief minister of the Byzantine Empire under [[Romanos II]] (959–963).