Editing Chios (section)

==Notable natives and inhabitants==
A native of Chios is known in English as a Chian.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chian?s=t Dictionary.com]</ref>
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===Ancient===
[[File:Bupalus and Athenis.jpg|thumb|[[Bupalus]] and [[Athenis]], sons of [[Archermus]]]]

* [[Homer]] (8th century BC), poet. See History of the Pelopennesian War by Thucydides, section 3.104.5, wherein Thucydides quotes Homer's self-reference: "A blind old man of Scio's rocky isle."
* [[Glaucus of Chios]] (c. 700 BC), Greek sculptor in metal
* [[Oenopides]] (c. 490 – c. 420 BC), mathematician and geometer
* [[Ion of Chios]] (484-421 BC), tragedy writer
* [[Hippocrates of Chios]] (c. 470 – c. 410 BC), notable mathematician, geometer and astronomer
* [[Likymnios of Chios]] (5th century – 4th century BC), Greek [[sophist]] and [[dithyrambic]] poet
* [[Metrodorus of Chios]] (4th century BC), Greek philosopher
* [[Theopompus]] of Chios (378 – c. 320 BC), rhetorical historian<ref>{{cite web |author=Jona Lendering |author-link=Jona Lendering |url=https://www.livius.org/th/theopompus/theopompus.html |title=Theopompus of Chios |publisher=Livius.org |access-date=22 March 2009 |archive-date=17 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217170942/http://www.livius.org/th/theopompus/theopompus.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Erasistratus]] of Chios (304–250 BC), pioneering anatomist, royal physician and founder of the ancient medical school of Alexandria, who discovered the linking between organs through the systems of veins, arteries and nerves<ref>{{cite book |author1=Arthur Bard |author2=Mitchell G. Bard |title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding the Brain |url=https://archive.org/details/completeidiotsgu00bard|url-access=registration |year=2002 |publisher=Alpha Books |isbn=978-0-02-864310-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/completeidiotsgu00bard/page/17 17]}}</ref>
* [[Aristo of Chios]] (c. 260 BC), Stoic philosopher
* [[Claudia Metrodora]] (c. 54–68 AD), public benefactor

===Medieval===
[[File:Leone Allacci im Collegio Greco Rom.jpg|thumb|[[Leo Allatius]]]]

* [[Saint Markella]] (14th century), martyr and saint of the Greek Orthodox church
* [[Leo Kalothetos]] (1315–1363), provincial governor of the Byzantine empire
* [[Leonard of Chios]] (15th century), Greek Dominican scholar
* [[Giovanni Giustiniani]] (1418-1453), died during the [[Fall of Constantinople]] and buried in Chios
* [[Matrona of Chios]] (* 15th century, † before 1455), saint of the Greek Orthodox church
* [[Andreas Argenti (saint)]] († 1465 n. Chr.), neomartyr of the Orthodox Church
* [[Andrea Bianco]] (15th century), Genoese cartographer resided on Chios
* In 1982, Ruth Durlacher hypothesised that Chios was [[Christopher Columbus]]'s birthplace.<ref>A New Theory Clarifying the Identity OF Christopher Columbus: A Byzantine Prince from Chios, Greece. by Ruth G Durlacher-Wolper 1982(Published by The New World Museum, San Salvador, Bahamas)</ref> Columbus himself said he was from the [[Republic of Genoa]], which included the island of Chios at the time. Columbus was friendly with a number of Chian Genoese families, referenced Chios in his writings and used the Greek language for some of his notes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chianfed.org/mos/content/view/197/44/ |title=The Chian Federation |publisher=Chianfed.org |access-date=2013-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327161519/http://www.chianfed.org/mos/content/view/197/44/ |archive-date=27 March 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 'Columbus' remains a common surname on Chios. Other common Greek spellings are: Kouloumbis and Couloumbis.
* [[Vincenzo Giustiniani (Dominican)]] (1516–1582), cardinal
* [[Vincenzo Giustiniani]] (1564–1637), Italian banker and art collector
* {{interlanguage link|Francisco Albo|ca|Francesc Albo|de||es||ja|フランシスコ・アルボ}} (16th century), pilot of Magellan expedition, the first circumnavigation of the Earth
* [[Leo Allatius]] (Leone Allacci) (c. 1586–1669), Greek Catholic scholar and theologian
* [[Constantine Rodocanachi]] (1635–1687), Ottoman Greek academic, chemist, lexicographer, and physician to [[Charles II of England]]

===Modern===
[[File:Giannis Psixaris.jpg|thumb|[[Ioannis Psycharis]], major promoter of [[Demotic Greek]]]]
[[File:Andreas Syggros.JPG|thumb|[[Andreas Syggros]]]]

* [[Rodocanachi family|Rodocanachi]], noble family
* [[Scylitzes]], noble family of Byzantine descent
* [[Mavrokordatos]], noble, then princely family in Eastern Europe 
* [[Negroponte family|Negroponte]], noble family
* [[Damalas]], princely family, former rulers during the [[Frankokratia]]
* [[Rallis]], noble family of which the famous [[Ralli Brothers]]/[[Ralli baronets]] descend from
* [[Athanasios Parios]] (1722–1813), Greek hieromonk and notable theologian, philosopher, educator, and hymnographer of his time
* [[Macarius of Corinth]] (1731–1805), metropolitan bishop of Corinth, mystic and spiritual theological writer
* [[Nikephoros of Chios]] (ca. 1750–1821), abbot of Nea Moni monastery, theological writer and orthodox saint
* {{interlanguage link|Eustratios Argenti (theologian)|de|Eustratios Argenti|el|Ευστράτιος Αργέντης (θεολόγος)}} (1685–1762), theological writer and medical doctor
* [[Eustratios Argenti (national hero)]] (1767‒1798), executed with [[Rigas Velestinlis]]
* [[Alexandros Kontostavlos]] (1789–1865), politician
* [[Christophorus Plato Castanis]] (1814–1866), Ottoman Greek academic, author and classicist, as well as [[Slavery in the Ottoman Empire|former slave]], orphan and refugee to the [[United States]]
* Alexandros Georgios Paspatis (1814–1891), linguist, historian and physician, researcher of the [[Romani language]] and of the history and culture of the [[Roma people]]  
* [[George Colvocoresses]] (1816–1872), military officer
* [[Mustapha Khaznadar]] (1817–1878), was Prime Minister of the Beylik of Tunis
* [[Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi]] (1821–1901), trader and banker of London
* [[Andreas Syggros]] (1830–1899), banker, descended from Chios
* George Glarakis (1789-1855), politician, Minister of Education (1838) 
* [[Patriarch Constantine V of Constantinople]] (1833–1914)
* [[Ibrahim Edhem Pasha]] (1819–1893), [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Grand Vizier]]
* [[Namık Kemal]] (1840–1888), one of the principal founders of modern Turkish literature, served as a sub-prefect (exiled in practical terms) of Chios from 1886 to his death on the island in 1888
* [[Osman Hamdi Bey]] (1842–1910), Ottoman painter, archaeologist
* [[Ioannis Psycharis]] (1854–1929), philologist, descended from Chios
* Ambrosios Skaramagas, merchant
* [[Konstantinos Amantos]] (1874–1960), Byzantine scholar, professor at the University of Athens, member of the Athens Academy 
* [[Stylianos Miliadis]] (1881-1965), painter
* [[Kostia Vlastos]] (1883–1967), banker, of the old [[Vlastos]] family
* [[John D. Chandris]] (1890–1942), Greek shipowner
* [[Stavros Livanos]] (1891–1963), shipping magnate
* [[Ioannis Despotopoulos]] (1903–1992), architect
* [[Kostas Perrikos]] (1905–1943), [[Greek Resistance]] figure, leader of [[Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths|PEAN]]
* [[Yiannis Carras]] (1907–1989), shipowner
* [[Adamantios Lemos]] (1916–2006), actor
* [[Andreas Papandreou]] (1919–1996), politician, Prime Minister of Greece
* [[Mikis Theodorakis]] (1925-2021), composer, born on the island
* [[Jani Christou]] (1926–1970), composer
* [[George P. Livanos]] (1926–1997), Greek shipowner
* [[Petros Molyviatis]] (1928), politician
* [[Stamatios Krimigis]] (1938), NASA space scientist
* [[Takis Fotopoulos]] (1940), political philosopher
* [[Adamantios Vassilakis]] (1942), diplomat
* [[Dimitris Varos]] (1949), author, poet, journalist
* [[Mark Palios]] (1952, of Chian descent), former professional footballer and former chief executive of the English Football Association
* [[Matthew Mirones]] (1956), New York politician
* [[Nikos Pateras]] (1963), shipowner
* [[Angeliki Frangou]] (1965), shipowner
* [[John Sitaras]] (1972), fitness professional
* [[Ioannis Fountoulis]] (1988), water polo player