Editing Chios (section)

===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]]