Editing Chios (section)

===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