Editing Nicosia (section)

== Notable people<!--a new page should be made titled 'List of people from Nicosia'--> ==
[[File:Christopher Pissarides.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Christopher A. Pissarides]], Nobel Prize winner in Economics]]
* [[Peter I of Cyprus]] (1328–1369), King of Cyprus
* [[Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha]] (1833–1913), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
* [[Fazıl Küçük]] (1906–1984), former Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus (1960–1963)
* [[Glafkos Klerides]] (1919–2013), former President of the Republic of Cyprus (1993–2003)
* [[Tassos Papadopoulos]] (1934–2008), former President of the Republic of Cyprus (2003–2008)
* [[Marios Garoyian]], former President of the [[House of Representatives of Cyprus]] (2008–2011)
* [[Benon Sevan]], Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992–2005) and the Head of the [[Oil for Food program]] (1996–2005)
* [[Nicos Tornaritis]], politician and jurist, member of the House of Representatives and Consultant of the Republic of Cyprus
* [[Neoklis Kyriazis]] (1877–1956), historian and member of the National Council of Cyprus
* [[Alparslan Türkeş]] (1917–1997), [[Turkish nationalism|Turkish nationalist]] politician, founder of the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] in Turkey
* [[Kutlu Adalı]] (1935–1996), journalist, poet and socio-political researcher and peace advocate
* [[Christopher A. Pissarides]], Nobel Prize winner in Economics
* [[Mustafa Djamgoz]], professor of cancer biology at [[Imperial College London]]
* [[Manoug Parikian]] (1920–1987), violinist and violin professor in the UK
* [[Suat Günsel]] (born 1952), businessman and founder of the [[Near East University]]
* [[Nicolas Economou]] (1953–1993), concert pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and organizer of music festivals
* [[Mick Karn]] (1958–2011), musician
* [[Sevgül Uludağ]] (born 1958), journalist, activist
* [[Alkinoos Ioannidis]] (born 1969), singer
* [[Michalis Hatzigiannis]] (born 1978), singer
* [[Michael Bisping]] (born 1979), mixed martial artist
* [[Diam's]] (born 1980), French rap singer
* [[Stephanie Solomonides]] (born 1982), first Cypriot to reach North and South Poles
* [[Giorgos Papadopoulos (singer)|Giorgos Papadopoulos]] (born 1985), composer, singer
* [[Hovig Demirjian|Hovig]] (born 1989), singer, represented Cyprus at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2017]]
* [[Hazar Ergüçlü]] (born 1992), actress on the Turkish drama [[Medcezir]]
* [[Aleksandar Vezenkov]] (born 1995), basketball player
* [[Vladimiros Tziortzis]] (born 1997), racing driver