Editing Nikephoros

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'''Nikephoros'''  ({{langx|el|Νικηφόρος|link=no}}), '''Nikiforos''' or '''Nicephorus''' is a Greek male name, meaning "Bringer of Victory", which was commonly used among the [[Byzantine Empire]]'s aristocracy. It may refer to:
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==Rulers==

* [[Nikephoros I Logothetes]], Byzantine emperor 802–811
* [[Nikephoros II Phokas]], Byzantine emperor 963–969
* [[Nikephoros III Botaneiates]], Byzantine emperor 1078–1081
* [[Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas]], despot of Epirus 1267–1297
* [[Nikephoros II Orsini]], ruler of Epirus 1335–1338 and 1356–1359

==Ecclesiastical leaders==
* [[Nicephorus I of Constantinople]], Byzantine writer and patriarch, 758–828, author of the ''Stichometry'' and other works
* [[Nicephorus II of Constantinople]], patriarch in exile at Nicaea
* [[Nicephorus of Antioch]], [[List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch|Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch]], 1084–1090
* [[Nicephorus II of Kiev]], Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ruthenia, 1183–1198
* [[Patriarch Nicephorus of Alexandria]], Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645
* [[Nikiforos of Didymoteicho]], Metropolitan of Didymoteicho in 1988–2009

==Others==
* [[Nikephoros (Caesar)]] (c. 755 – after 812), half-brother of Leo IV, involved in several conspiracies
* [[Nikephoritzes|Nikephoros Nikephoritzes]] (died 1078), eunuch chief minister of Michael VII Doukas
* [[Nikephoros Basilakes]], Byzantine usurper against Nikephoros III in 1078/1079
* [[Nikephoros Bryennios (ethnarch)]], father of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder
* [[Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder]], Byzantine general who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII Doukas in 1077–1078
* [[Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger]], son of the preceding, Byzantine general, statesman and historian, 1062–1137
* [[Nikephoros Choumnos]] (c. 1250–1327), Byzantine chief minister and scholar
* [[Nikephoros Diogenes]] general and son to Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes
* [[Nicephorus Gregoras]], Byzantine historian, c. 1295–1360
* [[Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos]], Greek ecclesiastical historian, c. 1320
* [[Nikephoros Komnenos]] (c. 970 – after 1026/7), Byzantine commander and governor
* [[Nikephoros Melissenos]] (c. 1045–1104), Byzantine general, self-proclaimed emperor and Caesar
* [[Nikephoros Ouranos]], Byzantine general, chief aide to the emperor Basil II, viceroy in the East from 999 to c. 1010
* [[Nikephoros Phokas the Elder]], Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor Nikephoros II
* [[Nikephoros the Monk]], 13th-century monk and spiritual writer
* [[Nikephoros Theotokis]] (1731–1800), Greek scholar who became an archbishop in Russia
* [[Nikephoros Xiphias]], Byzantine general, also aide to the emperor Basil II
* [[Nikiforos Diamandouros]] (born 1942), Greek and EU ombudsman
* [[Nikiforos Lytras]] (1832–1904), Greek painter
* [[Nikiforos Vrettakos]] (1912–1991), Greek writer
* [[Nikiforos (Greek singer)]]

== See also ==
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* [[Nikifor (given name)]]

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[[Category:Greek masculine given names]]
[[Category:Masculine given names]]