Notable individuals laid to rest at the First Cemetery include Heinrich Schliemann, the archaeologist who excavated Troy and Mycenae; culture minister and actress Melina Mercouri; popular Greek actress Aliki Vougiouklaki; Greek rebetika songwriter Vassilis Tsitsanis; Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou; Nobel Prize laureate Odysseas Elytis; internationally acclaimed conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos; revolutionary Grigoris Lambrakis and Cretan troubadour Nikos Xylouris.
Istaknute ličnosti koje su sahranjene na Prvom groblju su Hajnrih Šliman, arheolog koji je iskopao Troju i Mikenu; ministarka kulture i glumica Melina Merkuri; popularna grčka glumica Aliki Vugioklaki; kompozitor grčke rebetike Vasilis Cicanis; premijer Andreas Papandreu; laureat Nobelove nagrade Odisej Elitis; međunarodno poznati dirigent Dimitri Mitropulos; revolucionar Grigoris Lambrakis i kritski trubadur Nikos Ksiluris.