page_title: Chios
section_title: Modern
hierarchical_section_title: Chios / Notable natives and inhabitants / Modern
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: namhafte griechische Persönlichkeit, 19. Jahrhundert
context_page_description: Chios is the fifth largest of the Greek islands, situated in the northern Aegean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of mastic gum and its nickname is "the Mastic Island". Tourist attractions include its medieval villages and the 11th-century monastery of Nea Moni, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Chios regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Chios. Locals refer to Chios town as Chora.
  It was also the site of the Chios massacre, in which tens of thousands of Greeks on the island were massacred by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of Independence in 1822.
context_section_description: Scylitzes family, descented from Byzantine times
  Mavrokordatos family
  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
  Eustratios Argentis (theologian)
  Eustratios Argenti (national hero) (1767‒1798), executed with Rigas Velestinlis
  Alexandros Kontostavlos (1789–1865), politician
  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 Syngros (1830), banker, descented from Chios
  George Glarakis (1789-1855), politician, Minister of Education (1838)
  Patriarch Constantine V of Constantinople (1833–?)
  Ralli Brothers (18th–19th century), founders of major 19th century trading enterprise
  Ibrahim Edhem Pasha (1819–1893), 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, descented from Chios
  Ambrosios Skaramagas, merchant
  Konstantinos Amantos (1874–1960), Byzantine scholar, professor at the University of Athens, member of the Athens Academy
  Stylianos Miliadis, 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 PEAN
  Yiannis Carras, shipowner
  Adamantios Lemos (1916–2006), actor
  Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996), politician, Prime Minister of Greece
  Mikis Theodorakis (1925), composer, born on the island
  Jani Christou (1926–1970), composer
  George P. Livanos (1926–1997), Greek shipowner
  Petros Molyviatis, politician
  Stamatios Krimigis (1938), NASA space scientist
  Takis Fotopoulos (1940), political writer
  Adamantios Vassilakis (1942), diplomat
  Dimitris Varos (1949), author, poet, journalist
  Theodoros Veniamis (1950), shipowner
  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
  Miltos Kritakis (1976), computer scientist , investor
  Eleni Kouklitsa, Greek-American youtuber
caption: Andreas Syngros
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