Solomos Dionysios was a great Ionian lyricist and national poet. He was born in Zakynthos in 1798 and died in Corfu in 1857. He believed in the harmony of logic and emotion and never considered them incompatible. He studied in Italy. He returned to liberated Greece and at the age of 25 he cultivated and
Vasilis Hatziandreou was born in Moschonisi, off the coast of Ayvalik and he was a philologist. He was the director and publisher, along with Manolis Manos, of the magazine Techni (Art) that was launched in 1921, as a bi-weekly literary review. Six issues of the magazine were published. He was also the Principal of the
Chrysippos was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Greece, from Cilicia of Minor Asia. He went to Athens and succeeded Cleanthes in the management of the Stoic School. He was a prolific writer but none of his works have survived. Chrysippos was also the name of a Greek mythological figure.
Athanasios Hristopoulos was born in Kastoria in 1772 and died in Bucharest in 1847. He was a scholar, lawyer, magistrate, poet and playwright. He was initiated in Filiki Eteria and a consultant of Alexandros Ypsilantis.
Stamatios (Stamos) or Kapetan Hapsas was a chieftain of Macedonia, from Halkidiki, who fought during the Revolution of 1821. He was a comrade of Emmanouil Papas, a leader of the Revolution in Macedonia. He was killed fighting in the battle of Vasilika in June 1821.
Konstantinos Hatzigiannakis was a physician from East Thrace. He was elected MP in the national elections of 1920, with the Liberal party, in the electoral district of Saranta Ekklisies.
Georgios Charalampous was a Cypriot fighter of EOKA, from Morphou. He worked as a carpenter and he was shot and died in November 1955.
The street is called Chalkeon because since the Byzantine times, there have been coppersmith workshops there. The homonymous church of Panagia Chalkeon is located there. It was built in 1028 by the royal protospatharios Christopher.
Georgios Iordanidis was born in 1902 in Istanbul and died in 1977. He was an army officer, he was involved in the resistance against dictatorship and later he was elected State MP. On the website gis.thessaloniki.gr, the street is mentioned as Stratigou Iordanidi and not as Iordanidi Geor.
Julian (A.D. 331 or 332-363) was an Emperor of the Roman State, with excellent classical education. He was killed in a battle against the Persians. He is remembered as Julian the Apostate by the Church.
