Byron George Gordon was an English poet. He was born in 1788 in London and he died in 1824 in Mesologgi, where he was fighting for the Greek independence. He was a great philhellene and an advocate of political freedom.
Pavlos Melas (1870-1904) was an officer. He was member of Ethniki Eteria (National Society), he fought in the war of 1897 and then, he participated in the Macedonian Struggle by the nom de guerre Mikis Zezas. He organised guerrilla troops and he was killed in October 1904. He is considered as a symbol of the
Dimitrios Gounaris was born in Patras in 1867. He studied Law in Athens and in Germany, England and France. He was a politician and he served as a Prime-Minister twice. He was executed at Goudi in 1922, as severally liable for the Minor Asia Catastrophe. (Former Name: FRAGOPOULOU)
Nikiforos Fokas was born in 912. He was a General and later, Emperor of the Byzantium from 963 to his death. He had military victories and he expanded the borders of the Empire. He was murdered in 969.
Georgios Theocharis was born in Kastoria in 1758 and died in Leipzig, Germany in 1843. He was a merchant and he was a militant and close associate of Rigas Feraios. He was the first Consul of the Kingdom of Greece in Saxony.
Filiki Eteria was a secret organisation aiming at preparing the liberation of the enslaved Greeks. It was founded in 1814 in Odessa by Athanasios Tsakalov, Nikolaos Skoufas and Emmanuel Xanthos. Later, its seat was transferred to Istanbul. Alexandros Ypsilantis undertook its leadership.
Ethniki Amyna (National Defence) was the political and military movement that erupted in September 1916. Following its prevalence, a temporary government was formed in Thessaloniki with Eleftherios Venizelos as Prime-Minister. (Former Name: VAS.SOPHIAS)
Panagiotis Danglis (1853-1924) was an army officer and politician. He invented Scheider-Danglis mountain gun. He served in the Macedonian Struggle. He was a close associate of Eleftherios Venizelos and member of the leading Triumvirate of National Defence
Phokion Dialettis was born in 1861 and he was killed in the battle of Kilkis – Lachana in 1913. He was an army officer and he fought in the Greek-Turkish war of 1897 and the Balkan Wars.
Georgios Theotokas was born in Istanbul in 1906 and died in Athens in 1966. He was a journalist and prolific writer of plays and other works. He is a representative of the generation of the ’30s and an eminent intellectual figure of his era.
