List of ancient Macedonians

Athletes

Alexander I of Macedon 504 or 500 BC^[2] Stadion 2nd Olympics^[3]
c. 430–420 BC Argive Heraean games^[4]
Archelaos Perdikas 408 BC Tethrippon in Olympic and Pythian Games
Philip II of Macedon (Thrice Olympic Winner), 356 BC Horse Race, 352 BC Tethrippon, 348 BC two-colt chariot, Synoris
344 BC Tethrippon Panathenaics^[5]
Archon of Pella 334–332 BC Horse race Isthmian and Pythian Games
Antigonus (son of Callas) 332–331 BC Hoplitodromos Heraclean games in Tyrus, after the Conquest of the city
Malacus Μάλακος 329/328 BC Dolichos Amphiarian games^[6]
Criton or Cliton^[7] 328 BC Stadion Olympics
Damasias of Amphipolis 320 BC Stadion Olympics^[7]
Lagus (son of Ptolemeus) Λᾶγος 308 BC Synoris Arcadian Lykaia
Epaenetus (son of Silanus) Ἐπαίνετος 308 BC Tethrippon Lykaia
Heraclitus Ἡράκλειτος 304 BC stadion Lykaia^[8]
Bubalus of Cassandreia Βούβαλος 304 BC keles (horse) flat race Lykaia
Lampos of Philippi 304 BC Tethrippon Olympics^[9]
Antigonus 292 and 288 BC Stadion Olympics^[7]
Seleucus 268 BC Stadion Olympics^[7]
Belistiche 264 BC Tethrippon and Synoris Olympics
Apollodorus (runner) (1st century BC) Olympics

Horse race Olympic Victors as recorded in recent discovered epigrams of Posidippus of Pella (c. 3rd century BC)^[10]

Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Arsinoe I
Arsinoe II
Berenice Phernophorus
Berenice II
Cleopatra II
Etearchus Ἐτέαρχος
Molycus Μόλυκος
Plangon Πλαγγών woman
Trygaios Τρυγαῖος

Writers

Adaios (c. 450 BC) epigrammatic poet
Antipater (c. 397 BC–319 BC) Illyrian Wars
Ptolemy I Soter (367 BC–283 BC) patron of letters, historian of Alexander's campaign
Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) epistolist, rhetor quotes
Alexarchus, scholar, conlanger
Leon of Pella (4th-century BC) historian On the Gods in Egypt
Marsyas of Pella (356–294) historian
Marsyas of Philippi (3rd century BC) historian
Hippolochus (early 3rd century BC) description of a Macedonian wedding feast
Poseidippus of Cassandreia (c. 288 BC) comic poet
Poseidippus of Pella (c. 280 BC–240 BC) epigrammatic poet
Amerias (3rd century BC) lexicographer
Craterus (historian) (3rd century BC) anthologist, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica
Oikiades (son of Nikandros) from Cassandreia Tragoedus winner in Soteria (festival) 272 BC^[11]
Ptolemy IV Philopator, wrote a tragedy entitled Adonis, and presumably played the lead.
Hermagoras of Amphipolis (c. 225 BC), stoic philosopher
Samus (son of Chrysogonus), (late 3rd century BC)
Craterus of Amphipolis (c. 100–30 BC) Rhapsode winner in Amphiarian games^[12]
Phaedrus of Pieria (c. 15 BC–c. 50 AD) fabulist
Antipater of Thessalonica (late 1st century BC) epigrammatic poet and governor of the city
Philippus of Thessalonica (late 1st century AD) epigrammatic poet and compiler of the Greek Anthology
Epigonus of Thessalonica
Perses epigrammatist
Archias, epigrammatist
Antiphanes (late 1st century AD), epigrammatist
Parmenion (late 1st century AD), epigrammatist
Polyaenus, (2nd century AD) military writer
Criton of Pieria (2nd century AD) historian
Stobaeus (5th century AD) anthologist of Greek authors
Macedonius of Thessalonica (the Consul), (6th century AD), epigrammatist of Greek Anthology

Scientists

Poseidonius, mechanician^[13]
Pyrrhus mechanician
Demetrius I Poliorcetes, mechanician
Archias of Pella, geographer under Nearchus
Parmenion (architect)
Patrocles (geographer)

Artists

Pamphilus (painter), teacher of Apelles (4th century BC)
Parmeniskos group potters (3rd century BC)
Aetion of Amphipolis, sculptor
Erginus (son of Simylus) from Cassandreia citharede winner in Soteria (festival) c. 260 BC^[14]
_ (son of Callistratus) from Philippi Dancer winner in Soteria (festival) c. 250 BC^[15]
Heraclides (painter) (2nd century BC) marine painter
Herophon (son of Anaxagoras) (2nd–1st centuries BC) sculptor
Evander of Beroea (1st century AD) sculptor
Adymus of Beroea (1st century AD) sculptor

Priests

Theorodokoi

Perdiccas, possibly Perdiccas III of Macedon c. 365–311 BC Epidaurian^[16]^[17]
Pausanias of Kalindoia, possibly the same as Pausanias the pretender to the Macedonian throne in the 360s BC
Hadymos and Seleukos son of Argaios^[18]

Naopoioi

Naopoios (Temple-builder), an elected Archon by Hieromnemones, responsible for restoring the temple of Apollo in Delphi

Philippus Φίλιππος Μακεδών
Timanoridas (son of Cordypion) Τιμανορίδας Κορδυπίωνος Μακεδών c. 361–343 BC^[19]
Leon (son of Hegesander) Λέων Ἡγησάνδρου Μακεδών 331 BC^[20]

Women

Arsinoe of Macedonia mother of Ptolemy I Soter
Belistiche olympionice
Cleopatra of Macedon sister of Alexander, wife of Alexander I of Epirus
Cleopatra Eurydice, niece of Attalus (general), and 5th wife of Philip
Cynane half-sister of Alexander
Eurydice of Egypt daughter of Antipater and wife of Ptolemy I Soter
Eurydice II of Macedon mother of Philip
Euridice III Adea, wife of Philip Arrhidaeus
Lanike sister of Clitus the Black and the nurse of Alexander
Nicaea of Macedonia daughter of Antipater, wife of Lysimachus
Nicesipolis wife of Philip, mother of Thessalonica
Olympias mother of Alexander
Phila, daughter of Antipater, wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes and mother of Antigonus II Gonatas
Philinna of Larissa, wife of Philip, mother of Philip III of Macedon
Stratonice of Macedonia wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes
Thessalonica half-sister of Alexander, wife of Cassander
Olympias II of Epirus, wife of Alexander II of Epirus

List of ancient Macedonians

Mythology

Kings

Military personnel

High generals

Somatophylakes

Cavalry

Hipparchoi

Infantry

Taxiarchs of Pezhetairoi

Navy

Navarchoi

Trierarchs of Nearchus

Various

Civilization