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This is primarily a list of notable people who contributed to the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianity's theology or culture. However it is also for people whose Eastern Orthodox identity is an important part of their notability. As there are many nations that are predominately Eastern Orthodox names from such nations should usually meet a stricter standard, but in the case of converts their conversion might be notable enough to make an exception. Artists- Andrei Rublev-Important in the history of Russian Iconography
- Dionisius-Headed a school of icon painting.
- El Greco-From Crete, noted for Christian art.
- Feofan Grek-Noted iconographer
- Karl Matzek-Convert from Catholicism who did religious art for the faith.
- Prokhor-Icon painter
- Toros Roslin-An Armenian of Oriental Orthodoxy, but some of his works are Byzantine influenced.
- Simon Ushakov-A leading religious artist linked to the reforms of Patriarch Nikon.
Athletes- Oksana Baiul - figure skater
- Vlade Divac
- Jeff George - Former NFL Quarterback
- Peja Stojakovic
- Todd Lickliter - Butler University Basketball Coach
Entrepreneurs/Industrialists- Boris Berezovsky (convert)
Entertainers- F. Murray Abraham, former Syrian Orthodox altar boy
- Jennifer Aniston (née Anastassakis), Goddaughter of Telly Savalas
- John Belushi-Member of the Albanian Orthodox Church in childhood
and his funeral was in that faith. - George Chakiris-Contributor to a Greek Orthodox Cathedral
- Tina Fey,
- Tom Hanks-Converted on marrying Rita Wilson, mention by Saint Sophia Cathedral, Los Angeles.
- Melina Kanakaredes-St. Nicholas's Greek Orthodox Church listed her as a possible speaker, credits the church as helpful to her in youth.
- Emir Kusturica-His conversion to it from Islam gained some media attention.
- Constantine Maroulis-Greek Orthodox
- Debbie Matenopoulos
- Christopher Orr-convert from Lutheranism(Some possibility of confusion here with Orthodox church reader)
- Telly Savalas-Contributed to Greek Orthodox Cathedrals and his bald image began after playing Pontius Pilate
- Nia Vardalos-
- Rita Wilson
- Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko-Russian Orthodox actress known as Natalie Wood.
Musicians/Composers- Maksym Berezovsky-Known for religious music.
- Bill Evans
- Arvo Pärt-known for religious music, convert from Lutheranism
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov-Possibly atheist after some point, but did Russian Orthodox church music.
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Igor Stravinsky-Left the faith from 1900 to 1926, after rejoining he did Symphony of Psalms.
- John Tavener-Converted to Orthodoxy, and much of his music was influenced by that, but is now Universalist.
- Stephen M. Wolownik-Church music early on.
Historians- George Pachymeres-Byzantine chief advocate of the church.
- Avraamy Palitsyn-Russian historian who died at the Solovetsky Monastery.
- Jaroslav Pelikan-convert from Lutheranism a trustee of Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
- Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos-Byzantine ecclesiastical historian.
- John Xiphilinus-Also a monk.
- Joannes Zonaras-Also a theologian
- Nikolay Yakovlevich Danilevsky
LinguistsModern PoliticiansNote: Most
political figures in the Byzantine Empire, or most other Medieval Eastern European Empires, would be in least nominally Eastern Orthodox. Therefore this is limited to modern times, specifically after 1800. For United States entries Political Graveyard was used for this section, but additional sources are encouraged. - Spencer Abraham
- Michel Aflaq
- Melissa Bean-Serbian Orthodox Church
- Helen Delich Bentley-Serbian Orthodox Church
- Michael Bilirakis-Greek Orthodox Church
- Rod Blagojevich-Serbian Orthodox
- Miron Cristea first patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church and Prime Minister for about a year
- Michael Dukakis
- Nick Galifianakis
- George Gekas
- Michael Huffington
- Darrell Issa
- Makarios III
- Nicholas Mavroules
- Fan S. Noli-Albanian orthodox bishop and briefly PM of Albania
- Fyodor Rtishchev
- Paul Sarbanes
- Andrew Shandro (Alberta politician)
- Olympia Snowe-Attended St. Basil's Academy.
- George Stephanopoulos-Son of a priest and a former altar boy.
- George Tenet
- Paul Tsongas-
- Constantin Zureiq
Scientists- Anthemius of Tralles-Also an architech who designed the Hagia Sophia
- Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch
- Theodosius Dobzhansky-Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution concerns the religious reader
- Pavel Florensky-He worked on Dielectrics and theodicy.
- Josif Pančić(convert)
- Ivan Pavlov-Father was a Russian Orthodox priest and he was enrolled in the seminary before reading The Origin of Species.
- John Philoponus-Christian philosopher, scientist, and theologian
- Nikola Tesla-Serbian Scientist, inventor of AC, and Radio. His father was a priest, but he was admittedly "unorthodox" in later life.
Writers/Philosophers- Nikolai Berdyaev-Russian Orthodox Christian existentialist
- Anthony Bloom-A bishop and writer.
- Michael Choniates-Byzantine writer and ecclesiastic
- Fyodor Dostoevsky-Many of his novels, like The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov, have specific Russian Orthodox themes.
- Ivan Ilyin-Slavophile, did Axioms of Religious Experience
- Seraphim Rose-Monk
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn-Russian Orthodox philosopher
- Richard Swinburne-Christian philosopher and convert.
Theologians and Clergy Fools for ChristSourcesOn the politics section the main source is . For other sections and were used. As these are less reliable additional searches on each individual was used for verification. See also- List of Byzantine Empire-related topics
- List of children of Orthodox priests
- List of Orthodox dioceses and archdioceses
- List of current patriarchs
- Portal:Eastern Christianity
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