Ancient Chians

Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an ancient Greek poet who is widely credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Although his life and authorship remain obscure, Homer was highly revered in ancient Greek society and is considered one of the most influential authors in history.

5th-century BC Greek mathematician and astronomer

Theopompus (, Theópompos; 380 BC 315 BC) was an ancient Greek historian and rhetorician who was a student of Isocrates.

ancient Greek stoic philosopher

5th-century BC Greek poet, dramatist and philosopher

thumb|Dionysus teaching the art of wine-drinking to his son Oenopion, on an Attica|Attic black-figured [[amphora from Vulci (ca. 540-530 BC) by Exekias]] In Greek mythology, Oenopion (Ancient Greek: , Oinopíōn, English translation: "wine drinker", "wine-rich" or "wine face") was a legendary king of Chios, and was said to have brought winemaking to the island, which was assigned to him by Rhadamanthys.

Oenopides of Chios (; born c. 490 BCE) was an ancient Greek geometer, astronomer and mathematician, who lived around 450 BCE.

4th-century BC Greek philosopher

Scymnus of Chios (; fl. c. 185 BC) was a Greek geographer. It was thought he was the author of the Periodos to Nicomedes, a work on geography written in Classical Greek. It is an account of the world (περιήγησις, periegesis) in 'comic' iambic trimeters which is dedicated to a King Nicomedes of Bithynia. This is either Nicomedes II Epiphanes who reigned from 149 BC for an unknown number of years or his son, Nicomedes III Euergetes.

Archermus () was a sculptor of Chios working in the middle of the 6th century BC. His father, Micciades, and his sons, Bupalus and Athenis, were sculptors of marble.

ancient Greek sculptor and metalsmith

Cynaethus or Cinaethus ( or Κίναιθος) of Chios was a rhapsode, a member of the Homeridae, sometimes said to have composed the Homeric Hymn to Apollo.

Greek noblewoman; third wife of Mithridates VI of Pontus

ancient Greek artisan

ancient Greek poet and rhetorician

Greek sophist born in Chios

6th century sibling sculptors

5th-century BC Greek sophist philosopher

ancient Greek sculptor