List of people from Constantinople
This is a list of notable people from the city of Constantinople between the third century and 1453 CE. For a list of people born before the third century CE, see Notable people from Byzantium. For a list of people born after 1453, see List of people from Istanbul.
- Saint Alexander
- Saint Helena
- Julian the Apostate, Byzantine emperor
- Theodosius II
- Proclus, Greek philosopher
- Zosimus, Byzantine historian
- Saint Arthelais
- Maximus the Confessor, Christian monk, theologian, scholar and saint
- Eudoxia Epiphania, daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius
- Tarasios, Patriarch of Constantinople and Christian saint
- Nikephoros I, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Saint Theophanes the Confessor
- Ignatius, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Kassia, Greek poet, composer and hymnographer
- Lazarus Zographos, monk, painter and Christian saint
- Photios I, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Alexander, Byzantine emperor
- Constantine VII, Byzantine emperor and writer
- Michael I Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Michael Psellos, Greek writer, philosopher, politician, and historian
- Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor
- Michael VII, Byzantine emperor
- Anna Komnene, Greek princess and scholar
- John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor
- Eustathius, archbishop of Thessalonica
- Isaac Komnenos, brother of Emperor John II Komnenos
- John Tzetzes, Byzantine poet and grammarian
- Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor
- Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine emperor
- Theodore I Laskaris, Byzantine emperor
- Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor
- Maria Komnene , daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos
- Nicephorus Blemmydes, Byzantine author
- Theodore Metochites, Greek statesman, author, gentleman philosopher, and patron of the arts
- George Acropolites, Greek historian and statesman
- Michael VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor
- Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor
- John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor
- Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica
- Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor
- Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek scholar and grammarian
- Gennadius II Scholarius, philosopher, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Saint Laura of Constantinople, nun, abbess, saint
- Constantine XI, Byzantine emperor and saint
- John Argyropoulos, Greek lecturer, philosopher and humanist
- Constantine Lascaris, Greek scholar and grammarian
