# List of Greek composers

This is a list of Greek composers.
* Costas Andreou
* Nicolas Astrinidis (1921–2010)
* Athenaios Athenaiou (fl. 138–28 BC)
* Evripides Bekos (born 1991)
* Pavlos Carrer (1829–1896)
* Nikos Christodoulou (born 1959)
* Jani Christou (1926–1970), 20th-century classical and "meta-serialist" composer
* Dinos Constantinides (1929–2021), Greek-American composer
* Dimitris Dragatakis (1914–2001)
* Antiochos Evangelatos (1903–1981), 20th-century composer and conductor
* Yorgos Foudoulis (born 1964)
* Manos Hadjidakis (1925–1994), modern composer best known for Academy Award-winning song, "Never on Sunday", from the film Never on Sunday (1960)
* Christos Hatzis (born 1953)
* George Kallis
* Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962), composer and founder of Hellenic Conservatory and National Conservatoire
* Eleni Karaindrou (born 1941)
* Panayiotis Kokoras (born 1974), contemporary composer
* Aristotelis Koundouroff (1896–1969), modern composer and musical theorist influenced by Sergei Prokofiev and Russian modernists
* Francisco Leontaritis (1518–1572)
* Dimitrios Levidis (1886–1951)
* Limenios (fl. 128 BC)
* Andreas Makris (1930–2005)
* Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795–1872), Romantic music composer from Corfu
* Yannis Markopoulos (1939–2023), world known for "Who pays the Ferryman" (BBC) and many songs and classical works
* Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947–2019), contemporary composer
* Dimitris Mitropoulos (1896–1960), 20th-century composer and conductor of the New York Philharmonic
* Takis Mousafiris (1936–2021), Greek Aromanian composer and songwriter
* Alexandros Mouzas (born 1962)
* Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (1786–1841)
* Lefteris Papadimitriou
* Giannis Papaioannou (1913–1972)
* Vangelis Papathanassiou (1943–2022), electronic music pioneer, film-score composer, best known for Academy Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire (1981), and scores for the films Blade Runner (1982) and 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
* Apostolos Paraskevas (born 1964) contemporary composer and classical guitarist
* Spyros Peristeris (1900–1966) Rebetiko composer
* Janus Plousiadenos (~1429–1500), Greek Renaissance composer and hymn writer
* Harilaos Perpessas (1907–1995), 20th-century composer
* Spyridon Samaras (1861–1917), composer of operas, but widely known as for composition of the song "Olympic Hymn"
* Kyriakos Sfetsas (born 1945)
* Nikos Skalkottas (1904–1949), 20th-century composer
* Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965), contemporary composer
* Dimitri Terzakis (born 1938), contemporary microtonal composer
* Mikis Theodorakis (1925–2021), classical and film-score composer best known for symphonic works, oratorios and film scores for Zorba the Greek (1964), Serpico (1973) and Z (1969)
* Michalis Travlos (born 1950), modern and experimental composer
* Vassilis Tsabropoulos (born 1966)
* Marios Varvoglis (1885–1967), orchestral, piano and chamber-music composer incorporating a French influence
* Dimitri Voudouris (born 1961), 21st-century classical, new music and electroacoustic composer
* Haris Xanthoudakis (1950-2023)
* Nikos Xanthoulis (born 1962)
* Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001), 20th-century classical, experimental music and mathematical composer
* Spyridon Xyndas (1812–1896)