# List of ancient Macedonians

This is a list of ancient Macedonians, an ancient Greek tribe inhabiting the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula.

## Mythology

* Makednos

## Military personnel
### High generals

* Parmenion – Strategos of Philip and Alexander and commander of pharsalian squadron
* Attalus strategos of Philip and early taxiarch of Alexander
* Hephaestion – Chiliarch (after 327 BC)
* Perdiccas – Chiliarch (after 324 BC)
* Seleucus I Nicator – Chiliarch (after 323 BC)

#### Somatophylakes

* Aristonous of Pella
* Arybbas (somatophylax)
* Balacrus
* Demetrius (somatophylax)
* Hephaestion
* Leonnatus
* Lysimachus
* Menes of Pella
* Pausanias of Orestis Philip's
* Peithon
* Peucestas
* Ptolemy (somatophylax)
* Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
* Ptolemy I Soter

### Cavalry
#### Hipparchoi

* Philotas (after 330 BC, Cleitus the Black, Coenus, Hephaestion, Craterus, Perdiccas, Cleitus the White) leaders of Hetairoi (1800 horses)
* Cleitus the Black, Royal cavalry
* Sopolis, cavalry of Amphipolis
* Heraclides (son of Antiochus), cavalry of Bottiaea
* Peroidas cavalry of Anthemus
* Socrates cavalry of Apollonia
* Pantordanus cavalry of Leugaea
* Hegelochus, (later Amyntas (son of Arrhabaeus), Protomachus, Aretes), Prodromoi, light cavalry (600 horses)
* Calas, Alexander of Lyncestis, Philip, Polydamas, Parmenion–Thessalian cavalry (1800 horses)
* Philip (son of Menelaus) (after 331 BC, Erigyius), other allied Greeks (600 horses)
* Agathon (son of Tyrimmas), (later Ariston of Paionia) Thracian cavalry (900 horses) *Total: 5700 horses in 333 BC
* Demetrius (son of Althaemenes), Glaucias, Meleager, mentioned in the Battle of Gaugamela

### Infantry
#### Taxiarchs of Pezhetairoi

* Nicanor (son of Parmenion) 334 BC leader of Royal Agema and Hypaspists (succeeded by Neoptolemus (general))
* Alcetas
* Amyntas 334 BC
* Antigenes
* Antigonus I Monophthalmus 334 BC
* Attalus (general) 334 BC
* Attalus (son of Andromenes from Stympha)
* Clitus the White
* Coenus 334 BC
* Craterus 334 BC
* Gorgias
* Meleager (general) 334 BC
* Menander (general) 334 BC
* Peithon, son of Agenor
* Perdiccas 334 BC
* Philip (son of Amyntas) 334 BC
* Philotas (satrap)
* Polyperchon
* Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
* Ptolemy I Soter 334 BC
* Simmias

### Navy
#### Navarchoi

* Proteas
* Hegelochus
* Amphoterus
* Nearchus

##### Trierarchs of Nearchus

* Archon of Pella
* Archias of Pella
* Aristonous of Pella
* Asclepiodorus
* Craterus
* Demonicus of Pella
* Hephaestion
* Leonnatus
* Lysimachus
* Metron
* Mylleas
* Nicarchides
* Ophellas
* Pantauchus
* Peithon
* Perdiccas
* Peucestas
* Ptolemy I Soter
* Timanthes of Pella

### Various

* Agathon brother of Parmenion
* Arrhidaeus
* Asander
* Attinas, phrourarch in Bactria
* Caranus hetairos
* Coragus
* Derdas
* Eudemus (general)
* Harpalus
* Iollas
* Lagus
* Menedemus (general)
* Menelaus (son of Lagus)
* Nicanor (Antipatrid general)
* Nicanor (father of Balacrus)
* Nicanor (Ptolemaic general)
* Nicanor the Elephant
* Onesilus (son of Python)
* Onomastus of Macedon
* Philip of Acarnania
* Philip (son of Antigonus)
* Philip (son of Antipater)
* Philip (son of Machatas)
* Philoxenus (general)
* Polemon (general) son of Andromenes
* Ptolemy (general) nephew of Antigonus
* Sirras, of possible Lyncestian or Upper Macedonian origin, father of Eurydice of Macedon
* Teutamus
* Tlepolemus (son of Pythophanes)

## Civilization
### Athletes

* Alexander I of Macedon 504 or 500 BC Stadion 2nd Olympics
* c. 430–420 BC Argive Heraean games
* 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
* 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
* Criton or Cliton 328 BC Stadion Olympics
* Damasias of Amphipolis 320 BC Stadion Olympics
* 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
* Bubalus of Cassandreia Βούβαλος 304 BC keles (horse) flat race Lykaia
* Lampos of Philippi 304 BC Tethrippon Olympics
* Antigonus 292 and 288 BC Stadion Olympics
* Seleucus 268 BC Stadion Olympics
* 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)
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* _ (son of Callistratus) from Philippi Dancer winner in Soteria (festival) c. 250 BC
* 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

* Menelaus (son of Lagus)
* Agathanor

### Theorodokoi

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

### 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
* Leon (son of Hegesander) Λέων Ἡγησάνδρου Μακεδών 331 BC

### 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