# Spyridon

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**Spyridon** (Ancient Greek: Σπυρίδων; Greek: Σπυρίδωνας) or **Spiridon** is a male [given name](/source/Given_name). It is often shortened to Σπύρος (*Spyros*) and can sometimes be found as Σπυρέτος(Spyretos), sometimes Anglicised as [Spyro or Spiro](/source/Spiro_(name)).

Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

- [Saint Spyridon](/source/Saint_Spyridon), Christian saint

- - [Saint Spyridon Church](/source/Saint_Spyridon_Church,_Ia%C8%99i), Romanian Orthodox church in Iași, Romania - [St Spyridon College](/source/St_Spyridon_College), Greek Orthodox school in Sydney

- [Spyridon of Serbia](/source/Spyridon_of_Serbia) (1379–1389), Patriarch of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć and Eastern Orthodox saint
- [Spyridon of Athens](/source/Spyridon_of_Athens), Archbishop of Athens from 1949 to 1956
- [Spiro Agnew](/source/Spiro_Agnew), 39th vice president of the United States from 1969 to 1973, under President Richard Nixon
- [Spyridon Belokas](/source/Spyridon_Belokas) (1877–unknown), Greek runner
- [Spyros Christopoulos](/source/Spyros_Christopoulos), Greek footballer
- [Spiridon Gabrovski](/source/Spiridon_Gabrovski), Bulgarian clergyman
- [Spyridon Gianniotis](/source/Spyridon_Gianniotis), freestyle swimmer
- [Spyros Gogolos](/source/Spyros_Gogolos), Greek footballer
- [Spiridon Gopčević](/source/Spiridon_Gop%C4%8Devi%C4%87) (1855–1928), Serbian astronomer and historian
- [Spyros Kokotos](/source/Spyros_Kokotos), Greek architect
- [Spyros Kyprianou](/source/Spyros_Kyprianou), 2nd President of the Republic of Cyprus
- [Spyridon Lambros](/source/Spyridon_Lambros), Greek history professor and former Prime Minister of Greece
- [Spyros Livathinos](/source/Spyros_Livathinos), Greek footballer and football coach
- [Spyridon Louis](/source/Spyridon_Louis), gold medalist of the first modern Olympic Marathon
- [Spyridon Marinatos](/source/Spyridon_Marinatos), 20th century archaeologist
- [Spyros Markezinis](/source/Spyros_Markezinis), Greek politician
- [Spyridon Mavrogenis](/source/Spyridon_Mavrogenis), Phanariot (Ottoman) Greek doctor
- [Spyridon Mercouris](/source/Spyridon_Mercouris), Greek politician, long-time mayor of Athens
- [Spyros Moustakas](/source/Spyros_Moustakas), Greek writer
- [Spyros Moustaklis](/source/Spyros_Moustaklis), Greek democracy activist
- [Spiridon of Neva](/source/Spiridon_of_Neva), according to Russian sources, the Swedish leader in the [Battle of the Neva](/source/Battle_of_the_Neva)
- [Spyros Paliouras](/source/Spyros_Paliouras), Greek writer
- [Spiridon Popescu](/source/Spiridon_Popescu) (1864–1933), Romanian writer
- [Spiridon Putin](/source/Spiridon_Putin) (1879–1965), Russian chef for Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, grandfather of Vladimir Putin
- [Spiridione Roma](/source/Spiridione_Roma), 18th-century Greek painter traveled to London
- [Spyros Spyromilios](/source/Spyros_Spyromilios), Greek Gendarmerie officer in the Greek struggle for Macedonia
- [Spyridon Samaras](/source/Spyridon_Samaras), Greek composer
- [Spiridon Stais](/source/Spiridon_Stais), Greek sport shooter
- [Spyridon Stais](/source/Spyridon_Stais), Greek politician
- [Spyridon Trikoupis](/source/Spyridon_Trikoupis), former Prime Minister of Greece
- [Spyros Vallas](/source/Spyros_Vallas), Greek footballer
- [Spyridon Vasdekis](/source/Spyridon_Vasdekis), Greek long jumper
- [Spyridon Vasileiadis](/source/Spyridon_Vasileiadis), Greek poet and playwright
- [Spyros Vrettos](/source/Spyros_Vrettos), Greek poet
- [Spyridon Xyndas](/source/Spyridon_Xyndas), 19th century musician

## Surname

- [Alexandru Spiridon](/source/Alexandru_Spiridon), Moldovan footballer and footbasll manager
- [Simona Spiridon](/source/Simona_Spiridon), Romanian-Austrian handballer

## See also

- [Spiridon (disambiguation)](/source/Spiridon_(disambiguation))
- *Aghios Spyridon*, a ship otherwise known as *Empire Cape*, [an Empire ship](/source/List_of_Empire_ships_(Ca%E2%80%93Cl))

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