A merchant from Ioannina, Tsakalof was one of the leading figures of the Society of Friends (Filiki Etaireia). After determined society activity in Paris, he participated in the founding of the Etaireia in Odessa; this was followed by intense conspiratorial actions and his descent to the rebelled Greek area. He ended up in Moscow where he died.

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Important scholar of the Greek Enlightenment. He taught at the Principality Academy in Iaşi (Jassy) and published numerous books, both monographs on the history and geography of Romania and Europe in general, and many translations of scientific and philosophical texts.

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Greek merchant born in Kefalonia, a public figure of Odessa. He was the mayor of the city between 1818 and 1821.

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The Captain of the Greek female Company of the Amazons, which was formed at the time of the tour of Catherine the Great in southern Russia and the Crimea.

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Emmanuil Xanthos, a merchant from Patmos, played a leading part in the founding and development of the Filiki Etaireia although his role was doubted both by his contemporaries and later generations. He was the person who initially approached Ioannis Kapodistrias in order to take on the leadership of the Society and later Alexandros Ypsilantis. His memoirs form one of the basic sources on the Filiki Etaireia.

Georgios A. Gennadios (1786-12 November 1854) was born in Silyvria in Thrace and died in Athens. He was a scholar and important teacher.