Rulers of the Trebizond Empire

• Alexios I Komnenos (1056–1118/1048), Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118, and the founder of the Komnenian dynasty
• Andronikos I of Trebizond, Emperor of Trebizond from 1222 to 1235
• Ioannis I Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond from 1235 to 1238
• Manuel I Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond from 1238 to 1263
• Andronikos II Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond from 1263 to 1266
• Georgios Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond from 1266 to 1280
• Ioannis II Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond from 1280 to 1297
• Theodora Megale Komnene, Empress of Trebizond from 1284 to 1285
• Alexios II of Trebizond (1282 – 1330), Emperor of Trebizond from 1297 to 1330
• David Megas Komnenos (c. 1408 – 1 November 1463) Last Emperor of Trebizond from 1459 to 1461

Clerics

• Ecumenical Patriarch John VIII, patriarch of Constantinople from 1064 to 1075. (also saint)

Scholars

• Gregory Choniades (died 1302), astronomer
• Michael Panaretos (1320–c. 1390), historian, protosebastos and protonotarios in the service of Alexios III Megas Komnenos
• George of Trebizond (1395–1472 or 1473), a philosopher and scholar, one of the pioneers of the Renaissance
• George Amiroutzes (1400–1470), a Renaissance scholar and philosopher, a servant of Sultan Mehmed II
• Basilios Bessarion (1403–1472), a Catholic Cardinal Bishop and the titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, one of Greek scholars who contributed to the great revival of letters in the 15th century

Actors

• Pamphylia Tanailidi (1891–1937)
• Periklis Hristoforidis (1907–1983)
• Panos Papadopulos (1920-2001)
• Nikos Xanthopoulos (b. 1934)
• Martha Karagianni (b. 1939)
• Vasilis N. Triantafillidis (b. 1940) (a.k.a. Harry Klyn)
• Nikos Sergianopoulos (1952–2008)
• Ieroklis Michailidis (b. 1960)
• Denis Podalydès (b. 1963)
• Fanis Mouratidis (b. 1970)
• Victoria Haralabidou (b. 1971)
• Giorgos Kapoutzidis (b. 1972)
• Alex Dimitriades (b. 1973)
• Mary Akrivopoulou (b. 1975)

Artists

• Joannis Avramidis (b. 1922), sculptor

• Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842–1910), Russian landscape painter
• Sergey Merkurov (1881–1952), prominent Soviet sculptor-monumentalist of Greek-Armenian ancestry
• Nonda (1922-2005), leading Greek artist of the School of Paris

Athletes

Business

• Konstantinos Theofylaktos, was a banker and mayor of Trabzon from 1916 to 1918
• Filaret Galchev (b. 1963), Russian businessman, chairman of Eurocement group (real name Filaretos Kaltsidis)
• Mike Lazaridis (b. 1961), founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), which created and manufactures the BlackBerry wireless handheld device
• Dimitris Melissanidis (b. 1946), founder of Aegean Marine Petroleum, president of AEK Athens F.C. from 1992 to 1995
• Ivan Savvidi (b. 1959), Deputy to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Chairman of PAOK FC and FC SKA Rostov-on-Don, Businessman and president of the Federation of Greek Communities of Russia

Journalists

• Vicky Hadjivassiliou (mother)
• Nikos Kapetanidis Pontic Greek journalist and newspaper publisher
• Mary Kostakidis (b. 1954), former weeknight SBS World News Australia presenter
• Alexandra Pascalidou (b. 1970), journalist, television hostess and author
• Pantelis Savvidis (b. 1954)
• Tatiana Stefanidou (b. 1970)
• Makis Triantafyllopoulos (grandmother)
• Popi Tsapanidou
• George Valavanis

Military

• Achilles Sakis (Tsakeredes), United States Air Force - Retired, Flight test engineer & U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School graduate and instructor, later with Google X Project Wing
• James G. Stavridis, Retired United States Navy admiral & 12th Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
• Vladimir Triandafillov (1894–1931), Soviet military commander and theoretician (real surname Triantafyllidis)

Models

• Olympia Hopsonidou, Miss Star Hellas 2006

Music

• Aristotelis Koundouroff (1896–1969), composer of the Modern Era
• Iovan Tsaous (1893–1942), musician, and composer of rebetiko songs (real name Yiannis Eitziridis or Etseiridis)
• Odysseas Dimitriadis (1908–2005), classical music conductor
• Stelios Kazantzidis (1931–2001), Greek singer of Greek popular music, or Laïkó, he collaborated with many of Greece's composers (father)
• Chrysanthos (1934–2005), singer and songwriter (his surname is Theodoridis)
• Marinella (b. 1938) one of the most popular Greek singers whose career has spanned several decades (her surname is Papadopoulou)
• Pavlos Sidiropoulos (1948–1990), rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and the "father" of the Greek Rock (father)
• Diamanda Galas (b. 1955), US avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, performance artist and painter (Pontian ancestry on her father's side)
• Lefteris Hapsiadis (b. 1953) lyricist, poet and writer of novels
• Vasilis Karras (b. 1953), Greek folk singer (real surname Kesoglidis)
• Kelly Kelekidou Greek singer
• Lefteris Pantazis (b. 1955), Greek folk singer (real surname Pagozidis)
• Pantelis Pantelidis (1983-2016), Greek singer, Youtuber, songwriter and lyricist
• Lefteris Papadopoulos, lyricist, poet and journalist
• Antonis Remos (b. 1970), Greek laïko singer (real surname Paschalidis)
• Natassa Theodoridou (b. 1970), Greek singer
• Matthaios Tsahouridis (b. 1978), plays a range of stringed musical instruments including pontic kemenche, Ph.D. in musicology
• Despina Vandi (b. 1969), Greek singer
• Birol Topaloğlu (b. 1965), Pontic songwriter and singer
• Paola Foka, Greek singer (partial)

Politics

• Adonis Georgiadis (b. 1972), Greek politician, historian, publisher, and author
• Leonidas Iasonidis (1884–1959), political activist, congressman of Greek parliament and minister
• Ioannis Passalidis (1886–1968), a prominent member of the Greek Left and founder of the United Democratic Left party
• Dimitrios Partsalidis (1903/1905–1980), communist politician
• Nikos Papadopoulos (b. 1939) Greek-born Swedish Social Democrat politician
• Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov (b. 1936), former mayor of Moscow (real name Gavriil Papadopoulos)
• Savvas Tsitouridis (b. 1954), politician and member of the New Democracy and former Minister for Employment and Social Protection
• Markos Vafiadis (1906–1992), leading cadre of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) during the Greek Civil War

Science/academia

• George Gurdjieff (1866? – 1949), a mystic and spiritual teacher (real name Georgios Georgiades)
• Viktor Sarianidi (b. 1929), well-known Soviet archaeologist
• Fyodor Yurchikhin (b. 1959), cosmonaut and spacecraft's mechanical engineer (mother)
• John Ioannidis (b. 1965), American scientist, professor, and author

Writers

• Aris Alexandrou (1922–1978), a novelist, poet and translator (father)
• Christos Chomenidis (b. 1966)
• Thea Halo (b. 1941) (mother), author of Not Even My Name, a memoir of her mother's experiences during the Greek genocide
  • Sano Halo (1909-2014), survivor of the Greek genocide and nicknamed Grandmother of the Pontic Greeks^[1]
• Theodor Kallifatides (b. 1938) (father)
• Dimitris Psathas (1907–1979), journalist and satirical writer (mother)
• Nikolay Sherbina (b. 1821), Russian poet of 19th century (maternal grandparent)
• Stephanos Papadopoulos (b.1976) Greek American Poet (father)
• Nikos Grigoriadis (1931-2012), poet and educator.

Various

• A. I. Bezzerides (1908–2007), Greek-Armenian novelist and screenwriter, best known for writing Noir and Action motion pictures, especially several of Warners' "social conscience" films of the 1940s (father)
• Anastasios Papadopoulos (1896–1922), guerilla fighter and leading figure of Pontus
• Yanis Kanidis (1930–2004), Greek-Russian physical education teacher & hero who died to save the lives of his students during the Beslan school hostage crisis
• Filon Ktenidis (1889–1963), playwright, accountant, journalist, doctor and the founder of Panagia Soumela in Kastania, Vermiou in Greece