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== Notable people ==
* [[Archilochos]] (7th century BC), warrior and poet.
* [[Aglaophon]] (6th–5th century BC), painter, teacher and father of Polygnotus and Aristophon<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0083.html |title=Aglaophon |work=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology |page=74 (v. 1) |publisher=Ancientlibrary.com |access-date=2012-10-26 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007150113/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0083.html |archive-date=2012-10-07 }}</ref>
* [[Hegemon of Thasos]], comedian, inventor of parody
* [[Leodamas of Thasos|Leodamas]] (4th century BC), mathematician
* Neseus of Thasos, painter
* [[Polygnotos Vagis]] (1892–1965), Thasos-born US sculptor
* [[Polygnotus]] (mid-5th century BC), painter
* [[Stesimbrotos of Thasos|Stesimbrotos]] (c. 470 BC – c. 420 BC), sophist
* [[Theagenes of Thasos]] (480 BC) Olympic boxer 
* [[Pankration|Pankratiast]] (476 BC), Olympic runner
* [[Androsthenes of Thasos]] (4th century BC), Admiral serving under Alexander the Great.
* [[Vassilis Vassilikos]] (1934), poet and author. His novel "Z" was the source for [[Z (1969 film)|the eponymous Academy Award-winning film]], was born in Thasos.