List of Famous people born in Attica Region, Greece

Alexandros Panagoulis was a Greek politician and poet. He took an active role in the fight against the Regime of the Colonels (1967–1974) in Greece. He became famous for his attempt to assassinate dictator Georgios Papadopoulos on 13 August 1968, but also for the torture to which he was subjected during his detention. After the restoration of democracy, he was elected to the Greek parliament as a member of the Centre Union (E.K.).

Stavros Spyrou Niarchos was a billionaire Greek shipping tycoon. Starting in 1952, he had the world's biggest supertankers built for his fleet. Propelled by both the Suez Crisis and an increasing demand for oil, he and rival Aristotle Onassis became giants in global petroleum shipping.

Solon was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy. He wrote poetry for pleasure, as patriotic propaganda, and in defence of his constitutional reform.

Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, commonly known as Panos Vasilopoulos is a Greek professional basketball player for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is 2.05 m tall. He plays at both the small forward and power forward positions.

Lamia of Athens was a celebrated courtesan, and mistress of Demetrius Poliorcetes.

Danae Stratou is a Greek visual and installation artist and former adjunct professor of fine art. She was born in Athens in 1964.

Nikolaos Trikoupis was a Greek general and politician, most notable for his service in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, where he was taken as a prisoner of war. He also participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics, where he came third at the military rifle.

AJ Ginnis is a Greek-American alpine ski racer. Ginnis specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom. Ginnis made his World Cup debut on 22 December 2014.

Vassilis Alexakis was a Greek-French writer and self-translator of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French.

Angeliki Kanellopoulou is a former tennis player from Greece who competed on the WTA Tour. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 43 in April 1987. During her career, she twice reached the third round of the French Open. She competed in the Federation Cup multiple times and participated in the tennis demonstration in the 1984 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals. Another career highlight was reaching the finals of the 1986 Athens Trophy, where she lost to Sylvia Hanika.