List of Famous people with last name Chios
Hippocrates of Chios
Hippocrates of Chios was an ancient Greek mathematician, geometer, and astronomer.
Metrodorus of Chios
Metrodorus of Chios was a Greek philosopher, belonging to the school of Democritus. He is an important forerunner of Pyrrhonism and Epicureanism.
Ariston of Chios
Aristo of Chios was a Stoic philosopher and colleague of Zeno of Citium. He outlined a system of Stoic philosophy that was, in many ways, closer to earlier Cynic philosophy. He rejected the logical and physical sides of philosophy endorsed by Zeno and emphasized ethics. Although agreeing with Zeno that Virtue was the supreme good, he rejected the idea that morally indifferent things such as health and wealth could be ranked according to whether they are naturally preferred. An important philosopher in his day, his views were eventually marginalized by Zeno's successors.
Berenice of Chios
Berenice of Chios was an obscure Greek noblewoman from the Greek island of Chios who became the third wife of King Mithridates VI of Pontus.