List of Famous people with last name Macedon
Perdiccas II of Macedon
Perdiccas II was a king of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from about 448 BC to about 413 BC. He is prominently featured in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, in which he is described as switching sides between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians several times.
Eurydice I of Macedon
Eurydice was an ancient Macedonian queen, wife of king Amyntas III of Macedon.
Perdiccas III of Macedon
Perdiccas III was king of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 365 BC to 360 BC, succeeding his brother Alexander II.
Philip V of Macedon
Philip V was king (Basileus) of the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia from 221 to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of the Roman Republic. He would lead Macedon against Rome in the First and Second Macedonian Wars, losing the latter but allying with Rome in the Roman-Seleucid War towards the end of his reign.
Stratonice of Macedon
Stratonice of Macedonia was the daughter of Stratonice of Syria and of the Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter. She was married to Demetrius II, king of Macedonia.
Alexandros I of Macedon
Alexander I of Macedon, known with the title Philhellene was the ruler of the ancient kingdom of Macedon from c. 498 BC until his death in 454 BC. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Alcetas II.
Alexandros II of Macedon
Alexander II of Macedon was an Argead king of the ancient kingdom of Macedon in 369-367 BC, following the death of his father Amyntas III.
Perdiccas I of Macedon
Perdiccas I was king of the ancient kingdom of Macedon. Herodotus stated:
"From Argos fled to the country of the Illyrians three brothers of the descendants of Temenus, Gauanes, Aeropus, and Perdiccas; and passing over Illyria from the mountains they came into the upper parts of Macedonia to the city of Lebaia." "Now that these descendants of Perdiccas are Greeks, as they themselves say, I myself chance to know and will prove it in the later part of my history."
Phthia of Macedon
Phthia was a daughter of Alexander II, king of Epirus, and his half-sister Olympias II.
Heracles of Macedon
Heracles of Macedon was a reputed illegitimate son of Alexander the Great of Macedon by Barsine, daughter of Satrap Artabazus of Phrygia. Heracles was named after the Greek mythological hero of the same name, from whom the Argeads claimed descent.