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Spyridon (Ancient Greek: Σπυρίδων; Greek: Σπυρίδωνας) is a Greek male given name. It is often shortened to Σπύρος (Spyros) and can sometimes be found as Σπυρέτος(Spyretos), often Anglicised as Spyridon, Spyro or Spiro.

Individuals bearing this name include:

• Saint Spyridon, Orthodox/Catholic saint

• Saint Spyridon Church, Romanian Orthodox church in Iași, Romania
• St Spyridon College, Greek Orthodox school in Sydney

• Archbishop Spyridon of Athens, former archbishop of Athens
• Spiro Agnew, 39th vice president of the United States from 1969 to 1973, under President Richard Nixon
• Spyridon Belokas (1877–unknown), Greek runner
• Spyros Christopoulos, Greek footballer
• Spyridon Gianniotis, freestyle swimmer
• Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
• Spyros Kokotos, Greek architect
• Spyros Kyprianou, 2nd President of the Republic of Cyprus
• Spyridon Lambros, Greek history professor and former Prime Minister of Greece
• Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer and football coach
• Spyridon Louis, gold medalist of the first modern Olympic Marathon
• Spyridon Marinatos, 20th century archaeologist
• Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician
• Spyridon Mavrogenis, Phanariot (Ottoman) Greek doctor
• Spyridon Merkouris, Greek politician, long-time mayor of Athens
• Spyridon Michalakis, A Sinful Quantum Physicist
• Spyros Moustakas, Greek writer
• Spyros Moustaklis, Greek democracy activist
• Spyros Paliouras, Greek writer
• Spiridon Putin, Lenin and Stalin's cook, grandfather of Vladimir Putin
• Spiridione Roma, 18th-century Greek painter traveled to London
• Spyros Spyromilios, Greek Gendarmerie officer in the Greek struggle for Macedonia
• Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer
• Spyridon Stais, Greek politician
• Spyridon Trikoupis, former Prime Minister of Greece
• Spyros Vallas, Greek footballer
• Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper
• Spyridon Vassiliadis, Greek poet and playwright
• Spyros Vrettos, Greek poet
• Spyridon Xyndas, 19th century musician
• Martinus Spyridon Johannes Lodewijk, Dutch comics writer and cartoonist, and advertising adviser.

See also

• MV Spyridon, a coaster
• Spiridon (disambiguation)

• Given names
• Given names of Greek language origin
• Greek masculine given names
• Masculine given names