Nicephorus

Nicephorus, Nikephoros, or Nikiforos may refer to:

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Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus 1267-1297
Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine emperor 802-811
Nikephoros II Orsini, ruler of Epirus 1335-1338 and 1356-1359
Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor 963-969
Nikephoros III Botaneiates Botaniates, Byzantine emperor 1078-1081
Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Byzantine writer and patriarch, 758-828, author of the Stichometry and other works
Nikephoros (Caesar) (ca. 755 – after 812), half-brother of Leo IV and Caesar, involved in several conspiracies
Nicephorus of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1084 - 1090
Patriarch Nicephorus of Alexandria, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645
Nikephoritzes or Nikephoros (died 1078), eunuch chief minister of Michael VII Doukas

Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Greek ecclesiastical historian, c. 1320 AD
Nikephoros Bryennios (ethnarch), father of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder
Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Byzantine general who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII Doukas in 1077–1078
Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, son of the preceding, Byzantine general, statesman and historian, 1062–1137
Nikephoros Choumnos (ca. 1250–1327), Byzantine chief minister and scholar
Nikephoros Diogenes general and son to Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes
Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian, c. 1295–1360
Nikephoros Melissenos (c. 1045–1104), Byzantine general, self-proclaimed emperor and Caesar
Nikephoros Ouranos, Byzantine general, chief aide to the emperor Basil II, viceroy in the East from 999 to circa 1010
Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor Nikephoros II
Nikephoros Theotokis (1731–1800), Greek scholar who became an archbishop in Russia
Nikephoros Xiphias, Byzantine general, also aide to the emperor Basil II
Nikiforos Vrettakos (1912–1991), Greek writer