Greek War of Independence 

fighters[edit]
 Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770–1843), Field Marshal in the Greek War of Independence
(1821–1832), he was raised and lived in Arcadia (Libovisi).
 Nikitas Stamatelopoulos Nikitaras o Tourkofagos (Nikitaras the Turk-Eater) (1784–1849),
Greek revolutionary, nephew of Theodoros Kolokotronis (Tourkoleka)
 Dimitris Plapoutas (1786–1864), general in the Greek War of Independence (Paloumba)
 Gennaios Kolokotronis (1803–1868), Greek revolutionary, Major General and Prime Minister
of Greece (May 1862 – October 1862), son of Theodoros Kolokotronis (Stemnitsa)
 Kanellos Deligiannis (1780–1862), Greek revolutionary leader, politician and President of the
Hellenic Parliament (1844–1845) (Lagkadia)
Politicians[edit]
 Alexandros Papanastasiou (1876–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (March 1924 – July 1924
and May 1932 – June 1932) and sociologist (Levidi)
 Epameinondas Deligiorgis (1829–1879), Prime Minister of Greece, lawyer (Tripoli)
 Grigoris Labrakis (1912–1963), politician, doctor (Kerasitsa)
 Theodoros Deligiannis (1820–1905), Prime Minister of Greece (Lagkadia)
 Dimitrios Gontikas (1888–1967), politician and President of the Hellenic Parliament
(Magouliana)
 Kostas Laliotis (1951–), Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public
Works (1993–2001) (Doliana)
 Dimitris Avramopoulos (1953–), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2012–), Minister of National
Defence (2011–2012), Mayor of Athens (1995–2002) (Elliniko)
Poets[edit]
 Nikos Gatsos (1911–1992), (Asea)
 Kostas Karyotakis (1896–1928), (Tripoli)
Scientists, scholars, educators, academicians[edit]
 Georgios Mistriotis (1840–1916), philologist, Professor of the University of Athens (Tripoli)
 Konstantinos Romaios (1874–1966), archaeologist, President of the Academy of
Athens (Vourvoura)
Artists[edit]
 Mimis Fotopoulos (1913–1986), actor (Zatouna)
 Costas Gavras (1933–), director (Loutra Iraias)
 Maria Menounos (1978–), actress, television presenter, journalist (Akovo)
 Dimitris Mitropoulos, conductor and composer (Melissopetra)
 Vasilis Papakonstantinou (1950–), singer and director (Vasta)
 Kostas Tournas (1949–), singer and composer (Tripoli)
 Kostas Triantafyllopoulos (1956–), actor (Athinaio)
 Babis Tsertos (1956–), musician, singer (Tropaia)
 Stavros Tsiolis (1937–), director (Tripoli)
 Electros Vekris, artist / sculptor
Athletes[edit]
 Dimitris Kourbelis (1993–), international footballer (Korakovouni)
 Yiannis Kouros (1956–), ultramarathon runner (Tripoli)
 Michail Mouroutsos (1980–), Olympic taekwondo gold medalist (Lagkadia)
Other notable personalities[edit]
 Lakis Santas (1922–2011), Greek Resistance fighter who climbed on
the Acropolis (with Manolis Glezos), on May 30, 1941, and tore down the swastika, which had
been there since April 27, 1941, when the Nazi forces had entered Athens (Vytina)
 Erasmus of Arcadia, Greek Orthodox bishop

In popular culture[edit]
Main article: Arcadia in popular culture

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 The word Arcadia has become a poetic idyllism meaning "utopia".

 Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) wrote The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, a combination of
pastoral romance and poetry, for his sister, Mary Sidney. It was hugely popular for over a
century.
 In the science fiction show Doctor Who, Arcadia is the second city on The Doctor's home
planet of Gallifrey
 Arcadia is the name of a prize-winning play by Tom Stoppard (1993).