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Nikephoros, Nicephorus or Nikiforos (Greek: Νικηφόρος, "Bringer of Victory") is the name of:
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People
Rulers
- 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
Other
- 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
- Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Greek ecclesiastical historian, c. 1320 AD
- Nicephorus of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1084 - 1090
- Patriarch Nicephorus of Alexandria, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645
- Nicephorus of Mount Athos (1300) Hesychast monk who first wrote out the sitting posture of staring at the heart or navel during the Hesychast prayer
- Nikephoros or Nikephoritzes (died 1078), eunuch chief minister of Michael VII Doukas
- 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. Was blinded in 1094 by Alexios I Komnenos
- 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
Deities
- Athena Nikephoros, the Goddess Athena of Victory
Place names
- Nikiforos, a municipality in Drama Prefecture, Greece
- Nikiforos Fokas, a municipality in Rethymno Prefecture, Greece
See also
- MV Nikiforos, a cargo ship
- Nikifor (disambiguation)
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