WEvripidis Bakirtzis, born in Serres, Ottoman Empire, was a Hellenic Army officer and politician. Dismissed from the army twice due to his participation in pro-republican coup attempts and sentenced to death, later during the Axis Occupation of Greece, in World War II he co-founded the EKKA resistance group and later he joined the Greek People's Liberation Army. He served as head of the Political Committee of National Liberation, a government of Greek Resistance-held territories, from 10 March to 18 April 1944. He was nicknamed "the Red Colonel", from his pen name in the communist Rizospastis.
WNikos Beloyannis was a Greek resistance leader and leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party.
WGermanos Dimakos was a Greek priest and prominent member of the Greek Resistance during World War II, fighting in the ranks of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS). He is best known by his nom de guerre, Papa-Anypomonos.
WManolis Glezos was a Greek left-wing politician and folk hero, best known for his participation in the World War II resistance.
WProtopresbyter Dimitrios Holevas, more commonly known as Papa-Holevas, was a Greek Orthodox priest who was a notable member of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS), set up by the National Liberation Front (EAM), a leftist resistance movement against the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II.
WAris Poulianos is a Greek anthropologist and archaeologist.
WStefanos Sarafis was an officer of the Hellenic Army who played an important role during the Greek Resistance.
WMarkos Vafeiadis was a leading figure of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) during the Greek Resistance and the Greek Civil War.
WAthanasios Klaras, better known by the nom de guerre Aris Velouchiotis, was the most prominent leader and chief instigator of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS), the military branch of the National Liberation Front (EAM), which was the major resistance organization in occupied Greece from 1942 to 1945.