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Anastasius (Latinized) or Anastasios () is a masculine given name of Greek origin derived from the Greek word (anastasis) meaning "resurrection". Its female form is Anastasia (). A diminutive form of Anastasios is Tassos () or Tasos ().

People

Byzantine emperors

  • Anastasius I Dicorus, reign 491–518
  • Anastasios II (died 719), reign 713–715

Popes of Rome

  • Pope Anastasius I, papacy 399–401
  • Pope Anastasius II, papacy 496–498
  • Pope Anastasius III, papacy 911–913
  • Pope Anastasius IV, papacy 1153–1154

Other Christian saints and clergy

  • Saint Anastasius, martyr under Nero
  • Saint Anastasius the Fuller (died 304), martyr and patron saint of fullers and weavers
  • ( 263–11 May 305)
  • Anastasius of Jerusalem, patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem from 458 to 478
  • Anastasius of Suppentonia (died 570), abbot
  • Pope Anastasius of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria 605–616
  • Anastasius of Antioch (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Saint Anastasius of Persia (died 628), Persian martyr
  • Saint Anastasius of Pavia (died 680), bishop of Pavia
  • Anastasius of Armenia, successor of Nerses III the Builder as Catholicos of Armenia from 661 to 667
  • Saint Anastasius Sinaita (fl. 7th century), theologian, Father of the Eastern Orthodox Church, monk, priest, and abbot of the monastery at Mt. Sinai
  • Anastasius (abbot of Euthymius) (fl. 8th century)
  • Patriarch Anastasius of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople 730–754
  • Anastasius Bibliothecarius ( 810–878), librarian of the Church of Rome, scholar and statesman, sometimes identified as an Antipope

Astrik or Saint Anastasius of Pannonhalma, ambassador of Stephen I of Hungary

  • Anastasius, Cardinal-priest of the title of San Clemente, 1102–c.1125
  • Anastasius Germonius (1551–1627), Archbishop of Tarantaise and canon lawyer
  • Anastasius Crimca ( 1550–1629), Moldavian Eastern Orthodox clergyman, calligrapher, illuminator and writer
  • Anastasius the Melodist (Hymnographer), believed to be a name of three or more melodists, one of whom is believed to have been a contemporary of Rhomanos
  • Joseph Wenzel Franz Anastasius (1767–1842), Prince of the House of Liechtenstein, priest and general in the Austrian army
  • Anastasius Hartmann (1803–1886), Capuchin, missionary in India and Titular Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Patna and Bombay
  • Anastasius Gribanovsky (1873–1965), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
  • Anastasios (1929–2025), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania

Politicians and military

  • Anastasios Andreou (1877–1947), Cypriot athlete and volunteer in the Greek army for the Greco-Turkish war of 1897
  • Anastasios Balkos (1916–1995), Greek politician
  • Anastasios Charalambis (1862–1949), Greek officer and interim Prime Minister of Greece
  • Anastasios Chatzivasileiou (born 1981), Greek politician
  • Anastasios Christopoulos (1805–1854), Greek lawyer and revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence
  • Anastasios Dalipis (1896–1949), Greek Army officer and politician
  • Anastasius Fétul (1816–1886), Moldavian and Romanian physician, naturalist, philanthropist and political figure
  • Anastasios Giannitsis (born 1944), Greek politician, academic and business executive
  • Anastasios Karatasos (1764–1830), Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence
  • Anastasios Kourakis (1948–2021), Greek politician, pediatrician and geneticist
  • Anastasios Londos (1791–1856), Greek politician and senator
  • Anastasios Manakis (c. 1790–1864), Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence
  • Anastasios Mavromichalis (1798–1870), Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence and politician
  • Anastasios Mitropoulos (born 1957), Greek footballer and politician
  • Anastasios Nerantzis (1944–2021), Greek politician
  • Anastasios Papaligouras (born 1948), Greek politician
  • Anastasios Papoulas (1857–1935), Greek general during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922
  • Anastasios Peponis (1924–2011), Greek politician
  • Anastasios Pichion (1836–1913), Greek educator and revolutionary of the Macedonian Struggle
  • Anastasios Polyzoidis (1802–1873), Greek politician and judicial official
  • Anastasios Tsamados (1774–1825), Greek admiral of the Greek War of Independence
  • Anastasios Voulgaris (died 1839), Bulgarian-born Greek revolutionary during the Greek War of independence

Sports

  • Anastasios Anastasopoulos (1915–1981), Greek chess player
  • Anastasios Andreou (1877–1947), Greek Cypriot athlete and soldier in the Greco-Turkish war of 1897
  • Anastasios Antonakis (born 1992), Greek basketball player
  • Anastasios Avlonitis (born 1990), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Bakasetas (born 1993), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Bavelas (born 1968), Greek tennis player
  • Anastasios Bountouris (born 1955), Greek Olympic medalist in sailing
  • Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (born 1997), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Christofileas (born 1988), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Dentsas (born 1982), Greek footballer and coach
  • Anastasios Dimas (born 1988), Greek basketball player
  • Anastasios Dimitriadis (born 1997), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Donis (born 1996), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Douvikas (born 1999), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Gavrilis (born 1952), Greek sailor
  • Anastasios Gousis (born 1979), Greek sprinter
  • Anastasios Kakos (born 1970), Greek football referee
  • Anastasios Kantoutsis (born 1994), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Karagiozis (born 1997), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Karakoutsis (born 1983), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Karamanos (born 1990), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Katsabis (born 1973), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Kissas (born 1988), Cypriot footballer
  • Anastasios Kritikos (footballer, born 1914), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Kritikos (footballer, born 1995), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Kyriakos (born 1978), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Lagos (born 1992) Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Lordos (born 1949), Cypriot sport shooter
  • Anastasios Markopoulos (born 1949), Greek basketball player and coach
  • Anastasios Meletidis (born 1999), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Metaxas (1862–1937), Greek sport shooter and architect
  • Anastasios Mitropoulos (born 1957), Greek footballer and politician
  • Anastasios Mousidis (1934–2010), Greek wrestler
  • Anastasios Pantos (born 1976), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Papachristos (born 1993), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Papakonstantinou (born 1963), Greek bobsledder
  • Anastasios Papanastasiou (born 1964), Greek water polo player
  • Anastasios Papazoglou (born 1988), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Pastos (born 1978), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Rousakis (born 1985), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Salonidis (born 1979), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Sapountzis (born 2002), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Schizas (born 1977), Greek water polo player
  • Anastasios Sidiropoulos (born 1979), Greek football referee
  • Anastasios Spyropoulos (born 1995), Greek basketball player
  • Anastasios Theodorakis (1902-unknown), Greek water polo player
  • Anastasios Triantafyllou (born 1987), Greek weightlifter
  • Anastasios Triantafyllou (footballer) (born 1979), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Tselios (born 2002), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Tsikaris (born 1966), Greek water polo player
  • Anastasios Tsiou, Greek Paralympian athlete
  • Anastasios Tsokanis (born 1991), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Tsoumagas (born 1991), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Vasiliadis (born 1974), Greek tennis player
  • Anastasios Vatistas (born 1945), Greek sailor
  • Anastasios Venetis (born 1980), Greek footballer
  • Anastasios Vogiatzis (born 1936), Greek sailor
  • Anastasios Zarkadas (born 1994), Greek footballer

Other people named Anastasius

  • Anastasius the jurist (fl. 5th or 6th century), Roman jurist
  • Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Moschianus Probus Magnus (fl. 6th century), Byzantine statesman
  • Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius (fl. 6th century), Byzantine statesman
  • Anastasius of Samaria (fl. 6th century), Byzantine official
  • Anastasius Fétul (1816–1886), Moldavian and Romanian physician, naturalist, philanthropist and political figure
  • Anastasius Nordenholz (1862–1953), German-Argentine author

Other people named Anastasios

  • Anastasios Bakirtzis (born 1956), Greek electrical and computer engineer
  • Anastasios Christomanos (1841–1906), Greek chemist
  • Anastasios Christodoulou (1932–2002), Greek Cypriot university administrator
  • Anastasios Isaac (1972–1996), Greek Cypriot refugee murdered during a demonstration
  • Anastasios John Kanellopoulos, Greek-American eye surgeon
  • Anastasios Koulouriotis (1822–1887), Arvanite Greek writer
  • Anastasios Kyriakides (born 1946), Greek-American businessman
  • Anastasios George Leventis (1902–1975), Greek Cypriot businessman
  • Anastasios Melis, Greek-American biologist
  • Anastasios Metaxas (1862–1937), Greek architect and sport shooter
  • Anastasios Michail ( 1675–1722), Greek scholar
  • Anastasios Nyfadopoulos (born 1992), Greek artist
  • Anastasios Orlandos (1887–1979), Greek archeologist and architect
  • Anastasios Rouvas (born 1972), Greek singer, actor and businessman
  • Anastasios Soulis (born 1987), Swedish actor
  • Anastasios Tagis (1839–1900), Greek scholar and philological teacher
  • Anastasios Tsonis, Greek-American atmospheric scientist
  • Anastasios Venetsanopoulos (1941–2014), Greek-Canadian engineer

Pseudonym

  • Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg (1806–1876), Austrian poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Anastasius Grün

See also

  • Anastasia
  • Anastasio
  • Anastacio (name)