Nikephoros (), Nikiforos or Nicephorus is a Greek male name meaning "Bringer of Victory" that was commonly used among the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire. It may refer to:

Rulers

  • Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine emperor 802–811
  • Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor 963–969
  • Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Byzantine emperor 1078–1081
  • Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, despot of Epirus 1267–1297
  • Nikephoros II Orsini, ruler of Epirus 1335–1338 and 1356–1359

Ecclesiastical leaders

  • Nicephorus I of Constantinople, Byzantine writer and patriarch, 758–828, author of the Stichometry and other works
  • Nicephorus II of Constantinople, patriarch in exile at Nicaea
  • Nicephorus of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1084–1090
  • Nicephorus II of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ruthenia, 1183–1198
  • Patriarch Nicephorus of Alexandria, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645
  • Nikiforos of Didymoteicho, Metropolitan of Didymoteicho in 1988–2009

Others

  • Nikephoros (Caesar) (c. 755 – after 812), half-brother of Leo IV, involved in several conspiracies
  • Nikephoros Nikephoritzes (died 1078), eunuch chief minister of Michael VII Doukas
  • Nikephoros Basilakes, Byzantine usurper against Nikephoros III in 1078/1079
  • 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 (c. 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 Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Greek ecclesiastical historian, c. 1320
  • Nikephoros Komnenos (c. 970 – after 1026/7), Byzantine commander and governor
  • 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 c. 1010
  • Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor Nikephoros II
  • Nikephoros the Monk, 13th-century monk and spiritual writer
  • Nikephoros Theotokis (1731–1800), Greek scholar who became an archbishop in Russia
  • Nikephoros Xiphias, Byzantine general, also aide to the emperor Basil II
  • Nikiforos Diamandouros (born 1942), Greek and EU ombudsman
  • Nikiforos Lytras (1832–1904), Greek painter
  • Nikiforos Vrettakos (1912–1991), Greek writer
  • Nikiforos (Greek singer)

See also

  • Nikifor (given name)