This is a list of people mentioned by Herodotus, a Greek historian from the fifth century BC. Widely referred to as "The Father of History".
Adeimantus of Corinth
Aeimnestus
Alexander I of Macedon
Ameinias of Athens
Amestris
Amompharetus
Anacharsis
Ariabignes
Ariomardus
Arion
Aristagoras
Aristeas
Artemisia I of Caria
Asia (mythology)
Astyages
Bardiya
Callicrates of Sparta
Callimachus (polemarch)
Cambyses II
Candaules
Cimon Coalemos
Cleomenes I
Croesus
Atys (son of Croesus)
Cynaegirus
Damasithymus
Darius I
Deinomenes
Demaratus
Democedes
Demophilus of Thespiae
Dienekes
Ephialtes of Trachis
Epizelus
Gaumata
Glaucus of Chios
Gorgo, Queen of Sparta
Harpagus
Idanthyrsus
Kleobis and Biton
Mandane of Media
Mandrocles
Mardonius
Masistes
Mazares
Megabazus
Miltiades
Onomacritus
Oroetus
Otanes
Phaedymia
Pheretima (Cyrenaean Queen)
Polycrates
Pythius
Spargapises
Syennesis
Syloson
Tellus of Athens
Themistocles
Tomyris
Xenagoras of Halicarnassus
Xerxes I
Zopyrus
