Name
- Heron, of Alexandria, mathematician and engineer, c 10-c 702
- Philo, of Byzantium, Mechanicus, 3rd century BC-2nd century BC2
- Apollodorus of Damascus1
- Athenaeus, Mechanicus, 1st century BC1
- Biton, Greek military writer, 3rd century BC-2nd century BC1
- Burney, Charles, classical scholar, 1757-18171
- Iulius Africanus, Sextus, Christian historian, c 160-c 2401
- Leo VI, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, the Wise, 866-9121
- Monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai, Mid 6th century-1
- Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine Emperor, 912-9691
- Smith, John Spencer, FRS, diplomat, politican and writer, 1769-18451