Chrysanthos facts for kids

Chrysanthos (Greek: Χρύσανθος), Latinized as Chrysanthus, is a Greek name meaning "golden flower". The feminine form of the name is Chrysanthe (Χρυσάνθη), also written Chrysanthi, Chrysanthy and Chrysanthea.

Notable people bearing this name include:

• Father Chrysanthus (1905–1972), Dutch priest and arachnologist
• Saint Chrysanthus, 3rd-century Christian martyr
• Chrysanthus (vicarius), Roman governor of Britain at the turn of the 4th century and bishop
• Chrysanthos of Madytos (c. 1770 – c. 1840), Greek musicologist
• Chrysanthos Sisinis (died 1845), participated in the Greek War of Independence
• Chrysanthos Sisinis (general), Greek general
• Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (1881–1949), Greek orthodox bishop, archbishop of Greece in 1938–41
• Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou (1918–1995), better known as Bost, Greek political cartoonist and playwright
• Chrysanthos Theodoridis, (1934–2005), Pontic Greek singer and songwriter
• Kim Tae-hun Chrysanthus, (1978-)
• Chrysanthos Panayiotou, (1959 -), Greek American, Executive Director, Center for Laser and Fiber Optics Education, LASER-TEC