Ioannis Diakidis

{{Short description|Greek writer}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Ioannis Diakidis
{{Nobold|{{lang|el|Ιωάννης Διακίδης}}}}

| birth_date = 1867

| birth_place = Symi, Ottoman Empire (now in Greece)

| death_date = {{death year and age|1962|1867}}

| death_place = Patras, Greece

| occupation = Writer

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Ioannis Diakidis ({{langx|el|Ιωάννης Διακίδης}}), 1867–1962) was a Greek writer.https://www.amazon.es/Greek-writers-Petropoulos-Psychoundakis-Marangopoulos/dp/115648751X He was born on the island of Symi in the Dodecanese at the time was part of the Ottoman Empire. He was a soccer player at the Panachaikos with many wins in games. He constructed a mountainous refuge in the Panachaiko mountains, he gave to the government a residence at Korinthou Street and he donated the funds to build the School of People where it was named Diakideios ({{langx|el|Διακίδειος}}) to honor him. He was the brother of Themistoklis Diakidis, olympic medal winner.