Sgouros
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Sgouros ({{langx|el|Σγούρος/Σγουρός}}, also frequently found as Sguro(s) but even as Guro in some Latin texts, is the name of various notable persons and families in Byzantine and post-Byzantine Greece, attested from 12th century.
Etymology
The word sgouros means "curly-haired" in medieval Greek and is of uncertain etymology.{{cite web|url=http://anemi.lib.uoc.gr/php/pdf_pager.php?rec=/metadata/f/4/b/metadata-01-0000493.tkl&do=85778_02.pdf&pageno=31&pagestart=1&width=644&height=1004&maxpage=581&lang=en |title=DuCagne, Glossarium, 1688, vol. 2, column 1338. ΣΓΟΥΡΟΣ |publisher=Anemi.lib.uoc.gr |date= |accessdate=2012-09-03}} According to Adamantios Korais the etymology is from the Greek word gyros (round).
Notable persons bearing the name
;Surname
- Theodore Sgouros, governor of Argos and Nafplio, late 12th century
- Leo Sgouros, son of Theodore, autonomous ruler of the NE Peloponnese and Central Greece, early 13th century
- Gabriel Sgouros, brother and successor of Leo, surrendered Nafplio to the Crusaders (1212).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_mazcfdpVIC&pg=PA27 |title=Herrin Judith, Guillaume Saint-Guillain, Mediterranean After 1204, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011 p. 27 |date=2011-05-30 |isbn=9781409410980 |accessdate=2012-09-03|last1=Herrin |first1=Judith |last2=Saint-Guillain |first2=Guillaume |publisher=Ashgate Publishing }}
- George A. Sgouros, Inventor, Industrial & Graphic Designer, Photographer, Independent Candidate for Mayor of Roanoke City, VA (2004 & 2008).
- Sgouros, of unknown other name. Participated in the siege of Constantinople (1453) as naval commander, evacuating Christians with his ship.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qvvdVXckfqQC&pg=PA471 |title=Philippides Marios, Walter K. Hanak, The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople In 1453. p. 471 |date=2011-04-30 |isbn=9781409410645 |accessdate=2012-09-03|last1=Philippides |first1=Marios |last2=Hanak |first2=Walter K. |publisher=Ashgate Publishing }}
- Progonos Sgouros (fl. 1294–1300), an Albanian Byzantine noble, member of the Skuraj family. Benefactor of churches and monasteries in Macedonia.
- Dimitris Sgouros (born 1969), Greek classical pianist
- Angelo Sgouros (born 1977), Greek / American musical producer and recording artist.
- Yiannis Sgouros, Greek politician
;Given name
- Sgouros Spata (fl. 1400-1403), Albanian lord
Modern usage
The name is used as surname in modern Greece, also with derivatives such as Sgouras, Sgouropoulos, Sgourakis, Sgourides, Sgouris etc.