This page is devoted to a listing of major Epicureans throughout history.
HONOR ROLL OF EPICUREANS
| Name | Period | Status | Verification Source | Comments |
| Epicurus | 300 BC | The Founder | Self-Evident | |
| Metrodorus | Avowed Epicurean | Diogenes Laertius | ||
| Hermarchus | Avowed Epicurean | Diogenes Laertius | ||
| Polyaenas | Avowed Epicurean | Diogenes Laertius | ||
| Philonides of Laodicea | 200-130 BC | Avowed Epicurean | Life of Philonides from Herculaneum | Court Philosopher of Antiochus IV Epiphanes |
| Titus Lucretius Carus | 50 BC | Avowed Epicurean | De Rerum Natura | |
| Rabirius | 50 BC | Avowed Epicurean | Cicero | Mentioned by Cicero. |
| Catius Insuber | Cicero | Mentioned by Cicero in letter to Cassius of January 45 BC as “lately dead.” Mentioned by Cassius in letter to Cicero of January 45 BC as, with Amafinius, a translator of Epicurus. Wikipedia | ||
| Amafinius | Cassius | Mentioned by Cassius in letter to Cicero of January 45 BC as, with Catius, a translator of Epicurus. Wikipedia | ||
| Titus Pomponius Atticus | 50 BC | Avowed Epicurean | Cicero | Wikipedia |
| Pansa | Mentioned by Cassius in letter to Cicero of January 45 BC: “Consequently Pansa, who follows pleasure, keeps his hold on virtue, and those also whom you call pleasure-lovers are lovers of what is good and lovers of justice, and cultivate and keep all the virtues.” | |||
| Gaius Cassius Longinus | 50 BC | Avowed Epicurean | Letters to Cicero | |
| Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) | 50 BC | Wikipedia | ||
| Philodemus of Gadara | Herculaneum Papers | |||
| Diogenes Laertius | 200 AD ? | Unclear | Statements in Epicurus’ Biography | |
| Diogenes of Oinoanda | Avowed Epicurean | Author of the Epicurean Inscription | ||
| Pompeia Plotina | Died circa 120 AD | Wikipedia Wife of Trajan; Adopted Mother of Hadrian; wrote letter to Hadrian asking for special consideration under Roman law for Epicurean School. | ||
| Thomas Jefferson | 1800 | Avowed Epicurean | Letter to William Short |
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