Ion Dragoumis

Ion Dragoumis
Born	September 14, 1878 Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Died	July 31, 1920 Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Alma mater	University of Athens
School	Continental philosophy
Notable ideas	Founding father of Greek nationalism, Romantic nationalism, Hellenoturkism, Eastern Party in Greece, role of the Greek tradition, demoticism, communitarianism, Panhelenism, pacifism under a Pax Hellenica on the Middle East, role of Greek Orthodox tradition (despite his agnostic thought)
Influences Homer, Epicurus, Pindarus, Plato, Aristotle, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Rigas Feraios, Auguste Comte, Friedrich Nietzsche, Maurice Barrès, Karl Marx, Giuseppe Mazzini, Rigas Feraios, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Michail Bakunin, Kostis Palamas, Constantine Sathas, Gregorios Xenopoulos, Georges Sorel
Influenced Andreas Papandreou, Kostis Palamas, Eleutherios Venizelos, Penelope Delta, Pavlos Melas, Odysseas Elytis, Nikos Kazantzakis, Angelos Sikelianos, Dimitris Pikionis, Renos Apostolidis, Georgios Grivas

Ion Dragoumis (Greek: Ίων Δραγούμης; September 2, 1878 – July 31, 1920 Julian calendar) was a Greek diplomat, philosopher, writer and revolutionary.

Born in Vogatsiko, Dragoumis was the son of Stephanos Dragoumis who was foreign minister under Charilaos Trikoupis. The family originated from Vogatsiko in Kastoria regional unit. Ion's great-grandfather, Markos Dragoumis (1770–1854), was a member of the Filiki Eteria revolutionary organisation.

Ion Dragoumis studied law at Athens University and, in 1899, entered the diplomatic branch of the Greek Foreign Ministry. In 1897, he enlisted in the Greek Army and fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

In 1902, Dragoumis was made deputy consul in the Greek consulate at Monastir (present-day Bitola). In 1903, he became head of the consulate at Serres and later went on to serve in Plovdiv, Burgas, Alexandria and Alexandroupolis. In 1907, he was assigned to the embassy in Constantinople.

In 1905, during his time as the Vice-Consul of Greece in Alexandria, Dragoumis met and started a love affair with the writer Penelope Delta, who was married to the businessman Stephanos Deltas. Out of respect for her husband and children, Dragoumis and Delta eventually decided to separate, but continued to correspond passionately until 1912, when Dragoumis started a relationship with the famous stage actress Marika Kotopouli.