The following is a list of dragomans.
Đorđe Branković (count) (1645–1711), Serbian dragoman who spoke Romanian, Hungarian, German, Turkish and other languages and dialects. Jean-Baptiste Adanson (1732–1803), Scottish-French Janus Bey, Ottoman Empire interpreter and ambassador who was active in Europe in the 1530s. Vincenzo Belluti (19th century), Maltese Wojciech Bobowski (1610–1675), Polish Stefan Bogoridi (1775/1780–1859), Bulgarian Hammad Hassab Bureik Egyptian dragoman employed by Henry S. Harper. Survived the sinking of the Titanic. Ioan Teodor Callimachi, Greek-Romanian Alexandru Callimachi, Greek-Romanian Nicolae Caradja (18th century), Greek Alexandru Matei Ghica (18th century), Greek Jean Georges Caradja (19th century), Greek Armand-Pierre Caussin de Perceval (1795–1871), French Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau (1846–1923), French Rigas Feraios (*1757–1798), Greek Tomasso Barthold,(1774–1811), Italian Gerald Henry Fitzmaurice, (1865–1939), British Charles Fonton (1725–1793), French Gaspar Graziani (1575/1580–1620), Italian Alexander Hangerli (d. 1854), Greek Constantine Hangerli (d. 1799), Greek Martin Hartmann (1851–1918), German Alexander Knox Helm, (1893–1964), British Petar Ičko (1755–1808), Ottoman Greek who was Karađorđe's personal dragoman. Johannes Kolmodin (1884–1933), Swedish Clément Huart, French Auguste de Jaba (1801–1894), Polish-Lithuanian-Russian Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios, Greek Nassif Mallouf (1823–1865), Lebanese Manuc Bei (1769–1817), Armenian Alexander II Mavrocordatos (18th century), Greek John Mavrocordatos (18th century), Greek Nicholas Mavrocordatos (1670–1730), Greek Nicolae Mavrogheni (18th century), Greek Alexander Mourousis (d.1816), Greek Constantine Mourousis (d. 1783), Greek Antoine de Murat (ca. 1739–1813), Armenian Solomon Negima (d.1933) Panayot Nikousia (17th century), Greek The Pisani Family Georg Rosen (b. 1821), Prussian Andrew Ryan (1876–1941), British Beyzade Aleko Soutzos (d. 1807), Greek Mihai Suţu (1730–1802), Greek The Testa Family Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula, Baron of Thugut (1736–1818), Austrian Ármin Vámbéry (1832–1913), Hungarian Alexander Ypsilantis (1725–1805), Greek
Definition A dragoman was an interpreter, translator, and official guide between Turkish, Arabic, and Persian-speaking countries and polities of the Middle East and European embassies, consulates, vice-consulates and trading posts. A dragoman had to have a knowledge of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and European languages.
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