Callimachi family
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Callimachi, Calimachi, or Kallimachi (originally Calmaşul or Călmaşu) was a Moldavian-Greek Phanariote boyar and princely family, originating with a group of free peasants living in the Orhei area of Bessarabia. It remained present in modern Romania.
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- Ioan Teodor Callimachi (Prince of Moldavia 1758-1761)
- Gavriil Callimachi, Orthodox monk
- Grigore Callimachi (Prince of Moldavia 1761-1764; 1767-1769)
- Alexandru Callimachi (Prince of Moldavia 1795-1799)
- Scarlat Callimachi (Prince of Moldavia 1806; de-jure only, under Imperial Russian occupation, 1807-1810; 1812-1819); Prince of Wallachia, 1821 de-jure only - prevented from reaching his throne by the Pandur uprising)
- Alexandros Kallimachis (Ottoman diplomat, governor of Samos Island 1850-1854)
- Scarlat Callimachi, communist activist
- Andrew Calimach, poet