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Ion Dragoumis (1878-1920) came from an upper-class family of politicians. He studied Law and worked as a diplomat, having served in Alexandria (Egypt), Istanbul (Turkey), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and elsewhere. During his service in various cities of Macedonia (Bitola [Monastiri], Serres, etc.), he contributed to the organisation of the Greek Struggle in Macedonia. He wrote prose, he was a demoticist, and one of the founders of the “Educational Association”. He was the publisher of the review Politiki Epitheorisis. He was a victim of the National Schism and was murdered in central Athens (Greece) in 1920.

Filippos Dragoumis (1890-1980) was born in Athens (Greece). Son of Stefanos Dragoumis, a politician and prime minister of Greece, he studied Law at the University of Athens and started his career as a diplomat, serving as vice-consul at the Greek Consulate General of Alexandria in 1916. He was later involved in politics, just like his older brother, Ion Dragoumis. He was elected Member of Parliament and was appointed minister on several occasions. He published numerous articles and several other works. He was married to Eleni Valaoriti and had two children. He died in Athens.

Bonamy Dobrée (1891-1974) came from a family of bankers. He studied at a military academy and served in France and in the Middle East during World War I. He then studied at Cambridge (1921-1924), specialising in 18th century English literature, taught English in London (England) and at the University of Cairo (1925-1929) and became professor of English literature at the University of Leeds (1936-1955). He met most of the important authors of his time, and wrote studies, poems, one novel and one play.

Dimokratia was an Athenian newspaper, circulating from 1923 to 1927 and then from 1932 to 1933. It was aligned with the Democratic Union party of Alexandros Papanastasiou. Among its directors were Spyros Melas and Stratis Myrivilis, during the last years of its publication. Many prominent writers and intellectuals collaborated with Dimokratia, publishing their texts in the newspaper.

Konstantinos Th. Dimaras was born in Athens (Greece), in 1904. He studied Classics and started publishing his scientific works in 1926. He worked with newspapers and journals as a literary critic; he was an historian of Modern Greek literature and the first researcher of the Modern Greek Enlightenment. He taught at the University of Sorbonne and died in Paris (France) in 1992.

Polyxeni I. Dimara (née Tsimpouki) was a painter. She organised personal exhibitions and illustrated the edition of Ioannis Gryparis’s work Skaravaioi kai Terakotes (1928). Illustrations of her work have been published in Nea Estia, while her text on the painter Konstantinos Maleas was published in 1953 in the daily I Vradini.