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Nikolaos Calamaris (also known as Nicolas Calas, Nikitas Rantos and M. Spieros) was born in Lausanne (Switzerland) in 1907. When he was still an infant, his family moved to Athens (Greece), where Calamaris lived and studied until 1934. He later moved to Paris (France) and, in 1942, to the United States. He published collections of poems, theoretical and critical texts and translations, and collaborated with various journals. He died in 1988.

Elie P. Caropoulo (1880?-1949) was an obstetrician in Alexandria (Egypt). He was educated in London (England) and Paris (France). He served as doctor of the Patriarchate and was one of the founding members of the Alexandria Association of Greek Scientists "Ptolemy I".

Dimitrios Emmanouil Casdagli (1872-1931) was born in England but moved to Alexandria (Egypt) in 1895, taking over the local branch of the family trade business. He was a tennis player and the silver champion of the 1896 Olympics. He married Ioanna Kazouli and had a daughter, Dorothea.

Atanasio Catraro was born in 1898. He was the son of a distinguished Greek family of Trieste (Italy). He was involved in journalism and translated literary works into Italian, including poems by C. P. Cavafy. He published a book with his memories from the poet, who was his friend (O filos mou o Kavafis, Ikaros, 1970). In 1954 he was decorated by the Italian Republic as Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia (già Stella della solidarietà italiana).

The poet's mother, Charikleia Cavafy (née Fotiadi), was born in Istanbul (Turkey) in 1834. She was the oldest child of the family. She had six sisters and a brother. In 1848 she got married to Peter J. Cavafy and had nine children (eight sons and only one daughter who died in her infancy). The family moved to England (London and Liverpool) in 1852, and in 1854-1855 they settled in Alexandria (Egypt). After the death of the father in 1870, the family moved back to England (1872) but in 1877 they returned to Alexandria. After the 1882 turmoil, Charikleia and her three younger boys moved Istanbul, only to return to Alexandria three years later. She died in Alexandria in 1899.

Maria (Marigo) Ralli was the daughter of Antonios Ralli and Catherine Mavrogordato and was born in London (England) in 1852. She married the physician John Cavafy in London in 1873; he was the first cousin of the poet (his father, Georgios, was the brother of the poet’s father). They had a daughter, Catherine (Kitty, subsequently Ionides). Marigo Cavafy died in Hove, Sussex, in 1916.