Deno Geanakoplos

Deno John Geanakoplos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γιαννακόπουλος; 1916–2007) was an American scholar of Byzantine cultural and religious history and Italian Renaissance intellectual history and the Bradford Durfee Professor Emeritus of Byzantine History, Renaissance History, and Eastern Orthodox Church History at Yale University. He was the author of 13 books and over 100 articles and was considered one of the foremost Byzantine scholars in the world. He was the father of Yale economist John Geanakoplos.