Ioannis Kottounios, (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κωττούνιος, Latin: Joannes Cottunius de Verria; c. 1577 – 1658) was an eminent ethnic Greek scholar who studied philosophy, theology and medicine, taught Greek from 1617 and philosophy from 1630 in Bologna, Italy becoming professor of philosophy in 1632 he also founded a college for unwealthy Greeks at Padua in 1653.