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Famous Greeks or Greek-speaking/writing people:
In alphabetical order.
Actors
- John Aniston (1937-), TV actor & father of Jennifer
- Olympia Dukakis (1931-), film actress
- Melina Kanakaredes (1967-), TV actress (Providence, CSI: New York)
- Melina Mercouri (1920-1994), film actress & political activist
- Irene Papas, film actress
- Katina Paxinou (1900-1973), film & theatre actress
- Telly Savalas (1924-1994), TV actor ("Kojak")
- Thanasis Vengos, film actor
- Nia Vardalos (1962-), film actress and screenwriter (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
- Aliki Vougiouklaki (1934?-1996), film actress
- Billy Zane (1966-), film actor
- John Stamos, Actor (Full House)
- George Mitsikostas, mime comedian.
Athletes
- Pyrros Dimas (1971-), Three-time Weightlifting Olympic champion
- Panagiotis Fasoulas, Basketball player
- Nikos Galis, Basketball player
- Panagiotis Giannakis, Basketball player, captain of Greek European Championship winning team
- Fani Halkia (1979-), Olympic champion in women's 400 m hurdles
- Konstantinos Kenteris (1973-), Olympic, World and European Champion Sprinter
- Spiros Louis (1873-1940), First modern Olympic Marathon winner
- Pete Sampras (1971-), tennis player
- Theodoros Zagorakis (1971-), Football player, captain of Greek European Championship winning team
Choreographers
- Dimitris Papaioannou,the artistic director of the 2004 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies
Clerics
- Michael Cerularius, (c. 1000-1059), Patriarch of Constantinople
- John Chrysostom, (347-407), Christian Bishop & Famous Orator
- Saint Photios, (820-891), Patriarch of Constantinople & Writer
- Pope Evaristus, (c. 98-105), fourth Pope
- Pope Stephen I, (254-257)
- Pope Agatho, (678-681)
- Pope John VI, (701-705)
- Pope John VII, (705-709)
See also:
Entrepreneurs
- Aristotle Onassis, (1906-1975), shipping magnate
- Stavros Niarchos, (1908-1996), shipping magnate
- John Latsis, (1910-2003), shipping magnate
- George Livanos, (1926-1997), shipping magnate
- Georgios Tsaoussis. (1929-1985), engineer, businessman
- Stelios Hatzioannou. (?-), the founder and president of the airline easyJet
Explorers
Ancient Period
Modern Period
Fashion Designers
- Sophia Kokosalaki,clothes
- Ilias Lalaounis,jewelery
Filmmakers
Military and Political Leaders
Ancient Period
- Alcibiades, (450BC-404BC), Athenian General & Statesman
- Alexander the Great, (356BC -323BC), King of Macedonia
- Aristides, (530BC-468BC), Athenian Statesman
- Cimon, Athenian Leader & Statesman
- Demosthenes, (384BC-322BC), Politician & Famous Orator
- Leonidas, Spartan King
- Lycurgus, semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver
- Miltiades, Athenian Statesman & General
- Pericles, (495BC-429 BC), Athenian Leader & Statesman
- Philip II of Macedon,(382BC -336BC), King of Macedonia
- Pyrrhus of Epirus, (318 BC - 272 BC)King of Epirus
- Solon, (638BC-558BC), Athenian Law-maker
- Themistocles, Athenian Statesman & Admiral
Medieval Period
- Constantine the Great, (AD 272 - 337), First Byzantine Emperor
- Julian the Apostate, (331 - 363), Byzantine Emperor and Hellenist
- Heraclius, (575-641), Byzantine Emperor
- Irene, (752 - 803), Byzantine Empress
- Basil II, (958-1025), Byzantine Emperor and General
- Alexius I Comnenus, (1048 1118), Byzantine Emperor
- Constantine XI, (1405-1453), Last Byzantine Emperor
Modern Period
Greece
- John Capodistria, (1776-1831), first President of the free and unified Greek state, last President of the first Greek republic.
- Constantine Kanaris, (1793 or 1795 - 1877), freedom fighter, politician and later Prime Minister
- Pavlos Melas, (1870-1904), hero of Greek Struggle for Macedonia.
- Eleftherios Venizelos, (1864-1936), Prime Minister, and most significant politician of modern Greece.
- Pavlos Kountouriotis, (1855-1935), Admiral, respected war hero and later President of Greece
- Ioannis Metaxas, (1871-1941), dictator of Greece before and during the first part of her participation in World War II
- Konstantinos Karamanlis, (1907-1998), President of Greece and four time Prime Minister
- Andreas Papandreou, (1919-1996), Economist, Politician and two time Prime Minister
See also: List of Kings of Greece, List of Prime Ministers of Greece, List of Presidents of Greece
Spain
United Kingdom
United States
- Spiro Agnew, (1918-1996), Governor of Maryland and Vice President
- Michael Dukakis, (b. 1933), Governor of Massachusetts and Democratic nominee for President
- Paul Sarbanes (b. 1933), Democratic Senator from Maryland
- John Negroponte (b. 1939), Ambassador to Iraq
- Olympia Snowe (b. 1947), Republican Senator from Maine
- George Stephanopoulos, (b. 1961), Bill Clinton's Senior Advisor on Policy and Strategy
- George J. Tenet (b. 1953), former CIA Director
- Paul Tsongas (1941-1997), Democratic Senator from Massachusetts and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination 1992
Other
Musicians
Medieval Period
- Ioannis Koukouzelis c. 1280 - c.1360, Byzantine secular music composer
- Master Lambadarios (CHRYSAFIS,
- Franghiskos Leontaritis Born 1518, composer
Modern Period
(1923-1977), Operatic soprano
- George Dalaras
- Manos Hadjidakis, (1925-1994)
- Manolis Hiotis
- Vasilis Karras
- Stelios Kazantzidis
- Vicky Leandros
- Thanos Mikroutsikos, (1947-), composer
- Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor
- Nana Mouskouri
- Lefteris Pantazis
- Prodromos
- Demis Roussos
- Nikos Skalkottas, (1904-1949), composer
- Paschalis Terzis
- Mikis Theodorakis, (1925-), composer
- Marios Tokas
- Vangelis, musician
- Anna Vissi, (1957-), singer
- Yanni
- Yannis Xenakis, (1922-2001), composer
Painters
Ancient Period
Medieval Period
- El Greco, (1541-1614), born Domenicos Theotokopoulos
Modern Period
- Nikiforos Lytras,19c
- Nikolaos Gyzis,19c
- Constantinos Volanakis,19c
- Yannis Tsarouhis,20c
- Yannis Moralis,20c
- Nikos Hatzikiriakos-Ghikas,20c
- Konstantinos Andreou, 20c Awarded with the Légion d'honneur
Philosophers
Ancient Period
- Anaximander, (609 BC/610 BC-c. 547 BC), philosopher
- Anaximenes of Miletus, philosopher
- Aristotle, (384 BC-322 BC), Ancient writer and philosopher
- Athenagoras of Athens, (c. 133-190), early Christian apologist
- Democritus, (born 460 BC), philosopher
- Diogenes, (114-129), patriarch of Constantinople
- Empedocles, (490 BC-430 BC), philosopher
- Epictetus, (AD 55-circa 135), philosopher
- Epicurus, (341 BC-270 BC), philosopher
- Epimenides
- Hypatia of Alexandria, (died 415), euclidean geometry
- Leucippus, philosopher
- Parmenides, philosopher
- Plato, (c. 427 BC-c. 347 BC), Ancient philosopher
- Plethon,(c.1355-1452AD), Philosopher & scholar, one of the principal influences of Renaissance.
- Protagoras, Sophist and first major Humanist
- Pythagoras, (582 BC-496 BC), euclidean geometry
- Socrates, (470 BC-399 BC), Ancient philosopher
- Thales of Miletus, (circa BC624-BC547), euclidean geometry
- Zeno of Citium, (333 BC-264 BC), philosopher
- Zeno of Elea, (circa 495 BC-circa 430 BC), philosopher
Modern period
Sculptors
Scientists
Ancient Period
- Archimedes (circa 287 BC-212 BC), Mathematician, Natural philosopher
- Eratosthenes (276 BC-194 BC), Mathematician, Geographer & Astronomer
- Euclides (circa 365 BC-275 BC), Mathematician (Euclidean geometry)
- Eudoxus of Cnidus (circa 408 BC-circa 347 BC), Astronomer, Mathematician
- Heron of Alexandria (10AC-70AC) Engineer
- Hippocrates (c. 460 BC-377 BC), Ancient physician
- Pythagoras (582 BC-496 BC), Philosopher, Mathematician
- Galen (131 BC-201 BC), Physician & Anatomist
Modern Period
- Georgios Papanikolaou (1883-1962), Inventor of the Papanikolaou's test, also known as the Pap smear
- Constantinos Karatheodori (1873-1950), Mathematician
- Nicholas Negroponte, Computer Scientist
- Panos Zavos, Geneticist
- Phaedon Avouris (1933- ), IBM Fellow and Manager, Nanometer Scale Science and Technology. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Irving Langmuir Prize of the American Physical Society, Medard W. Welch Award of the American Vacuum Society, Nobel Prize Candidate, Physics 2003
Writers
Ancient Period
- Aeschylus, (525-456 BC), dramatist.
- Aesop, (c. 620-560 BC), writer of Fables
- Antimachus, (c. 400 BC), poet
- Aristophanes, (c. 446-385 BC), Ancient playwright
- Dio Chrysostom, (c. 40-120 AD), Orator and first Century historian of the romans
- Euripides, (c. 480-406 BC), playwright
- Herodotus, (c. 485-420 BC), Historian
- Hesiod, (born c. 700 BC), poet
- Homer, (unknown), poet
- Pindar, (522-443 BC), lyric poet
- Plutarch, (c. 46-120 AD), author
- Polybius, (c. 203-120 BC), author
- Sappho, (born c. 620 BC), poet
- Simonides of Amorgos, (7th century BC), iambic poet
- Simonides of Ceos (c. 556-469 BC), lyric poet
- Sophocles, (496-406 BC), Athenian dramatist
- Thucydides, (c. 460-400 BC), Historian & Athenian General
- Xenophon, (431-c. 360 BC), an Athenian knight and an associate of Socrates
Modern Period
- Constantine P. Cavafy, (1863-1933), poet
- Bob Costas, (b. 1952), American author of books on baseball; better known as a sportscaster
- Savitri Devi, (1905-1982), Graeco-Indian author of books on Esoteric Hitlerism
- Odysseas Elytis, (1911-1996), Nobel Prize Winner
- Arianna Huffington, (1950- ), American author, journalist & political activist
- Kostas Karyotakis, (1896-1928), poet
- Nikos Kavvadias, (1910-1975), poet
- Nikos Kazantzakis, (1883-1957), writer
- Emmanuel Roidis, writer
- David Sedaris, (b.1956), American essayist (Greek father)
- Giorgos Seferis, (1900-1971), Nobel Prize Winner
- Dionysios Solomos, (1798-1857), poet & writer of the National Greek anthem
- Vassilis Vassilikos, (1933- ), author of about 120 books, including Z made into a movie by Kostas Gavras
Other
See also: List of people by nationality, List of ancient Greeks, List of Greek Jews
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