List of Greeks

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Actors

Artists

Clergymen

Diplomats

Entrepreneurs

Journalists

Military

Music

Poets

Politicians

Scientistis

Sports

Writers

This is a list of Greek people.

1 Actors/actresses
- 1.1 Ancient period
- 1.2 Modern period
2 Adventurers
3 Athletes
- 3.1 Ancient period
- 3.2 Modern period
4 Clerics
- 4.1 Medieval period
5 Entrepreneurs
6 Explorers
- 6.1 Ancient period
- 6.2 Medieval period
- 6.3 Early Modern
7 Fashion designers
8 Fashion models
9 Filmmakers
10 Military and political leaders
- 10.1 Ancient period
- 10.2 Medieval period
- 10.3 Ottoman Empire period
- 10.4 Modern period
11 Musicians
- 11.1 Ancient period
- 11.2 Modern period
12 Painters
- 12.1 Ancient period
- 12.2 Renaissance
- 12.3 Modern period
13 Philosophers
- 13.1 Ancient period
- 13.2 Medieval period
- 13.3 Modern period
14 Scientists and Engineers
- 14.1 Ancient period
- 14.2 Medieval period
- 14.3 Modern Period
15 Sculptors
- 15.1 Ancient period
- 15.2 Modern period
16 Singers
17 Tycoons
18 Writers
- 18.1 Ancient period
- 18.2 Medieval period
- 18.3 Modern period
19 General
20 Academics
21 See also
22 References

Actors/actresses

Ancient period

Modern period

Adventurers

Constantine Phaulkon (1648–1688), first counsellor of King Narai of Siam

Athletes

Ancient period

Alexander I of Macedon - runner and Olympic winner
Astylos of Croton
Chionis of Sparta
Cynisca
Dioxippus pankration
Hydna swimmer and diver
Kleitomachos pankration
Leonidas of Rhodes ancient runner and Olympic winner
Milo of Croton pankration
Troilus of Elis
Diagoras of Rhodes

Modern period

Nikolaos Aggelakis football player
Mehmood Ahmed cricketer
Aristidis Akratopoulos tennis player
Konstantinos Akratopoulos tennis player
Nikos Alefantos football player and manager
Alexandros Alexiades football player
Minas Alozidis hurdler
Fragiskos Alvertis basketball player
Ioannis Amanatidis football player
Yannis Anastasiou football player
Andreas Anastasopoulos shot putter
Nikos Anastopoulos football player and manager
Georgios Anatolakis football player
Anastasios Andreou competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens
Joannis Andreou swimmer
Nikolaos Andriakopoulos gymnast
Eleni Andriola gymnast
Georgios Anninos swimmer
Antelothanasis shooter
Georgios Aspiotis cyclist
Sotirios Athanasopoulos gymnast
Theodoros Baev volleyball player
Marcos Baghdatis (born 1985)(Half Lebanese, Half Greek-Cypriot), tennis player, finalist in Australian Open 2006
Níki Bakogiánni high jumper
Georgios Balakakis fencer
Hristos Banikas chess player
Kostas Bantas football player
Nikos Barlos basketball player
Angelos Basinas football player
Spiridon Belokas
Thomas Bimis diver
Christos Bourbos football player
Yiannis Bourousis basketball player
Nikos Boutzikos football player
Konstantinos Chalkias football player
Angelos Charisteas football player
Spiridon Chasapis swimmer
Dionisis Chiotis football player
Efstathios Chorophas swimmer
Lampros Choutos football player
Fanis Christodoulou basketball player
Anton Christoforidis boxer
Stephanos Christopoulos wrestler
Constantine II former King of Greece, sailing (Gold Dragon Class) Gold, Rome Olympics, 1960.
Peter Costa (born 1956), famous poker player
Ioannis Chrysafis gymnast
Nikos Dabizas football player
Evangelos Damaskos
Eleni Daniilidou tennis player
Filipos Darlas football player
Dimitrios Deligiannis
Traianos Dellas football player
Hrysopiyí Devetzí triple jumper and long jumper
Themistoklis Diakidis high jumper
Dimitris Diamantidis basketball player
Georgios Diamantis shooter
Dimosthenis Dikoudis basketball player
Pyrros Dimas (born 1971) three-time weightlifting Olympic champion
Stefanos Dimitrios
Zoi Dimoschaki swimmer
Mimis Domazos football player
Giorgos Donis football player
Dimitrios Drivas swimmer
Kostas Eleftherakis football player
Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos football player
Giannoulis Fakinos football player
Panagiotis Fasoulas basketball player
Alexios Fetsios shooter
Angelos Fetsis
Giorgos Foiros football player and manager
Antonis Fotsis basketball player
D. Frangopoulos tennis player
Takis Fyssas football player
Nikos Galis (born 1957), basketball player, MVP of Eurobasket 1987
Konstadinos Gatsioudis javelin thrower
Theofanis Gekas football player
Georgios Gennimatas
Nikolaos Georgantas
Grigorios Georgatos football player
Giorgios Georgiadis football player
Ioannis Georgiadis fencer
Evangelos Gerakeris
Panagiotis Giannakis basketball player, captain of Greek European Championship winning team
Stelios Giannakopoulos football player
Kleopas Giannou football player
Herodotos Giorgallas (born 1977), gymnast, took gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Andreas Glyniadakis basketball player
Spyros Gogolos football player
Dimitrios Golemis
Georgios Gougoulias football player
Yannis Goumas football player
Anastasios Gousis sprinter
Miltiades Gouskos
Georgios Grigoriou
Efstratios Grivas chess player
Faní Halkiá (born 1979), Olympic champion in women's 400 metre hurdle
Vassilis Hatzipanagis football player
Periklis Iakovakis hurdler
Georgios Iatridis fencer
Miltiades Iatrou cyclist
Takis Ikonomopoulos football player
Giannis Ioannidis basketball player and coach
Leonidas Kabantais football player
Pantelis Kafes football player
Ilias Kafetzis
Kakhi Kakhiashvili weightlifter
Michalis Kakiouzis basketball player
Nikos Kaklamanakis windsurfer
Ioannis Kalitzakis football player
Georgios Kalogiannidis archer
George Kalovelonis tennis player
Marios Kaperonis boxer
Michalis Kapsis football player
Alexandros Karageorgiou archer
G. Karagiannopoulos shooter
Giorgos Karagounis football player
Telemachos Karakalos fencer
Karakatsanis shooter
Konstantinos Karakatsanis
Pantelis Karasevdas shooter
Hristos Karipidis football player
Filippos Karvelas gymnast
Michalis Kasapis football player
Dionysios Kasdaglis tennis player
Fanis Katergiannakis football player
N. Kartavas swimmer
Kostas Katsouranis football player
Anastasía Kelesídou discus thrower
Konstantinos Kenteris (born 1973), Olympic, World and European Champion Sprinter
Alexandros Khalkokondilis
Khatzidakis shooter
Alexandros Khrisafos swimmer
Dimitrios Khristopoulos
Vassilis Kikilias basketball player
Dimitris Kitsanelis football player
Michalis Klokidis football player
Ekaterini Koffa sprinter
Savvas Kofidis football player
Dimitrios Kokotis high jumper
Georgios Kolettis cyclist
Georgios Koltsidas football player
Giorgos Koltzos football player
Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis fencer
Aristidis Konstantinidis cyclist
Vasilis Konstantinou football player
Konstantinos Konstantinou cyclist
Michalis Konstantinou football player. Plays for Olympiacos
Dimitrious Konstantopolous football player
Georgios Korakakis football player
Prodromos Korkizoglou decathlete
Anastasia Kostaki basketball player
Nikos Kostakis football player
Yiorgos Kostikos football player
Athanasios Kostoulas football player
Vassilios Kotronias chess player
Ilias Kotsios football player
Stefanos Kotsolis football player
Giorgos Koudas football player
Dinos Kouis football player
Konstantinos Koukodimos long jumper
Efthimios Kouloucheris football player
Yiannis Kouros ultramarathon, holds every men's world record from 100 to 1,000 miles, from 200 to 1,600 km, and from 1 to 10 days
Vaggelis Koutsoures football player
Petros Kravaritis football player
Ioannis Kyrastas football player
Sotirios Kyrgiakos football player
Anastasios Kyriakos football player
Gregory Kytides football player
Panagiotis Lagos football player
Vassilis Lakis football player
Leonidas Langakis shooter
Ioannis Lavrentis
Sotiris Leontiou football player
Nikolaos Levidis shooter
Kostas Linoxilakis football player
Spiros Livathinos football player and manager
Spiridon Louis (1873–1940), First modern Olympic Marathon winner
Takis Loukanidis football player
Konstantinos Loumpoutis football player
Dimitrios Loundras gymnast
Nikolaos Lyberopoulos football player
Nikos Machlas football player
Ioannis Malokinis swimmer
Miréla Manjani javelin thrower
Stelios Manolas football player
Vlasios Maras gymnast
Nick Markakis (Half Greek Half German) Baseball player, Baltimore Orioles
Dimitris Markos player
Stamatios Masouris
Dimitris Mavrogenidis football player
Loukas Mavrokefalidis basketball player
Thomas Mavros football player
Hristos Meletoglou triple jumper
Angelos Messaris football player
Anastasios Metaxas shooter
Athanasios Michalopoulos volleyball player
Nikolaos Michopoulos football player
Zenon Mikhailidis shooter
Ioannis Mitropoulos gymnast
Tasos Mitropoulos football player
Georgios Mitsibonas football player
Antonis Miyiakis football player
Vaggelis Moras football player
Leonidas Morakis shooter
Nikolaos Morakis shooter
Andreas Mouratis football player
Moustakopoulos shooter
Apostolos Nanos archer
Evangelos Nastos football player
Konstantinos Nebegleras football player
Kostas Negrepontis football player
Kostas Nestoridis football player
Apostolos Nikolaidis football and volleyball player
Demis Nikolaidis football player
Alexandros Nikolopoulos weightlifter
Stamatios Nikolopoulos cyclist
Antonios Nikopolidis football player
Sotiris Ninis football player
Nikos Nioplias football player
Georgios Orphanidis shooter
Alexandros Pagalis football player
Alketas Panagoulias football player and manager
Loukas Panourgias football player
Pantazidis shooter
Anastasios Pantos football player
Alexandros Papadimitriou hammer thrower
Avraam Papadopoulos football player
Dimitrios Papadopoulos football player
Lazaros Papadopoulos basketball player
Antonios Papaigannou gymnast
Mimis Papaioannou football player
Lambros Papakostas high jumper
Theodoros Papaloukas (born 1977), basketball player, Euroleague Final Four MVP in 2006
Manolis Papamakarios basketball player
Christos Papanikolaou pole vaulter
George Papas Rugby Union Player^[1]
Georgios Papasideris weightlifter
Eleitherios Papasimeon
Athina Papayianni race walker
Charilaos Pappas football player
Georgios Paraskevopoulos cyclist
Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos
Mikhail Paskalides
Konstantinos Paspatis tennis player
Petros Passalis football player
George Patis badminton player
Voula Patoulidou (born 1965) 100 metre hurdles in Barcelona in 1992.
Christos Patsatzoglou football player
Patsouris shooter
Pavlos Pavlidis shooter
Antonios Pepanos swimmer
Ioannis Persakis
Petros Persakis gymnast
Aristovoulos Petmezas gymnast and shooter
Demetrios Petrokokkinos tennis player
Ioannis Phrangoudis shooter
Mimis Pierrakos football player
Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis fencer
Stiliani Pilatou long jumper
Platis shooter
Hristos Polihroniou hammer thrower
Ioannis Poulos fencer
Evangelia Psarra archer
Leonidas Pyrgos fencer
Evangelos Rallis tennis player
Flora Redoumi hardler
Dimitrios Regas sprinter
Efthimios Rentzias basketball player
Elpida Romantzi archer
Nicolas Rossolimo chess player
Georgios Roubanis pole vaulter
Dusan Sakota basketball player
Dimitris Salpigidis football player
Georgios Samaras football player
Sanidis shooter
Miltiadis Sapanis football player
Dimitris Saravakos football player
Nikos Sarganis football player
Georgios Saridakis
Sofoklis Schortsanitis basketball player
Yourkas Seitaridis football player
Giorgos Sideris football player
Nikolaos Siranidis diver
Athanasios Skaltsogiannis
Giannis Skopelitis football player
Georgios Skoutarides
Vasileios Spanoulis basketball player
Konstantin Spetsiotis
Spiridon Stais shooter
Andreas Stamatiadis football player
Ieroklis Stoltidis football player
Aryiro Strataki heptathlete
Dimosthenis Tampakos gymnast
Giannis Taralidis football player
Alexandros Tatsis football player
Efstathios Tavlaridis football player
Irini Terzoglou shot putter
Ekateríni Thánou sprinter
Stefanos Theodoridis football player
Yeóryios Theodorídis sprinter
Ioannis Theodoropoulos
Alexandros Theofilakis shooter
Ioannis Theofilakis shooter
Dimitrios Tomprof
Vasilis Torosidis football player
Nicolaos Trikupis shooter
A. Tryfiatis-Tripiaris cyclist
Jake Tsakalidis basketball player
Kostas Tsartsaris basketball player
Loúis Tsátoumas long jumper
Dimitrios Tsiamis triple jumper
Paraskeví Tsiamíta triple jumper
Nikos Tsiantakis football player
Vassilis Tsiartas football player
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
Leonidas Tsiklitiras gymnast
Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi javelin thrower
Chris Tsiprailidis poker player
Georgios Tsitas wrestler
Athanasia Tsoumeleka race walker
Tryfon Tzanetis football player
Alexandros Tziolis football player
Stavros Tziortziopoulos football player
Alexandros Tzorvas football player
Danai Varveri free diver
Ólga Vasdéki triple jumper
Spirídon Vasdékis long jumper
Kharilaos Vasilakos
Panagiotis Vasilopoulos basketball player
Kostas Vassiliadis basketball player
Fotini Vavatsi archer
Vavis shooter
Theodoros Velkos badminton player
Stylianos Venetidis football player
Tassos Venetis football player
Anna Verouli javelin thrower
Sotirios Versis weightlifter
Kleanthis Vikelides football player
Ekateríni Vóggoli discus thrower
Ioannis Vourakis shooter
Athanasios Vouros fencer
Ian Vouyoukas basketball player
Ioannis Vrettos
Zisis Vryzas football player
Loukas Vyntra football player
Charalambos Xanthos poker player
Níki Xánthou long jumper
Thomas Xenakis gymnast
Vasilios Xydas
Theodoros Zagorakis (born 1971), footballer, captain of Greek European Championship winning team
Akis Zikos football player
Nikos Zisis basketball player
Khristos Zoumis

Clerics

Medieval period

Saints Cyril and Methodius, monks and scholars, inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet
Michael Cerularius (c. 1000 – 1059), Patriarch of Constantinople
John Chrysostom (347–407), Christian bishop and orator
Photios (820–891), Patriarch of Constantinople and 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 (706–709)
Pope Alexander V (1409–1410), Catholic Pope/Antipope

Entrepreneurs

Sam Benrubi
Yiannis Carras (died 1989), ship-owner, creator of Porto Carras Resort
John D. Chandris and family, shipping industry, cruises
Yiannis Dritsas, Giannis inventor of Frappe
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (born 1967), entrepreneur (born to Cypriot parents)
Socrates Kokkalis (born 1938), telecommunications magnate, owner of Olympiacos
Sir Eddie Kulukundis, entrepreneur and arts patron
George Livanos (1926–1997), shipping magnate
John Latsis (1910–2003), shipping magnate
Spiro Latsis (born 1947), banking and shipping magnate
Stavros Niarchos (1908–1996), shipping magnate
Aristotle Onassis (1906–1975), shipping magnate
Christina Onassis (1950–1988), shipping magnate
Athina Onassis Roussel {b. 1985), granddaughter of Aristotle Onassis
Basil Zaharoff (1849–1936), arms trader and financier

Explorers

Ancient period

Colaeus
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c. 484 – c. 420 BCE)
Nearchus (360–312 BCE)
Pytheas (380–310 BCE)
Scylax
Xenophon (c. 435 – c. 355 BCE)

Medieval period

Cosmas Indicopleustes

Early Modern

Juan de Fuca aka Apostolos Valerianos, born Ioannis (John) Phocas

Fashion designers

Vasso Damkou - accessories designer
Vlassis Holevas
Thanos Karampatsos - interior and graphic designer
Sophia Kokosalaki, haute couture, women, designer for the 2004 Summer Olympics
Christina Kotsilelou - accessories designer
Panagiotis Papadopoulos, swimwear designer for Panos Emporio (based in Sweden)
John Varvatos, haute couture - men
Peter Speliopoulos, vice President, DKNY design
Bulgari-fashion jewellers of Greek origin
James Galanos
Patricia Field
Nick Verreos
Jean Desses, fashion designer in the 1940s to 1960s

Fashion models

Evi Adam model
Julia Alexandratou
Axia Andreadaki
Evagelia Aravani
Elena Asimakopoulou
Paraskevas Boubourakas
Marietta Chrousala
Sophia Chrysohoidou
Chrysanthi Dafla
Isavella Dara - Miss Europe 1997 and winner of Elite Model Look contest 1995
Mara Darmousli - winner of Elite Model Look contest 1998
Valentini Daskaloudi
Aliki Diplarakou - Miss Europe 1930
Daniela Eleftheraki
Katerina Georgiadou
Jenny Hiloudaki
Olympia Hopsonidou
Valia Kakouti
Katerina Kanonidou
Irini Karra
Alex Kavadias
Vicky Kaya model
Vaso Kolida model
Anastassia Kourkoulos
Demetres Koutsavlakis
Olga Kypriotou
Christina Lekka - Miss International 1994
Marios Lekkas
Vasia Loi
Katerina Manabi
Kim Mantzouratou
Katia Margaritoglou
Maria Menounos
Katerina Michalopoulou - Miss Europe 1991
Anna Nanousi
Nikos Papadakis - winner of Manhunt International 1994
Evelina Papantoniou
Lena Paparigopoulou
Anastasia Perraki
Chrissoula Rodi
Dimitra Saltou
Panayiotis Simopoulos
Suzi Simpson
Irene Skliva - Miss World 1996
Maria Spiridaki
Katerina Stikoudi
Marina Tsintikidou - Miss Europe 1992
Katia Zygouli - winner of Elite Model Look contest 1996

Filmmakers

Theo Angelopoulos
Elia Kazan
Michael Cacoyannis
John Cassavetes
George P. Cosmatos
Kostas Gavras
Ana Kokkinos- Greek Australian filmmaker
Nikos Koundouros
Alexander Payne (aka Alexander Papadopoulos)
George Stavrou
George Miller (producer), Greek-Australian director of Mad Max, Babe: Pig in the City, Happy Feet
Dean Tavoularis
Gregory Markopoulos
Penelope Spheeris
Andy Sidaris
Milton Katselas
Nick Cassavetes
Alexandra Cassavetes

Military and political leaders

Ancient period

Alcibiades (450–404 BCE), Athenian general and statesman
Alexander the Great, Macedonian king and conqueror
Antiochus III, Seleucid Monarch
Aristides (530–468 BCE), Athenian statesman
Cimon, Athenian leader and statesman
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, Queen of Egypt, from the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Dynasty
Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), politician and orator
Dionysius I, ruler of the Syracusan empire
Epaminondas, Theban general and statesman
Eucratides, ruler of the Bactrian Greeks
Leonidas, Spartan king
Lycurgus, semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver
Lysander, Spartan general and hero during the Peloponnesian War
Memnon of Rhodes, Greek mercenary general in Persian army under Darius III
Miltiades, Athenian statesman and general
Nearchus, Alexander's naval commander
Peisistratus, Athenian tyrant
Pericles (495–429 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman
Philip II of Macedon, Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great
Polycrates, Samian ruler
Ptolemy I, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded a dynasty in Egypt
Pyrrhus of Epirus, invaded Italy, became known for victories of dubious value (Pyrrhic)
Seleucus I, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded dynasty in Persia
Solon, Athenian lawmaker and archon
Themistocles, Athenian statesman and admiral
Xenophon, mercenary general, led and accounted march from Persia

Medieval period

Alexius I Comnenus (1048–1118), Byzantine Emperor
Basil II (963–1025), Emperor, known as the 'Bulgar-slayer'
Constantine Lascaris, promoters of the revival of Greek learning in the Italian peninsula
Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor and scholar, 'born in the (Imperial) purple' (Porphyrogenitus)
Constantine XI (1405–1453), last Byzantine Emperor
Gemistus Pletho, one of the chief pioneers of the revival of learning in Western Europe.
Helena, Christian mother of Constantine I
Irene, Byzantine Empress, instrumental in the restoration of icons, later sanctified
John I Tzimisces (969–976), Byzantine Emperor, soldier
Johannes Bessarion, Bishop and Cardinal
Manuel Chrysoloras, one of the pioneers in introducing Greek literature to western Europe.
Manuel I Comnenus (1143–1180),Byzantine Emperor, was responsible for a distinct revival of Byzantine fortunes until his defeat at Myriokephalon
Michael VIII Palaeologus (1159–1182)- Byzantine (before 1261 Nicene) Emperor, recaptured Constantinople from the Franks.
Marcus Musurus, professor of Greek language at the University of Padua.
Nicephorus II Phocas (963–969),Byzantine Emperor and general
Romanus IV (1068–1071), lost the fateful battle of Manzikert
Saint Cyril (827–869), Byzantine monk, developed the Glagolitic alphabet
Theodora, wife of Justinian I, actress, courtesan, Empress.

Ottoman Empire period

Atik Sinan, architect for Mehmed II and Mustafa III
Barbarossa (1473–1518), famous privateer, older brother of Khair ad Din; (Greek mother)
İbrahim Ethem Pasha, Greek-born Grand Vizier
Khair ad Din (1475–1546), Greek-born Ottoman Turkish Admiral, also known as Barbarossa; (Greek mother)
Pargalıd İbrahim Pasha, Suleyman the Magnificent's first appointed Grand Vizier, who left an important landmark on his reign.
Alexandra Mavrokordatou (1605–1683), salonist and intellectual.
Zaganos Pasha, prominent military commanders of Mehmet II
Mimar Sinan, architect for Suleyman the Magnificent
Kosem Sultan

Modern period

Greece

Ioannis Capodistrias (1776–1831), first President of the free and unified Greek state, last President of the first Greek republic
Georgios Hatzianestis (1863–1922)General
Constantine Kanaris (c. 1794 – 1877), freedom fighter, politician, and later Prime Minister
Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998), President of Greece and four-time Prime Minister
Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956), current Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the New Democracy party - Greek-Macedonian
Dimitris Plapoutas (1786–1864), Greek General in the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire and later a Politician
Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770–1843), Greek general in the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire
Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855–1935), admiral, war hero and later President of Greece
Alexander Mavrocordatos
Pavlos Melas (1870–1904), hero of Greek Struggle for Macedonia
Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), dictator of Greece before and during the first part of its participation in World War II
Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996), economist, politician, and three-time Prime Minister
George Andreas Papandreou (born 1952), current leader of the PASOK political party and former Foreign Minister of Greece (1999-2004).
Aleka Papariga (born 1945), current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) (1991-)
Karolos Papoulias (born 1929), current President of Greece (2005-)
Kostas Simitis (born 1936), former Prime Minister of Greece (1996-2004)
Kostis Stephanopoulos (born 1926), former President of Greece (1995-2005)
Aris Velouchiotis (August 27, 1905 – June 16, 1945) Whose real name was Athanasios (Thanasis) Klaras. He was a prominent leader of Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS), the communist segment of Greek guerrilla resistance during World War II
Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Prime Minister
Nikos Zachariadis (1903-1973), former Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) (1931-1957)

Canada

John Cannis
Jim Karygiannis
George Apostolou La Vie Entertainment
Dimitrious Manalakos Notary Philanthropist Montreal

Austria

Maria Vassilakou, (MP) Greens

France

Marietta Karamanli, (MP) Socialist Party

Romania

Iannis Pharmakis (died 1821), revolutionary fighter
Michael von Melas, field-marshal for Austrian Empire
Cantacuzene governors of Bessarabia and Walachia (1678–1688)

Spain

Queen Sofía of Spain (born 1938), wife of Spain's king Juan Carlos

United Kingdom

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1921), husband of UK's queen Elizabeth II, born on the island of Corfu.
Norman St.John-Stevas, British politician
Lord Adonis, British politician

Australia

John Hatzistergos - Attorney General, NSW
Jenny Mikakos - politician, VIC
Sophie Mirabella - federal politician
Maria Vamvakinou - politician
Arthur Sinodinos - Prime Minister's Chief of Staff

United States

Michael Dukakis, Democrat presidential candidate
John Podesta, White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton
George Argyros, Republican US ambassador to Spain
George Stephanopoulos, Democrat and journalist
Tom C. Korologos, Republican organiser and US ambassador
Paul Tsongas, Democrat presidential candidate
George Christopher
Mike Bilirakis, US House of Representatives (FL)
Phil Angelides California State Treasurer's Office
George Gekas, US House of Representatives (PA)
Olympia Snowe
Paul Spyros Sarbanes
Maria Pappas
Jenny Mikakos
Maria Vamvakinou
Sophie Panopoulos
Andrew Manatos
Daphnae Karavantos
Spiro Agnew, thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States

Musicians

Ancient period

Alypius composer
Terpander poet and kitharode

Modern period

Katy Garbi singer
Kosta Vreto guitarist
Despina Vandi singer
Anna Vissi singer
Nikos Karvelas composer
Rita Abatzi musician
Maurice Abravanel conductor
Louis Demetrius Alvanis (born 1960), pianist
Ioannis Anastassakis guitarist
Costas Andreou composer and musician
Theodore Antoniou composer, conductor
Grigoris Asikis singer and lyricist
Nikolas Asimos singer and composer
Gina Bachauer (1913–1976), pianist
Arion semi-legendary figure
Yiorgos Batis musician
Grigoris Bithikotsis (died 2005), popular singer and lyricist
Miltiades Caridis conductor
Pavlos Carrer composer
Petros Christo guitarist
Nikos Christodoulou composer and conductor
Giannis Christou composer
Christos Dantis singer and musician
Dionysios Demetis composer
Odysseas Dimitriadis (1908–2005), conductor
Dimitris Dragatakis composer
Antiochos Evangelatos composer and conductor
Kostas Exarhakis musician
Eva Fampas guitarist
Yorgos Foudoulis (born 1964) guitarist and composer
Gus G. guitarist
Michalis Genitsaris singer and composer
Christos Govetas musician
Kostas Grigoreas guitarist and composer
Manos Hadjidakis (1925–1994) composer
Alkinoos Ioannidis singer and composer
Sotiris Kakisis poet
Anastassios Kalkandis musician
Kalliopi singer and lyricist
George Kallis composer
Alexandros Kalogeras composer
Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962), composer
Iakovos Kambanelis poet and lyricist
Alex Kapranos, frontman of the pop group Franz Ferdinand
Eleni Karaindrou composer
Herbert von Karajan (Herbert Karajannis) (1908–1989) (Austrian of Greek origin)
Paraskevas Karasoulos poet and lyricist
Nikos Karvelas composer
Georgios Kasassoglou musician
Antonios Katinaris musician
Bob Katsionis musician
Leonidas Kavakos (born 1967), violinist
Stelios Kazantzidis singer
Areti Ketime musician
Panayiotis Kokoras musician and composer
Iakovos Kolanian guitarist
Stavros Koujioumtzis (1932–2005), composer and lyricist
Rena Kyriakou pianist
Andreas Lagios guitarist
Alexandre Lagoya guitarist
Tim Lambesis lead singer of As I Lay Dying, band manager for Destroy the Runner
Leo Leandros musician and composer
Manos Loizos (1937–1982), composer
Sokratis Malamas singer and musician
Nikolaos Mantzaros composer
Giannis Markopoulos composer
Kostas Martakis - Greek representative for Eurovision 2008
Thanos Mikroutsikos (born 1947), composer
Dimitris Mitropoulos, conductor
Kostas Mountakis musician
Georges Moustaki (Greek-French) singer and lyricist
Terran Pantelis, New-Age pianist
Tzimis Panousis, musician
Lefteris Papadimitriou, compoer and performer
Lefteris Papadopoulos poet and lyricist
Thanassis Papakonstantinou singer and lyricist
Apostolos Paraskevas composer and classical guitarist
Stelios Perpiniadis musician
Yorgos Petridis classical composer
Yiorgos Pitsakis musician
Phivos lyricist
James Raphael pianist
Sadahzinia musician
Spyros Samaras composer
Dionysis Savvopoulos singer, composer and lyricist
Kyriakos Sfetsas composer
Dimitris Sgouros (born 1969), pianist
Pavlos Sidiropoulos musician
Sifu VERSUS musician
Nikolaos Skalkottas (1904–1949), composer
Kostas Skarvelis composer
Camille-Marie Stamaty Greek-French composer-pianist
Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925), composer
Giorgos Theofanous composer
Marios Tokas, composer of Cypriot origin
Sakis Tolis musician
Michalis Travlos composer
Iovan Tsaous musician and composer
Vassilis Tsitsanis (died 1984), popular composer
Markos Vamvakaris (died 1973), popular composer of rebetiko
Vangelis (born 1943), New Age-musician and composer
Marios Varvoglis somposer
Christos Papadopolous Worsley progressive bassist and lyricist
Haris Xanthoudakis composer
Stavros Xarhakos composer and MEP
Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001), composer
Nikos Xilouris singer and composer
Nikos Xydakis pianist and singer
Spyridon Xyndas composer and guitarist
Mirka Yemendzakis musician
Maria Yiakoulis
Yanni (born 1954) – Composer, pianist, keyboardist
Savvas Ysatis musician
Tommy Lee musician, drummer for Mötley Crüe
George Karaspyros Jazz/Rock Fusion Guitarist

Painters

Ancient period

Renaissance

El Greco (1541–1614), born Domenicos Theotokopoulos
Antonio Vassilacchi

Modern period

Theophilos Hatzimihail (19th century)
Demetrios Galanis (19th century)
Nicholaos Gysis (19th century)
Nikiphoros Lytras (19th century)
Constantine Andreou (20th century and first few years of 21st century)
Nikos Engonopoulos (20th century)
Demetrios Farmakopoulos (20th century)
Yiannis Moralis (20th century)
Dimitris Mytaras (20th century)
Marie Spartali (19th century)
Yannis Tsarouchis (20th century)
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (20th century)
Nikos Nikolaou (20th century)
Konstantinos Parthenis (20th century)
Christos Kapralos
Vassilis Karakatsanis (20th and 21st century)

Philosophers

Ancient period

Anaximander (c. 610 – c. 546 BCE)
Anaximenes of Miletus
Archimedes
Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
Athenagoras of Athens (c. 133 – 190), early Christian apologist
Democritus (born 460 BCE)
Diogenes of Sinope (412–323 BCE)
Empedocles (490–430 BCE)
Epictetus (55 – c. 135)
Epicurus (341–270 BCE)
Epimenides
Eratosthenes
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nyssa
Hecataeus
Heraclitus
Hypatia of Alexandria (died 415)
Irenaeus
Celsus
Leucippus
Parmenides
Pherecydes
Plato (c. 427 – c. 347 BCE)
Plethon,(c. 1355 – 1452)
Plotinus
Protagoras
Pythagoras (582–496 BCE)
Socrates (470–399 BCE)
Thales of Miletus (c. 624 – 547 BCE)
Theagenes
Theophrastus
Xenophanes
Zeno of Citium (333–264 BCE)
Zeno of Elea (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)

Medieval period

Modern period

Scientists and Engineers

Ancient period

Medieval period

Anthemius of Tralles, was involved in the construction of the Haghia Sophia
Isidore of Miletus, 6th century polymath, principally in charge of design and construction of the Haghia Sophia
Leon the Mathematician, 9th cent. geometer, subject of a bidding war between the Emperor and Caliph al-Mamun
Callinicus of Heliopolis, engineer, inventor of Greek fire

Modern Period

Georgios Papanikolaou (Doctor, Pap smear inventor)
Constantin Carathéodory, mathematician
Ioannis Argyris (Mathematician, Finite Element Method)
Dimitrios Nanopoulos, astrophysicist
Fotis Kafatos, biologist, current director of the European Research Council
Christos Papadimitriou, computer scientist
Manolis Andronikos, archaeologist
Spyridon Marinatos, archaeologist
Prof. Christodoulos Stefanadis (Cardiologist,Emory University,Vice president of Athens medical School,Researcher,Inventor)
Dimitrios Trihopoulos (Epidimiologist, former Dean of Medicine, Harvard University)
Stylianos Danielopoulos, Professor of computer science in North Carolina University at Raleigh
Athanassios S. Fokas (Mathematician, integrable nonlinear partial differential equations
Michael L Dertouzos, former Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science
Nicholas Negroponte (Greek-American)founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab.
John Iliopoulos, Physicist.
Stan Gronthos, Stem Cell Researcher
Alexandros Papadopoulos, inventor and radar scientist
Panayiotis Zavos, geneticist

(See Academics).

Sculptors

Ancient period

Agesandros, Athanadoros and Polidoros,composed the Laocoon group
Agasias
Callicrates, relief artist, worked on the Parthenon under the direction of Pheidias
Lysippus
Myron
Plato (philosopher)
Polyclitus
Polyeuctes
Pheidias
Praxiteles
Scopas

Modern period

Singers

Chronis Aidonidis, singer
Haris Alexiou, one of Greece's most acclaimed singers
Giorgos Alkaios, singer
Peter André, English-born Cypriot-Australian singer</

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Ancient period

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Ancient period

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