List of people from Greece

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This is a list of notable Greeks .

Actors/actresses

Ancient period

Adventurers

Athletes & sports figures

Ancient period

Phidippides, acclaimed runner and 'inspirator' of the Olympic Marathon race, who had run back and forth between Athens and Sparta in order to relay news of the Battle of Marathon, resulting in his death from ultimate exhaustion, when in his last breath he yelled out "We (the Greeks) won". Painting by Luc-Olivier Merson, 1869. Phidippides.jpg
Phidippides, acclaimed runner and 'inspirator' of the Olympic Marathon race, who had run back and forth between Athens and Sparta in order to relay news of the Battle of Marathon, resulting in his death from ultimate exhaustion, when in his last breath he yelled out "We (the Greeks) won". Painting by Luc-Olivier Merson, 1869.

Modern period

Panagiotis Giannakis, former 1987 EuroBasket team captain and former Olympiacos head coach PanagiotisGiannakis Olympiacos (cropped).jpg
Panagiotis Giannakis, former 1987 EuroBasket team captain and former Olympiacos head coach
Greg Louganis, four-time Olympic gold medalist in diving Greg Louganis (4226269508).jpg
Greg Louganis, four-time Olympic gold medalist in diving
Leonidas Pyrgos, first modern Olympic gold medalist in fencing Leon Pyrgos.JPG
Leonidas Pyrgos, first modern Olympic gold medalist in fencing
Sofoklis Schortsanitis Schortsanitis warming up in 2011.jpg
Sofoklis Schortsanitis
Theodoros Zagorakis, Greece national football team captain during Greece's UEFA Euro 2004 victory Theodoros Zagorakis.jpg
Theodoros Zagorakis, Greece national football team captain during Greece's UEFA Euro 2004 victory

Clerics

Medieval period

Modern period

See also:

Entrepreneurs

Explorers

Ancient period

Medieval period

Early Modern

Modern

Fashion designers

Fashion models

Aliki Diplarakou, Miss Europe 1930 Aliki.jpg
Aliki Diplarakou, Miss Europe 1930

Filmmakers

Elia Kazan, famous filmmaker most known for A Street Named Desire, Gentleman's Agreement, East of Eden and On the Waterfront Elia Kazan.JPG
Elia Kazan, famous filmmaker most known for A Street Named Desire , Gentleman's Agreement , East of Eden and On the Waterfront

Military and political figures

Alexander the Great, king of the city state of Macedon, tutored and personally mentored by Aristotle, first united the Greek city states, then conquered the Persian Empire as well as Egypt; named and founded the city of Alexandria Alexander the Great, from Alexandria, Egypt, 3rd cent. BCE, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (5) (36375553176).jpg
Alexander the Great, king of the city state of Macedon, tutored and personally mentored by Aristotle, first united the Greek city states, then conquered the Persian Empire as well as Egypt; named and founded the city of Alexandria

Ancient period

Medieval period

Ottoman Empire period

Modern period

Greece

Northern Epirus

Canada

France

Romania

Spain

United Kingdom

Australia

United States

Musicians

Ancient period

Modern period

Franz Ferdinand vocalist and guitarist Alex Kapranos Duffle coat (cropped).jpg
Franz Ferdinand vocalist and guitarist Alex Kapranos
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee Motley Crue Tommy Lee.jpg
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee
Marinella in 2006, classical Greek singer and songwriter Marinella in 2006.jpg
Marinella in 2006, classical Greek singer and songwriter
Yanni, Kalamata native world-famous Greek composer, pianist and keyboardist YanniPressPhoto.jpg
Yanni, Kalamata native world-famous Greek composer, pianist and keyboardist

Painters

Ancient period

Renaissance

Modern period

Philosophers

Bust of Aristotle, the most influential and cited philosopher in history, student of Plato and teacher and tutor of Alexander the Great Aristotle Altemps Inv8575.jpg
Bust of Aristotle, the most influential and cited philosopher in history, student of Plato and teacher and tutor of Alexander the Great
Plato, as painted by Michelangelo, whose The Republic and other works on morality and politics are listed as some of the most influential works in philosophy Plato-raphael.jpg
Plato, as painted by Michelangelo, whose The Republic and other works on morality and politics are listed as some of the most influential works in philosophy

Ancient period

Medieval period

Modern period

Scientists, engineers, and academics

Ancient period

Archimedes, ancient influential inventor and scientist who spearheaded insights into mathematical calculus Archimede Luis Figuier.jpg
Archimedes, ancient influential inventor and scientist who spearheaded insights into mathematical calculus
Euclid, mathematician and inventor, famous still today for his Elements Euclide%3Fs.jpg
Euclid, mathematician and inventor, famous still today for his Elements

Medieval period

Modern period

Constantin Caratheodory, acclaimed mathematician and scientist, mentor and teacher to Albert Einstein Caratheodory constantin.jpg
Constantin Carathéodory, acclaimed mathematician and scientist, mentor and teacher to Albert Einstein
Georgios Papanikolaou, scientist and inventor; developed the pap test, named after him, in order to treat and prevent ovarian cancer Gnpapanikolaou.jpg
Georgios Papanikolaou, scientist and inventor; developed the pap test, named after him, in order to treat and prevent ovarian cancer

Sculptors

Ancient period

Modern period

Tycoons

Aristotle Onassis in 1932, who later would create one of the largest shipping conglomerates of his day; married American first lady and widow Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Onassis-1932.jpg
Aristotle Onassis in 1932, who later would create one of the largest shipping conglomerates of his day; married American first lady and widow Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Writers

Ancient period

Aesop, accredited with the Fables Aesop pushkin03.jpg
Aesop, accredited with the Fables
Bust of Homer, composer and writer of the Iliad and Odyssey, the oldest poetry of Western civilization Bust Homer BM 1825.jpg
Bust of Homer, composer and writer of the Iliad and Odyssey , the oldest poetry of Western civilization
Bust of Sophocles, writer of Oedipus Rex, one of the three most recomposed Greek playwrights of antiquity alongside Euripides and Aeschylus Sophocles pushkin.jpg
Bust of Sophocles, writer of Oedipus Rex , one of the three most recomposed Greek playwrights of antiquity alongside Euripides and Aeschylus

Medieval period

Modern period

Odysseus Elytis in 1974, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature Odysseas Elytis 1974.jpg
Odysseus Elytis in 1974, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature
Greek-American author David Sedaris in June 2008, author best known for his When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris (June 2008).jpg
Greek-American author David Sedaris in June 2008, author best known for his When You Are Engulfed in Flames
George Seferis, winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature George Seferis.JPG
George Seferis, winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature

General

List of Greeks who were born outside modern Greece

This is a list of ethnic Greeks who were born after the Declaration of the Greek War of Independence (1821), outside the borders of the Greek state. The list does not include Greeks born in the diasporan communities or Greeks of Cyprus (after its independence in 1960), but only Greeks born in the traditional Greek homelands (the Balkans, Anatolia and the Eastern Mediterranean shores).

Contents

Actors/actresses

Athletes

Clerics

Entrepreneurs

Fashion designers

Filmmakers

Military and political leaders

Musicians

Painters

Philosophers

Scientists and engineers

Sculptors

Singers

Tycoons

Writers

General

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ His origin is disputed, but there are estimates that he was either Illyrian, [1] [2] [3] [4] Greek, [5] [6] or Thracian [7]

References

  1. ↑ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997). A history of the Byzantine state and society. Stanford University Press. p. 246. ISBN   978-0-8047-2630-6 . Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Barker, John W. (1966). Justinian and the later Roman Empire. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 75. ISBN   978-0-299-03944-8 . Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  3. ↑ History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the death of Justinian volume 2, by J. B. Bury p. 56
  4. ↑ Count Marcellinus and His Chronicle by Brian Croke, p. 75
  5. ↑ Carey, Brian Todd; Allfree, Joshua B.; Cairns, John (2012). Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527–1071. Casemate Publishers. p. 210. ISBN   978-1-84884-916-7.
  6. ↑ "The Rise of Byzantium". War. Vol. 1. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2009. p. 62. ISBN   978-1-4053-4778-5.
  7. ↑ Tucker, Spencer C. (2010). Battles that changed history : an encyclopedia of world conflict (1st ed.). Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 88. ISBN   978-1-59884-429-0.
  8. ↑ Από τη Βόρειο Ηπειρο στο Σύμπαν: (in Greek) «Οχι, δεν είμαι Πελοποννήσιος. Γεννήθηκα και μεγάλωσα στην Αθήνα, αλλά είμαι Βορειοηπειρώτης και μάλιστα Βλάχος. Νάκας ήταν το αυθεντικό επώνυμο του παππού μου προτού φύγουμε από την Αλβανία»
  9. ↑ "Greek conductor and composer"
  10. ↑ "Μίκης Θεοδωράκης".
  11. ↑ "This website is dedicated to preserving the musical memory of the late, great, Tatiana Troyanos, Greek-American Mezzo-Soprano"
  12. ↑ PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Echephyllides". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 2. p. 2.
  13. ↑ "Eugenides is himself Greek-American, Detroit-born, suburb-raised – all sources of inspiration for his second novel."
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