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

Modern period

Leonidas Pyrgos, first modern Olympics Gold Medalist (Fencing) Leon Pyrgos.JPG
Leonidas Pyrgos, first modern Olympics Gold Medalist (Fencing)
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Sofoklis Schortsanitis

Clerics

Medieval period

Modern period

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Entrepreneurs

Explorers

Ancient period

Medieval period

Early Modern

Modern

Fashion designers

Fashion models

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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

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 and Engineers

Archimedes, ancient influential inventor and scientist; spearheaded insights into mathematical calculus. Archimede Luis Figuier.jpg
Archimedes, ancient influential inventor and scientist; spearheaded insights into mathematical calculus.

Ancient 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

Medieval period

Modern period

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

Medieval period

Modern period

General

Academics

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).

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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]

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  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. "Eugenides is himself Greek-American, Detroit-born, suburb-raised – all sources of inspiration for his second novel."
  13. 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.