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Actors/actresses
Ancient period
Modern period
- Criss Angel
- Stefanos O Megalos
- Steven L Christie (Also Famous Mpouzouki Player)
- Jennifer Aniston (Of Greek Descent)
- Hank Azaria
- Yannis Bezos
- Dennis Boutsikaris
- Gabrielle Carteris
- George Chakiris1
- Michael Chiklis2
- Jean Constantin
- Cybele
- Georges Corraface
- Jacques Damala
- Rika Diallina
- Lavrentis Dianellos
- Olympia Dukakis3
- Alberto Eskenazy
- Tina Fey4
- Mimis Fotopoulos
- Zach Galifianakis
- Angie Harmon5
- Marilu Henner
- Constantinos Hilas
- Dimitris Horn
- Melina Kanakaredes6
- Maria Kanellis
- Tzeni Karezi
- Vasilis Karras
- Elias Koteas
- Giorgos Konstadinou
- Lambros Konstantaras
- Nikos Kourkoulos
- Ellie Lambeti
- Marilita Lambropoulou
- Zoe Laskari
- Lakis Lazopoulos
- Thanos Leivaditis
- Stelios Mainas
- Demetri Martin7
- Melina Mercouri
- Maria Menounos8
- Panos Mihalopoulos
- Alexis Minotis
- Sotiris Moustakas
- Christos Natsios
- Sapfo Notara
Theo Nicholas Pagones, actor ( Men of Honor, Runners, You are here, Take, Free, Python, Escape under Pressure, Ringer, House of the Rising)
- Anna-Maria Papaharalambous
- Dimitris Papamichael
- Tatiana Papamoschou
- Keti Papanika
- Irene Papas
- Katina Paxinou
- Elizabeth Perkins
- Dimitris Poulikakos
- Sakis Kouvas
- Kostas Safetis
- Chris Sarandon9
- Telly Savalas
- Amy Sedaris10
- Nikos Sergianopoulos
- Marina Sirtis11
- Kostas Sommer
- John Stamos12
- Mena Suvari13
- Corinna Tsopei
- Stratos Tzortzoglou
- Nia Vardalos
- Thanassis Veggos
- Rena Vlahopoulou
- Aliki Vougiouklaki
- Andréas Voutsinas
- Rita Wilson14
- Nikos Xanthopoulos
- Billy Zane15
- Lisa Zane16
- Voula Zouboulaki
Jake Papacostas Josh Papacostas Meg Papacostas Stavors Papacostas Lindsey Papacostas
Adventurers
- Constantine Phaulkon (1648–1688), first counsellor of King Narai of Siam
Athletes & sports figures
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
Antonis Sinodinos
Modern period
- Nikolaos Aggelakis football player
- 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 sprinter/hurdler
- Joannis Andreou swimmer
- Nikolaos Andriakopoulos gymnast
- Eleni Andriola gymnast
- Peter Angelos, owner of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team
- Georgios Anninos swimmer
- Antelothanasis shooter
- Georgios Aspiotis cyclist
- Sotirios Athanasopoulos gymnast
- Theodoros Baev volleyball player
- Marcos Baghdatis tennis player
- 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 marathoner
- Thomas Bimis diver
- Christos Bourbos football player
- Yiannis Bourousis basketball player
- Nikos Boutzikos football player
- Al Campanis, baseball player, later an executive with the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Konstantinos Chalkias football player
- Angelos Charisteas football player
- Spiridon Chasapis swimmer
- Chris Chelios, hockey player
- 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, 1960 Olympic champion in sailing (Dragon class)
- Peter Costa poker player
- Bob Costas television sportscaster
- Ioannis Chrysafis gymnast
- Nikos Dabizas football player
- Evangelos Damaskos pole vaulter
- Nick "the Greek" Dandolos, gambler
- Eleni Daniilidou tennis player
- Filipos Darlas football player
- Dimitrios Deligiannis marathoner
- 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 three-time Olympic champion weightlifter
- Stefanos Dimitrios middle-distance runner
- 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 middle-distance runner
- Giorgos Foiros football player and manager
- Antonis Fotsis basketball player
- D. Frangopoulos tennis player
- Takis Fyssas football player
- Nikos Galis basketball player, MVP of Eurobasket 1987
- Konstadinos Gatsioudis javelin thrower
- Theofanis Gekas football player
- Georgios Gennimatas sprinter
- Nikolaos Georgantas discus thrower
- Grigorios Georgatos football player
- Giorgios Georgiadis football player
- Ioannis Georgiadis fencer
- Evangelos Gerakeris marathoner
- Panagiotis Giannakis basketball player, captain of Greek Eurobasket 1987 champion team
- Stelios Giannakopoulos football player
- Kleopas Giannou football player
- Herodotos Giorgallas gymnast
- Andreas Glyniadakis basketball player
- Spyros Gogolos football player
- Dimitrios Golemis middle-distance runner
- Georgios Gougoulias football player
- Yannis Goumas football player
- Anastasios Gousis sprinter
- Miltiades Gouskos shot putter
- Georgios Grigoriou marathoner
- Efstratios Grivas chess player
- Faní Halkiá Olympic champion hurdler
- Laird Hamilton (born Laird John Zerfas), surfer
- 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 marathoner
- 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 middle-distance runner
- Pantelis Karasevdas shooter
- Hristos Karipidis football player
- Alex Karras American 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 European, World and Olympic champion sprinter
- Alexandros Khalkokondilis sprinter and long jumper
- Khatzidakis shooter
- Alexandros Khrisafos swimmer
- Dimitrios Khristopoulos marathoner
- Vassilis Kikilias basketball player
- Dimitris Kitsanelis football player
- Michalis Klokidis football player
- Frank Klopas, 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
- 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
- Vasilios 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 multiple world record-holding ultramarathoner
- 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
- Alexi Lalas, football player
- Leonidas Langakis shooter
- Ioannis Lavrentis marathoner
- Sotiris Leontiou football player
- Nikolaos Levidis shooter
- Kostas Linoxilakis football player
- Spiros Livathinos football player and manager
- Spiridon Louis marathoner, winner of first modern Olympic marathon
- 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 baseball player
- Dimitris Markos football player
- Tino Martinez, baseball player
- Stamatios Masouris marathoner
- 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 basketball player
- Manolis Papamakarios basketball player
- Christos Papanikolaou pole vaulter
- Georgios Papasideris weightlifter
- Eleitherios Papasimeon marathoner
- Athina Papayianni race walker
- Charilaos Pappas football player
- Tom Pappas, world champion decathlete
- Georgios Paraskevopoulos cyclist
- Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos discus thrower
- Mikhail Paskalides sprinter
- Konstantinos Paspatis tennis player
- Petros Passalis football player
- George Patis badminton player
- Voula Patoulidou hurdler
- Christos Patsatzoglou football player
- Patsouris shooter
- Pavlos Pavlidis shooter
- Antonios Pepanos swimmer
- Ioannis Persakis triple jumper
- 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
- Kurt Rambis (Kyriakos Rambidis) basketball player, won 4 NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers
- Flora Redoumi hurdler
- Dimitrios Regas sprinter
- Efthimios Rentzias basketball player
- Dusty Rhodes, baseball player
- Elpida Romantzi archer
- Nicolas Rossolimo chess player
- Georgios Roubanis pole vaulter
- Sakis Rouvas pole vaulter (later became famous as a musician/entertainer)
- Dusan Sakota basketball player
- Dimitris Salpigidis football player
- Georgios Samaras football player
- Pete Sampras, tennis player; winner of 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles
- Sanidis shooter
- Miltiadis Sapanis football player
- Dimitris Saravakos football player
- Nikos Sarganis football player
- Georgios Saridakis race walker
- Sofoklis Schortsanitis basketball player
- Yourkas Seitaridis football player
- Giorgos Sideris football player
- Nikolaos Siranidis diver
- Athanasios Skaltsogiannis
- Giannis Skopelitis football player
- Georgios Skoutarides sprinter and hurdler
- Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder (Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos), TV sports commentator and bookie
- Vasileios Spanoulis basketball player
- Konstantin Spetsiotis race walker
- 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 pole vaulter
- Alexandros Theofilakis shooter
- Ioannis Theofilakis shooter
- Dimitrios Tomprof middle-distance runner
- 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 Olympic champion standing long jumper
- 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 marathoner
- 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 marathoner
- Zisis Vryzas football player
- Loukas Vyntra football player
- Charalambos Xanthos poker player
- Níki Xánthou long jumper
- Thomas Xenakis gymnast
- Vasilios Xydas pole vaulter
- Theodoros Zagorakis football player, captain of Greek team that won 2004 European Championship
- Akis Zikos football player
- Nikos Zisis basketball player
- Khristos Zoumis triple jumper
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 I of Constantinople (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), Roman Catholic Antipope in the Pisan line
See also:
- List of Constantinople patriarchs
- List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Jerusalem
- List of Archbishops of Athens
- List of Archbishops of Cyprus
Entrepreneurs
- Evangelis and Konstantinos Zappas, entrepreneurs and forefathers of modern Olympics
- Georgios Zarifis, banker
- Christakis Zografos, banker
- Ioannis Pangas, merchant and philanthropist
- Georgios Sinas, banker, diplomat and philanthropist
- Simon Sinas, banker, diplomat and philanthropist
- Sam Benrubi
- Yiannis Carras, 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, entrepreneur
- Socrates Kokkalis, telecommunications magnate, owner of Olympiacos
- Sir Eddie Kulukundis, entrepreneur and arts patron
- George Livanos, shipping magnate
- John Latsis, shipping magnate
- Spiro Latsis, banking and shipping magnate
- Stavros Niarchos, shipping magnate
- Aristotle Onassis, shipping magnate
- Christina Onassis, shipping magnate
- Athina Onassis-Miranda, granddaughter of Aristotle Onassis
- Basil Zaharoff, arms trader and financier
- Mike Lazaridis, founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM)
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
Early Modern
- Juan de Fuca aka Apostolos Valerianos, born Ioannis (John) Phocas
Fashion designers
- Sophia Kokosalaki, haute couture, women, designer for the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Panagiotis Papadopoulos, swimwear designer for Panos Emporio (based in Sweden)
- John Varvatos, haute couture - men
- Peter Speliopoulos, vice President, DKNY design
- Sotirios Voulgaris, jeweler who founded the company that would become Bulgari
- James Galanos
- Patricia Field
- Nick Verreos
- Jean Desses, fashion designer in the 1940s to 1960s
- Jeremy Angelis, shoe designer - women
- Elena Votsi, jewelry designer
Fashion models
- Thalia Jessemidis
- Marios Lekkas
- Evi Adam model
- Julia Alexandratou
- Axia Andreadaki
- Evagelia Aravani
- Elena Asimakopoulou
- Paraskevas Boubourakas
- Marietta Chrousala
- Sophia Chrysohoidou
- 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
- Demetres Koutsavlakis
- Olga Kypriotou
- Christina Lekka - Miss International 1994
- Vasia Loi
- 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
- 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
- John Papadopoulos, writer and director: film 'Jog's Trot'
- Theo Angelopoulos, writer and director (Ulysses' Gaze, Eternity and a Day)
- Michael Cacoyannis, writer, producer and director (Zorba the Greek, Electra, Iphigenia)
- John Cassavetes, actor (The Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby), writer and director (Husbands, A Woman Under the Influence, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie)
- Alexandra Cassavetes (daughter of John), documentary director
- Nick Cassavetes (son of John), actor (Face/Off, The Astronaut's Wife), writer (Blow) and director (John Q, The Notebook)
- Constantinos Hilas
- George P. Cosmatos
- Costa-Gavras (Constantinos Gavras), writer, producer and director (Z, State of Siege, Missing)
- Peter Kambasis, writer, producer and director of internet-based films
- Milton Katselas, acting teacher and director (Butterflies Are Free, When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?)
- Elia Kazan director in theatre and film (Gentleman's Agreement, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, East of Eden, A Face in the Crowd)
- Ana Kokkinos
- Nikos Koundouros
- Gregory Markopoulos
- George Miller, producer and director (Mad Max, Babe: Pig in the City, Happy Feet)
*Theo Nicholas Pagones, actor, writer, and producer ( Men of Honor, Runners, You are here, Take, Free, Python, Escape Under Pressure, Ringer, House of the Rising)
- Alexander Payne, writer, producer and director (Election, About Schmidt, Sideways)
- Andy Sidaris
- Penelope Spheeris, writer, producer and director (Suburbia, Wayne's World, The Decline of Western Civilization)
- Dean Tavoularis, production designer (Little Big Man, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Bulworth)
Military and political figures
Ancient period
- Agis III (r.338-?331 BCE), Spartan king who rebelled against Macedon in 331 BCE
- Alcibiades (450–404 BCE), Athenian general and statesman
- Alexander the Great, (356 - 323 BCE) Macedonian king, and conqueror
- Antiochus IIIthe Great, (c241-187 BCE) Seleucid Monarch
- Antipater, (c.390 - 319 BCE), Macedonian noble and Alexander the Great's regent in Macedon
- Aristides (530–468 BCE), Athenian statesman
- Cimon, Athenian leader and statesman
- Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, (c.68-30 BCE) Queen of Egypt, from the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Dynasty
- Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), politician and orator
- Dionysius I, (c.432-367) ruler of the Syracusan empire
- Epaminondas, (c.420-362) Theban general and statesman
- Eucratides, ruler of the Bactrian Greeks
- Leonidas, (d.480 BCE) Spartan king, killed defending Greece from the Persians
- Lycurgus, (9th century BCE) semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver
- Lysander, (d395)Spartan general and hero during the Peloponnesian War
- Memnon of Rhodes, (d.333) 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, (382-336 BCE)Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great
- Polycrates, Samian ruler
- Ptolemy I, (c356-285) Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded a dynasty in Egypt
- Pyrrhus of Epirus, (c318-272)invaded Italy, became known for victories of dubious value (Pyrrhic)
- Seleucus I, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded dynasty in Persia
- Solon, (638-558 BCE) Athenian lawmaker and archon
- Themistocles, (c.514-449 BCE) Athenian statesman and admiral
- Xenophon, (430-c.354 BCE) mercenary general, led and recounted 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)
- Pargalı 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
- İshak Pasha Grand Vizier
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
- Constantine I (1868 - 1923), King of Greece
- Constantine II, (born 1940), King of Greece
- George II (1890 - 1947), King of Greece
- Paul (1901-1964), King of Greece
- Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998), President of Greece and four-time Prime Minister
- Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956), 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) , born Athanasios (Thanasis) Klaras, 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)
Northern Epirus (de jure autonomous part of Albania in 1914)
- Georgios Christakis-Zografos (1863-1920), diplomat, president of the provisional Government of Northern Epirus (1914).
Canada
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
- Petro Georgiou, Federal Politician
- John Hatzistergos, Attorney General, NSW
- Jenny Mikakos, politician, VIC
- Sophie Mirabella, federal politician
- Sophie Panopoulos, federal politician
- Arthur Sinodinos, Prime Minister's Chief of Staff
- Maria Vamvakinou, politician
United States
- Spiro Agnew, Governor of Maryland (1967-69) and Vice President of the United States under Richard Nixon (1969-73)
- Art Agnos, Mayor of San Francisco, California (1988-92)
- Phil Angelides, California State Treasurer (1999-2007)
- George Argyros, U.S. ambassador to Spain and Andorra (2001-04)
- Shelley Berkley, Congresswoman, Nevada 1st District (1999- )
- Mike Bilirakis, Congressman, Florida 9th District (1983-2007)
- Gus Bilirakis (son of Mike), Congressman, Florida 9th District (2007- )
- John Brademas, Congressman, Indiana 3rd District (1959-81)
- George Christopher, Mayor of San Francisco, California (1956-64)
- Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida (2007- )
- Michael Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts (1975-79, 1983-91) and 1988 Democratic Party presidential candidate
- Nick Galifianakis, Congressman, North Carolina 5th/4th District (1967-73)
- George Gekas, Congressman, Pennsylvania 17th District (1983-2003)
- Arianna Huffington (née Arianna Stassinopoulos), liberal pundit and blogger
- Ron Klink, Congressman, Pennsylvania 4th District (1993-2001)
- Tom C. Korologos, Republican organiser and US ambassador to Belgium (2004-07)
- Andrew Manatos, Assistant Secretary of Commerce during the Carter administration
- Nicholas Mavroules, Congressman, Massachusetts 6th District (1979-93)
- Markos Moulitsas, blogger and political columnist, founder of the influential liberal blog Daily Kos
- John Negroponte, United States Director of National Intelligence, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- Peter George Peterson, Secretary of Commerce under Richard Nixon (1972-73), first Greek American cabinet officer
- John Podesta, White House Chief of Staff for Bill Clinton, head of Obama transition team
- Paul Sarbanes, Senator from Maryland (1977-2007)
- John Sarbanes (son of Paul) Congressman, Maryland 3rd District (2007- )
- Olympia Snowe, Senator from Maine (1995- )
- Zack Space, Congressman, Ohio 18th District (2007- )
- George Stephanopoulos, former political adviser to President Bill Clinton, television commentator
- George Tenet, director of the CIA (1997-2004)
- Dina Titus, Congresswoman, Nevada 3rd District (2009- )
- Frances Townsend, Homeland Security Adviser to President George W. Bush (2004-07)
- Paul Tsongas, Senator from Massachusetts (1979-85), candidate for the 1992 Democratic Party presidential nomination
- Gus Yatron, Congressman, Pennsylvania 6th District (1969-93)
- Harry Zikas, Jr., Mayor (2000-07), Councilman (2008- ) and Council President (2010) of Alpha, New Jersey
Musicians
Ancient period
Modern period
- Rita Abatzi musician
- Maurice Abravanel conductor
- Art Alexakis guitarist and singer (Everclear)
- 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 pianist
- Arion semi-legendary figure
- Yiorgos Batis musician
- Grigoris Bithikotsis popular singer and lyricist
- Evangelos Brisimitzakis disk jockey and entertainer
- Miltiades Caridis conductor
- Pavlos Carrer composer
- Petros Christo guitarist
- Nikos Christodoulou composer and conductor
- Giannis Christou composer
- Kelly Clarkson pop singer, winner of first American Idol season17
- Christos Dantis singer and musician
- Dionysios Demetis composer
- Odysseas Dimitriadis (1908–2005), conductor
- Marina Diamandis, singer for Marina and the Diamonds
- Dimitris Dragatakis composer
- Antiochos Evangelatos composer and conductor
- Kostas Exarhakis musician
- Eva Fampas guitarist
- Yorgos Foudoulis (born 1964) guitarist and composer
- Alexander Frey conductor, pianist, organist and composer
- Gus G. guitarist
- Katy Garbi singer
- 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
- 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)
- 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 composerlos
- Iakovos Kolanian guitarist
- Stavros Koujioumtzis (1932–2005), composer and lyricist
- Rena Kyriakou pianist
- Andreas Lagios guitarist
- Alexandre Lagoya guitarist
- Tim Lambesis singer
- Leo Leandros musician and composer
- Tommy Lee musician, drummer for Mötley Crüe
- Manos Loizos (1937–1982), composer
- Sokratis Malamas singer and musician
- Nikolaos Mantzaros composer
- Giannis Markopoulos composer
- Kostas Martakis singer
- Thanos Mikroutsikos composer
- Dimitris Mitropoulos conductor18
- Kostas Mountakis musician
- Georges Moustaki (Greek-French) singer and lyricist
- Tony Orlando - singer19
- Orianthi Panagaris, singer
- Tzimis Panousis, musician
- Lefteris Papadimitriou, compoer and performer
- Lefteris Papadopoulos poet and lyricist
- Thanassis Papakonstantinou singer and lyricist
- Elena Paparizou singer, winner of the Eurovison Song Contest 2005
- Apostolos Paraskevas composer and classical guitarist
- Stelios Perpiniadis musician
- Phivos lyricist
- James Raphael pianist
- Sadahzinia musician
- Sakis Rouvas singer and guitarrist
- Spyros Samaras composer
- Dionysis Savvopoulos singer, composer and lyricist
- Kyriakos Sfetsas composer
- Dimitris Sgouros pianist
- Pavlos Sidiropoulos musician
- Sifu Versus musician
- Nikolaos Skalkottas 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
- Tatiana Troyanos mezzo-soprano20
- Iovan Tsaous musician and composer
- Vassilis Tsitsanis popular composer
- Markos Vamvakaris popular composer of rebetiko
- Despina Vandi singer
- Vangelis (born 1943), New Age-musician and composer
- Marios Varvoglis composer
- Anna Vissi singer
- 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
Painters
Ancient period
- Apelles
- Aetion (4th century BCE)
- Berlin Painter
- Euphronius
- Exekias
- Parrhasius
- Polygnotus
- Zeuxis
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)
- Spyros Vassiliou (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
- Aris Kalaizis (21st century)
- Odysseus Yakoumakis (21st century)
Philosophers
Ancient period
- Anaxarchus of Abdera
- Anaximander (c. 610 – c. 546 BCE)
- Anaximenes of Miletus
- Archimedes
- Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
- Athenagoras of Athens (c. 133 – 190), early Christian apologist
- Celsus
- 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
- 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
- Adamantios Korais
- Anthimos Gazis
- Nikos Kazantzakis
- Kostas Axelos
- Cornelius Castoriadis
- Michail Papageorgiou
- Nicos Poulantzas
- Ioannis Theodorakopoulos
- Christos Yannaras
Scientists and Engineers
Ancient period
- Anaximander
- Apollonius of Perga
- Archimedes
- Archytas
- Aristarchos of Samos
- Aristotle
- Autolycus of Pitane
- Ctesibius
- Diophantus
- Eratosthenes
- Euclid
- Eudoxus of Cnidus
- Eupalinos
- Galen
- Heron of Alexandria
- Hipparchos
- Hippocrates
- Hypatia of Alexandria
- Meton of Athens
- Parmenides
- Posidonios
- Ptolemy (possibly)
- Pythagoras of Samos
- Sostratus of Cnidus
- Strabo
- Thales of Miletus
- Theon
- Theopompus
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-century 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, Epidemiologist, 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
- Miltiadis Hatalis, circuit designer
- Alexandros Papadopoulos, inventor and radar scientist
- Panayiotis Zavos, geneticist
- Joseph Sifakis, computer scientist
- Peter Tsoukalas, civil engineer
- George P. Chrousos, clinical investigator in pediatrics
(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
- Phidias, sculptor of the colossal statue of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World
- Polyclitus
- Polyeuctes
- Pheidias
- Praxiteles
- Scopas
Modern period
- Constantine Andreou (20th century)
- Jannis Kounellis
- Memos Makris
- Thodoros Papadimitriou
- Nikolaos Pavlopoulos
- Panayiotis Vassilakis
- Lydia Venieri
- Constantin Xenakis
- Takis
Singers
- Chronis Aidonidis
- Haris Alexiou
- Giorgos Alkaios
- Peter André, English-born Cypriot-Australian
- Lisa Andreas, represented Cyprus in the Eurovision 2004
- Marlen Angelidou, pop singer, was with Greek pop group Hi-5
- Lindsay Armaou, was part of the girl band B*Witched (half Greek half Irish)
- Annette Artani
- Eleftheria Arvanitaki
- Maria Athanasiadou
- Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano
- Tasos Bougas
- Maria Callas, soprano
- Aris Christofellis, sopranist
- Constantinos Christoforou, represented Cyprus in the Eurovision
- Cleopatra
- George Dalaras, renowned contemporary Greek singer
- Loukas Daralas, famous singer of rebetiko and father of George Dalaras
- Angela Dimitriou
- Stratos Dionisiou
- Giorgos Perris
- Mariana Efstratiou
- Elpida
- Evridiki
- Maria Farantouri
- Mario Frangoulis, tenor
- Keti Garbi, famous singer
- Sevas Hanum
- Thanos Kalliris
- Melina Kana
- Nektaria Karantzi
- Vasilis Karras
- Prodromos Kathiniotis
- Stelios Kazantzidis popular singer considered by many as the greatest of Greek popular music.
- Panos Kiamos
- Elli Kokkinou
- Stelios Konstantas
- Stavros Konstantinou, winner of Super Idol, the Greek version of Pop Idol
- Demetres Koutsavlakis
- Tim Lambesis
- Vicky Leandros
- Labis Livieratos
- Mando
- Kostas Martakis, finalist in Greek Eurovision choice of 2008
- Giorgos Mazonakis
- Irini Merkouri
- George Michael (Georgios Panayiotou), Greek-British pop singer
- Sarbel Michael, represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
- George Missikos
- Dimitrios Mitropanos
- Vicky Moscholiou
- Nana Mouskouri
- Argyris Nastopoulos
- Apostolos Nikolaidis
- Marika Ninou
- Froso Papaharalambous, of the Greek pop group Hi-5
- Vasilis Papakonstantinou
- Giannis Poulopoulos, popular singer
- Elena Paparizou (aka Helena Paparizou), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 representing Greece
- Apollo Papathanasio
- Giannis Ploutarxos
- Alkistis Protopsalti
- Irini Psyhramiof the Greek pop group Hi-5
- Michalis Rakintzis
- Antonis Remos
- Kostas Roukounas
- Demis Roussos, pop singer, formerly with Vangelis in Aphrodite's Child
- Sakis Rouvas, World Music Award-winning pop/rock singer and entertainer
- Sabrina
- Kalomoira Saranti, Greek American singer who represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
- Eirini Sevastou
- Elena Souliotis, soprano
- Nansy Stergiopoulou, if the Greek pop group Hi-5
- Paschalis Terzis
- Natassa Theodoridou
- Marios Tokas, composer
- Panos Tserpes
- Despina Vandi, first Greek artist with a #1 in Billboard (Dance charts-USA); World Music Award winner in 2002
- Alex Varkatzas, Lead singer of metalcore band Atreyu
- Anna Vissi
- Lia Vissi
- Tolis Voskopoulos
- Peggy Zina
- Marianna Zorba
Tycoons
- Socratis Kokkalis Telecommunications.
- Yiannis Latsis Shipping.
- George Livanos Shipping.
- Stavros Niarchos Shipping.
- Aristotle Onassis Shipping.
- Paris Latsis Shipping.
- John A. Catsimatidis Energy. Retail. Real Estate. Transportation.
- John Paul Papanicolaou Shipping.
- Constantino Papadopoulos Shipping. Energy. Retail. Real Estate. Transportation. Telecommunications.
Writers
Ancient period
- Aeschylus
- Alcaeus
- Alcman
- Anacreon
- Apollodorus
- Apollonius Rhodius
- Aristophanes
- Callimachus
- Cassius Dio
- Euripides
- Eusebius of Caesarea
- Hecataeus of Miletus
- Hecataeus of Abdera
- Hesiod
- Homer
- Longus
- Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, frequently called Lucan
- Menander
- Pausanias
- Pindar
- Plutarch
- Polybius
- Polycarp
- Sappho
- Sophocles
- Theocritus
- Thucydides
Medieval period
- Anna Comnena
- Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
- Isaac of Nineveh
- John of Damascus
- Michael Psellos
- Procopius
- Zozimus
Modern period
- Aris Alexandrou
- Manolis Anagnostakis
- Iason Athanasiadis
- Constantine P. Cavafy
- Athanasios Christopoulos
- Constance Constant
- Kiki Dimoula
- Maro Douka
- Odysseus Elytis Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1979
- Andreas Embirikos
- Nikos Engonopoulos
- Jeffrey Eugenides21
- Rigas Feraios
- Nikos Gatsos
- Kostis Gimossoulis
- Demetris Th. Gotsis
- Sotiris Kakisis
- Andreas Kalvos
- Iakovos Kambanelis
- M. Karagatsis
- Paraskevas Karasoulos
- Nikos Karouzos
- Kostas Karyotakis
- Nikos Kavvadias
- Nikos Kazantzakis
- Antigone Kefala
- Yannis Kondos
- Menis Koumantareas
- Dimitris P. Kraniotis
- Kleitos Kyrou
- Napoleon Lapathiotis
- Christoforos Liontakis
- Dimitris Lyacos
- Jenny Mastoraki
- Lorentzos Mavilis
- Stratis Myrivilis
- Kostis Palamas
- Alexandros Panagoulis
- Alexandros Papadiamantis
- Demetris P. Papaditsas
- George Pavlopoulos
- George Pelecanos
- Maria Polydouri
- Lefteris Poulios
- Ioannis Psycharis
- Yannis Ritsos
- Miltos Sachtouris
- David Sedaris
- Giorgos Seferis
- Angelos Sikelianos
- Takis Sinopoulos
- Giannis Skarimpas
- Dionysios Solomos
- Alexandros Soutsos
- Alexis Stamatis
- Theodore Stephanides
- Vassilis Steriadis
- Nanos Valaoritis
- Kostas Varnalis
- Takis Varvitsiotis
- Vassilis Vassilikos
- Haris Vlavianos
General
- Manolis Andronikos (1919–1992), archaeologist, discovered the Macedonian tombs in Vergina
- Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece (1998-2008)
- Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, President of organising committee, Athens 2004 Olympic Games
- Patriarch Athenagoras, former Patriarch of Constantinople
- Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Greek-Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch
- George Bizos, Greek-South African human rights advocate
- Moisis Michail Bourlas, member of World War II Greek resistance
- Cornelius Castoriadis, economist and philosopher
- Zoe Cruz, co-president of Morgan Stanley
- Michael Dertouzos, internet pioneer
- Nikos Dimou, writer and philosopher
- Odysseas Elytis, poet and Nobel prizewinner
- Mario Frangoulis, opera singer
- Manolis Glezos, World War II veteran, grassroots democracy activist and politician
- Nikos Hadjinikolaou (born 1962), television news anchor, journalist
- Iakovos, Archbishop of America (died 2005), late primate of the Greek-Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- Sir Alec Issigonis, British-Greek creator of the Mini car
- Eleni Konsolaki, archaeologist who researched Methana and the Troezen area in 1990
- Vissarion Korkoliacos (1908–1991), Greek Orthodox monk
- Polyvios Kossivas, bystander who became famous in the 2004 Olympic Games for helping a runner
- Makarios III, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus
- Spyridon Marinatos, archaeologist
- Melina Mercouri, actress, singer and politician
- Dimitri Nanopoulos, quantum physicist
- Lefteris Papadopoulos (born 1935), lyricist and journalist
- Dimitris Papaioannou, director and choreographer ; creator of the 2004 Summer Olympics ceremonies
- Paraskevas Karasoulos, singer
- Saint Philomena, Patron saint of the Children of Mary and Catholic Saint & Martyr
- Nicos Poulantsas, political theorist
- Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos, world known magician and illusionist that created Mindfreak; also known as Criss Angel
- George Sava, entertainment lawyer
- Giorgos Seferis, poet and Nobel prizewinner
- Angelos Sikelianos, poet
- Spyros Skouras, Greek-American movie mogul, president of 20th Century Fox
- Alex Spanos, Greek-American magnate
- Iannis Xenakis, modernist composer
- Panayiotis Zavos, geneticist
- Adamantios Vassilakis, diplomat
Academics
- Constantin Caratheodory, mathematician (1920s)
- Chris Argyris, organisational theorist
- Konstantinos Axelos, 1960s Situationist
- Apostolos Athanassakis, classicist
- Phaedon Avouris, nanotechnologist
- Demetrios Christodoulou, mathematical physicist
- George Constantinides, economist
- Dimitrios Galanos, Sanskrit translator and Indologist
- Fotis Kafatos, biologist
- Jannis Kallinikos, organisational theorist
- Ioannis Karatzas, Mathematician
- Dimitri Kitsikis, historian, poet
- Dimitri Nanopoulos, quantum physicist
- Nicholas Negroponte, author, IT evangelist and head of MIT Media Lab
- Irena Papadopoulos, author, professor of transcultural nursing
- Christos Papakyriakopoulos, mathematician
- Christos Papadimitriou, Computer Scientist
- George Papanicolaou, biologist
- John S. Paraskevopoulos, astronomer
- Nicholas A. Peppas, Chaired Professor in Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
- Shelby Spain, influential school administrator
- Vladimir Triandafillov (Triantafyllidis), Military strategist
- Haridimos Tsoukas, organisational theorist
- Nicholaos Varopoulos, mathematician
- George Vithoulkas, teacher of Homeopathic medicine
- Xenophon Zolotas, economist
See also
- List of ancient Greeks
- List of Greek Americans
- List of Greek Australians
- List of Greek Canadians
- List of Greek Jews
- List of people by nationality
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- ^ [1] "And when I saw the film recently and saw George Chakiris, this beautiful guy, Greek guy." [2] "Chakiris, the son of Greek immigrants, opposes race based casting."
- ^ [3] [4] "Chiklis got his acting talent from his mother, Kate... his flamboyance from his father, Charlie, a macho second-generation Greek-American who runs a hair salon in the Boston suburb of Lowell, where Chiklis was born."
- ^ [5] "Olympia Dukakis, Greek-American stage and film actress... will discuss the impact of her Greek-American heritage on her career, as well as past performances, particularly her lead role in the ancient tragedy "Hecuba."" [6] "The daughter of Greek immigrants..."
- ^ [7] "Fey's mother is Greek-American and her father is German-Scottish, but she's wary of claiming an ethnic identity. "I’ve said a few things about being Greek, and now every Greek organization wants to adopt me," Fey told me." [8] "Because of the Greek-girl thing, I have, like, boobs and butt."
- ^ [9] "Angie Harmon: "It would be shaping my eyebrows. Being half Greek and half American Indian, I have the unibrow. So once I started working on them, I really did see a change. You create another kind of beauty.""
- ^ [10] "My grandfather always told me, "You know you're American first, but you're a Greek-American, which makes you a better American.""
- ^ [11] "The son of a Greek Orthodox priest (note: Orthodox priests can marry prior to ordination) and a nutritionist, Martin grew up with his brother and sister in Toms River, New Jersey. His parents co-owned a Greek diner with his grandparents and uncle. Martin, the prototypical "good Greek boy," served as an altar boy at church and bused tables at the restaurant."
- ^ [12] "The stunning Maria Menounos had no problem getting her Greek on for our photo shoot, but her heritage hasn’t always been easy for her. "My dad was very strict," she says. "A guy would call the house and he would say, ‘I have a gun, and I will use it!’"... My parents said I had to marry a Greek boy. I dated them, but they weren’t for me. They want slaves. I want someone to be my slave! My mom still puts my dad's socks on him when she wakes him up in the morning."
- ^ [13] "It never occurred to me that Chris Sarandon is Greek (for those that don't know, Tarpon Springs is an ethnic Greek community located just north of St. Petersburg), until I thought about it - he very much looks Greek, later explaining that his father was from a "Greek village in Turkey"."
- ^ [14] "As far as religion goes, we were raised Greek Orthodox..." [15] "My father's mother, our grandmother, lived with us for a while. She didn't speak any English. She was all Greek and she was freaky. She had long hair, which she wore in braids..." [16]
- ^ [17] "A raven haired beauty who is equal parts Greek passion and English reserve"
- ^ [18] "John is also Greek and part Irish." [19] "John Stamos' original family name is Stamopolous, which was shortened by his grandparents when they came to America from Greece."
- ^ [20] "Well we’re both Greek, which is a shoe-in right there." [21] "Mena, the world traveler: Part Estonian and part Greek, Suvari was named for her godmother, who was born in the Mena House, a hotel at the base of the Pyramids in Egypt."
- ^ [22]. "My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood. I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek." [23] "Father: worked at a racetrack; changed family name from Ibrahimoff to Wilson, selecting the name from the street on which they lived in Southern California; a Greek-Pomak who was born in Greece but raised in Bulgaria; lived in Turkey before emigrating to the USA.[24] Her mother Dorothy Wilson was born and raised in a Greek village on the Albanian border. [25] "Tom Hanks' wife Rita Wilson is of Greek origin and took her family to see this one-woman act. She loved it so much that she went again, this time with her husband. Tom Hanks was so impressed that he offered to produce the movie. His production company Playtone Productions has produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
- ^ "Billy Zane Interview"BloodRayne"Movie: Tim Nasson". Wildaboutmovies.com. 2005-12-27. http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/interviews/BillyZaneInterviewBloodRayneMovieTimNasson.php. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ [26] "Greek-American entertainer Lisa Zane"
- ^ [27] "I'm Greek, so we have pretty big booties in my family." [28] "I'm Greek and Irish, but I don't know Greek. I just have the booty, that's the only part I got of it, that's the curve of it all."
- ^ [29] "Greek conductor and composer"
- ^ [30] "the half-Greek, half-Puerto Rican kid"
- ^ [31] "This website is dedicated to preserving the musical memory of the late, great, Tatiana Troyanos, Greek-American Mezzo-Soprano"
- ^ [32] "Eugenides is himself Greek-American, Detroit-born, suburb-raised-- all sources of inspiration for his second novel."