This is a list of notable Greeks.
Actors/actresses
Ancient period
Adventurers
Athletes & sports figures
Ancient period
Modern period
- Emmanouil Karalis, pole vaulter
- Aristidis Akratopoulos, tennis player
- Konstantinos Akratopoulos, tennis player
- Giannis Antetokounmpo, basketball player
- Nikos Alefantos, football player and manager
- Anna Korakaki, sport shooter and Olympic champion
- Anastasios Bakasetas, football player
- Andreas Bouchalakis, football player
- Lampros Choutos, football player
- Fanis Christodoulou, basketball player
- Giannis Christofilopoulos, football player
- Anton Christoforidis, boxer
- Stephanos Christopoulos, wrestler
- Constantine II, former King of Greece, 1960 Olympic champion in sailing (Dragon class)
- Ioannis Chrysafis, gymnast
- Nikos Dabizas, football player
- Evangelos Damaskos, pole vaulter
- Nick "the Greek" Dandolos, gambler
- Eleni Daniilidou, tennis player
- Filipos Darlas, football player
- Stefanos Dedas (born 1982), basketball head coach in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Dimitrios Deligiannis, marathoner
- Traianos Dellas, football player
- HrysopiyÃÂ DevetzÃÂ, triple jumper and long jumper
- Themistoklis Diakidis, high jumper
- Dimitris Diamantidis, basketball player
- Georgios Diamantis, shooter
- Dimosthenis Dikoudis, basketball player
- Stefanos Dimitrios, middle-distance runner
- Zoi Dimoschaki, swimmer
- Mimis Domazos, football player
- Georgios Donis, football player
- Dimitrios Drivas, swimmer
- Kostas Eleftherakis, football player
- Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, football player
- Giannoulis Fakinos, football player
- Panagiotis Fasoulas, basketball player
- Giannis Fetfatzidis, football 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
- Giannis Gitsioudis, football player
- Andreas Glyniadakis, basketball player
- Spyros Gogolos, football player
- Dimitrios Golemis, middle-distance runner
- Georgios Gougoulias, football player
- Yannis Goumas, football player
- Anastasios Gousis, sprinter
- Miltiadis Gouskos, shot putter
- Georgios Grigoriou, marathoner
- Efstratios Grivas, chess player
- FanàHalkiá, Olympic champion hurdler
- Vassilis Hatzipanagis, football player
- José Holebas, 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
- Stamatis Kalamiotis, football player
- Ioannis Kalitzakis, football player
- Georgios Kalogiannidis, archer
- George Kalovelonis, tennis player
- Marios Kaperonis, boxer
- Michalis Kapsis, football player
- Alexandros Karageorgiou, archer
- Giorgos Karagounis, football player
- Telemachos Karakalos, fencer
- Karakatsanis, shooter
- Konstantinos Karakatsanis, middle-distance runner
- Pantelis Karasevdas, shooter
- Hristos Karipidis, football player
- George Karlaftis, 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
- Ioannis Kastritis, former basketball player and coach in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- AnastasÃÂa KelesÃÂdou, discus thrower
- Konstantinos Kenteris, European, World and Olympic champion sprinter
- Alexandros Khalkokondilis, sprinter and long jumper
- Hatzidakis, shooter
- Dimitrios Christopoulos, marathoner
- Vassilis Kikilias, basketball player
- Michalis Klokidis, football player
- Frank Klopas, football player
- Ekaterini Koffa, sprinter
- Savvas Kofidis, football player
- Dimitrios Kokotis, high jumper
- Dinos Konstantakis, football player
- 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
- Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, football player
- Vaggelis Koutsoures, football player
- Petros Kravaritis, football player
- Ioannis Kyrastas, football player
- Sotirios Kyrgiakos, football player
- Anastasios Kyriakos, football player
- Panagiotis Lagos, football player
- Vasilios Lakis, 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
- 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
- Kostas Mitroglou, football player
- Ioannis Mitropoulos, gymnast
- Tasos Mitropoulos, football player
- Georgios Mitsibonas, football player
- Antonis Miyiakis, football player
- Vaggelis Moras, football player
- Nikolaos Morakis, shooter
- Irini Mouchou, triathlete
- 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 Papaioannou, gymnast
- Mimis Papaioannou, football player
- Lambros Papakostas, high jumper
- Theodoros Papaloukas, basketball player
- Manolis Papamakarios, basketball player
- Christos Papanikolaou, pole vaulter
- Georgios Papasideris, weightlifter
- Eleftherios Papasymeon, marathoner
- Athina Papayianni, race walker
- Charilaos Pappas, football player
- 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
- Periklis 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 four NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers
- Flora Redoumi, hurdler
- Dimitrios Regas, sprinter
- Efthimios Rentzias, basketball player
- Elpida Romantzi, archer
- Nicolas Rossolimo, chess player
- Georgios Roubanis, pole vaulter
- Sakis Rouvas, pole vaulter (later became famous as a musician-entertainer)
- Maria Sakkari, tennis player
- Dimitris Salpingidis, football player
- Georgios Samaras, football player
- 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
- Ioannis Sfairopoulos (born 1967), basketball coach in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and EuroLeague
- Giorgos Sideris, football player
- Nikolaos Siranidis, diver
- Athanasios Skaltsogiannis
- Giannis Skopelitis, football player
- Georgios Skoutarides, sprinter and hurdler
- Vasileios Spanoulis, basketball player
- Konstantinos 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
- Miltos Tentoglou, long jumper
- Irini Terzoglou, shot putter
- EkaterÃÂni Thánou, sprinter
- Stefanos Theodoridis, football player
- Georgios Theodoridis, 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
- ParaskevÃÂ TsiamÃÂta, triple jumper
- Nikos Tsiantakis, football player
- Vasilios Tsiartas, football player
- Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Olympic champion standing long jumper
- Leonidas Tsiklitiras, gymnast
- Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, javelin thrower
- Chris Tsiprailidis, poker player
- Georgios Tsitas, wrestler
- Stefanos Tsitsipas, tennis player
- Athanasia Tsoumeleka, race walker
- Tryfon Tzanetis, football player
- Alexandros Tziolis, football player
- Stavros Tziortziopoulos, football player
- Alexandros Tzorvas, football player
- Danai Varveri, free diver
- Olga Vasdeki, triple jumper
- Spyridon Vasdekis, long jumper
- Charilaos 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
- EkaterÃÂni Vóggoli, discus thrower
- Ioannis Vourakis, shooter
- Athanasios Vouros, fencer
- Ian Vouyoukas, basketball player
- Ioannis Vrettos, marathoner
- Zisis Vryzas, football player
- Loukas Vyntra, football player
- NÃÂki Xánthou, long jumper
- Thomas Xenakis, gymnast
- Vasilios Xydas, pole vaulter
- Theodoros Zagorakis, football player, captain of Greek team which won 2004 European Championship
Clerics
Medieval period
Modern period
- Jacob Palaeologus (c. 1520âÂÂ1585), Dominican friar, later antitrinitarian theologian; (Greek father)
See also:
Entrepreneurs
- Giannis Alafouzos, ship-owner, TV station owner (Skai TV), owner of Panathinaikos F.C.
- Yiannis Carras, ship-owner, creator of Porto Carras Resort
- John D. Chandris and family, shipping industry, cruises
- Yiannis (Giannis) Dritsas, inventor of Frappe
- Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, entrepreneur, EasyJet founder
- Arianna Huffington, media mogul, Huffington Post founder
- Socrates Kokkalis, telecommunications magnate, former owner of Olympiacos F.C.
- John Latsis, shipping magnate
- Spiro Latsis, banking and shipping magnate
- Evangelos Marinakis, shipowner, TV station owner (Mega Channel), owner of the football clubs Olympiacos F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C.
- Stavros Niarchos, shipping magnate
- Aristotle Onassis, shipping magnate
- Christina Onassis, shipping magnate
- Athina Onassis, granddaughter of Aristotle Onassis
- Ioannis Pangas, merchant and philanthropist
- Georgios Sinas, banker, diplomat and philanthropist
- Simon Sinas, banker, diplomat and philanthropist
- Basil Zaharoff, arms trader and financier
- Evangelis and Konstantinos Zappas, entrepreneurs and forefathers of modern Olympics
- Georgios Zarifis, banker
- Christakis Zografos, banker
Explorers
Ancient period
Medieval period
Early Modern
Modern
Fashion designers
Fashion models
Filmmakers
- Theo Angelopoulos, writer and director (Ulysses' Gaze, Eternity and a Day)
- Michael Cacoyannis, writer, producer and director (Zorba the Greek, Electra, Iphigenia)
- Costa-Gavras (Constantinos Gavras), writer, producer and director (Z, State of Siege, Missing)
- 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)
- Nikos Koundouros
- Thodoros Maragos
- Nikos Nikolaidis, writer, producer, and director (Evrydiki BA 2O37, The Wretches Are Still Singing, Sweet Bunch, Morning Patrol, Singapore Sling, See You in Hell, My Darling, The Loser Takes It All, The Zero Years)
- Yorgos Lanthimos, Alps, Dogtooth, The Lobster
- John Cassavetes, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence
Military and political figures
Ancient period
- Agis III (r.338âÂÂ?331 BCE), Spartan king who rebelled against Macedon in 331 BCE
- Alcibiades (450âÂÂ404 BCE), Athenian general and statesman
- Alexander the Great (356âÂÂ323 BCE) King of Macedon, and conqueror of the Persian Empire
- Antiochus III the Great, (c. 241âÂÂ187 BCE) Seleucid Monarch
- Antipater (c.390âÂÂ319 BCE), Macedonian noble and Alexander the Great's regent in Macedon
- Aristides (530âÂÂ468 BCE), Athenian statesman
- Cimon (510âÂÂ450 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman
- Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, (c.68âÂÂ30 BCE) Queen of Egypt, from the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Dynasty
- Demosthenes (384âÂÂ322 BCE), politician and orator
- Dionysius I (c.432âÂÂ367), ruler of the Syracusan empire
- Epaminondas (c.420âÂÂ362), 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 (d.395), 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 (495âÂÂ429 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman
- Philip II of Macedon (382âÂÂ336 BCE), Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great
- Polycrates, Samian ruler
- Ptolemy I (c.356âÂÂ285), Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded a dynasty in Egypt
- Pyrrhus of Epirus (c.318âÂÂ272), invaded Italy, became known for victories of dubious value (Pyrrhic)
- Seleucus I, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded dynasty in Persia
- Solon (638âÂÂ558 BCE), Athenian lawmaker and archon
- Themistocles (c.514âÂÂ449 BCE), Athenian statesman and admiral
- Xenophon (430âÂÂc.354 BCE), mercenary general, led and recounted march from Persia
- Saint George (AD c.275âÂÂ303), soldier in the Roman army, venerated as a Christian martyr
Medieval period
- Constantine Lascaris, promoters of the revival of Greek learning in the Italian peninsula
- Gemistus Pletho, one of the chief pioneers of the revival of learning in Western Europe
- Manuel Chrysoloras, one of the pioneers in introducing Greek literature to western Europe
- Johannes Bessarion, bishop and cardinal
- Marcus Musurus, professor of Greek language at the University of Padua
- Saint Cyril, Byzantine monk, developed the Glagolitic alphabet
- Theodora (527âÂÂ548), Byzantine Empress, and wife of Justinian I
- Belisarius? Byzantine commander who served under Justinian I. Reconquered Italy and North Africa after the fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Heraclius (610âÂÂ641), Byzantine Emperor, won the ByzantineâÂÂSasanian War of 602âÂÂ628
- Irene (797âÂÂ802), Byzantine Empress, instrumental in the restoration of icons, later sanctified
- Constantine VII (913âÂÂ959), Byzantine Emperor and scholar, born in the Palace of the Porphyrogenitus
- Basil II (963âÂÂ1025), Byzantine Emperor, known as the 'Bulgar-Slayer'
- Nikephoros II Phokas (963âÂÂ969), Byzantine Emperor and general
- Alexios I Komnenos (1048âÂÂ1118), Byzantine Emperor
- Romanos IV Diogenes (1068âÂÂ1071), lost the fateful Battle of Manzikert
- Manuel I Komnenos (1143âÂÂ1180), Byzantine Emperor, was responsible for a distinct revival of Byzantine fortunes until his defeat at Myriokephalon
- Michael VIII Palaiologos (1259âÂÂ1261, and 1261âÂÂ1282), Nicene and Byzantine Emperor, recaptured Constantinople from the Latins
- Constantine XI Palaiologos (1449âÂÂ1453), last Byzantine Emperor, died at the fall of Constantinople
Ottoman Empire period
- Atik Sinan, architect for Mehmed II and Mustafa III
- Barbarossa (1473âÂÂ1518), famous privateer, older brother of Khair ad Din; (Greek mother)
- Laskarina Bouboulina, privateer, naval commander, Greek nationalist fighter
- ðbrahim Ethem Pasha, Greek-born Grand Vizier
- Khair ad Din (1475âÂÂ1546), Greek-born Ottoman Turkish Admiral, also known as Barbarossa; (Greek mother)
- Pargalñ ðbrahim Pasha, Suleyman the Magnificent's first appointed Grand Vizier, who left an important landmark on his reign.
- Alexandra Mavrokordatou (1605âÂÂ1683), salonist and intellectual.
- Mimar Sinan, architect for Suleiman the Magnificent
- Kosem Sultan
- ðshak Pasha, Grand Vizier
- Turgut Reis, Ottoman Admiral
- Al-Husayn I ibn Ali founder of the Husainid Dynasty of Tunisia
Modern period
Greece
- Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776âÂÂ1831), first President of the free and unified Greek state, last President of the first Greek republic
- Georgios Hatzianestis (1863âÂÂ1922), General
- Konstantinos Kanaris (c. 1794âÂÂ1877), freedom fighter, admiral, and Prime Minister of Greece
- Constantine I (1868âÂÂ1923), King of Greece
- Constantine II (1940âÂÂ2023), King of Greece
- George II (1890âÂÂ1947), King of Greece
- Paul (1901âÂÂ1964), King of Greece
- Nikolaos Gioulekas, Captain in the Greek War of Independence of 1821
- Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907âÂÂ1998), President of Greece and four-time prime minister
- Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956), Prime Minister of Greece and leader of the New Democracy party â Greek-Macedonian
- Dimitris Plapoutas (1786âÂÂ1864), Greek General in the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire and later a Politician
- Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770âÂÂ1843), Greek general in the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire
- Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855âÂÂ1935), admiral, war hero and later President of Greece
- Alexandros Mavrokordatos
- Pavlos Melas (1870âÂÂ1904), hero of Greek Struggle for Macedonia
- Ioannis Metaxas (1871âÂÂ1941), dictator of Greece before and during the first part of its participation in World War II
- Andreas Papandreou (1919âÂÂ1996), 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 (1999âÂÂ2004).
- Aleka Papariga (born 1945), current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) (1991âÂÂ)
- Karolos Papoulias (1929âÂÂ2021), current President of Greece (2005âÂÂ)
- Kostas Simitis (born 1936), former prime minister of Greece (1996âÂÂ2004)
- Kostis Stephanopoulos (1926âÂÂ2016), former president of Greece (1995âÂÂ2005)
- Aris Velouchiotis (27 August 1905 â 16 June 1945), born Athanasios (Thanasis) Klaras, leader of Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS), the communist segment of Greek guerrilla resistance during World War II
- Maria Theofili (fl. from 1990s), diplomat, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations
- Eleftherios Venizelos (1864âÂÂ1936), Prime Minister of Greece during Balkan Wars and First World War
- Nikos Zachariadis (1903âÂÂ1973), former Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) (1931âÂÂ1957)
Northern Epirus
- Apostolos Arsachis (1792âÂÂ1874) Greek-Vlach politician and philanthropist, born in Northern Epirus
- Pyrros Dimas (born 1971) retired weightlifter, considered as one of the greatest of all time, having been three times Olympic champion and three times World Champion.
- Dimitris Nanopoulos (born 1948), world-renowned physicist, of a Northern Epirotian descent
- Georgios Sinas (1783âÂÂ1856), entrepreneur, banker and national benefactor, founder of the Athens National Observatory
- Evangelos Zappas (1800âÂÂ1865), businessman and philanthropist, recognized today as the founder of the modern Greek Olympic Games
- Georgios Christakis-Zografos (1863âÂÂ1920), politician, president of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus
Canada
France
Romania
Spain
United Kingdom
Australia
United States
Musicians
Ancient period
Modern period
- Rita Abatzi, musician
- Maurice Abravanel, conductor
- Haris Alexiou, singer
- Louis Demetrius Alvanis (born 1960), pianist
- Costas Andreou, composer and musician
- Steve Angello, DJ, producer, member of Swedish House Mafia
- Theodore Antoniou, composer and conductor
- Grigoris Asikis, singer and lyricist
- Nikolas Asimos, singer and composer
- Nicolas Astrinidis, Romanian-born composer who settled in Thessaloniki
- Gina Bachauer, pianist
- Yiorgos Batis, musician
- Grigoris Bithikotsis, popular singer and lyricist
- Miltiades Caridis, conductor
- Pavlos Carrer, composer
- Petros Christo, guitarist
- Nikos Christodoulou, composer and conductor
- Jani Christou, composer
- Christos Dantis, singer and musician
- Dionysios Demetis, composer
- Odysseas Dimitriadis (1908âÂÂ2005), conductor
- Marina Diamandis, singer for Marina and the Diamonds
- Dimitris Dragatakis, composer
- Antiochos Evangelatos, composer and conductor
- Kostas Exarhakis, musician
- Maria Farantouri (born 1947), singer
- Yorgos Foudoulis (born 1964), guitarist and composer
- Eleni Foureira (born 1987), singer
- Gus G, guitarist
- Katy Garbi, singer
- Michalis Genitsaris, singer and composer
- Christos Govetas, musician
- Manos Hadjidakis (1925âÂÂ1994), composer
- Alkinoos Ioannidis, singer and composer
- Sotiris Kakisis, poet
- George Kallis, composer
- Manolis Kalomiris (1883âÂÂ1962), composer
- Iakovos Kambanelis, poet and lyricist
- Alex Kapranos, frontman of the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand
- Eleni Karaindrou, composer
- Herbert von Karajan (Herbert Karajannis) (1908âÂÂ1989), Austrian conductor of Greek origin
- Nikos Karvelas, composer
- Antonios Katinaris, musician
- Bob Katsionis, musician
- Akis Katsoupakis (born 1972), musician, composer, and record producer
- Leonidas Kavakos (born 1967), violinist
- Stelios Kazantzidis, singer
- Areti Ketime, musician
- Panayiotis Kokoras, musician and composer
- Iakovos Kolanian, guitarist
- George Kollias, drummer
- Maria Kolokouri, black metal vocalist and multi-instrumentalist
- Yannis Kotsiras, singer and songwriter
- Stavros Koujioumtzis (1932âÂÂ2005), composer and lyricist
- Rena Kyriakou, pianist
- Andreas Lagios, guitarist
- Alexandre Lagoya, guitarist
- Leo Leandros, musician and composer
- Tommy Lee, drummer (American of Greek ancestry)
- Thanos Mikroutsikos, composer
- Dimitri Minakakis, former singer for mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Dimitris Mitropanos, laïkó singer
- Dimitris Mitropoulos, conductor
- Kostas Mountakis, musician
- Takis Mousafiris, composer and songwriter
- Georges Moustaki, Greek-French singer and lyricist
- Sarah P., musician, lyricist, singer
- Orianthi Panagaris, singer
- Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (George Michael), singer-songwriter (English of Greek ancestry)
- Tzimis Panousis, musician
- Lefteris Papadimitriou, composer and performer
- Lefteris Papadopoulos, poet and lyricist
- Thanassis Papakonstantinou, singer and lyricist
- Helena Paparizou, singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
- Apostolos Paraskevas, composer and classical guitarist
- Stelios Perpiniadis, musician
- Yannis Philippakis, frontman of British rock band Foals
- Phivos, lyricist
- Sadahzinia, musician
- Sakis Rouvas, singer and guitarist
- Spyros Samaras, composer
- Kalomira Sarantis, singer-songwriter, winner of second Fame Story season, third place at Eurovision Song Contest 2008
- Dionysis Savvopoulos, singer, composer and lyricist
- Kyriakos Sfetsas, composer
- Dimitris Sgouros, pianist
- Pavlos Sidiropoulos, musician
- Nikos Skalkottas, composer
- Kostas Skarvelis, composer
- Camille-Marie Stamaty, Greek-French composer-pianist
- Paschalis Terzis, singer
- Mikis Theodorakis (1925âÂÂ2021), composer
- Sonia Theodoridou, opera singer
- Giorgos Theofanous, composer
- Marios Tokas, composer of Cypriot origin
- Sakis Tolis, musician
- Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano
- Eleni Tsaligopoulou (born 1963), singer
- Iovan Tsaous, musician and composer
- Vassilis Tsitsanis, popular composer
- Markos Vamvakaris, popular composer of rebetiko
- Despina Vandi, singer
- Vangelis (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou) (1943âÂÂ2022), musician and composer
- Anna Rezan, performer and lyricist
- Marios Varvoglis, composer
- Anna Vissi, singer
- Haris Xanthoudakis, composer
- Stavros Xarhakos, composer and MEP
- Iannis Xenakis (1922âÂÂ2001), composer
- Nikos Xilouris, singer and composer
- Nikos Xydakis, pianist and singer
- Spyridon Xyndas, composer and guitarist
- Mirka Yemendzakis, musician
- Yanni (born 1954), composer, pianist, keyboardist
Painters
Ancient period
Renaissance
Modern period
Philosophers
Ancient period
Medieval period
Modern period
Scientists, engineers, and academics
Ancient period
Medieval period
Modern period
- Demetrios Christodoulou, mathematical physicist
- George P. Chrousos, clinical investigator in pediatrics
- George Constantinides, economist
- Constantinos Daskalakis, computer scientist
- Michael L. Dertouzos, former Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science
- Helen Fessas-Emmanouil, architect
- Athanassios S. Fokas, mathematician, integrable nonlinear partial differential equations
- Dimitrios Galanos, Sanskrit translator and Indologist
- John Iliopoulos, physicist
- Fotis Kafatos, biologist and founding president of the European Research Council
- Anthony Kaldellis, historian
- Jannis Kallinikos, organisational theorist
- Dimitri Kitsikis, historian and political scientist, Turkologist, Sinologist, poet
- Andreas Mandelis, photonics expert
- Spyridon Marinatos, archaeologist
- Doula Mouriki, Byzantine art historian
- Dimitrios Nanopoulos, astrophysicist
- Nicholas Negroponte, Greek-American founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab
- Christos Papadimitriou, computer scientist
- Irena Papadopoulos, author and professor of transcultural nursing
- Christos Papakyriakopoulos, mathematician
- Georgios Papanikolaou, doctor, Pap smear inventor
- John S. Paraskevopoulos, astronomer
- Nicholas A. Peppas, chaired professor in Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
- Sotirios Prapas, cardiac surgeon
- Raphael Salem, mathematician
- Linos-Alexander Sicilianos, jurist
- Joseph Sifakis, computer scientist
- Catharine Titi, jurist
- Vladimir Triandafillov (Triantafyllidis), military strategist
- Haridimos Tsoukas, organisational theorist
- George Vithoulkas, teacher of homeopathic medicine
- Panayiotis Zavos, geneticist
- Xenophon Zolotas, economist
Sculptors
Ancient period
Modern period
Tycoons
Writers
Ancient period
Medieval period
Modern period
General
- Manolis Andronikos (1919âÂÂ1992), archaeologist, discovered the Macedonian tombs in Vergina
- Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, President of organising committee for Athens 2004 Olympic Games
- Marie Aspioti, M.B.E, distinguished Corfiote magazine publisher and cultural figure who influenced the literary and cultural life of post-war Corfu
- 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
- Maria Callas, soprano
- Cornelius Castoriadis, economist and philosopher
- Zoe Cruz, co-president of Morgan Stanley
- Michael Dertouzos, internet pioneer
- Odysseas Elytis, poet and Nobel prize winner
- Mario Frangoulis, opera singer
- Ioanna-Maria Gertsou (born 1979), activist
- Manolis Glezos, World War II veteran, grassroots democracy activist and politician
- Nikos Hadjinikolaou (born 1962), television news anchor and journalist
- Iakovos, Archbishop of America (died 2005), late primate of the Greek-Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- Hipparch
- Hipparchus
- Sir Alec Issigonis, British-Greek creator of the Mini car
- Eleni Konsolaki, archaeologist who researched Methana and the Troezen area in 1990
- Vissarion Korkoliacos (1908âÂÂ1991), 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
- Lefteris Papadopoulos (born 1935), lyricist and journalist
- Dimitris Varos, poet and journalist
- Dimitris Papaioannou, director and choreographer, creator of the 2004 Summer Olympics ceremonies
- Peisistratos
- Saint Philomena, patron saint of the children of Mary and Catholic saint and martyr
- Nicos Poulantsas, political theorist
- Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos (also known as Criss Angel), world-famous magician and illusionist that created Mindfreak
- Athanasios Sakellarios, educator, scholar and folklorist
- George Sava, entertainment lawyer
- Angelos Sikelianos, poet
- Spyros Skouras, Greek-American movie mogul, president of 20th Century Fox
- Alex Spanos, Greek-American magnate
- Iannis Xenakis, modernist composer
- Adamantios Vassilakis, diplomat
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).
Actors/actresses
Athletes
Clerics
- Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (1881âÂÂ1949): Gratini, Thrace, then part of the Ottoman Empire
- Archbishop Spyridon of Athens (1873âÂÂ1956): Chili, Ottoman Empire
- Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople (1834âÂÂ1912): Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
- Ecumenical Patriarch Maximus V of Constantinople (1897âÂÂ1972): Sinope, Ottoman Empire
- Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886âÂÂ1972): Vasilikón, Ioannina, Epirus, then part of the Ottoman Empire
- Archbishop Iakovos of America (1911âÂÂ2005): Imbros, Ottoman Empire
- Makarios III (1913âÂÂ1977): Panagia, Paphos, Cyprus, then part of the British Empire
- Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrius I of Constantinople (1914âÂÂ1991): Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940âÂÂ): Imbros, Turkey
Entrepreneurs
Fashion designers
Filmmakers
Military and political leaders
- Stephanos Skouloudis (1838âÂÂ1928): Constantinople, Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
- Georgios Theotokis (1844âÂÂ1916): Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands then part of the British Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
- Spyridon Lambros (1851âÂÂ1919): Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands then part of the British Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
- Themistoklis Sophoulis (1860âÂÂ1949): Vathy, Samos, then an autonomous principality under Ottoman suzerainty; Prime Minister of Greece
- Eleftherios Venizelos (1864âÂÂ1936): Mournies, Chania, Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
- Emmanouil Tsouderos (1882âÂÂ1956): Rethymno, Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
- Konstantinos Tsaldaris (1884âÂÂ1970): Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt, Prime Minister of Greece
- Alexandros Svolos (1892âÂÂ1956): Krusevo, Ottoman Empire, Prime Minister of Greece
- Sophoklis Venizelos (1894âÂÂ1964): Chania, Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
- Evripidis Bakirtzis (1895âÂÂ1947): Kozani, Macedonia; then part of the Ottoman Empire; leader of the Political Committee of National Liberation during World War II
- Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907âÂÂ1998): Proti, Serres, then part of the Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister and then President of Greece
Musicians
Painters
Philosophers
Scientists and engineers
Sculptors
Singers
Tycoons
Writers
General
See also
Notes
References