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Greeks or Greek -speaking/writing people: In alphabetical order.
Actors
John Aniston (1937-), TV actor & father of Jennifer Olympia Dukakis (1931-), film actressMelina Kanakaredes (1967-), TV actress (Providence , CSI: New York Melina Mercouri (1920-1994), film actress & political activistIrene Papas , film actressKatina Paxinou (1900-1973), film & theatre actressTelly Savalas (1924-1994), TV actor ("Kojak ")Thanasis Vengos, film actor Nia Vardalos (1962-), film actress and screenwriter (My Big Fat Greek Wedding Aliki Vougiouklaki (1934?-1996), film actressBilly Zane (1966-), film actorJohn Stamos , Actor (Full House George Mitsikostas , mime comedian.
Athletes Pyrros Dimas (1971-), Three-time Weightlifting Olympic championPanagiotis Fasoulas, Basketball player Nikos Galis, Basketball player Panagiotis Giannakis, Basketball player, captain of Greek European Championship winning team Fani Halkia (1979-), Olympic champion in women's 400 m hurdlesKonstantinos Kenteris (1973-), Olympic, World and European Champion SprinterSpiros Louis (1873-1940), First modern Olympic Marathon winnerPete Sampras (1971-), tennis playerTheodoros Zagorakis (1971-), Football player, captain of Greek European Championship winning team
Choreographers Dimitris Papaioannou,the artistic director of the 2004 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies
Clerics Michael Cerularius , (c. 1000-1059), Patriarch of ConstantinopleJohn Chrysostom , (347-407), Christian Bishop & Famous OratorSaint Photios , (820-891), Patriarch of Constantinople & WriterPope Evaristus , (c. 98-105), fourth PopePope Stephen I , (254-257)Pope Agatho , (678-681)Pope John VI , (701-705)Pope John VII , (705-709) See also:
Entrepreneurs Aristotle Onassis , (1906-1975), shipping magnateStavros Niarchos, (1908-1996), shipping magnate John Latsis , (1910-2003), shipping magnateGeorge Livanos , (1926-1997), shipping magnateGeorgios Tsaoussis. (1929-1985), engineer, businessman Stelios Hatzioannou. (?-), the founder and president of the airline easyJet
Explorers
Ancient Period
Modern Period
Fashion Designers Sophia Kokosalaki,clothes Ilias Lalaounis,jewelery
Filmmakers
Military and Political Leaders
Ancient Period Alcibiades , (450BC-404BC), Athenian General & StatesmanAlexander the Great , (356BC -323BC), King of MacedoniaAristides , (530BC-468BC), Athenian StatesmanCimon , Athenian Leader & StatesmanDemosthenes , (384BC-322BC), Politician & Famous OratorLeonidas , Spartan KingLycurgus, semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver Miltiades , Athenian Statesman & GeneralPericles , (495BC-429 BC), Athenian Leader & StatesmanPhilip II of Macedon ,(382BC -336BC), King of MacedoniaPyrrhus of Epirus , (318 BC - 272 BC)King of EpirusSolon , (638BC-558BC), Athenian Law-makerThemistocles , Athenian Statesman & Admiral
Medieval Period Constantine the Great , (AD 272 - 337), First Byzantine EmperorJulian the Apostate , (331 - 363), Byzantine Emperor and HellenistHeraclius, (575-641), Byzantine Emperor Irene , (752 - 803), Byzantine EmpressBasil II , (958-1025), Byzantine Emperor and GeneralAlexius I Comnenus , (1048 – 1118), Byzantine EmperorConstantine XI , (1405-1453), Last Byzantine Emperor
Modern Period
Greece John Capodistria , (1776-1831), first President of the free and unified Greek state, last President of the first Greek republic.Constantine Kanaris , (1793 or 1795 - 1877), freedom fighter, politician and later Prime Minister Pavlos Melas , (1870-1904), hero of Greek Struggle for Macedonia .Eleftherios Venizelos , (1864-1936), Prime Minister , and most significant politician of modern Greece.Pavlos Kountouriotis, (1855-1935), Admiral, respected war hero and later President of Greece Ioannis Metaxas , (1871-1941), dictator of Greece before and during the first part of her participation in World War II Konstantinos Karamanlis , (1907-1998), President of Greece and four time Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou , (1919-1996), Economist, Politician and two time Prime Minister See also : List of Kings of Greece , List of Prime Ministers of Greece , List of Presidents of Greece
Spain
United Kingdom
United States Spiro Agnew , (1918-1996), Governor of Maryland and Vice PresidentMichael Dukakis , (b. 1933), Governor of Massachusetts and Democratic nominee for PresidentPaul Sarbanes (b. 1933), Democratic Senator from MarylandJohn Negroponte (b. 1939), Ambassador to IraqOlympia Snowe (b. 1947), Republican Senator from MaineGeorge Stephanopoulos , (b. 1961), Bill Clinton 's Senior Advisor on Policy and StrategyGeorge J. Tenet (b. 1953), former CIA DirectorPaul Tsongas (1941-1997), Democratic Senator from Massachusetts and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination 1992
Other
Musicians
Medieval Period Ioannis Koukouzelis c. 1280 - c.1360, Byzantine secular music composer Master Lambadarios (CHRYSAFIS, Franghiskos Leontaritis Born 1518, composer
Modern Period (1923-1977), Operatic soprano
George Dalaras Manos Hadjidakis , (1925-1994)Manolis Hiotis Vasilis Karras Stelios Kazantzidis Vicky Leandros Thanos Mikroutsikos , (1947-), composerDimitri Mitropoulos, conductor Nana Mouskouri Lefteris Pantazis Prodromos Demis Roussos Nikos Skalkottas , (1904-1949), composerPaschalis Terzis Mikis Theodorakis , (1925-), composerMarios Tokas Vangelis , musicianAnna Vissi , (1957-), singerYanni Yannis Xenakis , (1922-2001), composer
Painters
Ancient Period
Medieval Period El Greco , (1541-1614), born Domenicos Theotokopoulos
Modern Period Nikiforos Lytras,19c Nikolaos Gyzis,19c Constantinos Volanakis,19c Yannis Tsarouhis,20c Yannis Moralis,20c Nikos Hatzikiriakos-Ghikas,20c Konstantinos Andreou, 20c Awarded with the Légion d'honneur
Philosophers
Ancient Period Anaximander , (609 BC/610 BC-c. 547 BC), philosopherAnaximenes of Miletus , philosopherAristotle , (384 BC-322 BC), Ancient writer and philosopherAthenagoras of Athens , (c. 133-190), early Christian apologistDemocritus , (born 460 BC), philosopherDiogenes , (114-129), patriarch of ConstantinopleEmpedocles , (490 BC-430 BC), philosopherEpictetus , (AD 55-circa 135), philosopherEpicurus , (341 BC-270 BC), philosopherEpimenides Hypatia of Alexandria , (died 415), euclidean geometry Leucippus , philosopherParmenides , philosopherPlato , (c. 427 BC-c. 347 BC), Ancient philosopher Plethon ,(c.1355-1452AD), Philosopher & scholar, one of the principal influences of Renaissance .Protagoras , Sophist and first major Humanist Pythagoras , (582 BC-496 BC), euclidean geometry Socrates , (470 BC-399 BC), Ancient philosopher Thales of Miletus , (circa BC624-BC547), euclidean geometry Zeno of Citium , (333 BC-264 BC), philosopherZeno of Elea , (circa 495 BC-circa 430 BC), philosopher
Modern period
Sculptors
Scientists
Ancient Period Archimedes (circa 287 BC-212 BC), Mathematician, Natural philosopher Eratosthenes (276 BC-194 BC), Mathematician, Geographer & AstronomerEuclides (circa 365 BC-275 BC), Mathematician (Euclidean geometry )Eudoxus of Cnidus (circa 408 BC-circa 347 BC), Astronomer, MathematicianHeron of Alexandria (10AC-70AC) Engineer Hippocrates (c. 460 BC-377 BC), Ancient physician Pythagoras (582 BC-496 BC), Philosopher, MathematicianGalen (131 BC-201 BC), Physician & Anatomist
Modern Period Georgios Papanikolaou (1883-1962), Inventor of the Papanikolaou's test, also known as the Pap smear Constantinos Karatheodori (1873-1950), Mathematician Nicholas Negroponte , Computer ScientistPanos Zavos , GeneticistPhaedon Avouris (1933- ), IBM Fellow and Manager, Nanometer Scale Science and Technology. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Irving Langmuir Prize of the American Physical Society, Medard W. Welch Award of the American Vacuum Society, Nobel Prize Candidate, Physics 2003
Writers
Ancient Period Aeschylus , (525-456 BC), dramatist.Aesop , (c. 620-560 BC), writer of Fables Antimachus , (c. 400 BC), poetAristophanes , (c. 446-385 BC), Ancient playwrightDio Chrysostom , (c. 40-120 AD), Orator and first Century historian of the romansEuripides , (c. 480-406 BC), playwrightHerodotus, (c. 485-420 BC), Historian Hesiod, (born c. 700 BC), poet Homer, (unknown ), poet Pindar , (522-443 BC), lyric poetPlutarch , (c. 46-120 AD), authorPolybius , (c. 203-120 BC), authorSappho , (born c. 620 BC), poetSimonides of Amorgos , (7th century BC), iambic poetSimonides of Ceos (c. 556-469 BC), lyric poetSophocles , (496-406 BC), Athenian dramatistThucydides , (c. 460-400 BC), Historian & Athenian GeneralXenophon , (431-c. 360 BC), an Athenian knight and an associate of Socrates
Modern Period Constantine P. Cavafy , (1863-1933), poetBob Costas , (b. 1952), American author of books on baseball; better known as a sportscasterSavitri Devi , (1905-1982), Graeco-Indian author of books on Esoteric Hitlerism Odysseas Elytis , (1911-1996), Nobel Prize WinnerArianna Huffington , (1950- ), American author, journalist & political activistKostas Karyotakis , (1896-1928), poetNikos Kavvadias , (1910-1975), poetNikos Kazantzakis , (1883-1957), writerEmmanuel Roidis, writer David Sedaris , (b.1956), American essayist (Greek father)Giorgos Seferis , (1900-1971), Nobel Prize WinnerDionysios Solomos , (1798-1857), poet & writer of the National Greek anthemVassilis Vassilikos , (1933- ), author of about 120 books, including Z made into a movie by Kostas Gavras
Other See also: List of people by nationality , List of ancient Greeks , List of Greek Jews
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List of Greeks (126 words)
Zeno of Citium, (333 BC-264 BC), Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea, (circa 495 BC-circa 430 BC), Greek philosopher Eudoxus of Cnidus, (circa 408 BC-circa 347 BC), Greek astronomer, mathematician
CULTURE OF GREECE : Encyclopedia Entry (6161 words)
Greeks today tend to regard the years before the Revolution, those of occupation of Greece by the Ottoman Empire, as the 'years of darkness', in which cultural development was perceived to have halted completely. The Greek language is particularly remarkable in the depth of its continuity from its beginnings in pre-history as the Linear A script associated with Minoan civilization, on to the more recognizable Linear B script, and then eventually the dialects of Ancient Greek , of which Attic Greek bears the most resemblance to Modern Greek . The Temple of Hephaestus in Athens is the best-preserved of all ancient Greek temples.
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