Famous People

Leonidas Pyrgos

Greek fencer

Nestor of Magydos

Greek bishop and saint

Dora Gkountoura

Greek fencer

Marlen Angelidou

Greek singer

Nikolas Tombazis

Greek racing car designer

Mimis Papaioannou

Greek footballer

Mimis Domazos

Greek footballer (1942–2025)

Adamantios Korais

Greek humanist scholar (1748–1833)

Vaios Karagiannis

Greek footballer and manager

Karolos Koun

Greek theater director (1908–1987)

Phaedon Matheou

Greek basketball player and coach, and rower (1924-2011)

Phaedon Papamichael

Greek cinematographer and film director

Phaedon Gizikis

Greek politician ,former president of the Hellenic Republic (1917–1999)

Iannis Xenakis

Greek-French composer, architect and engineer (1922–2001)

Grigorios of Antioch

Greek Patriarch of Antioch

Grigorios Xenopoulos

Greek writer (1867-1951)

Grigorios Thaumaturgus

Greek bishop and saint (c. 213 – 270)

Grigorios Palamas

14th century Byzantine Greek cleric and theologian

Aimilios Riadis

Greek musician and poet (1890–1935)

Matthaios Blastares

Byzantine-Greek monk

Kosmas Indicopleustes

6th-century Greek traveller and merchant

Kastor of Rhodes

Greek grammarian, rhetorician, and historian

Theoni V. Aldredge

Greek-American stage and screen costume designer (1922-2011)

Paraskevas Antzas

Greek footballer

Maximos III of Constantinople

Greek historian

Maximos IV Sayegh

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (1878–1967)

Maximos V Hakim

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch (1908–2001)

Valeriy Aleksiichuk

bishop of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Kyrillos Cyril VII of Constantinople

Greek priest (?-1872)

Ivi Adamou

Greek singer

Ariston of Ceos

ancient Greek philosopher

Ariston of Athens

father of the Greek philosopher Plato

Ariston of Chios

ancient Greek stoic philosopher

Iosif Sifakis

Greek-French computer scientist

Spyridon Xyndas

Greek composer (1812-1896)

Spyridon Gianniotis

Greek swimmer

Spyridon Belokas

Greek long-distance runner

Spyridon Athanasopoulos

Greek Olympic gymnast

Spyridon Chazapis

Greek Olympic swimmer

Spyridon Markezinis

Greek politician (1909-2000)

Spyridon Marinatos

Greek archaeologist (1901–1974)

Spyridon Samaras

Greek composer (1861-1917)

Spyridon Lambros

Greek historian, university professor and politician (1851-1919)

Spyridon Trikoupis

Greek historian and politician (1788-1873)

Alexios Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark

member of the former Greek royal family

Theofanis of Mytilene

1st century BC Greek historian and friend of Pompey

Theofanis the Greek

Byzantine-Russian artist (c.1340-c.1410)

Efstratios Stratos

Greek musician and lyricist (1945–1979)