List of people from Greece
This is a list of notable Greeks. == Actors/actresses == === Ancient period === Metrobius Thespis == Adventurers == Constantine Phaulkon (1648–1688), first counsellor of King Narai of Siam Lefteri (? –1872), bandit == Athletes & sports figures == === Ancient period === Alexander I of Macedon, runner and Olympic winner Astylos of Croton Pheidippides Chionis of Sparta Cynisca Diagoras of Rhodes, boxer Dioxippus, pankration Hydna, swimmer and diver Kleitomachos, pankration Leonidas of Rhodes, ancient runner and Olympic winner Milo of Croton, pankration Troilus of Elis Phillip of Macedon === 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 Hrysopiyí Devetzí, 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 Faní Halkiá, 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 Anastasía Kelesídou, 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 Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, 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 Ekateríni 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 Paraskeví Tsiamíta, 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 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 Níki Xánthou, long jumper Thomas Xenakis, gymnast Vasilios Xydas, pole vaulter Theodoros Zagorakis, football player, captain of Greek team which 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 script Saint Nicholas, 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre in modern-day Turkey) in Lycia Michael Cerularius (c.
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