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ATHENS

Most Famous People Born in Athens, Greece

Notable people
2,033
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1957
Most distinctive
Polo 21.6×

Two cities under one name. Most of Athens's earliest notables are philosophers, dramatists, and statesmen of the 5th and 4th centuries BC; almost everyone else was born after 1900. The two thousand years between are nearly empty — a gap as dramatic as anything in the dataset, and one that makes the modern Athens of water polo players, basketball players, sculptors, and swimmers feel like an entirely different civilization wearing the same name.

Standouts

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 248 notable births.

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Athens's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 157 of 2,033 notable people

0015 FILM

Theo Angelopoulos

1935 - 2012

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0038 PHILOSOPHER

Nicos Poulantzas

1936 - 1979

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0053 ACADEMIC

Michael Dertouzos

1936 - 2001

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0078 SINGER

Stelios Kazantzidis

1931 - 2001

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0084 COMPOSER

Georges Garvarentz

1932 - 1993

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0097 PHILOSOPHER

Christos Yannaras

Born 1935

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0101 WRITER

Kiki Dimoula

1931 - 2020

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0102 SINGER

Aliki Vougiouklaki

1934 - 1996

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0111 ACADEMIC

Dimitri Kitsikis

Born 1935

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0120 FILM

Nikos Nikolaidis

1939 - 2007

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0125 ACTOR

Tzeni Karezi

1932 - 1992

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0149 COMPOSER

Stavros Xarchakos

Born 1939

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0156 ACTOR

Nico Minardos

1930 - 2011

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0159 SCULPTOR

Chryssa

1933 - 2013

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0178 BIOGRAPHER

Nikos Dimou

Born 1935

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0189 WRITER

Menis Koumandareas

1931 - 2014

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0201 HOMEOPATH

George Vithoulkas

Born 1932

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0218 PAINTER

Alekos Fassianos

Born 1935

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0228 POLITICIAN

Akis Tsochatzopoulos

Born 1939

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0240 COMPOSER

Theodore Antoniou

1935 - 2018

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0250 HISTORIAN

Nikolaos Oikonomides

1934 - 2000

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0264 ARCHITECT

Elia Zenghelis

Born 1937

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0273 LEXICOGRAPHER

Georgios Babiniotis

Born 1939

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0282 POLITICIAN

Konstantinos Plevris

Born 1939

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0290 POLITICIAN

Ioannis Paleokrassas

Born 1934

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0291 ARCHITECT

Alexander Tzonis

Born 1937

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0299 ACTOR

Nikos Kourkoulos

1934 - 2007

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0300 PRIEST

Dimitri Salachas

Born 1939

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0317 POLITICIAN

Dimitris Tsatsos

1933 - 2010

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0363 ACTOR

Kostas Karras

1936 - 2012

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0377 POLITICIAN

Georgios Gennimatas

1939 - 1994

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0382 MATHEMATICIAN

Yiannis N. Moschovakis

Born 1938

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0384 POET

Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke

1939 - 2020

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0402 LAWYER

Anna Benaki-Psarouda

Born 1934

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0407 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Yannis Sakellarakis

1936 - 2010

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0409 FOOTBALL

Lakis Petropoulos

1932 - 1996

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0438 EDITOR

Christos Lambrakis

1934 - 2009

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0442 ACTOR

Irene Genna

1931 - 1986

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0457 JOURNALIST

Freddy Germanos

1934 - 1999

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0467 LYRICIST

Lefteris Papadopoulos

Born 1935

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0472 POLITICIAN

Ioannis Varvitsiotis

Born 1933

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0509 LAWYER

Spiros Simitis

Born 1934

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0521 COMPOSER

Dimitri Terzakis

Born 1938

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0522 POLITICIAN

Miltiadis Evert

1939 - 2011

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0570 WRITER

Dimítris Kollátos

Born 1937

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0585 FOOTBALL

Nikos Alefantos

1939 - 2020

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0591 BASKET

Mimis Stefanidis

Born 1931

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0598 ARCHAEOLOGIST

David Ridgway (scholar)

1938 - 2012

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0606 FOOTBALL

Aristidis Kamaras

Born 1939

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0619 ACTOR

Mary Chronopoulou

Born 1933

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0651 POLITICIAN

Marika Mitsotakis

1930 - 2012

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0652 COSTUME DESIGNER

Ioanna Papantoniou

Born 1936

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0653 HISTORIAN

Peter Wende

1936 - 2017

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0703 WRITER

Ara Baliozian

Born 1936

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0711 ACTOR

Eva Kotamanidou

1936 - 2020

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0717 ACTOR

Giorgos Konstantinou

Born 1934

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0726 ACTOR

Giannis Voglis

1937 - 2016

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0732 ACADEMIC

Stefan Kunze

1933 - 1992

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0750 ENTREPRENEUR

Sokratis Kokkalis

Born 1939

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0765 ACTOR

Stávros Tornés

1932 - 1988

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0772 ACTOR

Nikos Xanthopoulos

Born 1934

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0781 POET

Tassos Denegris

1934 - 2009

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0811 ACTOR

Xenia Kalogeropoulou

Born 1936

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0823 ACADEMIC

Angelos Delivorrias

1937 - 2018

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0832 POLITICIAN

Stefanos Manos

Born 1939

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0833 ACTOR

Giannis Fertis

Born 1938

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0853 PHYSICIAN

Spyros Marketos

1931 - 2012

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0864 FILM

Kostas Karagiannis

1932 - 1993

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0872 ACTOR

Phaedon Georgitsis

1939 - 2019

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0882 ACTOR

Kostas Rigopoulos

1930 - 2001

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0893 POLITICIAN

Alekos Flambouraris

Born 1938

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0896 DESIGNER

Yannis Tseklenis

1937 - 2020

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0906 BASKET

Kostas Papadimas

Born 1932

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0913 POLITICIAN

Georgios Anastassopoulos

1935 - 2019

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0942 ACTOR

Maro Kontou

Born 1934

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0944 ACTOR

Beata Asimakopoulou

1932 - 2009

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0950 ACTOR

Betty Arvaniti

Born 1939

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0951 PHILOSOPHER

Evanghelos Moutsopoulos

Born 1930

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0955 BASKET

Panagiotis Manias

1933 - 2020

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0961 SOCIOLOGIST

Stathis Damianakos

1937 - 2003

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0976 ACTOR

Martha Karagianni

Born 1939

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0984 SINGER

Giorgos Zographos

1936 - 2005

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1010 ACTOR

Stavros Paravas

1935 - 2008

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1035 PAINTER

Costas Tsoclis

Born 1930

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1064 SINGER

Tzeni Vanou

1939 - 2014

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1070 BASKET

Kostas Mourouzis

1934 - 2014

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1079 ARCHITECT

Nicos Zographos

Born 1931

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1087 SCIENTIST

Alexander Christakis

Born 1937

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1093 ACTOR

Dimitris Kallivokas

Born 1930

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1098 PAINTER

Péris Ieremiádis

1939 - 2007

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1104 ARCHITECT

Souzána Antonakáki

1935 - 2020

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1122 MUSIC

George Leotsakos

Born 1935

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1124 NEUROLOGIST

Stavros Mentzos

1930 - 2015

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1137 ACTOR

Anna Mantzourani

1935 - 1993

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1146 MATHEMATICIAN

Spyros Magliveras

Born 1938

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1159 WRITER

Dimitri T. Analis

1938 - 2012

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1175 PHILOSOPHER

Dimitris Dimitrakos

Born 1936

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1181 ART HISTORIAN

Christos M. Joachimides

1932 - 2017

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1186 ACTOR

Irene Koumarianou

1931 - 2013

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1193 FOOTBALL

Andreas Stamatiadis

Born 1935

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1204 BUSINESS

Demetri Marchessini

1934 - 2016

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1228 WRITER

Danae Coulmas

Born 1934

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1254 ACTOR

Katerina Yioulaki

Born 1938

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1277 SPORT

Georgios Marmaridis

1930 - 2005

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1291 ACTOR

Danos Lygizos

1938 - 2015

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1293 POLITICIAN

Kostis Gontikas

Born 1934

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1297 COMPOSER

Harutiun Dellalian

1937 - 1990

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1307 POLITICIAN

Jannis Sakellariou

1939 - 2019

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1313 BUSINESS

Thanasis Giannakopoulos

1931 - 2019

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1326 ACTOR

Andreas Douzos

1936 - 2013

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1334 WRITER

Cosmás Koronéos

1933 - 2015

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1335 PHARMACOLOGIST

Athineos Philippu

Born 1931

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1352 POLITICIAN

Nikitas Venizelos

1930 - 2020

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1362 POLITICIAN

Christos Zacharakis

Born 1939

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1389 PRIEST

Christophoros (Rakintzakis)

1939 - 2020

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1415 CONDUCTOR

Nicolas Roussakis

1934 - 1994

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1421 FILM

Antonis Lepeniotis

1932 - 2004

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1425 ATHLETIC

Antonios Kounadis

Born 1937

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1427 HISTORIAN

Spyros Troianos

Born 1933

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1429 ENTREPRENEUR

Dimitris Kontominas

Born 1939

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1431 DESIGNER

Cari Zalloni

1937 - 2012

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1453 ART HISTORIAN

Rhea Thönges-Stringaris

Born 1934

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1473 SOLDIER

Leonidas Vasilikopoulos

1932 - 2014

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1478 PHYSICIST

Grégoire Nicolis

1939 - 2018

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1503 ENGINEER

Peter Falk (Ingenieur)

Born 1932

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1506 JOURNALIST

Danièle Molho

1939 - 2013

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1510 GENETICIST

George Stamatoyannopoulos

1934 - 2018

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1512 ART HISTORIAN

Elena Walter-Karydi

Born 1936

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1518 ACTOR

Maria Martika

1932 - 2018

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1537 CRITIC

Jon Winroth

1935 - 2006

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1541 SINGER

Spyros Sakkas

Born 1938

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1571 ARCHAEOLOGIST

T. Leslie Shear, Jr.

Born 1938

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1582 COMPOSER

Yannis Ioannidis

Born 1930

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1589 WRITER

Vagelis Tsakiridis

Born 1936

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1594 POLITICIAN

Yeóryios Katiforis

Born 1935

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1654 ACADEMIC

Kosta Tsipis

Born 1934

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1668 ENTREPRENEUR

Sokrates Giapapas

Born 1937

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1670 ACADEMIC

Theofanis Kakridis

1933 - 2019

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1681 ACADEMIC

Nikolaus Wenturis

1936 - 2001

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1691 WRITER

Giorgos Sfikas

Born 1939

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1710 ACTOR

Líla Kourkoulákou

Born 1936

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1720 SPORT

Alkiviadis Papageorgopoulos

Born 1937

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1722 INVENTOR

Theodore Paraskevakos

Born 1937

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1766 POLITICIAN

Konstantínos Simítis

Born 1936

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1794 MAGNATE

Pericles Panagopoulos

1935 - 2019

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1823 ATHLETIC

Georgios Marsellos

Born 1936

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1832 FOOTBALL

Giannis Chaniotis

Born 1937

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1858 FILM

Yórgos Stamboulópoulos

Born 1936

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1867 FILM

Erricos Andreou

Born 1938

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1902 SPORT

Georgios Liveris

Born 1932

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1921 SPORT

Markos Tzoumaras

Born 1939

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1928 ATHLETIC

Evangelos Depastas

1932 - 2009

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1963 ATHLETIC

Andreas Kouvelogiannis

Born 1939

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1996 SINGER

Rena Garazioti

Born 1932

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2008 DIPLOMAT

Loucas Tsilas

Born 1939

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2030 DIPLOMAT

Konstantinos Zepos

Born 1931

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2032 DIPLOMAT

Antonios Exarchos

Born 1932

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