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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 156 of 2,033 notable people

0028 POLITICIAN

Lucas Papademos

Born 1947

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0056 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Christos Papadimitriou

Born 1949

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0058 SINGER

Maria Farantouri

Born 1947

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0096 WRITER

Vassilis Alexakis

Born 1943

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0103 ACTOR

Olga Karlatos

Born 1947

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0105 COMPOSER

Georges Aperghis

Born 1945

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0119 ACTOR

Corinna Tsopei

Born 1944

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0127 ACTOR

Yorgo Voyagis

Born 1945

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0132 POLITICIAN

Theodore Katsanevas

Born 1947

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0134 ACADEMIC

Nikiforos Diamandouros

Born 1942

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0154 FILM

Pantelis Voulgaris

Born 1940

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0169 PAINTER

Marina Karella

Born 1940

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0171 POLITICIAN

Stavros Dimas

Born 1941

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0172 SINGER

Elena Souliotis

1943 - 2004

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0181 PHYSICIST

Dimitri Nanopoulos

Born 1948

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0202 BUSINESS

Spiros Latsis

Born 1946

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0217 FILMMAKER

Nico Mastorakis

Born 1941

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0223 ACTOR

Elena Nathanael

1947 - 2008

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0242 BIOMEDICAL

Nicholas A. Peppas

Born 1948

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0269 FOOTBALL

Oganes Zanazanyan

1946 - 2015

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0277 ACTOR

Katerina Gogou

1940 - 1993

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0278 MATHEMATICIAN

Dimitri Bertsekas

Born 1942

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0287 SINGER

Mariza Koch

Born 1944

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0301 BYZANTINIST

Angeliki Laiou

1941 - 2008

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0302 PHILOSOPHER

Alexander Nehamas

Born 1946

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0310 MATHEMATICIAN

George C. Papanicolaou

Born 1943

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0314 DIPLOMAT

Jean-Marc de La Sablière

Born 1946

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0330 SINGER

Pavlos Sidiropoulos

1948 - 1990

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0333 NOVELIST

Margarita Karapanou

1946 - 2008

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0341 POLITICIAN

Aleka Papariga

Born 1945

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0351 ACTOR

Evi Marandi

Born 1941

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0358 ACTOR

Dimitris Poulikakos

Born 1943

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0364 LAWYER

Basil Markesinis

Born 1944

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0375 MATHEMATICIAN

Constantine Dafermos

Born 1941

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0380 ACTOR

Minas Hatzisavvas

1948 - 2015

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0388 INTELLECTUAL

Savas Matsas

Born 1947

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0397 PHYSICIST

Constantino Tsallis

Born 1943

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0423 WRITER

Dimosthenis Kourtovik

Born 1948

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0449 ENGINEER

Magic Alex

1942 - 2017

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0451 SOCIOLOGIST

Eugene Trivizas

Born 1946

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0452 POET

Jenny Mastoraki

Born 1949

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0464 WRESTLER

Petros Galaktopoulos

Born 1945

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0482 ECONOMIST

Costas Azariadis

Born 1943

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0492 LAWYER

Anastasios Papaligouras

Born 1948

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0498 POLITICIAN

Nikos Alivizatos

Born 1949

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0505 COMPOSER

Jo Akepsimas

Born 1940

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0517 POLITICIAN

Theano Fotiou

Born 1946

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0529 JUDGE

Christos Rozakis

Born 1941

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0531 BASKET

Kostas Politis

1942 - 2018

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0533 THEATRE

Yannis Kokkos

Born 1944

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0557 FOOTBALL

Giorgos Dedes

Born 1942

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0559 ACTOR

Tonia Marketaki

1942 - 1994

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0584 POLITICIAN

Fani Palli-Petralia

Born 1943

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0590 MUSIC

Loukas Sideras

Born 1944

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0596 ECONOMIST

Tasos Giannitsis

Born 1944

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0625 SINGER

Antonis Vardis

1948 - 2014

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0626 SINGER

Loukianos Kilaidonis

1943 - 2017

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0632 PROFESSOR

Nestor Courakis

Born 1947

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0638 JUDGE

Panagiotis Pikrammenos

Born 1945

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0643 FOOTBALL

Frangiskos Sourpis

Born 1943

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0691 PRINCE

Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia

Born 1943

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0699 PRIEST

Michael Staikos

1946 - 2011

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0718 FOOTBALL

Michalis Kritikopoulos

1946 - 2002

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0754 POLITICIAN

Nikos Paraskevopoulos

Born 1949

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0756 POLITICIAN

Myrsíni Zorbá

Born 1949

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0795 BUSINESS

Minos Kyriakou

1942 - 2017

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0797 ARCHITECT

Konstantinos Staikos

Born 1943

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0807 POLITICIAN

David Rendel

1949 - 2016

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0847 WRITER

Alexis Panselinos

Born 1943

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0860 SINGER

Arleta (musician)

1945 - 2017

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0873 BUSINESS

Constantine Papadakis

1946 - 2009

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0890 HISTORIAN

Alkis Raftis

Born 1942

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0897 ACTOR

Christos Valavanidis

Born 1944

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0902 ACTOR

Xenia Gratsos

1940 - 2018

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0903 AUTHOR

Yiorgos Veltsos

Born 1944

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0933 PHOTOGRAPHER

Yiorgos Depollas

Born 1947

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0934 FOOTBALL

Yiannis Tomaras

Born 1947

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0941 CONDUCTOR

Spiros Argiris

1948 - 1996

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0953 WRITER

Argyris Chionis

1943 - 2011

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0990 JOURNALIST

Ted Stanger

Born 1944

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0996 WRESTLER

Spiros Arion

Born 1940

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1000 DIPLOMAT

Pavlos Apostolidis

Born 1942

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1003 POET

Yiannis Patilis

Born 1947

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1022 PHYSICIST

Leonidas Resvanis

Born 1944

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1028 SOCIOLOGIST

Maria N. Antonopoulou

Born 1946

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1037 WRITER

Euphrosyne Doxiadis

Born 1946

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1049 ECONOMIST

Sophia N. Antonopoulou

Born 1947

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1088 TRANSLATOR

Yánnis Kiourtsákis

Born 1941

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1097 PROFESSOR

Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou

1942 - 2012

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1099 JOURNALIST

Michalis Fakinos

Born 1940

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1110 SINGER

Litsa Diamanti

Born 1949

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1126 ACADEMIC

Chrys C. Caragounis

Born 1940

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1148 NOVELIST

Alexis Lykiard

Born 1940

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1172 PHOTOGRAPHER

Takis Diamantopoulos

Born 1949

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1178 POLITICIAN

Christos Sirros

Born 1948

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1197 COMPOSER

Stélios Vlavianós

Born 1947

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1213 POLITICIAN

Ioannis Gklavakis

Born 1949

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1222 ART HISTORIAN

Andrew Ladis

1949 - 2007

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1229 AUTHOR

Rena Chatzidaki

1943 - 2003

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1249 COMEDIAN

Kostas Tsakonas

1943 - 2015

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1253 SINGER

Keti Chomata

1946 - 2010

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1262 POLITICIAN

Leonidas Kouris

Born 1949

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1266 BASKET

Costas Rigas

Born 1944

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1271 MATHEMATICIAN

Stathis Zachos

Born 1947

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1283 NAVY

Panagiotis Chinofotis

Born 1949

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1305 HISTORIAN

Michel Koutouzis

Born 1947

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1314 ACTOR

Gizela Dali

1940 - 2010

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1337 POLITICIAN

Vasilios Magginas

1949 - 2015

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1350 FOOTBALL

Victor Mitropoulos

Born 1946

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1356 LAWYER

Michael Jansen (Staatssekretär)

Born 1941

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1361 WRITER

Eleni Torossi

Born 1947

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1413 HISTORIAN

Petros Pizanias

Born 1947

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1447 ARTIST

Yannis Kalaitzis

1945 - 2016

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1448 ACADEMIC

Konstantin Meskouris

Born 1946

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1454 PAINTER

Nakis Panayotidis

Born 1947

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1460 ACADEMIC

Stavros Savidis

Born 1944

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1461 POET

Kostas Papageorgiou

Born 1945

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1465 PROFESSOR

Dimitrios Kolymbas

Born 1949

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1469 ACTOR

Despoina Mpempedelī

Born 1941

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1484 GENETICIST

Christos Louis

Born 1948

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1526 AUTHOR

Georgios Balanos

Born 1944

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1549 SCULPTOR

Giorgio Oikonomoy

Born 1947

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1569 HISTORIAN

Stephanos Geroulanos

Born 1940

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1574 PAINTER

Pavlos Samios

Born 1948

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1587 POET

Lefteris Poulios

Born 1944

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1595 ACADEMIC

Kostas Grammenos

Born 1944

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1606 ADMIRAL

Antonis Antoniadis (admiral)

Born 1946

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1620 PAINTER

Yiannis Psychopedis

Born 1945

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1638 POLITICIAN

Konstantinos Alyssandrakis

Born 1948

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1644 SINGER

Yannis Dounias

Born 1943

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1653 SINGER

Dimi Palos

Born 1941

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1677 SINGER

Robert Williams (Sänger)

Born 1949

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1706 FILM

Kóstas Aristópoulos

Born 1940

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1723 BILLIONAIRE

George Prokopiou

Born 1946

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1741 MATHEMATICIAN

Stylianos Pichorides

1940 - 1992

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1742 SWIMMER

Dimitrios Kolovos

Born 1940

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1776 PROFESSOR

Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas

Born 1946

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1785 FOOTBALL

Kōstas Athanasopoulos

Born 1947

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1816 BOTANIST

Johann Kalopissis

Born 1944

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1819 BALLET

Yorgos Loukos

Born 1948

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1827 FOOTBALL

Nick Papadakis

Born 1943

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1841 ENTREPRENEUR

Anastasios "Takis" Kyriakides

Born 1946

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1860 WRITER

Aris Marangopoulos

Born 1948

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1868 ARCHITECT

Panayotis Tournikiotis

Born 1940

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1881 SPORT

Panagiotis Xanthakos

Born 1948

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1909 DIPLOMAT

Antonio Puri Purini

1942 - 2013

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1922 POET

Agnese Udinotti

Born 1940

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1961 SPORT

Athanasios Tsimikalis

Born 1946

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1977 COMPOSER

Marielli Sfakianaki

Born 1945

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1980 DIPLOMAT

Anastasios Kriekoukis

Born 1948

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2003 THEATRE

Lefteris Vogiatzes

1945 - 2013

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2005 POLITICIAN

Dimítris Tsoukalás

Born 1948

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2006 PAINTER

Georgios Nilo

Born 1944

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2007 SINGER

Lefteris Mytilineos

Born 1946

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2011 ACTOR

Louis Kondos

Born 1946

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2033 DIPLOMAT

Evangelos Caroki

Born 1944

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