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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
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What Athens Is Known For
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Politician is Athens's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (217).
Athens over-indexes on polo — 21.6× the global rate.
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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Ioannis Drymonakos
Born 1984
Andreas Vazaios
Born 1994
Nery Mantey Niangkouara
Born 1983
Panagiotis Samilidis
Born 1993
Apostolos Christou
Born 1996
Zoi Dimoschaki
Born 1985
Evangelia Platanioti
Born 1994
Stefanos Dimitriadis
Born 1989
Apostolos Tsagkarakis
Born 1982
Aikaterini Sarakatsani
Born 1977
Ioannis Kokkodis
Born 1981
Georgios Dimitriadis
Born 1981
Vasiliki Angelopoulou
Born 1987
Apostolos Antonopoulos
Born 1983
Andreas Zisimos
Born 1983
Ioannis Kalargaris
Born 1990
Evangelia Tsagka
Born 1987
Georgia Manoli
Born 1983
Nikos Xylouris (swimmer)
Born 1982
Vasileios Demetis
Born 1983
Alexandros Tsoltos
Born 1979
Dimitrios Kolovos
Born 1940
Stella Boumi
Born 1988