37.9838° N, 23.7277° E

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.

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Notable Births by Decade

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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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0601 POLITICIAN

Vasilis Kikilias

Born 1974

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0602 POLITICIAN

Georgios Papoulias

1927 - 2009

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0603 GYMNAST

Evangelia Christodoulou

Born 1983

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0604 ARCHITECT

Dimitri Dimakopoulos

1929 - 1995

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0605 WRITER

Magnes (comic poet)

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0606 FOOTBALL

Aristidis Kamaras

Born 1939

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0607 FOOTBALL

Markos Dounis

Born 1992

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0608 POLO

Christos Afroudakis

Born 1984

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0609 RUNNER

Spyridon Belokas

Born 1877

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0610 SINGER

Theophrastos Sakellaridis

1883 - 1950

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0611 BASKET

Ioannis Gagaloudis

Born 1978

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0612 BASKET

Vangelis Sakellariou

Born 1989

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0613 MILITAR

Eurymedon (strategos)

-470 - -413

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0614 WRITER

Timocles

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0615 SCREENWRITER

Sotiris Kakisis

Born 1954

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0616 FOOTBALL

Stefanos Evangelou

Born 1998

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0617 BASKET

Liveris Andritsos

Born 1959

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0618 BOXER

Mike Zambidis

Born 1980

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0619 ACTOR

Mary Chronopoulou

Born 1933

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0620 SWIMMER

Andreas Vazaios

Born 1994

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0621 POLITICIAN

Panos Panagiotopoulos

Born 1957

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0622 POLITICIAN

Grigoris Varfis

1927 - 2017

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0623 POET

Hedylus

Born -300

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0624 PAINTER

Nicias (peintre)

-

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0625 SINGER

Antonis Vardis

1948 - 2014

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0626 SINGER

Loukianos Kilaidonis

1943 - 2017

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0627 FOOTBALL

Vasilis Angelopoulos

Born 1997

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0628 POLITICIAN

Elena Kountoura

Born 1962

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0629 FOOTBALL

Giannis Skopelitis

Born 1978

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0630 COMPOSER

Demetrius Constantine Dounis

1886 - 1954

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0631 ACADEMIC

Georgios Remoundos

1878 - 1928

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0632 PROFESSOR

Nestor Courakis

Born 1947

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0633 SOLDIER

Nikolaos Zorbas

1844 - 1920

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0634 SWIMMER

Nery Mantey Niangkouara

Born 1983

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0635 POLE VAULTER

Emmanouil Karalis

Born 1999

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0636 WATER POLO

George Mavrotas

Born 1967

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0637 THEATRE

Constantin Christomanos

1867 - 1911

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0638 JUDGE

Panagiotis Pikrammenos

Born 1945

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0639 PAINTER

Yannis Gaïtis

1923 - 1984

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0640 WRITER

Juliana Buhring

Born 1981

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0641 FOOTBALL

Valentinos Vlachos

Born 1992

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0642 POLITICIAN

Thanos Plevris

Born 1977

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0643 FOOTBALL

Frangiskos Sourpis

Born 1943

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0644 SINGER

Nicola Moscona

1907 - 1975

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0645 POLITICIAN

Cylon of Athens

-

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0646 POLO

Antigoni Roumpesi

Born 1983

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0647 FOOTBALL

Christos Pipinis

Born 1984

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0648 JOURNALIST

John K. Cooley

1927 - 2008

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0649 BASKET

Michalis Kamperidis

Born 1994

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0650 SINGER

Irini Merkouri

Born 1981

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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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0654 HISTORIAN

Diyllus

-

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0655 WRITER

Crates (comic poet)

Died 357

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0656 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Panos Valavanis

Born 1954

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0657 ORATOR

Ctesiphon (orator)

-

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0658 PLAYER

Salvius Tryphon

Died -100

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0659 POLITICIAN

Nikos Chrysogelos

Born 1959

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0660 AUTHOR

Princess Olga, Duchess of Apulia

Born 1971

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0661 MILITAR

Myronides

-

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0662 NAVAL

Periklis Argyropoulos

1871 - 1953

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0663 ENGINEER

Elias Gyftopoulos

1927 - 2012

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0664 FOOTBALL

Lysandros Georgamlis

Born 1962

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0665 HISTORIAN

Nikoghos Tahmizian

1926 - 2011

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0666 POLO

Evangelos Delakas

Born 1985

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0667 WRITER

Tákis Theodorópoulos

Born 1954

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0668 ENGINEER

Wassim Michael Haddad

Born 1961

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0669 SCULPTOR

Phyromachos

-

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0670 CONDUCTOR

Constantinos Carydis

Born 1974

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0671 SWIMMER

Panagiotis Samilidis

Born 1993

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0672 BASKET

Periklis Dorkofikis

Born 1980

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0673 FILM

Ólga Maléa

Born 1960

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0674 FOOTBALL

Thodoris Berios

Born 1989

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0675 ATHLETIC

Vasilios Xydas

Born 1877

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0676 POLITICIAN

Leonardos Philaras

1595 - 1673

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0677 OLYMPIC

Sofia Papadopoulou

Born 1983

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0678 ACADEMIC

Linos Politis

1906 - 1982

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0679 FILM

Grigoris Grigoriou

1919 - 2005

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0680 POET

Konstantínos Mános (1869-1913)

1869 - 1913

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0681 BASKET

Aris Tatarounis

Born 1989

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0682 DESIGNER

Nicholas Tombazis

Born 1968

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0683 FOOTBALL

Kostas Frantzeskos

Born 1969

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0684 GYMNAST

Vasiliki Millousi

Born 1984

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0685 SWIMMER

Apostolos Christou

Born 1996

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0686 FOOTBALL

Kaj Sierhuis

Born 1998

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0687 GYMNAST

Ioannis Chrysafis

1873 - 1932

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0688 FOOTBALL

Damian Gjini

Born 1995

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0689 SINGER

Andriana Babali

Born 1976

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0690 CHESS

Maria Kouvatsou

Born 1979

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0691 PRINCE

Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia

Born 1943

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0692 SPRINT

Georgios Theodoridis

Born 1972

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0693 NEUROSCIENTIST

Sophia Frangou

Born 1965

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0694 POET

Alexandros Matsas

1910 - 1969

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0695 FENCER

Petros Manos (fencer)

1871 - 1918

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0696 POLITICIAN

Pyrilampes

Died -413

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0697 SINGER

Chrispa

Born 1982

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0698 POLITICIAN

Lina Tsaldari

1887 - 1981

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0699 PRIEST

Michael Staikos

1946 - 2011

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0700 POET

Iophon

Died -428

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0701 ATHLETIC

Alexandros Chalkokondylis

1880 - 1970

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0702 ACTOR

Dimítris Myrát

1908 - 1991

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0703 WRITER

Ara Baliozian

Born 1936

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0704 POET

Ioannis Polemis

1862 - 1924

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0705 ACTOR

Aris Servetalis

Born 1976

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0706 SINGER

Filippos Pliatsikas

Born 1967

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0707 PIANIST

George Petrou

-

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0708 FOOTBALL

Kostas Antoniou

Born 1962

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0709 BASKET

Dimitra Kalentzou

Born 1978

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0710 FOOTBALL

Anastasios Katsabis

Born 1973

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0711 ACTOR

Eva Kotamanidou

1936 - 2020

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0712 PHILOLOGIST

Konstantinos Th. Dimaras

1904 - 1992

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0713 FOOTBALL

Nemanja Milojević

Born 1998

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0714 FOOTBALL

Dimitrios Anastasopoulos

Born 1990

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0715 MILITAR

Georgios Hatzianestis

1863 - 1922

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0716 POLITICIAN

Hyperbolus

Died -411

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0717 ACTOR

Giorgos Konstantinou

Born 1934

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0718 FOOTBALL

Michalis Kritikopoulos

1946 - 2002

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0719 FILM

Gregg G. Tallas

1909 - 1993

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0720 HISTORIAN

Hrach Bartikyan

1927 - 2011

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0721 BIOLOGIST

Manolis Kellis

Born 1977

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0722 FILM

Sotíris Gorítsas

Born 1955

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0723 POLITICIAN

Christoforos Vernardakis

Born 1961

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0724 POLITICIAN

Miltos Kyrkos

Born 1959

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0725 POLITICIAN

Charicles

Died -403

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0726 ACTOR

Giannis Voglis

1937 - 2016

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0727 SON

Pericles the Younger

-440 - -406

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0728 POLITICIAN

Panos Skourletis

Born 1962

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0729 MODEL

Irene Skliva

Born 1978

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0730 FOOTBALL

Christos Papadimitriou (footballer)

Born 1994

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0731 WRITER

Heliodorus of Athens

-

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0732 ACADEMIC

Stefan Kunze

1933 - 1992

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0733 KING

Alcmaeon, son of Megacles

Died -590

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0734 FOOTBALL

Ilias Kyriakidis

Born 1985

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0735 ARTIST

Ilan Manouach

Born 1980

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0736 MODEL

Doukissa Nomikou

Born 1986

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0737 POLITICIAN

Hagnon, son of Nikias

-450 - -400

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0738 ECONOMIST

George-Marios Angeletos

Born 1975

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0739 POLO

Konstantinos Mourikis

Born 1988

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0740 BASKET

Georgios Georgakis

Born 1991

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0741 WRITER

Xenocles

-

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0742 ART HISTORIAN

Denys Zacharopoulos

Born 1952

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0743 POLO

Alexandros Gounas

Born 1989

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0744 FOOTBALL

Leonidas Vokolos

Born 1970

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0745 WRITER

Marguerite Libéraki

1919 - 2001

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0746 BASKET

Alexis Kyritsis

Born 1982

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0747 FATHER

Sophroniscus

-500 - -424

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0748 FOOTBALL

Vangelis Platellas

Born 1988

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0749 SINGER

Takis Biniaris

Born 1955

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0750 ENTREPRENEUR

Sokratis Kokkalis

Born 1939

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0751 AEROSPACE

Ares J. Rosakis

Born 1956

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0752 POLITICIAN

Thrasyllus

Died -406

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0753 DESIGNER

Sophia Kokosalaki

1972 - 2019

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0754 POLITICIAN

Nikos Paraskevopoulos

Born 1949

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0755 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Diamantis Panagiotopoulos

Born 1957

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0756 POLITICIAN

Myrsíni Zorbá

Born 1949

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0757 POLITICIAN

Giannis Valinakis

Born 1955

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0758 ECONOMIST

Nicholas Theocarakis

Born 1956

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0759 BASKET

Christos Tsekos (basketball)

Born 1966

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0760 FOOTBALL

Fatjon Andoni

Born 1991

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0761 BASKET

Vangelis Vourtzoumis

Born 1969

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0762 POLITICIAN

Yórgos Kýrtsos

Born 1952

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0763 SINGER

Aggeliki Iliadi

Born 1977

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0764 MUSIC

Toss Panos

Born 1964

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0765 ACTOR

Stávros Tornés

1932 - 1988

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0766 PRODUCER

Fluxion (electronic musician)

Born 1973

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0767 WRITER

Strattis

Born -500

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0768 BASKET

Ioannis Athanasoulas

Born 1987

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0769 POET

Sotíris Skípis

1881 - 1952

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0770 PLAYER

Anthí Vasilantonáki

Born 1996

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0771 POLITICIAN

Evi Christofilopoulou

Born 1956

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0772 ACTOR

Nikos Xanthopoulos

Born 1934

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0773 POLO

Georgios Afroudakis

Born 1976

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0774 EDUCATOR

Soteria Aliberty

1847 - 1929

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0775 SINGER

Lindsay Armaou

Born 1978

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0776 BASKET

Kostas Charissis

Born 1979

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0777 WRITER

Lilika Nakou

1904 - 1989

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0778 PAINTER

Alexandros Alexandrakis

1913 - 1968

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0779 MISTRESS

Lamia of Athens

-340 - -303

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0780 POLITICIAN

Ioannis Theotokis

1880 - 1961

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0781 POET

Tassos Denegris

1934 - 2009

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0782 PHILOSOPHER

Dionysius of Lamptrai

Died -205

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0783 POLITICIAN

Ioannis Plakiotakis

Born 1968

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0784 BUSINESS

Ion Perdicaris

1840 - 1925

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0785 JOURNALIST

Alexis Papahelas

Born 1961

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0786 MISS

Aliki Diplarakou

1912 - 2002

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0787 POLITICIAN

Nikolaos Deligiannis

1845 - 1910

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0788 WRITER

Euphorion (playwright)

-

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0789 GYMNAST

Eleni Andriola

Born 1986

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0790 SWIMMER

Zoi Dimoschaki

Born 1985

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0791 ACTOR

Stefanos Stratigos

1923 - 2006

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0792 HISTORIAN

Kaveh Farrokh

Born 1962

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0793 CHESS

Ioannis Papaioannou

Born 1976

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0794 NOVELIST

Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex

1920 - 2005

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0795 BUSINESS

Minos Kyriakou

1942 - 2017

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0796 BASKET

Petros Noeas

Born 1987

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0797 ARCHITECT

Konstantinos Staikos

Born 1943

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0798 FOOTBALL

Kostandin Kariqi

Born 1996

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0799 BASKET

Panagiotis Kafkis

Born 1980

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0800 PAINTER

Swing Painter

Died -525

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0801 COMEDIAN

Giannis Gionakis

1922 - 2002

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0802 POLITICIAN

Chremonides

-

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0803 PAINTER

Lydia Venieri

Born 1964

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0804 COMEDIAN

Giannis Bezos

Born 1956

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0805 FOOTBALL

Will Rackley

Born 1989

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0806 COMMANDER

Adeimantus (son of Leucolophides)

-

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0807 POLITICIAN

David Rendel

1949 - 2016

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0808 MUSIC

Mikael Delta

-

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0809 ACTOR

Anna Rezan

Born 1992

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0810 PLAYER

Effrosyni Sfyri

Born 1971

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0811 ACTOR

Xenia Kalogeropoulou

Born 1936

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0812 PHILOSOPHER

Apollodorus the Epicurean

Born 3

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0813 WRITER

Vangelis Raptopoulos

Born 1959

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0814 DESIGNER

Andreas Zapatinas

Born 1957

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0815 FOOTBALL

Konstantinos Kotsaris

Born 1996

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0816 JOURNALIST

Aris Chatzistefanou

-

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0817 CHOREOGRAPHER

Dimitris Papaioannou

Born 1964

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0818 BASKET

Memos Ioannou

Born 1958

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0819 WRITER

Andréas Frangiás

1921 - 2002

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0820 ACTOR

Vangelis Mourikis

-

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0821 ACTOR

Maria Solomou

Born 1972

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0822 POLO

Theodoros Chatzitheodorou

Born 1976

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0823 ACADEMIC

Angelos Delivorrias

1937 - 2018

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0824 WRITER

Susarion

Born -580

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0825 SINGER

Thanos Petrelis

Born 1975

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0826 BASKET

Spyros Magkounis

Born 1985

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0827 FOOTBALL

Michalis Kasapis

Born 1971

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0828 FOOTBALL

Christos Arkoudas

Born 1990

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0829 ACTOR

Kora Karvouni

Born 1980

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0830 BASKET

Nikos Milas

1928 - 2019

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0831 FOOTBALL

Stratos Svarnas

Born 1997

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0832 POLITICIAN

Stefanos Manos

Born 1939

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0833 ACTOR

Giannis Fertis

Born 1938

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0834 MERCENARY

Callippus of Syracuse

-390 - -352

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0835 SISTER

Potone

-

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0836 PHILOSOPHER

Mnesarchus of Athens

-160 - -85

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0837 POLITICIAN

Notis Mitarachi

Born 1972

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0838 LAWYER

Constantine Goulimis

1886 - 1963

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0839 ATHLETIC

Eleni Filandra

Born 1984

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0840 POET

Errikos Belies

1950 - 2016

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0841 FOOTBALL

Andreas Lagonikakis

Born 1972

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0842 COMPOSER

Alexandros Markeas

Born 1965

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0843 POLITICIAN

Georgios Vernicos

Born 1950

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0844 POET

Stavros Vavouris

1925 - 2008

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0845 SCULPTOR

Costas Varotsos

Born 1955

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0846 MILITAR

Hippocrates of Athens

Died -424

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0847 WRITER

Alexis Panselinos

Born 1943

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0848 POLITICIAN

Lachares

Died -294

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0849 ATHLETIC

Alexios Alexopoulos

Born 1971

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0850 MUSIC

Makis Solomos

Born 1962

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0851 SKIER

Christopher Papamichalopoulos

Born 1988

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0852 FOOTBALL

Vasilis Bouzas

Born 1993

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0853 PHYSICIAN

Spyros Marketos

1931 - 2012

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0854 LAWYER

Theódoros Fortsákis

Born 1954

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0855 POLITICIAN

Eleni Zaroulia

Born 1961

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0856 SINGER

Marios Tofi

Born 1990

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0857 FOOTBALL

Ioannis Karalis

Born 1988

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0858 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Alexander Philadelpheus

1867 - 1955

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0859 GYMNAST

Maria Georgatou

Born 1984

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0860 SINGER

Arleta (musician)

1945 - 2017

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0861 POLITICIAN

Democles

Died -316

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0862 POLITICIAN

Nikos Filis

Born 1960

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0863 BASKET

Themis Cholevas

1926 - 2007

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0864 FILM

Kostas Karagiannis

1932 - 1993

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0865 ACTOR

Antigone Metaxa-Krontera

1905 - 1971

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0866 SINGER

Cleopatra (Greek singer)

Born 1963

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0867 FILM

Dimítrios Gaziádis

1897 - 1961

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0868 FOOTBALL

Giannis Siderakis

Born 1987

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0869 POLITICIAN

Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos

Born 1952

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0870 CHESS

Byron Zappas

1927 - 2008

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0871 POLITICIAN

Alcmaeon of Athens

Died -753

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0872 ACTOR

Phaedon Georgitsis

1939 - 2019

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0873 BUSINESS

Constantine Papadakis

1946 - 2009

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0874 DRAMA

Xenophon (son of Euripides)

Died -429

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0875 FOOTBALL

Argyris Kampetsis

Born 1999

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0876 ROMANCIER

Chrístos Chryssópoulos

Born 1968

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0877 PIANIST

Pandelis Karayorgis

Born 1962

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0878 ACADEMIC

Waldemar Petersen

1880 - 1946

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0879 FENCER

Konstantinos Kotzias

1892 - 1951

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0880 POLITICIAN

Axiochus (Alcmaeonid)

-

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0881 ASTROPHYSICIST

Athena Coustenis

Born 1961

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0882 ACTOR

Kostas Rigopoulos

1930 - 2001

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0883 ATHLETIC

Konstantinos Karakatsanis

Born 1877

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0884 POLITICIAN

Georgios Psyllas

1794 - 1878

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0885 BIOLOGIST

George Kollias (biologist)

Born 1958

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0886 SCULPTOR

Glykon von Athen

-

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0887 MILITAR

Hipponicus III

Died -424

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0888 STAGE

Eleni Menegaki

Born 1969

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0889 SCULPTOR

Nesiotes

Died -477

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0890 HISTORIAN

Alkis Raftis

Born 1942

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0891 LINGUIST

Ateius Praetextatus

Died -30

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0892 POLITICIAN

Lysicles (5th century BC)

Died -428

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0893 POLITICIAN

Alekos Flambouraris

Born 1938

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0894 BASKET

Fanis Koumpouras

Born 1983

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0895 BASKET

Georgios Karagkoutis

Born 1976

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0896 DESIGNER

Yannis Tseklenis

1937 - 2020

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0897 ACTOR

Christos Valavanidis

Born 1944

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0898 ACTOR

Theodoros Dimitrief

1929 - 2016

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0899 ATHLETIC

Michalis Stamatogiannis

Born 1982

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0900 ACADEMIC

Giorgos Savvidis

1929 - 1995

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