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THESSALONIKI

Most Famous People Born in Thessaloniki, Greece

Notable people
649
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1962
Most distinctive
Polo 15.0×

Standouts

Notable Births by Decade

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What Thessaloniki Is Known For

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Football is Thessaloniki's biggest profession — 22% of all notables (142).

Thessaloniki over-indexes on polo 15.0× the global rate.

Thessaloniki under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football 142 2.0×
  2. Basket 67 8.2×
  3. Politician 44 0.6×
  4. Singer 24 1.8×
  5. Actor 23 0.7×
  6. Writer 20 0.9×
  7. Sport 14 1.3×
  8. Poet 11 1.6×
  1. Polo 8 15.0×
  2. Rabbi 6 8.3×
  3. Basket 67 8.2×
  4. Football 142 2.0×
  5. Singer 24 1.8×
  6. Poet 11 1.6×
  1. Politician 44 0.6×
  2. Actor 23 0.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000
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  • Writing
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Showing 23 of 649 notable people

0007 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Louis Dumont

1911 - 1998

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0010 MATHEMATICIAN

Cahit Arf

1910 - 1997

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0077 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Sedat Alp

1913 - 2006

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0101 SINGER

Estrongo Nachama

1918 - 2000

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0131 CINEMA

Walter Wottitz

1912 - 1986

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0167 FOOTBALL

Kleanthis Vikelidis

1916 - 1988

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0183 ARTIST

Dimo Todorovski

1910 - 1983

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0184 TAILOR

Marcel Nadjari

1917 - 1971

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0244 FILM

Maria Plyta

1915 - 2006

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0255 SINGER

Seyyan Hanım

1913 - 1989

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0297 WRITER

Takis Varvitsiotis

1916 - 2011

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0305 SURVIVOR

Leon Cohen

1910 - 1989

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0317 PHOTOGRAPHER

Frédéric Barzilay

1917 - 2015

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0397 POET

Max Bilen

1916 - 1995

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0473 LAWYER

Herbert Schwörbel

1911 - 1988

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0488 LAWYER

Samim Bilgen

1910 - 2005

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0533 ACADEMIC

Efstratios Anastasiadis

1919 - 2004

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0536 POLITICIAN

Daniel Matalon (homme politique)

1914 - 1987

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0557 POLITICIAN

Orhan Mersinli

1912 - 1975

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0567 MUSIC

Stephen Kondaks

1919 - 2005

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0581 PARACHUTIST

Yıldız Eruçman

Born 1919

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0601 POLITICIAN

Marcello Modiano

1914 - 1993

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0618 ACTOR

Nina Konsta

1918 - 2003

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