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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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0014 WRITER

Manolis Anagnostakis

1925 - 2005

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0015 WRITER

Shlomo Venezia

1923 - 2012

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0019 ACTOR

Yvonne Sanson

1925 - 2003

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0036 COSTUME DESIGNER

Theoni V. Aldredge

1922 - 2011

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0042 FILM

Giannis Dalianidis

1923 - 2010

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0056 BOXER

Salamo Arouch

1923 - 2009

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0066 ARCHBISHOP

Archbishop Demetrios of America

Born 1928

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0067 WRITER

Kóstas Takhtsís

1927 - 1988

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0135 BASKET

Faidon Matthaiou

1924 - 2011

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0161 COMEDIAN

Kostas Hatzichristos

1921 - 2001

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0172 JOURNALIST

Philippe Gigantès

1923 - 2004

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0180 WRITER

Loula Anagnostaki

1928 - 2017

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0194 PIANIST

Vasso Devetzi

1927 - 1987

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0198 ACADEMIC

Saul Amarel

1928 - 2002

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0211 WRITER

Moshe Ha-Elion

Born 1925

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0231 POET

Kleitos Kyrou

1921 - 2006

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0264 BASKET

Dimitrios Taliadoros

1925 - 2011

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0281 PAINTER

Alkis Pierrakos

1920 - 2017

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0333 SURVIVOR

Morris Venezia

1921 - 2013

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0346 PROFESSOR

A. N. Yiannopoulos

1928 - 2017

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0347 BALLET

Luisa Poselli

1922 - 2007

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0355 HISTORIAN

Pavlos Tzermias

1925 - 2016

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0359 ACTOR

Ketty Diridaoua

1921 - 1996

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0376 ACTOR

Athan Karras

1927 - 2010

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0395 FILM

Moris Ergas

1922 - 1995

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0408 ART HISTORIAN

Alexander Cambitoglou

1922 - 2019

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0413 POLITICIAN

Konstantinos Kosmopoulos

1928 - 2011

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0437 BUSINESS

Loukas Barlos

1920 - 1999

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0464 SOLDIER

Kostas Sarantidis

Born 1927

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0465 MILITAR

Đorđe Mihailović

Born 1928

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0467 BUSINESS

Mordechai Mano

1922 - 1968

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0468 SPORT

Fotis Mavriplis

1920 - 2012

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0482 SURVIVOR

Dario Gabbai

1922 - 2020

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0498 FOOTBALL

Giorgos Mouratidis

1927 - 2013

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0501 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Poselli

1922 - 2007

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0537 BANK

Raphael Recanati

1924 - 1999

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0549 PRIEST

Spyridon (Trantellis) of Langadas

1926 - 2009

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0577 FOOTBALL

Goulielmos Arvanitis

1921 - 1987

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0584 CHEMIST

Moshe Levy (chemist)

1927 - 2015

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0641 BASKET

Jacob Saltiel

1922 - 1988

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