40.6403° N, 22.9356° E
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.
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.
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Nikos Zisis
Born 1983
Kostas Sloukas
Born 1990
Kostas Vasileiadis
Born 1984
Nikos Chatzivrettas
Born 1977
Lefteris Bochoridis
Born 1994
Dimitrios Katsivelis
Born 1991
Christos Tapoutos
Born 1982
Dimitrios Verginis
Born 1987
Faidon Matthaiou
1924 - 2011
Michalis Tsairelis
Born 1988
Zoi Dimitrakou
Born 1987
Giannis Ioannidis
Born 1945
Styliani Kaltsidou
Born 1983
Lefteris Kakiousis
Born 1968
Georgios Apostolidis
Born 1984
Dinos Mitoglou
Born 1996
Dimitris Papadopoulos (basketball)
Born 1966
Kostas Charalampidis
Born 1976
Theodoros Zaras
Born 1987
Polymnia Saregkou
Born 1972
Michalis Romanidis
Born 1966
Sotirios Manolopoulos
Born 1987
Ioannis Kouzeloglou
Born 1995
Charis Papageorgiou
Born 1953
Marios Matalon
Born 1989
Dimitrios Taliadoros
1925 - 2011
Charis Markopoulos
Born 1982
Lazaros Voreadis
Born 1960
Michalis Giannakidis
Born 1988
Ioannis Sfairopoulos
Born 1967
Vassilis Christidis
Born 1988
Dimitris Flionis
Born 1997
Kostas Flevarakis
Born 1969
Savvas Iliadis
Born 1979
Tasos Dimas
Born 1988
Soulis Markopoulos
Born 1949
Dimitris Kalaitzidis (basketball)
Born 1985
Pelagia Papamichail
Born 1986
Dimitris Dimakopoulos
Born 1966
Efthymios Tsakaleris
Born 1989
Stelios Poulianitis
Born 1995
Georgios Limniatis
Born 1971
Ioannis Demertzis
Born 1983
Savvas Manousos
Born 1985
Ioannis Karathanasis
Born 1991
Nausika Stauridou
Born 1986
Pantelis Papaioakeim
Born 1975
Michail Liapis
Born 1995
Sotiris Nikolaidis
Born 1974
Stélios Goúsios
Born 1937
Sotiris Sakellariou
Born 1955
Georgios Doxakis
Born 1962
Dimitris Siologkas
Born 1994
Giannis Sachpatzidis
Born 1993
Petros Velissariou
Born 1993
Stamatis Benas
Born 1985
Thaleia Kasapoglou
Born 1984
Achilleas Mamatziolas
Born 1971
Vassilis Papadopoulos (basketball)
Born 1998
Theodoros Asteriadis
Born 1972
Christos Konstantinidis
Born 1963
Dimitris Polychroniadis
Born 1969
Dimitris Karatzoulidis
Born 1957
Filippos Kalogiannidīs
Born 1994
Jacob Saltiel
1922 - 1988
Frosō Vlachou
Born 1982
Rania Prassa
Born 1976