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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
  • Music
  • Film & TV
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Showing 44 of 649 notable people

0001 POLITICIAN

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

1881 - 1938

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0006 POLITICIAN

Evangelos Venizelos

Born 1957

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0055 POLITICIAN

Mehmet Cavit Bey

1875 - 1926

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0063 POLITICIAN

Doktor Nâzım

1870 - 1926

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0071 POLITICIAN

Hasan Tahsin Uzer

1877 - 1939

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0073 POLITICIAN

Haris Kastanidis

Born 1956

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0123 POLITICIAN

Halil Rifat Pasha

1827 - 1901

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0134 POLITICIAN

Kostas Zouraris

Born 1940

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0146 POLITICIAN

Notis Marias

Born 1957

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0148 POLITICIAN

Antonis Manitakis

Born 1944

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0155 POLITICIAN

Terence Quick

Born 1947

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0191 POLITICIAN

Yiannis Boutaris

Born 1942

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0209 POLITICIAN

Stelios Papathemelis

Born 1938

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0214 POLITICIAN

Georgios Orfanos

Born 1953

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0228 POLITICIAN

Esat Sagay

1874 - 1938

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0234 POLITICIAN

Margaritis Schinas

Born 1962

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0242 POLITICIAN

Kriton Arsenis

Born 1977

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0246 POLITICIAN

Alexandros Zannas

1892 - 1963

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0248 POLITICIAN

Chrysoúla Saatsóglou-Paliadéli

Born 1947

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0258 POLITICIAN

Apostolos Tzitzikostas

Born 1978

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0271 POLITICIAN

Ioannis Tsoukalas

Born 1941

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0278 POLITICIAN

Hypatius (consul 359)

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0296 POLITICIAN

Eusebius (consul 347)

347 - 350

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0298 POLITICIAN

Artemios Matthaiopoulos

Born 1984

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0310 POLITICIAN

Sotirios Zarianopoulos

Born 1961

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0312 POLITICIAN

Mithat Şükrü Bleda

1874 - 1956

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0331 POLITICIAN

Élena Rápti

Born 1975

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0368 POLITICIAN

Níki Keraméos

Born 1980

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0369 POLITICIAN

Avraham Rakanti

1888 - 1980

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0373 POLITICIAN

Costas Droutsas

Born 1939

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0378 POLITICIAN

Theódoros Karáoglou

Born 1960

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0413 POLITICIAN

Konstantinos Kosmopoulos

1928 - 2011

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0416 POLITICIAN

Mustafa Arif Deymer

1874 - 1957

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0424 POLITICIAN

Andronikos Paikos

1796 - 1879

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0450 POLITICIAN

Ioannis Drivelegas

Born 1951

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0476 POLITICIAN

Hatice Özgener

1865 - 1940

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0477 POLITICIAN

Lítsa Ammanatídou-Paschalídou

Born 1966

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0518 POLITICIAN

Iríni-Eléni Agathopoúlou

Born 1985

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0536 POLITICIAN

Daniel Matalon (homme politique)

1914 - 1987

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0544 POLITICIAN

Yusuf Salman

1888 - 1960

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0557 POLITICIAN

Orhan Mersinli

1912 - 1975

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0561 POLITICIAN

Chrístos Chatzisávvas

Born 1979

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0601 POLITICIAN

Marcello Modiano

1914 - 1993

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0615 POLITICIAN

Alexander Chrisopoulos

1939 - 2010

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