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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Manolis Anagnostakis
1925 - 2005
Shlomo Venezia
1923 - 2012
Kóstas Takhtsís
1927 - 1988
Auguste Corteau
Born 1979
Anastasia Zampounidis
Born 1968
Aka Gündüz
1885 - 1958
Loula Anagnostaki
1928 - 2017
Moshe Ha-Elion
Born 1925
Nikos Gabriel Pentzikis
1908 - 1993
Thanasis Triaridis
Born 1970
Vasilis Papageorgiou
Born 1955
Grigorios Zalykis
1785 - 1827
Muazzez Tahsin Berkand
1900 - 1984
Mazaris
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Takis Varvitsiotis
1916 - 2011
Vittorio Citterich
1930 - 2011
Matthaios Kamariotis
Died 1490
Macedonius of Thessalonica
Born 500
Chrysostome Gourio
Born 1970
Lia Megalou-Sepheriadi
Born 1945