Most Famous Greek Athletes

50 Greek Athletes in view out of 157

Sports 157
Greece 919
Spyridon Louis
Spyridon Louis Greek Runner 1873 – 1940
#16,561
Theofanis Gekas
Theofanis Gekas Greek Football Born 1980
#17,515
Giorgos Karagounis
Giorgos Karagounis Greek Football Born 1977
#22,335
Kostas Fortounis
Kostas Fortounis Greek Football Born 1992
#27,868
AT
Alexandros Tziolis Greek Football Born 1985
#28,846
Angelos Charisteas
Angelos Charisteas Greek Football Born 1980
#29,469
Kostas Manolas
Kostas Manolas Greek Football Born 1991
#33,898
Kostas Katsouranis
Kostas Katsouranis Greek Football Born 1979
#34,486
Giannis Maniatis
Giannis Maniatis Greek Football Born 1986
#36,385
Dimitris Papadopoulos (footballer)
Dimitris Papadopoulos (footballer) Greek Football Born 1981
#38,624
Loukas Vyntra
Loukas Vyntra Greek Football Born 1981
#42,188
Sotiris Ninis
Sotiris Ninis Greek Football Born 1990
#47,992
Sofoklis Schortsanitis
Sofoklis Schortsanitis Greek Basket Born 1985
#49,700
Theodoros Zagorakis
Theodoros Zagorakis Greek Football Born 1971
#55,274
Nikos Liberopoulos
Nikos Liberopoulos Greek Football Born 1975
#62,287
Giannis Gianniotas
Giannis Gianniotas Greek Football Born 1993
#67,188
Stefanos Athanasiadis
Stefanos Athanasiadis Greek Football Born 1988
#71,785
Pantelis Kapetanos
Pantelis Kapetanos Greek Football Born 1983
#76,437
Ilias Iliadis
Ilias Iliadis Greek Judo Born 1986
#76,887
Apostolos Giannou
Apostolos Giannou Greek Football Born 1990
#86,555
Hrysopiyi Devetzi
Hrysopiyi Devetzi Greek Athletic Born 1976
#87,201
Ioannis Amanatidis
Ioannis Amanatidis Greek Football Born 1981
#88,149
Vassilios Tsiartas
Vassilios Tsiartas Greek Football Born 1972
#97,743
SM
Stelios Manolas Greek Football Born 1961
#102,662
Grigoris Makos
Grigoris Makos Greek Football Born 1987
#108,477
AT
Athanasia Tsoumeleka Greek Athletic Born 1982
#112,220
PK
Pantelis Kafes Greek Football Born 1978
#120,027
Stratos Apostolakis
Stratos Apostolakis Greek Football Born 1964
#125,992
Giorgos Koudas
Giorgos Koudas Greek Football Born 1946
#130,173
VM
Vangelis Mantzios Greek Football Born 1983
#134,673
Mavroudis Bougaidis
Mavroudis Bougaidis Greek Football Born 1993
#135,634
Lakis Nikolaou
Lakis Nikolaou Greek Football Born 1949
#148,283
Vassilis Charalampopoulos (basketball)
Vassilis Charalampopoulos (basketball) Greek Basket Born 1997
#150,979
Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas
Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas Greek Athletic Born 1990
#159,920
MP
Michalis Pelekanos Greek Basket Born 1981
#163,686
Evanthia Maltsi
Evanthia Maltsi Greek Basket Born 1978
#170,758
NN
Nikos Nioplias Greek Football Born 1965
#173,457
Dimitris Pelkas
Dimitris Pelkas Greek Football Born 1993
#181,249
VL
Valerios Leonidis Greek Weightlifter Born 1966
#182,626
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greek Football 1888 – 1913
#185,438
AA
Alexis Alexandris Greek Football Born 1968
#186,430
Anastasios Lagos
Anastasios Lagos Greek Football Born 1992
#209,279
CM
Christos Melissis Greek Football Born 1982
#214,291
Diagoras of Rhodes
Diagoras of Rhodes Greek Boxer
#214,484
Efthimis Koulouris
Efthimis Koulouris Greek Football Born 1996
#225,434
DC
Diamantis Chouchoumis Greek Football Born 1994
#227,008
KP
Kostas Patavoukas Greek Basket Born 1966
#227,305
Vasilios Barkas
Vasilios Barkas Greek Football Born 1994
#245,530
GT
Giannis Taralidis Greek Football Born 1981
#245,999
NS
Nikos Sarganis Greek Football Born 1954
#248,909

By the numbers

Inside Greece Athletes

157 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous greece athletes born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Greece Athletes peaked in the 1980s with 40 people.

What Greece Athletes Are Known For

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Football are Greece Athletes's biggest group — 66% of all notables (104).

Greece Athletes over-index on basket — 8.6× the global rate.

  1. Football104
  2. Athletic12
  3. Basket11
  4. Wrestler6
  5. Player6
  6. Sport4
  7. Runner3
  8. Boxer3
  1. Basket118.6×
  2. Athletic128.1×
  3. Wrestler67.7×
  4. Football1047.2×
  5. Player64.1×

City Hot Spots

Cities that over-produce Greece Athletes compared to the world average — multiplier shows how much more.