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This is a list of notable Greeks.


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[edit] Actors/actresses

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[edit] Modern period

[edit] Adventurers

[edit] Athletes & sports figures

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[edit] Clerics

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See also:

[edit] Entrepreneurs

[edit] Explorers

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[edit] Medieval period

[edit] Early Modern

  • Juan de Fuca aka Apostolos Valerianos, born Ioannis (John) Phocas

[edit] Fashion designers

[edit] Fashion models

[edit] Filmmakers

[edit] Military and political figures

[edit] Ancient period

  • Agis III (r.338-?331 BCE), Spartan king who rebelled against Macedon in 331 BCE
  • Alcibiades (450–404 BCE), Athenian general and statesman
  • Alexander the Great, (356 – 323 BCE) Macedonian king, and conqueror
  • Antiochus IIIthe Great, (c241-187 BCE) Seleucid Monarch
  • Antipater, (c.390 – 319 BCE), Macedonian noble and Alexander the Great's regent in Macedon
  • Aristides (530–468 BCE), Athenian statesman
  • Cimon, Athenian leader and statesman
  • Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, (c.68–30 BCE) Queen of Egypt, from the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Dynasty
  • Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), politician and orator
  • Dionysius I, (c.432-367) ruler of the Syracusan empire
  • Epaminondas, (c.420-362) Theban general and statesman
  • Eucratides, ruler of the Bactrian Greeks
  • Leonidas, (d.480 BCE) Spartan king, killed defending Greece from the Persians
  • Lycurgus, (9th century BCE) semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver
  • Lysander, (d395)Spartan general and hero during the Peloponnesian War
  • Memnon of Rhodes, (d.333) Greek mercenary general in Persian army under Darius III
  • Miltiades, Athenian statesman and general
  • Nearchus, Alexander's naval commander
  • Peisistratus, Athenian tyrant
  • Pericles (495–429 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman
  • Philip II of Macedon, (382–336 BCE)Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great
  • Polycrates, Samian ruler
  • Ptolemy I, (c356-285) Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded a dynasty in Egypt
  • Pyrrhus of Epirus, (c318-272)invaded Italy, became known for victories of dubious value (Pyrrhic)
  • Seleucus I, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded dynasty in Persia
  • Solon, (638–558 BCE) Athenian lawmaker and archon
  • Themistocles, (c.514–449 BCE) Athenian statesman and admiral
  • Xenophon, (430-c.354 BCE) mercenary general, led and recounted march from Persia

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[edit] Ottoman Empire period

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[edit] Philosophers

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[edit] Scientists and Engineers

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(See Academics).

[edit] Sculptors

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[edit] Singers

[edit] Tycoons

[edit] Writers

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[edit] General

[edit] Academics

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] "And when I saw the film recently and saw George Chakiris, this beautiful guy, Greek guy." [2] "Chakiris, the son of Greek immigrants, opposes race based casting."
  2. ^ [3] [4] "Chiklis got his acting talent from his mother, Kate... his flamboyance from his father, Charlie, a macho second-generation Greek-American who runs a hair salon in the Boston suburb of Lowell, where Chiklis was born."
  3. ^ [5] "Olympia Dukakis, Greek-American stage and film actress... will discuss the impact of her Greek-American heritage on her career, as well as past performances, particularly her lead role in the ancient tragedy "Hecuba."" [6] "The daughter of Greek immigrants..."
  4. ^ [7] "Fey's mother is Greek-American and her father is German-Scottish, but she's wary of claiming an ethnic identity. "I’ve said a few things about being Greek, and now every Greek organization wants to adopt me," Fey told me." [8] "Because of the Greek-girl thing, I have, like, boobs and butt."
  5. ^ [9] "Angie Harmon: "It would be shaping my eyebrows. Being half Greek and half American Indian, I have the unibrow. So once I started working on them, I really did see a change. You create another kind of beauty.""
  6. ^ [10] "My grandfather always told me, "You know you're American first, but you're a Greek-American, which makes you a better American.""
  7. ^ [11] "The son of a Greek Orthodox priest (note: Orthodox priests can marry prior to ordination) and a nutritionist, Martin grew up with his brother and sister in Toms River, New Jersey. His parents co-owned a Greek diner with his grandparents and uncle. Martin, the prototypical "good Greek boy," served as an altar boy at church and bused tables at the restaurant."
  8. ^ [12] "The stunning Maria Menounos had no problem getting her Greek on for our photo shoot, but her heritage hasn’t always been easy for her. "My dad was very strict," she says. "A guy would call the house and he would say, ‘I have a gun, and I will use it!’"... My parents said I had to marry a Greek boy. I dated them, but they weren’t for me. They want slaves. I want someone to be my slave! My mom still puts my dad's socks on him when she wakes him up in the morning."
  9. ^ [13] "It never occurred to me that Chris Sarandon is Greek (for those that don't know, Tarpon Springs is an ethnic Greek community located just north of St. Petersburg), until I thought about it – he very much looks Greek, later explaining that his father was from a "Greek village in Turkey"."
  10. ^ [14] "As far as religion goes, we were raised Greek Orthodox..." [15] "My father's mother, our grandmother, lived with us for a while. She didn't speak any English. She was all Greek and she was freaky. She had long hair, which she wore in braids..." [16]
  11. ^ [17] "A raven haired beauty who is equal parts Greek passion and English reserve"
  12. ^ [18] "John is also Greek and part Irish." [19] "John Stamos' original family name is Stamopolous, which was shortened by his grandparents when they came to America from Greece."
  13. ^ http://movies.about.com/od/rumorhasit/a/rumorms121905.htm "Well we’re both Greek, which is a shoe-in right there." http://www.usaweekend.com/01_issues/010121/010121suvari.html "Mena, the world traveler: Part Estonian and part Greek, Suvari was named for her godmother, who was born in the Mena House, a hotel at the base of the Pyramids in Egypt."
  14. ^ [20]. "My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood. I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek." [21] "Father: worked at a racetrack; changed family name from Ibrahimoff to Wilson, selecting the name from the street on which they lived in Southern California; a Greek-Pomak who was born in Greece but raised in Bulgaria; lived in Turkey before emigrating to the USA.[22] Her mother Dorothy Wilson was born and raised in a Greek village on the Albanian border. [23] "Tom Hanks' wife Rita Wilson is of Greek origin and took her family to see this one-woman act. She loved it so much that she went again, this time with her husband. Tom Hanks was so impressed that he offered to produce the movie. His production company Playtone Productions has produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
  15. ^ "Billy Zane Interview"BloodRayne"Movie: Tim Nasson". Wildaboutmovies.com. 27 December 2005. http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/interviews/BillyZaneInterviewBloodRayneMovieTimNasson.php. Retrieved 18 June 2009. 
  16. ^ [24] "Greek-American entertainer Lisa Zane"
  17. ^ Από τη Βόρειο Ηπειρο στο Σύμπαν: (in Greek) «Οχι, δεν είμαι Πελοποννήσιος. Γεννήθηκα και μεγάλωσα στην Αθήνα, αλλά είμαι Βορειοηπειρώτης και μάλιστα Βλάχος. Νάκας ήταν το αυθεντικό επώνυμο του παππού μου προτού φύγουμε από την Αλβανία»
  18. ^ [25] "I'm Greek, so we have pretty big booties in my family." [26] "I'm Greek and Irish, but I don't know Greek. I just have the booty, that's the only part I got of it, that's the curve of it all."
  19. ^ [27] "Greek conductor and composer"
  20. ^ [28] "the half-Greek, half-Puerto Rican kid"
  21. ^ [29] "This website is dedicated to preserving the musical memory of the late, great, Tatiana Troyanos, Greek-American Mezzo-Soprano"
  22. ^ [30] "Eugenides is himself Greek-American, Detroit-born, suburb-raised-- all sources of inspiration for his second novel."
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