Aromanians in Greece

Aromanians in Greece
Template:Lang-rup; Greek: Οι Βλάχοι στην Ελλάδα
	Area with Aromanian population and dialects
Total population
	estimate up to 300,000[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
	Attica, Epirus, Thessaly, Western Macedonia, Central Macedonia
Languages
	Aromanian (native), Greek
Religion
	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Related ethnic groups
	Aromanians

The Aromanians in Greece (Template:Lang-rup, Greek: Οι Βλάχοι στην Ελλάδα, also known as Βλάχοι (Vláchoi), are an unofficially recognized ethnic group native in Epirus, Thessaly, Western and Central Macedonia.^[1]

List of settlements

Epirus

Macedonia region

Thessaly and Mount Olympus

Mount Olympus

Notable peoples

Academics

Daniel Moscopolites (1754-1825) - scholar

Art and literature

Yanaki Manaki (1878-1954) - photography and cinema pioneer
Milton Manaki (1882-1964) - photography and cinema pioneer

Military

Konda Bimbaša (1770-1813) - Serbian revolutionary
Giorgakis Olympios (1772-1821) - armatolos and military commander
Mitre Pandzharov - the Vlach (1873-1907) - IMRO commander

Philanthropy

Georgios Sinas (1783-1856) - businessman
Evangelis Zappas (1800-1865) - businessman
Konstantinos Zappas (1814-1892) - benefactor
Simon Sinas (1810-1876) - businessman
George Averoff (1818-1899) - businessman and philanthropist

Politics

Rigas Feraios (1757-1798) - writer, political thinker and revolutionary
Ioannis Kolettis (1773-1847) - Greek Prime Minister, declared independence from the Ottoman Empire
Petros Zappas (?-?) - member of the Greek Parliament (1915–17) for the Argyrokastron Prefecture
Alexandros Papagos (Aromanian mother) (1883-1955) - Greek Prime Minister
Alcibiades Diamandi (1893-1948) - Leader of Principality of the Pindus and later of the Roman Legion (1941-43)
Nicolaos Matussis (1899-1991) - lawyer, politician and leader of the Roman Legion (1941–43)
Evangelos Averoff (1910-1990) - Greek minister and leader of the New Democracy party
Michael Dukakis (Aromanian mother) (1933-) - American Governor of Massachusetts and former presidential candidate
Yannis Boutaris (1942-) - businessman, politician and mayor of Thessaloniki

Religion

Nektarios Terpos (end 17th-18th century) - priest and author
Theodore Kavalliotis (1718-1789) - priest and teacher

Science

Elie Carafoli (1901-1983)- engineer and aircraft designer

References

^ Mackridge, Peter (2009-04-02). Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199214426.

External links

"Οι Βλάχοι" (in Greek).
"Remen" (in Greek).
"Λαογραφικός Σύλλογος Βλάχων Βέροιας (Laografikós Síllogos Vláchon Véroias)" (in Greek).
"Σύλλογος Βλάχων Προσοτσάνης (Síllogos Vláchon Prosotsánis)" (in Greek).
"Λαογραφικός Σύλλογος Βλάχον Επαρχίας Αλμυρού (Laografikós Síllogos Vláchon Eparhías Almyroú)" (in Greek).
"Σύλλογος Βλάχον Ν.Σερρών (Síllogos Vláchon N.Serrón)" (in Greek).
"Βλάχοι (Vláchoi)" (in Greek).
"Studies on the Vlachs" (in Greek).

[1] Mackridge, Peter (2009-04-02). Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199214426.

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