Vassilios

Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis (Greek: Βασίλειος or Βασίλης), is a Greek given name, the origin of Basil. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliterated as Basileios. It is directly descended from the word "Kingdom", Greek: Βασιλεία. It may refer to:

People

• Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-French writer
• Vassilis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer
• Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor
• Vasilis Avramidis, Greek footballer
• Vasilis Bolanos, mayor of Himara, Albania
• Vassilis Borbokis, Greek footballer
• Vasilis Dimitriadis, Greek footballer
• Vasilis Fragkias, Greek basketball coach
• Vassilis Gagatsis, president of the Hellenic Football Federation
• Vasilis Georgiadis, Greek film director and actor
• Vasilis Golias, Greek footballer
• Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
• Vassilios Iliadis, Greek judoka
• Vasilios Kalogeracos, Australian footballer of Greek descent
• Vasili Kanidiadis, Greek-Australian television personality
• Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer
• Vasilis Karras, Greek folk singer
• Vassilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player
• Vasilis Konstantinou, Greek footballer
• Vassilios Kotronias, Greek chess grandmaster and chess author
• Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer
• Vassilis Krommidas, Greek triathlete
• Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer
• Vassilis Leventis, Greek politician and TV persona
• Vasilis Lipiridis, Greek basketball player
• Vassilis Logothetidis, Greek actor

• Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician
• Vasilis Michaelides, Cypriot poet
• Vassilis Mitilinaios, Greek footballer
• Vasilis N. Triantafillidis, birth name of Greek comedian Harry Klynn
• Vassilis Paleokostas, Greek fugitive criminal
• Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer
• Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist
• Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer
• Vassilis Saleas, Greek musician
• Vassilis Simtsak, Greek basketball player
• Vassilios Skouris, 10th President of the European Court of Justice
• Vasileios Spanoulis, Greek basketball player
• Vassilis Steriadis, Greek poet and critic
• Vassilis Stravopodis, Greek footballer
• Vassilis Tsabropoulos, Greek musician and composer
• Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer
• Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer
• Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek songwriter and musician
• Vassilis Vassili, Greek sculptor
• Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and diplomat
• Vasilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player
• Vasilios Xydas, Greek pole vaulter

Places

• Agios Vasileios, a Greek village in Achaea
• Agios Vasileios, a Greek village in Corinthia
• St. Vasilios Church (Massachusetts)

See also

• Vassiliki (given name)
• Basil (name)