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Famous Natives
People listed are either native to Greece, or of Greek descent (born elsewhere) that have made a significant contribution to the fame of the country in their personal endeavors
Achilles hero, warrior
Evangelia Adam model
Aeschylus playwright
Aesop author
Alexander the Great military commander
Manolis Andronikos archaeologist
Jennifer Aniston actress, model (born in USA)
John Aniston actor
Antisthenes philosopher
Archimedes mathematician, engineer
Aristophanes author
Aristotle philosopher and mathematician
Tommy Lee Bass rock musician
Bias philosopher
Bulgari family renowned jewelers
Maria Callas singer, soprano
John Capodistria first president of greece
John Cassavetes film director
Constantine Cavafy poet
Constantine the Great first byzantine emperor
Giannoulis Chalepas sculptor
Depy Chandris jewelry designer
John D. Chandris family shipping industry, cruises
Chilon philosopher
Cornelius Castoriadis economist and philosopher
Saint Cyril developed the glagolitic alphabet
Demosthenes greek statesman, orator
Alex Dimitriades actor
Diogenes cynic philosopher
Epicurus philosopher
Euclid mathematician and father of geometry
Euripides playwright
Spiros Fokas actor
Mario Frangoulis opera singer
Nicolas Gage actor
Galen physician
Nick Galis basketball player (born in USA)
Keti Garbi singer
Stelios Giannakopoulos soccer player
Arianna Huffington author, commentator
Hector trojan prince, legendary hero
Hercules legendary hero
Herodotus greek physician, known as father of history
Hesiod poet
Hippocrates physician, father of medicine
Homer poet
Yanni Hrisomallis composer
Ictinus co-designer Parthenon
Fotis Kafatos biologist
Leonidas Kalidonis journalist
Manolis Kalomiris composer
Kalopedis family renowned jewelers
Melina Kanakaredes actress
Constantine Kanaris freedom fighter, politician
Konstantinos Karamanlis former president and four time prime minister
Konstantinos Karatheodoris physicist
Elia Kazan film maker
Nikos Kazantzakis author, zorba the greek
Stelios Kazantzidis singer
Sophia Kokosalaki fashion designer
George Korres natural cosmetics creator
Vicky Leandros composer, musician, singer
Leonidas I king of sparta
John Latsis shipping magnate
Spiros Louis first olympic marathon champion
Philip II of Macedon macedonian king, father of alexander the great
Pavlos Melas freedom fighter, officer hellenic army (born in france)
Melina Mercouri actress, politician
Ioannis Metaxas general, former prime minister
George Michael singer
Miltiades military leader
George Mitchell u.s. entrepreneur, developer
Dimitri Mitropoulos composer
Nana Mouskouri singer
Myron sculptor
Stravos Niachos shipping magnate
Aristotle Onassis shipping magnate
Panteleimon physician, saint
Andreas Papandreou former prime minister
George Papanicolaou physician, inventor (pap smear)
Irene Papas actress
Evangelos 'Vangelis' Papathanassiou musician
George Pappas film producer
Parmenides philosopher
Alexander Payne film maker
Periander philosopher
Perikles statesman
Pindar poet
Pittacos statesman, military leader, philosopher
Plato philosopher
Plutarch greek historian, biographer, essayist
Andreas Papandreou economist, prime minister
Praxiteles sculptor
Prince Philip duke of edinburgh
Pyrrhus king of hellenistic kingdom of epirus
Pythagoras mathematician
Pytheas geographer and explorer
Scopas sculptor
Lambros Skordas chairman aris thessaloniki football club
Socrates philosopher
Solon lawmaker, poet
Sophocles playwright, famous for 'oedipus tyrannus'
Chris Spheeris composer
John Stamos actor
Pamphylia Tanailidi actress
Thales philosopher
Vassilis Tsitsanis composer
Eleftherious Venizelos former prime minister
Yanni composer, pianist
Theodoros Zagorakis footballer
Domenicos Theotokopoulos (El Greco) artist
John Varvatos fashion designer
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