List of people from Greece

Famous Greeks or Greek-speaking/writing people: In alphabetical order.

Actors

• John Aniston (father of Jennifer)
• Olympia Dukakis
• Melina Mercouri, (1920-1994), Greek actress
• Irene Papas
• Katina Paxinou, (1900-1973)
• Telly Savalas

Athletes

• Pyrros Dimas
• Nikos Kenteris
• Nikos Galis
• Konstantinos Kenteris
• Spiros Louis
• Nikos Machlas

Clerics

• Michael Cerularius, (c. 1000-1059), Greek patriarch of Constantinople
• Saint Photios

Entrepreneurs

• Aristotle Onassis, (1906-1975), Greek shipping magnate

Filmmakers

• Elia Kazan, (1909-), Greek-born US film director
• Spyros P. Skouras
• Kostas Gavras
• Theodoros Aggelopoulos

Military and Political Leaders(ancient)

• Alcibiades, (c. 450 BC-404 BC)
• Alexander the Great, (356 BC-323 BC), Macedonia
• Aristides
• Cimon
• Demosthenes, (384 BC-322 BC)
• Leonidas
• Miltiades
• Pericles, (495 BC-429 BC)
• Solon

Musicians

• Maria Callas, (1923-1977), Operatic soprano
• Manos Hadjidakis, (1925-1994)
• Manolis Hiotis
• Stelios Kazantzidis
• Vicky Leandros
• Nana Mouskouri
• Demis Roussos
• Nikos Skalkottas, (1904-1949), Greek composer
• Mikis Theodorakis, (1925-), Greek composer
• Vangelis, musician
• Yanni
• Yannis Xenakis, (1922-2001), Greek composer

Painters

• Aetion, (4th century BC)
• El Greco, (1541-1614), Greek painter

Politicians

• Konstantinos Karamanlis, (1907-1998), Greek politician
• Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician
• Eleftherios Venizelos
• see also: List of Kings of Greece
• see also: List of Prime Ministers of Greece

Philosophers

• Anaximander, (609 BC,610 BC-c. 547 BC), Greek philosopher
• Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher
• Aristotle, (384 BC-322 BC), Ancient Greek writer and philosopher
• Athenagoras of Athens, (c. 133-190), early Christian apologist
• Democritus, (born 460 BC), Greek philosopher
• Diogenes, (114-129), Greek patriarch of Constantinople
• Empedocles, (490 BC-430 BC), Greek philosopher
• Epictetus, (AD 55-circa 135), Greek philosopher
• Epicurus, (341 BC-270 BC), Greek philosopher
• Epimenides
• Hypatia of Alexandria, (died 415), euclidean geometry
• Leucippus, Greek philosopher
• Parmenides, Greek philosopher
• Plato, (c. 427 BC-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
• Protagoras, Greek Sophist and first major Humanist
• Pythagoras, (582 BC-496 BC), euclidean geometry
• Socrates, (470 BC-399 BC), Greek philosopher
• Thales of Miletus, (circa BC624-BC547), euclidean geometry
• Zeno of Citium, (333 BC-264 BC), Greek philosopher
• Zeno of Elea, (circa 495 BC-circa 430 BC), Greek philosopher

Sculptors

• Agasias, Greek sculptor
• Pheidias
• Praxiteles, Greek sculptor

Scientists

• Archimedes, (circa 287 BC-212 BC BC), euclidean geometry
• Eratosthenes, (276 BC-194 BC), euclidean geometry
• Euclides, (circa 365 BC-275 BC), Greek geographer
• Eudoxus of Cnidus, (circa 408 BC-circa 347 BC), Greek astronomer, mathematician
• Hippocrates, (c. 460 BC-377 BC), Ancient [[Greece|Greek] physician
• Georgios Papanikolaou, (1883-1962)
• Pythagoras, (582 BC-496 BC), euclidean geometry

Writers

• Aesop, Fables
• Aristophanes, (ca. 446 BC-385 BC), Ancient Greek playwright
• Aeschylus, (525 BC-456 BC), Greek dramatist.
• Dio Chrysostom, orator and first Century historian of the romans.
• Dionysios Solomos, writer of the National greek anthem..
• Odysseas Elytis, (1911-1996)
• Euripides, (born 480 BC), Greek playwright
• Hesiod, (born c. 700 BC)
• Herodotus, (485 BC?-c. 420 BC?), Historian
• Homer, Greek poet
• Nikos Kazantzakis, (1883-1957), Greek writer
• Pindar
• Plutarch, (A.D. 46?-120?), author
• Polybius, (c. 203-120 BC), author
• Giorgos Seferis
• Sappho, Greek poet
• Sophocles, (496 BC-406 BC), Athenian dramatist
• Thucydides, (c. 460-400 BC), Historian
• Xenophon, (431 BC-c. 360 BC), an Athenian knight and an associate of Socrates

See also: List of people by nationality