Notable Alumni of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki [Sorted List]

1. Georgios Papastamkos

1955-. (aged 71)

university teacher politician

Georgios Papastamkos is a Greek politician and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2014 for New Democracy, part of the European People's Party.

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2. Metropolitan Michael of Austria

1946-2011 (aged 65)

Eastern Orthodox priest

Metropolitan Michael Staikos was the second Eastern Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Austria; he held the position from 1991 until his death in 2011. He was succeeded by Metropolitan Arsenius.

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3. Aggeliki Kalaitzi

1984-. (aged 42)

model beauty pageant contestant

Aggeliki Kalaitzi is a Greek model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hellas 2008. She represented Greece at the Miss World 2008 pageant.

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4. Giorgos Perdikis

1962-. (aged 64)

politician civil engineer

Giorgos Perdikis is a Cypriot politician who was the leader of the Cyprus Green Party from 2014 to 2020 and is a Member of the House of Representatives since 2001.

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5. Sophocles Sophocleous

1962-. (aged 64)

lawyer politician

Sophocles Sophocleous is a Cypriot Movement for Social Democracy politician. He sat as a Member of the European Parliament for Cyprus between 2012 and 2014. He was the Cypriot Minister of Justice and Public Order from 2006 to 2008. He is the current mayor of Lefkara, his hometown.

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6. Lefteris Christoforou

1963-. (aged 63)

politician economist

Lefteris Christoforou is a Greek Cypriot politician. He was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2022, where he was head of national delegation in the European People's Party. He is a member of the Democratic Rally (DISY) and he served as vice president from 2003 to 2013 and also as deputy chairman from 2013 to 2019....

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7. Petros Vassiliadis

1945-. (aged 81)

university teacher theologian

Petros B. Vassiliadis is a Greek biblical scholar and Professor Emeritus of the Department of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), honorary president of the Center of Ecumenical, Missiological and Environmental Studies “Metropolitan Panteleimon Papageorgiou” (CEMES) and the World Conference of Associations and Theological Institutions and Educators (WOCATI).

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8. Nestor Courakis

1947-. (aged 79)

writer university teacher

Nestor Courakis is Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Penology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law and a full-time Professor at the University of Nicosia.

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9. Ioannis Tassias

1958-2020 (aged 62)

Greek Orthodox bishop Christian minister

Ioannis Tassias was a Greek Orthodox bishop, Metropolitan of Langadas as Ioannis of Langada from 2010 until his death in 2020.

10. Konstantinos Varotsos

1956-. (aged 70)

physicist university teacher

Costas Varotsos is a Greek physicist known from his contribution to the global climate-dynamics research and remote sensing.

11. Panos Prevedouros

1961-. (aged 65)

writer university teacher

Panos D. Prevedouros, is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, subcommittee chair of the Transportation Research Board (a unit of the National Academy of Engineering), co-author of the textbook Transportation Engineering and Planning, published by Prentice Hall in 1993 and 2001. He was a two-time unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of the City and County of...

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12. Miltiadis Papaioannou

1947-. (aged 79)

lawyer politician

Miltiadis Papaioannou is a Greek politician of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK).

13. Nikolaos Stampolidis

1951-. (aged 75)

archaeologist university teacher

Nikolaos Chr. Stampolidis ⟨Greek: Νικόλαος (Νικόλας) Χρ. Σταμπολίδης; born 1951 Chania⟩ is a Greek archaeologist who specializes in Geometric and Archaic early Greek history.

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14. Bishop Kyrillos Katerelos

1956-. (aged 70)

historian Christian minister canon law jurist university teacher

Kyrillos Katerelos is the Eastern Orthodox Christian Metropolitan Bishop of Krini (Çesme) and exarch of Malta (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople). A theologian, church historian, and canonist, he is currently a professor of theology at the University of Athens.

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15. Georgios Vafopoulos

1903-1996 (aged 93)

playwright journalist poet literary critic essayist

Georgios Vafopoulos was a Greek poet, author, teacher, and journalist.

16. Michalis Tremopoulos

1958-. (aged 68)

lawyer politician journalist

Michalis Tremopoulos is a Greek lawyer, journalist, environmentalist and politician. He was a Member of European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until Feb 2012.

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17. Dimitrios Spandidos

1947-. (aged 79)

researcher virologist

Demetrios A. Spandidos is a Greek virologist and cancer researcher. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Crete where he was professor of virology from 1989 till 2015. He is also the founder of Spandidos Publications and the editor-in-chief of all eight of its journals.

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18. Ionas Nicolaou

1963-. (aged 63)

lawyer politician

Ionas Nicolaou is a Cypriot lawyer and former Democratic Rally politician. He served as Minister of Justice and Public Order during two governments, but left office on 1 June 2019 following his resignation.

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19. Mercouri Kanatzidis

1957-. (aged 69)

chemist

Mercouri Kanatzidis is a Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of chemistry and professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University and Senior Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.

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20. Andreas Demetriou

1950-. (aged 76)

professor psychologist university teacher politician

Andreas Demetriou is a Greek Cypriot developmental psychologist and former Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus. He is a founding fellow and former president of The Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts.

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21. Konstantinos Floros

1961-. (aged 65)

military personnel

Constantin Floros is a Greek-German musicologist. Among the leading German musicologists, his output includes "pioneering research" on the Second Viennese School, especially Alban Berg as well as György Ligeti.

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22. Vangelis Apostolou

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Evangelos Apostolou is a Greek Syriza politician who served as the Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras from September 2015 to August 2018. From January to August 2015, he served as the Alternate Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.

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23. Dorotheos Dbar

1972-. (aged 54)

Christian minister

Archimandrite Dorotheos is the archimandrite of Holy Metropolis of Goumenissa, Aksiupol and Policastro under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and a chairman of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia (HMA).

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24. Vasiliki Kalogera

1975-. (aged 51)

astrophysicist astronomer physicist

Vassiliki Kalogera is a Greek astrophysicist. She is a professor at Northwestern University and the director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics. She is a leading member of the LIGO Collaboration that observed gravitational waves in 2015.

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25. Loukas Fourlas

1969-. (aged 57)

television presenter politician journalist

Loukas Fourlas is a Cypriot journalist and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the Democratic Rally since 2019.

26. Neoklis Sarris

1940-2011 (aged 71)

jurist writer university teacher opinion journalist politician

Neoklis Sarris was a Greek academic, jurist and politician. He was born in Istanbul on 5 May 1940, and died in Athens on 19 November 2011 from cancer. His great-grandfather Alexandros as a grain merchant moved to Istanbul from Makrinitsa, thus Neoklis Sarris' origin was Greek.

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27. Konstadinos Koukodimos

1969-. (aged 57)

politician athletics competitor

Konstandinos "Kostas" Koukodimos is a retired Greek long jumper and New Democracy politician, who served as the mayor of Katerini, Macedonia from 2019 to 2023. He was named the 1991 Greek Male Athlete of the Year. His family has hails from Agios Dimitrios, Pieria.

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28. Nektaria Karantzi

1982-. (aged 44)

singer jurist cantor

Nektaria Karantzi is a Byzantine and traditional singer from Greece.

29. Kostas Chrysogonos

1961-. (aged 65)

lawyer politician

Kostas Chrysogonos is a Greek professor of constitutional law and a former Member of the European Parliament, sitting as an independent within the group of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL).

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30. Tasos Kourakis

1948-2021 (aged 73)

physician geneticist politician

Anastasios Kourakis (Greek: Αναστάσιος (Τάσος) Κουράκης; 1948 − 10 October 2021) was a Greek pediatrician, geneticist and politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). From January 2015 until July 2019 he served as Alternate Minister of Education.

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31. Dimitrios Pandermalis

1940-2022 (aged 82)

archaeologist

Dimitrios Pandermalis was a Greek archaeologist. He was professor of archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, supervisor of the Archaeological site of Dion, Pieria and curator of the new Acropolis Museum.

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32. María Kóllia-Tsarouchá

1958-. (aged 68)

lawyer politician

Maria Kollia Tsaroucha is a Greek politician from Serres. She was Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace and later Deputy Minister for National Defence between 2015 and 2019 in the First and Second Cabinets of Alexis Tsipras. She was also a Member of Parliament with New Democracy and the Independent Greeks from 2000 to 2019, during which she was Deputy...

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33. Alexandros Rosios

1917-2005 (aged 88)

military personnel politician

Alexandros Rosios, also known by the nom de guerre Ypsilantis (Υψηλάντης), was a member of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) and officer of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS), and later the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE). On the night of 30 March 1946, he led the attack on the Greek Gendarmerie station in Litochoro, an event traditionally regarded as...

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34. Eleni Theocharous

1953-. (aged 73)

politician university teacher pediatric surgeon surgeon

Eleni Theocharous is a Cypriot paediatric surgeon and politician who leads the political party Solidarity Movement. She was elected to the European Parliament in 2009, re-elected in 2014 and served until 2019. Between 2001 and 2009, Theocharous was a member House of Representatives of Cyprus for the Limassol constituency.

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35. Matthew J. Kacsmaryk

1977-. (aged 49)

lawyer judge

Matthew Joseph Kacsmaryk is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump in 2017 and sworn in for the position in 2019.

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36. Leila Ismailava

1989-. (aged 37)

television presenter model journalist

Leila Ryzvanauna Ismailova is a Belarusian journalist, TV presenter, and model of Azerbaijani ancestry. In particular, she was the host of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010, which was held in Minsk (together with Dzianis Kurian). Leila was the spokesman of the Belarusian voting in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, and hosted the national selection in Belarus for Eurovision 2012.

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37. Andreas Xanthos

1960-. (aged 66)

politician physician

Andreas Xanthos is a Greek medical doctor and politician, and Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Rethymno on Crete for Syriza. From 2015 to 2019 he served as the Minister of Health in the Second Tsipras Cabinet. He previously served as an Alternate Minister of Health in the First Tsipras Cabinet and is a member of the Central Committee of...

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38. Arcibiskup Rastislav

1978-. (aged 48)

Eastern Orthodox priest archbishop

Metropolitan Rastislav is a Slovak Eastern Orthodox bishop and the Primate of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church. His full title is His Beautitude Rastislav, Archbishop of Prešov, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.

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39. Hierotheos Vlachos

1945-. (aged 81)

Christian minister theologian

Hierotheos Vlachos is a Greek Orthodox metropolitan and theologian.

40. Dimitris Mardas

1955-. (aged 71)

university teacher economist politician

Dimitris Mardas is a Greek economist and politician who served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. He previously served as the Alternate Minister of Revenue in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. He was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament from 2015 until 2019, representing Thessaloniki B.

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41. Filippos Petsalnikos

1950-2020 (aged 70)

lawyer politician

Filippos Petsalnikos was a Greek politician of the Movement of Democratic Socialists. From 2009 to 2012, he served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. Before, he was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1985 to 2012.

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42. Stelios Papathemelis

1938-. (aged 88)

politician

Stelios Papathemelis is a Greek politician and lawyer. He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

43. Haris Kastanidis

1956-. (aged 70)

lawyer politician

Haris Kastanidis is a Greek politician who served as Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights and Minister for the Interior under George Papandreou. A former member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, he is now a member of the splinter Movement of Democratic Socialists within the Movement for Change.

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44. Yannis Maris

1916-1979 (aged 63)

screenwriter writer film critic novelist crime fiction writer

Yannis Tsirimokos was a Greek left-wing journalist, better known under the pen name Yannis Maris (Γιάννης Μαρής) as a writer of detective fiction. From 1953, Maris wrote over forty short and well-plotted novels that at the time were looked down on in Greece as pulp fiction, but have in later years come to be regarded as classics of the crime...

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45. Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia

1965-. (aged 61)

archbishop

Theodosios of Sebastia (born Nizar Hanna; 1965) is a Palestinian Christian prelate who has served as Archbishop of Sebastia for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem since 2005. He is colloquially known as Atallah Hanna (Arabic: عطالله حنا). He is the second Palestinian archbishop in the history of the diocese.

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46. Maria Spiropulu

1970-. (aged 56)

physicist

Maria Spiropulu is a Greek particle physicist. She is the Shang-Yi Ch'en Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology.

47. Konstantinos Zervas

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Konstantinos Zervas is a Greek civil engineer and politician who served as Mayor of Thessaloniki from 2019 to 2023 being defeated in the 2023 Thessaloniki municipal election.

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48. Yannis Ragousis

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

Giannis Ragousis is a Greek economist and politician of SYRIZA who had previously served in the government of Panhellenic Socialist Movement.

49. Zoi Dimitrakou

1987-. (aged 39)

basketball player

Zoi Dimitrakou, is a Greek former professional basketball player who last played Greece women's national basketball team. She has represented national team in several Eurobasket Women and in 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women. In 2016, she played for Washington Mystics in the WNBA.

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50. Maria Spyraki

1965-. (aged 61)

journalist politician

Maria Spyraki is a Greek journalist, politician, and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for New Democracy.

51. Maria Houkli

1961-. (aged 65)

television presenter lawyer journalist

Maria Houkli is a Greek journalist and presenter. Houkli has served as the main anchorwoman for the main newscast on various TV stations in Greece, most recently ANT1. Prior to this, she was the editor in chief of the central news program on the New Hellenic Television of the Greek public television.

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52. Thanasis Pafilis

1954-. (aged 72)

politician

Athanasios Pafilis is a Greek communist politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament and member of the central committee of the Communist Party of Greece. He is also the General Secretary of the World Peace Council and was briefly also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

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53. Manolis Andronikos

1919-1992 (aged 73)

anthropologist archaeologist art historian university teacher

Manolis Andronikos was a Greek archaeologist and a professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

54. Theodora Tzakri

1970-. (aged 56)

lawyer politician

Theodora Tzakri is a Greek lawyer, politician, member of parliament and former deputy minister of Industry.

55. Sakis Arnaoutoglou

1971-. (aged 55)

weather presenter politician

Sakis Arnaoutoglou (Greek: Σάκης Αρναούτογλου; born 13 December 1969 in Samos) is a Greek politician who was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for PASOK – Movement for Change in the 2024 European Parliament election.

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56. Elpidophoros

1967-. (aged 59)

Greek Orthodox bishop

Elpidophoros of America is a bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and a professor at the Faculty of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Since 22 June 2019, he has served as the archbishop and primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

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57. Natasa Pazaïti

1966-. (aged 60)

wife physician

Anastasia Pazaiti-Karamanli (Greek: Αναστασία Παζαΐτη-Καραμανλή (Anastasía Pazaïti-Karamanlí) (born April 14, 1966), is the wife of Kostas Karamanlis, former Prime Minister of Greece. She is a resident general surgeon.

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58. Ioannis Zizioulas

1931-2023 (aged 92)

university teacher theologian Christian minister

John Zizioulas was a Greek Orthodox bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Pergamon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople from 1986 until his death in 2023. He was one of the most influential Orthodox Christian theologians of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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59. Athina Rachel Tsangari

1966-. (aged 60)

screenwriter filmmaker film director film producer actor

Athina Rachel Tsangari is a Greek filmmaker. Her most notable works include her feature films, The Slow Business of Going (2000), Attenberg (2010) and Chevalier (2015) as well as the co-production of Yorgos Lanthimos' films Kinetta (2005), Dogtooth (2009), and Alps (2011). In her versatile work for cinema, she has also founded and been director of the Cinematexas International Short...

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60. Christos Yannaras

1935-2024 (aged 89)

university teacher theologian writer philosopher Orthodox theologian

Christos Yannaras was a Greek philosopher, Eastern Orthodox theologian and author of more than 50 books which have been translated into many languages. He was a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens.

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61. Sofia Sakorafa

1957-. (aged 69)

politician javelin thrower

Sofia Sakorafa is a Greek-Palestinian politician and former javelin thrower. She was a Member of the European Parliament for Greece as member of the political party MeRA25, having formerly sat for Syriza and before that served, from June 2012 to July 2014, as a Syriza Member of the Hellenic Parliament. She served as a deputy speaker in the Hellenic Parliament...

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62. Ntinos Christianopoulos

1931-2020 (aged 89)

poet literary critic translator essayist publisher

Konstantinos Dimitriadis, better known by his pen name Dinos Christianopoulos (Ντίνος Χριστιανόπουλος), was a Greek contemporary and post-war poet, novelist, folklorist, and scholar. He was also a music scholar who wrote about rebetiko.

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63. Christos Stylianides

1958-. (aged 68)

dentist politician

Christos Stylianides or Christos Stylianidis is a Greek Cypriot politician serving as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy of Greece since 2023. From September 2021 to May 2023 he served as Greece's first Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection. On June 26 he was elected Member of the Hellenic Parliament with the governing New Democracy Party (ND). He...

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64. Margaritis Schinas

1962-. (aged 64)

jurist politician

Margaritis Schinas is a Greek politician and former civil servant. He served as vice-president in the Von der Leyen Commission with the portfolio of European Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life from 2019 to 2024. A member of the New Democracy party, he previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2007 to 2009 and served...

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65. Yianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki

1955-. (aged 71)

jurist businessperson politician

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki is a Greek businesswoman and Ambassador-at-Large for the Hellenic Republic. She is best known for being the leader of the bidding and organizing committees for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In July 2019, she was appointed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to lead Greece 2021, a year-long initiative to both commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Greek...

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66. Andreas Loverdos

1956-. (aged 70)

university teacher lawyer politician

Andreas Loverdos is a Greek politician who was Minister for Education and Religious Affairs from 2014 to 2015.

67. Ioannis Ikonomou

1964-. (aged 62)

translator

Ioannis Ikonomou is a Greek translator who has been working for the European Commission in Brussels since 2002.

68. Katerina Dalaka

1992-. (aged 34)

hurdler sprinter

Katerina Dalaka is a Greek hurdler. With origins from Katerini, currently representing A.E.K., Dalaka has won gold medals at the Panhellenic Games and the Balkan Games in 400 m hurdles as well as in 100 m, 200 m, the 100 m relay and the 400 m relay.

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69. Auguste Corteau

1979-. (aged 47)

translator writer

Auguste Corteau is the pen name of the Greek author Petros Hadjopoulos (Πέτρος Χατζόπουλος).

70. Sokratis Famellos

1966-. (aged 60)

chemical engineer politician

Sokratis Famellos is a Greek politician and former chemical engineer who has been the president of Syriza since November 2024. He previously served as de jure Leader of the Official Opposition in the Hellenic Parliament from 2023 to 2024.

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71. Sakis Tanimanidis

1981-. (aged 45)

businessperson television presenter

Sakis Tanimanidis is a Greek TV host, producer and entrepreneur. Tanimanidis became known in his native country as the host, creator, producer and director of the travel show World Party that aired on Alpha TV from 2014 to 2016. In 2017, he became a household name as the Greek host and co-producer of Survivor 2017 (the adaptation of the international...

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72. Yannis Boutaris

1942-2024 (aged 82)

oenologist businessperson politician

Yiannis Boutaris was a Greek winemaker and politician who served as Mayor of Thessaloniki from 2011 to 2019. From 2003 tο 2011 he served as a municipal councilor of Thessaloniki, a position he held again from January 2024 and until his death in November.

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73. Thanasis Papakonstantinou

1959-. (aged 67)

composer songwriter recording artist singer

Athanasios "Thanasis" Papakonstantinou is a Greek singer-songwriter.

74. Natassa Theodoridou

1970-. (aged 56)

singer

Natasa Theodoridou is a Greek singer. She is the only female Greek artist to have her first three albums achieve platinum status. She has been certified for a total of at least 432 thousand albums and 20 thousand singles sales by IFPI Greece. On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked Theodoridou the 12th best selling female singer in the nation's...

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75. Effie Achtsioglou

1985-. (aged 41)

lawyer politician

Eftychia "Effie" Achtsioglou, is a Greek politician who served as Minister for Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity from 2016 to 2019. She is a member of the Hellenic Parliament since July 2019 and a leading figure of the New Left since December 2023. She was a member of SYRIZA and an MP for the party until she left in...

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76. Christos Sartzetakis

1929-2022 (aged 93)

president lawyer judge

Christos Sartzetakis was a Greek jurist and a supreme justice of the Court of Cassation, who served as the president of Greece from 1985 to 1990.

77. John X of Antioch

1955-. (aged 71)

Eastern Orthodox priest

Patriarch John X is primate of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All The East.

78. Michalis Chrisochoidis

1955-. (aged 71)

lawyer politician

Michalis Chrisochoidis is a Greek politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Athens B2 constituency with New Democracy. He currently serves as Minister for Citizen Protection in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He had served in the same role on four occasions (1999–2003, 2009–2010, 2012 and 2019–2021), as a member of PASOK and an independent politician. He...

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79. Albert Bourla

1961-. (aged 65)

business executive veterinarian pharmacologist executive

Albert Bourla is a Greek-American veterinarian and businessman known for serving as the chairman and chief executive officer of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. He joined the company in 1993 and has held several executive roles across Pfizer's divisions. Prior to becoming chief executive officer, Bourla was chief operating officer.

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80. Eva Kaili

1978-. (aged 48)

journalist television presenter politician architect

Eva Kaili is a Greek politician who was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2024. She served as one of fourteen vice presidents of the European Parliament from January 2022 until she was arrested in December 2022 and charged with corruption as part of the Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament.

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81. Despina Vandi

1969-. (aged 57)

singer actor

Despina Malea, known as Despina Vandi (Δέσποινα Βανδή), is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six years old.

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82. Marinella

1938-. (aged 88)

singer

Kyriaki Papadopoulou, known by her stage name Marinella (Greek: Μαρινέλλα), is a Greek singer whose career has spanned several decades. She is well regarded due to her impressive vocal range. Since the beginning of her professional singing career in 1956, she has released 66 solo albums, and has also been featured on many albums by other musicians. She represented Greece...

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83. Pavlos Sidiropoulos

1948-1990 (aged 42)

singer guitarist songwriter composer actor

Pavlos Sidiropoulos was a Greek musician noted for combining rock music with Greek music. He is considered one of the pillars of Greek rock due to his involvement so early in its foundation. In particular, Flou (1976), an album produced with his band Spyridoula, had a major impact on the rock scene in Greece.

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84. Dionysis Savvopoulos

1944-2025 (aged 81)

singer songwriter lyricist composer poet

Dionysis Savvopoulos was a Greek singer-songwriter. As a musician and songwriter, he made significant contributions to modern Greek music as part of the Greek New Wave.

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85. Peter Fitzgerald

1960-. (aged 66)

banker lawyer politician

Peter Gosselin Fitzgerald is a retired American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Illinois. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 1999 to 2005. Fitzgerald defeated Democratic incumbent Carol Moseley Braun in 1998, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Illinois since Charles Percy twenty years earlier. He had...

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86. Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria

1954-. (aged 72)

Eastern Orthodox priest

Theodore II is the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa. He was previously a monk in the Agarathos Holy Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

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87. Xavier Bettel

1973-. (aged 53)

politician

Xavier Bettel is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician who serves as the deputy prime minister of Luxembourg and as the minister for Foreign Affairs since 2023. He served as the prime minister of Luxembourg from 2013 to 2023. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1999 to 2013 and mayor of Luxembourg City from 2011 to 2013.

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88. Theano Fotiou

1946-. (aged 80)

university teacher architect politician

Theano Fotiou is a Greek architect and politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). From January 2015 to July 2019, she served as Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity in the First and Second Tsipras Cabinets.

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89. Haris Doukas

1980-. (aged 46)

mechanical engineer scientist university teacher politician

Haris Doukas is a Greek mechanical engineer and Professor of energy policy and management at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. Doukas is the Mayor of Athens, having assumed office on 1 January 2024, succeeding Kostas Bakoyannis.

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90. Nektarios Tavernarakis

1967-. (aged 59)

geneticist biologist neuroscientist molecular biologist

Nektarios N. Tavernarakis is a Greek bioscientist, who studies Ageing, Cell death, and Neurodegeneration. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Molecular Systems Biology at the Medical School of the University of Crete, in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, and President of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC). He is also Distinguished Member of the Foundation for Research and Technology, and the founder...

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91. Lakis Lazopoulos

1956-. (aged 70)

television presenter comedian screenwriter

Apostolos Lazopoulos (Greek: Απόστολος "Λάκης" Λαζόπουλος; born 6 May 1956) is a Greek playwright, actor, comedian, script writer, producer, tv presenter, writer, columnist, songwriter and performer. He was ranked 83rd by the public in Skai TV's Great Greeks in 2009. In 2010, Forbes ranked Lazopoulos as the most powerful and influential celebrity in Greece.

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92. Marinos Sizopoulos

1957-. (aged 69)

venereologist dermatologist politician

Marinos Sizopoulos is a Cypriot politician, who is President of the Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK) since 2015, and serves as a member of the House of Representatives since 2016, having previously served in the same role from 2003 to 2011.

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93. Georgios Petalotis

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

George S. Petalotis is a Greek politician of the Movement of Democratic Socialists. Under the former Greek prime minister George Papandreou he served as government spokesman and as Deputy Minister for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights.

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94. Floros Konstantinou

1952-2018 (aged 66)

historian economist politician

Floros Konstantinou was a Greek politician, historian and economist, who served as a Member of the Parliament and Deputy Minister of Agriculture with PASOK. He was a graduate of Political Sciences and a holder of two doctoral degrees, the first with the rural economy and the second in history of Hellenism in Romania.

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95. Dimitris Sioufas

1944-2019 (aged 75)

lawyer politician

Dimitris Sioufas was a Greek lawyer and New Democracy politician.

96. Anna Diamantopoulou

1959-. (aged 67)

engineer politician

Anna Diamantopoulou is a Greek civil engineer and politician of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) who currently serves as president of the Athens-based think tank "DIKTIO" Network for Reform in Greece and Europe.

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97. Vassilis Vassilikos

1934-2023 (aged 89)

journalist writer prose writer poet essayist

Vassilis Vassilikos was a Greek writer and diplomat. According to UNESCO data, he is the 9th-most translated Modern Greek author.

98. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis

1956-. (aged 70)

diplomat lawyer politician

Andreas D. Mavroyiannis is a Cypriot diplomat and politician who served as Cyprus' ambassador and representative to the United Nations, European Union, France, and Ireland. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2023 presidential election.

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99. Evangelos Venizelos

1957-. (aged 69)

lawyer diplomat university teacher politician

Evangelos Venizelos is a Greek academic and retired politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 2011 to 2015, as well as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015 and Minister for Finance of Greece from 17 June 2011 to 21 March 2012. He was a member of the Hellenic Parliament for the...

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100. Zéta Aimilianídou

1954-2022 (aged 68)

civil servant lawyer politician

Zeta Emilianidou was a Cypriot lawyer and politician, who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security of Cyprus from 4 April 2013 until her death on 6 June 2022.

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