Notable Alumni of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens [Sorted List]

1. Mina Adamaki

1944-2022 (aged 78)

actor

Mina Adamaki was a Greek actress.

2. Dimitri Nanopoulos

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher theoretical physicist physicist

Dimitri V. Nanopoulos is a Greek physicist residing in New York. He is one of the most regularly cited researchers in the world, cited more than 57,000 times across a number of separate branches of science.

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3. Christos Chomenidis

1966-. (aged 60)

writer novelist

Christos Chomenidis is a Greek novelist. He was born and raised in Athens, where he completed his studies at the Athens College on a scholarship.

4. Alekos Alavanos

1950-. (aged 76)

politician economist

Alexandros "Alekos" Alavanos is a Greek politician, former member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament. From 2004 until 2008 he was president of the Coalition of the Left of Movements and Ecology, commonly known as Synaspismos. He was parliamentary leader of the wider Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA).

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5. Nikos Filis

1960-. (aged 66)

journalist politician

Nikos Filis is a Greek politician and journalist. He held the office of the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece from 23 September 2015 to 5 November 2016.

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6. Stefanos Sarafis

1890-1957 (aged 67)

military personnel writer politician

Stefanos Sarafis was an officer of the Hellenic Army and Major General in EAM-ELAS, who played an important role during the Greek Resistance.

7. Elena Kountoura

1962-. (aged 64)

athletics competitor politician model

Elena Kountoura is a Greek politician, Member of the European Parliament, ex-Minister of Tourism (resigned in 2019 in order to participate in the European Parliament's elections) in the Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, and Member of Parliament for Athens A, for the Independent Greeks, and earlier for New Democracy. Before her entrance into politics, she was an international model, director of...

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8. Grigorios Xenopoulos

1867-1951 (aged 84)

writer playwright prose writer journalist

Gregorios Xenopoulos was a novelist, journalist and playwright from Zakynthos.

9. Makis Triantafyllopoulos

1954-. (aged 72)

television presenter publisher journalist

Efthimios "Makis" Triantafyllopoulos is a Greek journalist and publisher. He was, along with Themos Anastasiadis, the publisher of Proto Thema newspaper and host of two television programmes, Zougla and Kitrinos Typos on Alter Channel. He uses his TV programmes to expose political scandals on television, usually using techniques like hidden cameras. He founded his own Sunday-newspaper "VETO" and is the...

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10. Alexandros Zaimis

1855-1936 (aged 81)

banker lawyer diplomat politician

Alexandros Zaimis was a Greek politician who served as Greece's Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Justice, and High Commissioner of Crete. He served as prime minister six times. Although he was a leader of the monarchist faction, Zaimis was the third and last President of the Second Hellenic Republic.

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11. Nikitas Kaklamanis

1946-. (aged 80)

physician oncologist politician trade unionist

Nikitas Michail Kaklamanis is a Greek politician who has served as President of the Hellenic Parliament since 2025, and has been a member of parliament from Athens A multiple times since 1990.

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12. Yannis Stournaras

1956-. (aged 70)

economist banker university teacher politician

Yannis Stournaras (Greek: Γιάννης Στουρνάρας; born 10 December 1956) is a Greek economist who has been the Governor of the Bank of Greece since June 2014.

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13. Monika Christodoulou

1985-. (aged 41)

singer guitarist composer

Monika Christodoulou also known by her stage name Monika, is a Greek singer-songwriter. Her debut album Avatar was released in 2008 and her second album Exit followed in 2010. Both albums achieved platinum status in her native Greece and were met with critical acclaim. Her third album, Secret in the Dark, was the first to be given an international release,...

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14. Tasos Livaditis

1922-1988 (aged 66)

poet writer

Tasos Leivaditis was a Greek poet, short story writer and literary critic. He belonged to the postwar generation that was deeply marked by the struggles and failures of the communist movement. His early and politically committed poetry travelled through the ‘fire and sword’ of history, transforming in the end into powerful and paradoxical prose-poems, and displaying an erotically charged form...

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15. Georgios Vizyinos

1849-1896 (aged 47)

playwright poet psychologist short story writer prose writer

Georgios Vizyinos was a Greek short story writer and poet. His poems, which are considered influential in Greek literature, focus on ethnography and he was referred to as a "painter of souls". Most of his writings are self-narrative and self-investigative in nature.

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16. Konstantinos Kyranakis

1987-. (aged 39)

politician

Konstantinos Kyranakis is a Greek politician, serving as the current Alternate Minister of Infrastructure and Transport for Greece, and as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B3, as a member of New Democracy party. He is regarded as a member of the right-wing faction within New Democracy, while some of his views are frequently deemed controversial.

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17. Kostas Varnalis

1884-1974 (aged 90)

literary critic journalist writer translator prose writer

Kostas Varnalis was a Greek poet and writer.

18. Maria Polydouri

1902-1930 (aged 28)

poet writer

Maria Polydouri was a Greek poet who belonged to the school of Neo-romanticism.

19. Stratis Myrivilis

1892-1969 (aged 77)

writer

Efstratios Stamatopoulos was a Greek writer. He is known for writing novels, novellas, and short stories under the pseudonym Stratis Myrivilis. He is associated with the "Generation of the '30s". He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times (1960, 1962, 1963).

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20. Chrysostomos II of Cyprus

1941-2022 (aged 81)

Christian minister

Chrysostomos II, was the Archbishop of Cyprus from 2006 to 2022.

21. Nikos Konstantopoulos

1942-. (aged 84)

lawyer politician

Nikos Konstantopoulos is a Greek politician, former member of the Hellenic Parliament and former president of the left-wing Synaspismos. His daughter, Zoe Konstantopoulou, until September 2015, was the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.

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22. Georgios Babiniotis

1939-. (aged 87)

university teacher politician philologist linguist lexicographer

Georgios Babiniotis is a Greek linguist and philologist and former Minister of Education and Religious Affairs of Greece. He previously served as rector of Athens University. As a linguist, he is best known as the author of a Dictionary of Modern Greek (Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας), which was published in 1998.

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23. Alexandros Koryzis

1885-1941 (aged 56)

banker economist politician

Alexandros Koryzis was a Greek politician who served briefly as the prime minister of Greece in 1941.

24. Katerina Didaskalou

1960-. (aged 66)

actor

Katerina Didaskalou is a Greek theatre, stage, television and film actress. She studied dramatic arts and philosophy in Athens and went on to study cinema and theater at Columbia University, on an Onassis Foundation scholarship. In 2005, she starred in Eric Rohmer's Triple Agent, as "Arsinoe", the Greek wife of a retired general of the Tsarist army. She was in...

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25. Dimitris Tzanakopoulos

1982-. (aged 44)

civil servant lawyer politician

Dimitris Tzanakopoulos is a Greek politician and a lawyer. He was a Minister of State & the Government Spokesperson of the Hellenic Republic (Greece) in the cabinet of Alexis Tsipras between 2016 and 2019. In the snap general election of 7 July 2019 he was elected Member of Parliament for Athens (A).

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26. Eleonora Meleti

1978-. (aged 48)

radio producer television presenter politician writer journalist

Eleonora Meleti is a Greek journalist who was elected as MEP for the New Democracy party in 2024 European Parliament election.

27. Giórgos Gerapetrítis

1967-. (aged 59)

university teacher jurist politician

Giorgos Gerapetritis is a Greek politician, professor and lawyer serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs since June 2023. He previously served as Minister of State from 2019 to 2023 and as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport from March to May 2023. A member of New Democracy, he was a member of the Hellenic Parliament from 2019 to 2023.

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28. Lina Mendoni

1960-. (aged 66)

archaeologist writer politician

Lina Mendoni is a Greek politician who has been serving as Minister of Culture of Greece since 2023, having previously served as Minister of Culture and Sports from 2019 to 2023, in the first and second cabinets of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

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29. Konstantinos Tsatsos

1899-1987 (aged 88)

poet writer university teacher philosopher politician

Konstantinos D. Tsatsos was a Greek diplomat, professor of law, scholar and politician. He served as the second President of the Third Hellenic Republic from 1975 to 1980.

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30. Andreas Embirikos

1901-1975 (aged 74)

psychoanalyst poet writer

Andreas Embirikos was a Greek surrealist poet, writer, photographer, and one of the first Greek psychoanalysts. As a writer, he emerged from the Generation of the '30s and is considered one of the most important representatives of Greek surrealism. He studied psychoanalysis in France and was the first to practice it as a profession in Greece in the years 1935–1951....

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31. Kostis Chatzidakis

1965-. (aged 61)

economist lawyer politician

Konstantinos Hatzidakis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Κωστής) Χατζηδάκης; born 20 April 1965 in Rethymno) is a Greek politician who currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He also serves as Vice President of New Democracy, alongside Adonis Georgiadis.

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32. Panagiotis Kanellopoulos

1902-1986 (aged 84)

writer philosopher university teacher politician

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos or Panayotis Kanellopoulos was a Greek writer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece. He was the Prime Minister of Greece deposed by the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.

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33. Liana Kanelli

1954-. (aged 72)

journalist politician

Garyfallia "Liana" Kanelli is a Greek journalist and Member of the Greek Parliament for the Communist Party of Greece since 2000.

34. Alkinoos Ioannidis

1969-. (aged 57)

singer guitarist songwriter composer actor

Alkinoos Ioannidis is a Greek Cypriot composer, lyricist, singer, and orchestrator.

35. Xenophon Zolotas

1904-2004 (aged 100)

economist banker university teacher politician

Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas was a Greek economist who served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.

36. Aleka Papariga

1945-. (aged 81)

teacher politician

Alexandra "Aleka" Papariga is a Greek retired politician who served the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) as its General Secretary from 1991 to 2013. She is the first woman to be General Secretary of KKE, and thus the first woman to head a major political party in Greece.

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37. Theodoros Pangalos

1938-2023 (aged 85)

politician university teacher lawyer diplomat economist

Theodoros Pangalos was a Greek politician and leading member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). He served as the deputy prime minister of Greece, responsible for the coordination of the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) and the new Economic & Social Policy Committee from 2009 to 2012.

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38. Dimitris Avramopoulos

1953-. (aged 73)

diplomat politician

Dimitris Avramopoulos is a Greek politician of the conservative New Democracy party, and former career diplomat. He has served in various high-level cabinet posts, including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for National Defence, and was Mayor of Athens from 1995 to 2002. He served as EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship in the Juncker Commission between 2014...

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39. Ioannis Rallis

1878-1946 (aged 68)

diplomat lawyer politician

Ioannis Rallis was the third and last collaborationist prime minister of Greece during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II, holding office from 7 April 1943 to 12 October 1944, succeeding Konstantinos Logothetopoulos in the Nazi-controlled Greek puppet government in Athens.

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40. M. Karagatsis

1908-1960 (aged 52)

journalist writer

M. Karagatsis was the pen name of the important modern Greek novelist, journalist, critic and playwright Dimitrios Rodopoulos (Δημήτριος Ροδόπουλος). The pen name M. Karagatsis is the name the novelist is known with. The letter "M." comes from Mitya, which is the Russian diminutive of Dimitris (his real name). The word "Karagatsis" comes from the tree karagatsi under the shadow...

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41. Georgios Rallis

1918-2006 (aged 88)

jurist politician

Georgios Ioannou Rallis, anglicised to George Rallis, was a Greek conservative politician and Prime Minister of Greece from 1980 to 1981.

42. Konstantinos Stephanopoulos

1926-2016 (aged 90)

lawyer swimmer politician

Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the president of Greece from 1995 to 2005.

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43. Dimitrios Gounaris

1867-1922 (aged 55)

lawyer politician

Dimitrios Gounaris was a Greek politician who served as the prime minister of Greece from 25 February to 10 August 1915 and 26 March 1921 to 3 May 1922. The leader of the People's Party, he was the main right-wing opponent of his contemporary Eleftherios Venizelos.

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44. Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou

1891-1949 (aged 58)

archbishop Eastern Orthodox priest politician Eastern Orthodox bishop head of government

Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou, born Dimitrios Papandreou (Greek: Δημήτριος Παπανδρέου; 3 March 1891 – 20 May 1949), was the archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1941 until his death in 1949. He was also the regent of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of King George II to Greece in 1946. His...

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45. Thanos Mikroutsikos

1947-2019 (aged 72)

composer

Athanasios "Thanos" Mikroutsikos was a Greek composer and politician. He is considered one of the most important composers of the recent Greek musical scene.

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46. Aggelos Sikelianos

1884-1951 (aged 67)

writer playwright poet dramaturge

Angelos Sikelianos was a Greek lyric poet and playwright. His themes include Greek history, religious symbolism as well as universal harmony in poems such as The Moonstruck, Prologue to Life, Mother of God, and Delphic Utterance. His plays include Sibylla, Daedalus in Crete, Christ in Rome, The Death of Digenis, The Dithyramb of the Rose and Asklepius. Although occasionally his...

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47. Nikos Dendias

1959-. (aged 67)

lawyer politician

Nikolaos "Nikos" Dendias is a Greek lawyer and politician of the conservative New Democracy party who has been serving as Minister for National Defence in the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis since 2023. He is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens, and previously served as Minister for National Defence from November 2014 to January 2015 and as...

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48. Harilaos Trikoupis

1832-1896 (aged 64)

diplomat politician

Charilaos Trikoupis was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895.

49. Grigor Parlichev

1830-1893 (aged 63)

copyist teacher writer translator poet

Grigor Stavrev Parlichev, also known as Grigorios Stavridis (Greek: Γρηγόριος Σταυρίδης), was a Bulgarian writer, teacher and translator. He received acclaim as a "second Homer" in Greece for his poem O Armatolos. Afterwards, he became a Bulgarian national activist. His other notable works include the poems Skenderbeg, 1762 leto, and his autobiographical work Autobiography. In North Macedonia and Bulgaria, he...

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50. Makis Voridis

1964-. (aged 62)

lawyer politician

Mavroudis Voridis (Greek: Μαυρουδής (Μάκης) Βορίδης; born 1964) is a Greek far-right politician with the New Democracy. He was previously involved in far-right politics and associated with dictator Georgios Papadopoulos.

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51. Demy

1991-. (aged 35)

actor singer songwriter

Dimitra Papadea, known professionally as Demy, is a Greek singer. She is signed with the Greek independent label Panik Records. She has released two studio albums, "#1" in 2012, which became platinum and "Rodino Oniro" in 2014, which became gold. In 2017, she released "Demy", a collection of all of her English songs and later she released the album "Kontra",...

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52. Olga Kefalogianni

1975-. (aged 51)

jurist lawyer politician

Olga Kefalogianni is a Greek politician who served as Minister of Tourism of the Greek Government from 2012 to 2015 and again since 27 June 2023. She was appointed in this position by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in June 2012. She is a Member of Parliament, representing the New Democracy party. She has been elected two times in the Cretan...

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53. Evgenios Trivizas

1946-. (aged 80)

writer children's writer criminologist sociologist

Eugene Trivizas is a Greek criminologist and writer of children's books. For his lasting contribution as a children's writer, Trivizas was a finalist for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006.

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54. Dimitris Lignadis

1964-. (aged 62)

television actor stage actor director actor

Dimitris Lignadis is a Greek actor and stage director, who served as the artistic director of the National Theater of Greece from August 2019 until he resigned on February 6, 2021. Lignadis resigned from his position after sexual abuse statements by minors against him became public. Shortly after, he was arrested, charged and convicted with serial rape of minors but...

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55. Nikos Karvelas

1951-. (aged 75)

composer songwriter talent manager singer

Nikos Karvelas is a Greek musician, composer, singer, songwriter, record producer and author. He has sold millions of records as a producer and is most recognizable for his four-decade-long collaboration with Anna Vissi, while some of his other well-known collaborations include Tolis Voskopoulos and Sakis Rouvas. Karvelas has released multiple personal studio albums that have had mild to big success....

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56. Dimitris Koutsoumpas

1955-. (aged 71)

lawyer politician

Dimitrios Koutsoumbas, known as Dimitris Koutsoumbas (Δημήτρης Κουτσούμπας, pronounced [ðiˈmitris kuˈt͡sumbas]) is a Greek communist politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) since 14 April 2013.

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57. Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem

1952-. (aged 74)

presbyter Christian minister

Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem is the current Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem since 2005. He is styled Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine, Syria, Arabia, beyond the Jordan River, Cana of Galilee, and Holy Zion.

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58. Ion Dragoumis

1878-1920 (aged 42)

writer diplomat philosopher politician

Ion Dragoumis was a Greek diplomat, philosopher, writer and revolutionary.

59. Mimis Plessas

1924-2024 (aged 100)

composer pianist conductor musician

Dimitrios "Mimis" Plessas was a Greek musician, composer, conductor and pianist.

60. Porfirije Perić

1961-. (aged 65)

Eastern Orthodox bishop

Porfirije is the current and 46th patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was the Metropolitan Bishop of Zagreb and Ljubljana from 2014 to 2021 and Titular Bishop of Jegra between 1999 and 2014. He is also a university professor and author of theological works.

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61. Adonis Georgiades

1972-. (aged 54)

publisher writer politician

Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis, commonly known as Adonis Georgiadis, is a Greek politician, author, publisher and former telemarketer. Often described as being on the right wing of the political spectrum, he currently serves as Vice President of New Democracy and Minister for Health in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

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62. Kostis Palamas

1859-1943 (aged 84)

literary critic writer journalist playwright poet

Kostis Palamas was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn. He was a central figure of the Greek literary generation of the 1880s and one of the cofounders of the so-called New Athenian School (or Palamian School, or Second Athenian School) along with Georgios Drosinis and Ioannis Polemis.

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63. Vasilis Kikilias

1974-. (aged 52)

basketball player politician

Vasilis Kikilias is a Greek politician, currently Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy in the second cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

64. Epiphanius I

1979-. (aged 47)

journalist Christian minister

Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine is the primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), holding the title of Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine.

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65. Alexandros Papadiamantis

1851-1911 (aged 60)

columnist writer journalist translator poet

Alexandros Papadiamantis was an influential Greek novelist, short-story writer and poet.

66. Kostas Karyotakis

1896-1928 (aged 32)

civil servant poet writer translator

Kostas Karyotakis is considered one of the most representative Greek poets of the 1920s and one of the first poets to use iconoclastic themes in Greece.

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67. Konstantinos Tasoulas

1959-. (aged 67)

lawyer politician

Konstantinos Tasoulas is a Greek politician and lawyer who has served as the president of Greece since 13 March 2025. He previously served as President of the Hellenic Parliament from 2019 to 2025. A member of the New Democracy party, he was previously an MP for Ioannina from 2000 to 2025. He also briefly served as the Minister of Culture...

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68. Nikos Anastasiades

1946-. (aged 80)

lawyer politician

Nicos Anastasiades is a Cypriot politician and businessperson, who served as the seventh president of Cyprus from 2013 to 2023. Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally between 1997 and 2013 and served as Member of Parliament from Limassol between 1981 and 2013.

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69. John Ioannidis

1965-. (aged 61)

epidemiologist

John P. A. Ioannidis is a Greek-American physician-scientist, writer and Stanford University professor who has made contributions to evidence-based medicine, epidemiology, and clinical research. Ioannidis studies scientific research itself – in other words, meta-research – primarily in clinical medicine and the social sciences.

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70. Manos Hatzidakis

1925-1994 (aged 69)

accordionist pianist violinist composer poet

Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music, widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek composers of all time. He was one of the main proponents of the "éntekhno" form of music, along with Mikis Theodorakis, and he is credited as the founder of the Orchestra of Colours, an ensemble performing lesser-known works and the music...

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71. Patriarch Pavle of Serbia

1914-2009 (aged 95)

Eastern Orthodox priest university teacher

Patriarch Pavle was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1990 to his death. His full title was: His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch Pavle.

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72. Nicos Christodoulides

1973-. (aged 53)

diplomat politician university teacher

Nikos Christodoulides is a Cypriot politician, diplomat, and academic who has served as the 8th President of Cyprus since 2023. He previously served as Government Spokesman from 2014 to 2018 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022, both under his predecessor Nicos Anastasiades. A former member of the Democratic Rally, he has been an independent since the party...

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73. Fofi Gennimata

1964-2021 (aged 57)

politician

Fotini "Fofi" Gennimata was a Greek politician who served as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) from 2015 to 2021. During her tenure as party leader, she also co-founded and led the Democratic Alignment and the Movement for Change, two successive political alliances of centre-left parties formed around PASOK. She was the daughter of Georgios Gennimatas, a high-profile government...

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74. Georgios Papandreou

1888-1968 (aged 80)

economist lawyer diplomat politician

Georgios Papandreou was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as the prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–1965). He was also deputy prime minister from 1950 to 1952, in the governments of Nikolaos Plastiras and Sofoklis Venizelos. He served numerous times as a cabinet minister, starting in 1923, in a political career...

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75. Makarios III

1913-1977 (aged 64)

deacon cleric politician

Makarios III was a Greek Cypriot prelate and politician who served as Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus from 1950 to 1977 and as the first president of Cyprus between 1960 and July 1974, with a second term between December 1974 and 1977. He is widely regarded as the founding father or "Ethnarch" of the Republic of Cyprus, leading its...

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76. Andreas Papandreou

1919-1996 (aged 77)

university teacher economist politician

Andreas Georgiou Papandreou was a Greek academic and economist who was prime minister of Greece from 1981 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 1996. He founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK).

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77. Odysseas Elytis

1911-1996 (aged 85)

translator poet art critic writer

Odysseas Elytis was a Greek poet, man of letters, essayist and translator, regarded as the definitive exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world. He is one of the most praised poets of the second half of the twentieth century, with his Axion Esti "regarded as a monument of contemporary poetry". In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Prize...

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78. Nectarius of Aegina

1846-1920 (aged 74)

preacher Eastern Orthodox monk Eastern Orthodox priest

Nectarios of Aegina, Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Wonderworker of Aegina, is one of the most renowned Greek saints, venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. On 20 April 1961, Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople glorified him as a saint. His feast day is celebrated every year on 9 November.

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79. Konstantinos Karamanlis

1907-1998 (aged 91)

politician

Konstantinos G. Karamanlis was a Greek statesman who was the four-time Prime Minister of Greece and two-term president of the Third Hellenic Republic, serving in the former role from 1955 to 1963 and from 1974 to 1980. A towering figure of Greek politics, his political career spanned portions of seven decades, covering much of the latter half of the 20th...

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80. Konstantinos Mitsotakis

1918-2017 (aged 99)

diplomat lawyer politician

Konstantinos Mitsotakis was a Greek liberal politician and statesman. He served as prime minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993.

81. Thodoros Angelopoulos

1935-2012 (aged 77)

film producer film director film critic journalist actor

Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, and Angelopoulos was one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world. He started making films in 1967. In the 1970s he made a series of political films about modern Greece.

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82. Anna Vissi

1957-. (aged 69)

singer stage actor songwriter actor film actor

Anna Vissi is a Greek Cypriot singer. She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens, in 1973, where she signed with Minos and simultaneously collaborated with other musical artists and released promotional singles of her own while studying at the University of Athens. She has represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest...

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83. Constantine II of Greece

1940-2023 (aged 83)

monarch sailor

Constantine II was the last King of Greece, reigning from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973.

84. Queen Sofía of Spain

1938-. (aged 88)

aristocrat

Sofía is a member of the Spanish royal family who was Queen of Spain from 1975 to 2014 as the wife of King Juan Carlos I until his abdication. She is the eldest and last surviving child of King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece. She is also the last surviving grandchild of King Constantine I and Queen Sophia of...

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85. Nikos Kazantzakis

1883-1957 (aged 74)

travel writer correspondent poet lexicographer translator

Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years, and remains the most translated Greek author worldwide.

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86. Eleftherios Venizelos

1864-1936 (aged 72)

politician writer lawyer diplomat journalist

Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos was a Cretan Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As the leader of the Liberal Party, Venizelos served as prime minister of Greece for over 12 years, spanning eight terms from 1910 to 1933.

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87. 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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88. Vangelis Meimarakis

1953-. (aged 73)

lawyer politician

Evangelos-Vasileios "Vangelis" Meimarakis is a Greek politician who served as the acting President of New Democracy and Leader of the Opposition in Greece from 5 July to 24 November 2015, competing as the challenger to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the September 2015 Greek legislative election. He lost in the run-off of the New Democracy leadership election, 2015–16. Since 2019,...

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89. Kostas Karamanlis

1956-. (aged 70)

lawyer politician

Konstantinos Alexandrou Karamanlis, commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis (Greek: Κώστας Καραμανλής, pronounced [ˈkostas karamanˈlis]), is a Greek politician who served as the prime minister of Greece from 2004 to 2009. He was also the president of the centre-right New Democracy party, founded by his uncle Konstantinos Karamanlis, from 1997 to 2009, and a member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1989...

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90. Karolos Papoulias

1929-2021 (aged 92)

legal counselor jurist diplomat politician

Karolos Papoulias was a Greek politician who served as the president of Greece from 2005 to 2015.

91. Anastasios Giannoulatos

1929-2025 (aged 96)

Oriental Orthodox bishop Orthodox theologian missionary university teacher charity worker

Archbishop Anastasios, was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania and as such the primate and Head of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. He was elected in June 1992. He was Professor Emeritus of the National University of Athens and an honorary member of the Academy of Athens. Anastasios was one of the presidents...

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92. Dora Bakoyannis

1954-. (aged 72)

diplomat politician

Theodora "Dora" Bakoyanni is a Greek politician. From 2006 to 2009 she was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, the highest position ever to have been held by a woman in the Cabinet of Greece at the time; she was also Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in 2009. Previously she was the Mayor of Athens...

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93. Georgios Papanikolaou

1883-1962 (aged 79)

physician gynecologist pathologist oncologist

Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou was a Greek physician, zoologist and microscopist who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the pap smear for detection of cervical cancer.

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94. Zoe Konstantopoulou

1976-. (aged 50)

jurist lawyer politician

Zoe Konstantopoulou is a Greek politician and lawyer who served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from February to October 2015. Since 2016 she serves as the president of the Course of Freedom.

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95. Cornelius Castoriadis

1922-1997 (aged 75)

psychoanalyst economist philosopher university teacher

Cornelius Castoriadis was a Greek-French philosopher, sociologist, social critic, economist, psychoanalyst, author of The Imaginary Institution of Society, and co-founder of the Socialisme ou Barbarie collective.

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96. Panagiotis Pikrammenos

1945-. (aged 81)

lawyer judge politician

Panayiotis Pikrammenos is a Greek judge and politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 2019 to 2023.

97. Vasiliki Thanou

1950-. (aged 76)

judge

Vasiliki Thanou-Christophilou, also known as just Vasiliki Thanou, is a Greek judge who served as caretaker prime minister of Greece from 27 August to 21 September 2015, in the run-up to the September 2015 legislative election. She was the first-ever female Greek prime minister.

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98. Prokopis Pavlopoulos

1950-. (aged 76)

jurist lawyer university teacher politician

Prokopios "Prokopis" Pavlopoulos is a Greek retired politician, who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020. A member of New Democracy, he previously was Minister of the Interior from 2004 to 2009. He was succeeded by Katerina Sakellaropoulou on 13 March 2020, who became the first woman to serve as President of Greece.

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99. Katerina Sakellaropoulou

1956-. (aged 70)

president jurist judge

Katerina N. Sakellaropoulou is a Greek retired judge who served as the president of Greece from 2020 to 2025. She was elected by the Hellenic Parliament to succeed Prokopis Pavlopoulos on 22 January 2020. Prior to her election as president, Sakellaropoulou served as president of the Council of State, the highest administrative court of Greece. She was the country's first...

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100. Archbishop Ieronimos II of Athens

1938-. (aged 88)

historian Eastern Orthodox bishop

Ieronymos II is the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and as such the primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. He was elected on 7 February 2008.

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