Έλληνες

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  1. Alexander the Great (356BC-323BC)
  1. Georgios Papanikolaou (1883-1962)
  1. Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770-1843)
  1. Constantine Karamanlis (1907-1998)
  1. Socrates (470BC?-399)
  1. Aristotle (384?-322?)
  1. Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936)
  1. Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776-1831)
  1. Plato (424?-448)
  1. Pericles (495?-429)

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  1. Mikis Theodorakis(1925-), composer and resistance fighter (Zorba's Dance).
  1. Constantin Carathéodory (1873-1950), mathematician.
  1. Melina Mercouri (1920-1994), actress and activist.
  1. Andreas Papandreou (1919-1996), Prime Minister.
  1. Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957), novelist (Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ).
  1. Odysseas Elytis (1911-1996), poet. Nobel Prize in Literature, 1979.
  1. Homer (8th century BC), poet (Iliad, Odyssey).
  1. Manos Hadjidakis (1925-1994), composer.
  1. Leonidas I of Sparta (540BC-480BC), general.
  1. Hippocrates (460BC-370BC), physician.

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  1. Pythagoras (570BC-495BC), mathematician.
  1. Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933), poet.
  1. Maria Callas (1923-1977), opera soprano singer.
  1. Archimedes of Syracuse (287BC?-212BC), mathematician, astronomer, engineer and inventor.
  1. Aristotle Onassis (1906-1975), businessman
  1. Charilaos Trikoupis (1832-1896), Prime Minister.
  1. El Greco (1541-1614), painter (The Burial of the Count of Orgaz).
  1. Constantine XI Palaiologos (1405-1453), Byzantine emperor.
  1. Giorgos Seferis (1900-1971), poet. Nobel Prize for Literature, 1963.
  1. Rigas Feraios (1757-1798), writer and politicologist.

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  1. Aris Velouchiotis (1905-1945), resistance fighter.
  1. Ioannis Metaxas (1871-1941), Prime Minister and President.
  1. Nikos Galis (1957-), basketball player.
  1. Georgios Karaiskakis (1780-1827), military commander and resistance fighter.
  1. Democritus (460BC-370BC), philosopher (atomic theory).
  1. Gemistus Pletho (1355-1454), philosopher.
  1. Dionysios Solomos (1798-1857), poet. Wrote the lyrics to the Greek national anthem.
  1. Yannis Makriyannis (1797-1864), military commander and politician.
  1. Adamantios Korais (1748-1833), political writer.
  1. Yiannis Ritsos (1909-1990), poet and resistance fighter.

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  1. Themistocles (524BC-459BC), general
  1. Heraclitus (535BC-475BC), philosopher.
  1. Thucydides (460?-400?), historian (History of the Peloponnesian War)
  1. Euclid, mathematician.
  1. Pavlos Melas (1870-1904), general.
  1. Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens (1939-2008)
  1. Athanasios Diakos (1788-1821), military commander and resistance fighter.
  1. Theodoros Zagorakis (1971-), footballer and politician.
  1. Dimitri Nanopoulos (1948-), physicist.
  1. Unknown Soldier, military.

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  1. Phidias (480BC-430BC), sculptor, painter and architect (Statue of Zeus at Olympia).
  1. Aristophanes (446BC-386BC), playwright (Lysistrata).
  1. Kostis Palamas (1859-1943), poet.
  1. Cosmas of Aetolia (1714-1779), religious leader.
  1. Manolis Andronikos (1919-1992), archeologist.
  1. Sophocles (497BC-406BC), playwright (Oedipus Rex).
  1. Nikos Beloyannis (1915-1952), resistance fighter.
  1. Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997), philosopher and economist.
  1. George Papandreou (senior) (1888-1968), Prime Minister.
  1. Nikolaos Margioris (1913-1993), philosopher.
  1. Alexandros Panagoulis (1939-1976), politician, poet and resistance fighter.
  1. Georgios Papadopoulos (1919-1999), president/dictator.
  1. Epicurus (341BC-270BC), philosopher (Epicureanism).
  1. Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851-1911), novelist.
  1. Otto of Greece (1815-1867), king.
  1. Vangelis (1943-) (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou), composer (Chariots of Fire, Conquest of Paradise).
  1. Solon (638-558), politician, legislator and poet. Laid the foundations of the Athenian democracy.
  1. Cleisthenes (6th-century BC), legislator.
  1. Aeschylus (523BC-456BC), playwright (Oresteia)
  1. Basil II (958-1025) (the Bulgar-Slayer), king.

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  1. Constantine I (272-337), king.
  1. Ion Dragoumis (1878-1920), diplomat, political writer.
  1. Costas Simitis (1936-), Prime Minister.
  1. Nikolaos Plastiras(1883-1953), Prime Minister.
  1. Dimitris Mitropoulos (1896-1960), composer and conductor.
  1. Theodoros Angelopoulos (1935-2012) film director (O Thiassos).
  1. Nikos Xilouris (1936-1980), composer and singer.
  1. Stelios Kazantzidis (1931-2001), singer.
  1. Charilaos Florakis (1914-2005), politician.
  1. Euripides (480BC-406BC), playwright (Medea).

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  1. Vassilis Tsitsanis (1915-1984), songwriter.
  1. Pyrros Dimas (1971-), weightlifter
  1. Manos Loïzos (1937-1982), composer.
  1. Manolis Glezos (1922-), resistance fighter and politician.
  1. Elena Mouzala [el], pianist.
  1. Philip II of Macedon (382BC-336BC), king.
  1. Horn, Dimitris (1921-1998), actor and theatrical director.
  1. Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825), naval commander and resistance fighter.

99.Thales of Miletus (624BC-546BC), philosopher, mathematician and astronomer.

100.Praxiteles (4th-century BC), sculptor (Hermes and the Infant Dionysus)

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  1. Karolos Koun (1908-1987), theatrical director.
  1. Justinian I (482-565), Byzantine emperor
  1. Lakis Lazopoulos (1956-), playwright.
  1. Herodotus (484BC-425BC), historian and writer.
  1. Thanasis Veggos (1926-2011), actor, comedian, theatrical director.
  1. Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler (1926-), historian and professor. First woman to be principal of the Sorbonne.
  1. Katina Paxinou (1900-1973), actress.
  1. Aliki Vougiouklaki (1934-1996), actress
  1. Markos Vamvakaris (1905-1972), singer and composer.
  1. Grigoris Lambrakis (1912-1963), politician, resistance fighter, physician and athlete.