List of Famous people born in Attica Region, Greece
Marika Kotopouli
Marika Kotopouli was a Greek stage actress during the first half of the 20th century.
Olympia Paus
Caroline Victoria Olympia Paus, known as Olympia Paus, is a Norwegian shipping magnate and equestrian, who lives in the United Kingdom. She is married to Alexander Nix, former CEO of Cambridge Analytica.
Hipparete
Hipparete was the daughter of Hipponicus III, a wealthy Athenian. She was married c. 424 BC or earlier to the prominent Athenian statesman and general Alcibiades.
Peisistratos
Pisistratus or Peisistratus was a politician in ancient Athens, ruling as tyrant in the late 560s, the early 550s and from 546 BC until his death. His unification of Attica, the triangular peninsula of Greece containing Athens, along with economic and cultural improvements laid the groundwork for the later preeminence of Athens in ancient Greece. His legacy lies primarily in his institution of the Panathenaic Games, historically assigned the date of 566 BC, and the consequent first attempt at producing a definitive version of the Homeric epics. Peisistratos' championing of the lower class of Athens is an early example of populism. While in power, he did not hesitate to confront the aristocracy and greatly reduce their privileges, confiscating their lands and giving them to the poor. Peisistratos funded many religious and artistic programs, in order to improve the economy and spread the wealth more equally among the Athenian people.
Georgios Rallis
Georgios Ioannou Rallis, anglicised to George Rallis, was a Greek conservative politician and Prime Minister of Greece from 1980 to 1981.
Konstantinos Tsatsos
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.
Kostas Karamanlis
Konstantinos A. Karamanlis, commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis, is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2004 to 2009. He was also president of the centre-right New Democracy party, founded by his uncle Konstantinos Karamanlis, from 1997 to 2009, and he is currently a member of the Hellenic Parliament.
Panagiotis Zepos
Panagiotis Zepos was a Greek professor of law and a prominent lawyer, who served many times as secretary-general and minister in Greek governments.
Cleisthenes
Cleisthenes was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508 BC. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the father of Athenian democracy." He was a member of the aristocratic Alcmaeonid clan. He was the younger son of Megacles and Agariste making him the maternal grandson of the tyrant Cleisthenes of Sicyon. He was also credited with increasing the power of the Athenian citizens' assembly and for reducing the power of the nobility over Athenian politics.
Alexandra of Yugoslavia
Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia was, by marriage to King Peter II, the last Queen of Yugoslavia.