List of Famous people born in Central Greece Region, Greece

Georgios Papanikolaou

First Name Georgios
Born on May 13, 1883
Died on February 19, 1962 (aged 78)

Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou was a Greek physician who was a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear".

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Plutarch

Died on November 30, 0126

Plutarch was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus.

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Ioannis Grivas

First Name Ioannis
Born on February 23, 1923
Died on November 27, 2016 (aged 93)

Ioannis Grivas was a Greek judge, who served as President of the Court of Cassation and served as the Prime Minister of Greece at the head of a non-party caretaker government in 1989.

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Evangelos Basiakos

First Name Evangelos
Born on February 12, 1954
Died on February 17, 2017 (aged 63)

Evangelos Basiakos was a Greek politician in the New Democracy party, Member of Parliament for Boetia and Minister for Agricultural Development and Food.

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Crates of Thebes

First Name Crates
Born on November 30, -0366
Died on January 1, -0285 (aged 81)

Crates of Thebes was a Cynic philosopher and the husband of Hipparchia of Maroneia who lived in the same manner as him. Crates gave away his money to live a life of poverty on the streets of Athens. Respected by the people of Athens, he is remembered for being the teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism. Various fragments of Crates' teachings survive, including his description of the ideal Cynic state.

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Mimi Denissi

First Name Mimi
Last Name Denissi
Born on May 15, 1953 (age 71)
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Glaucus of Carystus

First Name Glaucus
Born on November 30, -0601
Died on November 30, -0561 (aged 40)

Glaucus of Carystus, the son of Demylos, was a boxer and one of the most celebrated Ancient Greek athletes. He was a περιοδονίκης, having gained one Olympic, two Pythian, eight Nemean, and eight Isthmian victories in boxing.

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Giorgos Fountas

First Name Giorgos
Born on February 13, 1924
Died on November 28, 2010 (aged 86)

Giorgos Fountas was a Greek actor in film and television.

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Giorgos Zanias

First Name Giorgos
Born on August 16, 1955 (age 69)

Georgios P. Zanias was the Minister of Finance in Greece. In June 2012 he was due to be replaced by Vassilis Rapanos. Instead, he was replaced by economist Yiannis Stournaras.

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Elpida

Born on October 1, 1950 (age 74)

Elpida Karayiannopoulou, is a Greek singer who was one of the most successful singers in Greece and the Greek diaspora in the 1970s and 1980s.

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