List of Famous people born in Cyprus
Kostas Themistokleous
Kostas Themistocleous is a Cypriot politician.
Constantinos Christophorou
Constantinos Christoforou is a Greek Cypriot singer. He represented Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest as a solo singer with "Mono Yia Mas" (1996) and "Ela Ela " (2005) and as part of the boy band formation One with "Gimme" (2002).
Mehmet Dalman
Mehmet Dalman is a British-Turkish Cypriot investment banker. He is the chairman of Welsh football club Cardiff City.
Giorgos Lillikas
Giorgos Lillikas is a Cypriot politician. Following the election of Tassos Papadopoulos as President in 2003, Lillikas became Minister of Commerce and Industry. He was subsequently the Foreign Minister from 2006 to 2007. He was an independent candidate at the 2013 Cypriot presidential election.
Sonay Adem
Sonay Adem was a Turkish Cypriot politician. He served as the Minister for Labor and Social Security in the Cabinet of Northern Cyprus under Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer. He was confirmed in his office in April 2005 and served until 2009. He was a member of the Republican Turkish Party until his resignation, after which he joined the Communal Liberation Party-New Forces in January 2017. He has done extensive work on curbing illegal immigration to the island, as well as immigration reform, in conjunction with organisations such as the Union of Construction Sector Contractors.
Marinos Sizopoulos
Marinos Sizopoulos is a Cypriot politician and the current president of the Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK) party. From 2003 until 2011, he served as a member of the House of Representatives. On 1 March 2015, he was elected president of the Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK), following the resignation of Yiannakis Omirou.
Yiannakis Omirou
Yiannakis Omirou is a Greek-Cypriot politician. He was president of the Cypriot parliament from 2011 to 2016 and was leader of political party EDEK between 2001 and 2015.
Chrysis Michael
Chrysis Michael is a Cypriot retired footballer.
Marios Matsakis
Marios Matsakis is a Greek-Cypriot doctor, coroner, forensic pathologist, and politician who served as Member of the European Parliament and Member of the House of Representatives for the Democratic Party. In the European Parliament, he sat with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He became involved in politics in the mid-1990s, and announced on 29 December 2007 that he would run for president in the 2008 Cypriot presidential elections. He gained 0.77% of the national vote, coming fourth behind the three main candidates.
Ali Düşenkalkar
Ali Düşenkalkar is a Turkish Cypriot actor based in Turkey.