List of Famous people born in Greece
Pyrrho
Pyrrho of Elis was a Greek philosopher of Classical antiquity and is credited as being the first Greek skeptic philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism.
Andocides
Andocides was a logographer in Ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BC.
Francesco Barozzi
Francesco Barozzi was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist.
Andreas Papandreou
Andreas Georgios Papandreou was a Greek economist, politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party PASOK, which he led from 1974 to 1996. He served two terms as prime minister of Greece.
Antigonus II Gonatas
Antigonus II Gonatas was a Macedonian ruler who solidified the position of the Antigonid dynasty in Macedon after a long period defined by anarchy and chaos and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans.
Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Prokopios Pavlopoulos, commonly shortened to Prokopis (Προκόπης), is a Greek lawyer, university professor and politician who served as 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.
Dimitris Horn
Dimitris Horn was a Greek - Austrian theatrical and film performer of modern times.
Hippocrates of Chios
Hippocrates of Chios was an ancient Greek mathematician, geometer, and astronomer.
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha
Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha was an Ottoman statesman and imperial administrator. He was twice the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire around the time of the Second Constitutional Era. He was also one-time president of the Turkish Red Crescent.
Giorgos Karagounis
Georgios "Giorgos" Karagounis is a Greek former professional footballer.