List of Famous people born in Greece

Yianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki

Born on December 12, 1955 (age 70)
Born in Greece, Crete Region

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki is a Greek businesswoman and Ambassador-at-Large for the Hellenic State. She is best known for being the leader of the bidding and organizing committees for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In July 2019 she was appointed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to lead Greece 2021, a year-long initiative to both commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution and to introduce to the world a new Greece of effort and optimism.

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Panagiotis Poulitsas

First Name Panagiotis
Born on September 9, 1881
Died on January 16, 1968 (aged 86)

Panagiotis Poulitsas was a Greek judge and archeologist. He was born in Geraki, Laconia on 9 September 1881.

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Pyrilampes

Born on January 1, -0401
Died on January 1, -0401

Pyrilampes was an ancient Athenian politician and stepfather of the philosopher Plato. His dates of birth and death are unknown, but according to estimations of Debra Nails, he must have been born after 480 BC and died before 413 BC.

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Sofoklis Dousmanis

First Name Sofoklis
Born on December 25, 1868
Died on January 6, 1952 (aged 83)

Sofoklis Dousmanis was a Greek naval officer. Distinguished in the Balkan Wars, he became twice the chief of the Greek Navy General Staff, and occupied the post of Minister for Naval Affairs in 1935.

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Christos Kapralos

First Name Christos
Died on January 20, 1993 (aged 23)

Christos Kapralos was a Greek artist of the 20th century. He was born in Panaitolio in the former municipality of Thesties, near Agrinio.

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Maro Seferi

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First Name Maro
Last Name Seferi
Born on January 1, 1898
Died on January 1, 2000 (aged 102)
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Georg Buschor

First Name Georg
Last Name Buschor
Born on March 14, 1923
Died on February 11, 2005 (aged 81)
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Raphaël Salem

First Name Raphaël
Last Name Salem
Born on November 7, 1898
Died on June 20, 1963 (aged 64)

Raphaël Salem (Greek: Ραφαέλ Σαλέμ; November 7, 1898 in Salonika, Ottoman Empire – June 20, 1963 in Paris, France), was a Greek mathematician after whom are named the Salem numbers and Salem–Spencer sets and whose widow founded the Salem Prize.

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Herpyllis

Herpyllis of Stagira was Aristotle's concubine after his wife, Pythias, died.

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Kostis Palamas

First Name Kostis
Born on January 13, 1859
Died on February 27, 1943 (aged 84)

Kostis Palamas was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn. He was a central figure of the Greek literary generation of the 1880s and one of the cofounders of the so-called New Athenian School along with Georgios Drosinis, Nikos Kampas, and Ioannis Polemis.

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