List of Famous people born in West Greece Region, Greece
Leo Leandros
Leo Leandros is a Greek musician, composer and producer. Born in Astakos, Greece, Leandros left in the 1950s for Germany to pursue a career in singing and composing. He had some success, but shifted his focus to his daughter, Vicky, who had been singing from a very early age. He became her manager, composer and producer when she was 13, and is responsible for her unique training and career. Under his pseudonym Mario Panas he was the co-composer of Après toi, the winning title of the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, which Vicky performed for Luxembourg.
Giorgos Karagounis
Georgios "Giorgos" Karagounis is a Greek former professional footballer.
Andreas Samaris
Andreas Samaris is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese club Benfica and the Greece national team.
Kostas Kazakos
Kostas Kazakos, is a Greek actor, director, and politician.
Gerasimos Skiadaressis
Gerasimos Skiadaresis is a Greek actor. He also worked in theatre in E. Chatzikou School which he began in 1982. He is married to the actress Bessie Malfa.
Spiros Focás
Spiros Focás is a Greek actor.
Nikos Konstantopoulos
Nikos Konstantopoulos is a Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament and former president of the left-wing Synaspismos. His daughter, Zoi, was until September 2015 the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.
Nikos Beloyannis
Nikos Beloyannis was a Greek resistance leader and leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party.
Aris Spiliotopoulos
Aris Spiliotopoulos is a Greek politician of the New Democracy party. He served as Minister for Tourism (2007–09) and Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs from January to October 2009.
Apostolos Katsifaras
Apostolos Katsifaras is a Greek politician with PASOK. From 2004 on, he served as a member of the Hellenic Parliament, and shortly held the post of a deputy minister. Elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014, Katsifaras currently serves as the Regional Governor of Western Greece.