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This is a '''list''' of notable '''[[Greeks]]'''.

==Actors/actresses==
{{main|List of Greek actors}}

===Ancient period===
* [[Metrobius]]
* [[Thespis]]

==Adventurers==
* [[Constantine Phaulkon]] (1648–1688), first counsellor of King Narai of [[Thailand|Siam]]
* [[Lefteri]] (?–1872), bandit

==Athletes & sports figures==
===Ancient period===
* [[Alexander I of Macedon]], runner and Olympic winner
* [[Astylos of Croton]]
* [[Pheidippides]]
[[File:Phidippides.jpg|thumb|[[Phidippides]], acclaimed runner and 'inspirator' of the Olympic [[Marathon race]], who had run back and forth between Athens and Sparta in order to relay news of the [[Battle of Marathon]], resulting in his death from ultimate exhaustion, when in his last breath he yelled out "We (the Greeks) won". Painting by [[Luc-Olivier Merson]], 1869.]]
* [[Chionis of Sparta]]
* [[Cynisca]]
* [[Diagoras of Rhodes]], boxer
* [[Dioxippus]], pankration
* [[Hydna]], swimmer and diver
* [[Kleitomachos (athlete)|Kleitomachos]], pankration
* [[Leonidas of Rhodes]], ancient runner and Olympic winner
* [[Milo of Croton]], pankration [[File:Antoine-Louis Barye - Milo of Croton - Walters 27191.jpg|thumb|[[Milo of Croton]], wrestler and the most acclaimed ancient Olympian]]
* [[Troilus of Elis]]
* [[Phillip of Macedon]]

===Modern period===
* [[Emmanouil Karalis]], pole vaulter
* [[Aristidis Akratopoulos]], tennis player
* [[Konstantinos Akratopoulos]], tennis player
* [[Giannis Antetokounmpo]], basketball player
* [[Nikos Alefantos]], football player and manager
* [[Anna Korakaki]], sport shooter and Olympic champion 
* [[Anastasios Bakasetas]], football player
* [[Andreas Bouchalakis]], football player
* [[Lampros Choutos]], football player
* [[Fanis Christodoulou]], basketball player
* [[Anton Christoforidis]], boxer
* [[Stephanos Christopoulos]], wrestler
* [[Constantine II of Greece|Constantine II]], former King of Greece, 1960 Olympic champion in sailing (Dragon class)
* [[Ioannis Chrysafis]], gymnast
* [[Nikos Dabizas]], football player
* [[Evangelos Damaskos]], pole vaulter
* [[Nick the Greek|Nick "the Greek" Dandolos]], gambler
* [[Eleni Daniilidou]], tennis player
* [[Filipos Darlas]], football player
* [[Stefanos Dedas]] (born 1982), basketball head coach in the [[Israel Basketball Premier League]]
* [[Dimitrios Deligiannis (runner)|Dimitrios Deligiannis]], marathoner
* [[Traianos Dellas]], football player
* [[Hrysopiyí Devetzí]], triple jumper and long jumper
* [[Themistoklis Diakidis]], high jumper
* [[Dimitris Diamantidis]], basketball player
* [[Georgios Diamantis]], shooter
* [[Dimosthenis Dikoudis]], basketball player
* [[Stefanos Dimitrios]], middle-distance runner
* [[Zoi Dimoschaki]], swimmer
* [[Mimis Domazos]], football player
* [[Georgios Donis]], football player
* [[Dimitrios Drivas]], swimmer
* [[Kostas Eleftherakis]], football player
* [[Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos]], football player
* [[Giannoulis Fakinos]], football player
* [[Panagiotis Fasoulas]], basketball player
* [[Giannis Fetfatzidis]], football player
* [[Alexios Fetsios]], shooter
* [[Angelos Fetsis]], middle-distance runner
* [[Giorgos Foiros]], football player and manager
* [[Antonis Fotsis]], basketball player
* [[D. Frangopoulos]], tennis player
* [[Takis Fyssas]], football player
* [[Nick Galis|Nikos Galis]], basketball player, MVP of [[Eurobasket 1987]]
* [[Konstadinos Gatsioudis]], javelin thrower
* [[Theofanis Gekas]], football player
* [[Georgios Gennimatas]], sprinter
* [[Nikolaos Georgantas]], discus thrower
* [[Grigorios Georgatos]], football player
* [[Giorgios Georgiadis]], football player
* [[Ioannis Georgiadis]], fencer
* [[Evangelos Gerakeris]], marathoner
* [[Panagiotis Giannakis]], basketball player, captain of Greek [[Eurobasket 1987]] champion team
[[File:PanagiotisGiannakis Olympiacos (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Panagiotis Giannakis]], former 1987 EuroBasket team captain and former Olympiacos head coach]]
* [[Stelios Giannakopoulos]], football player
* [[Kleopas Giannou]], football player
* [[Herodotos Giorgallas]], gymnast
* [[Giannis Gitsioudis]], football player
* [[Andreas Glyniadakis]], basketball player
* [[Spyros Gogolos]], football player
* [[Dimitrios Golemis]], middle-distance runner
* [[Georgios Gougoulias]], football player
* [[Yannis Goumas]], football player
* [[Anastasios Gousis]], sprinter
* [[Miltiadis Gouskos]], shot putter
* [[Georgios Grigoriou]], marathoner
* [[Efstratios Grivas]], chess player
* [[Faní Halkiá]], Olympic champion hurdler
* [[Vassilis Hatzipanagis]], football player
* [[José Holebas]], football player
* [[Periklis Iakovakis]], hurdler
* [[Georgios Iatridis]], fencer
* [[Miltiades Iatrou]], cyclist
* [[Takis Ikonomopoulos]], football player
* [[Giannis Ioannidis]], basketball player and coach
* [[Leonidas Kabantais]], football player
* [[Pantelis Kafes]], football player
* [[Ilias Kafetzis]], marathoner
* [[Kakhi Kakhiashvili]], weightlifter
* [[Michalis Kakiouzis]], basketball player
* [[Nikos Kaklamanakis]], windsurfer
* [[Stamatis Kalamiotis]], football player
* [[Ioannis Kalitzakis]], football player
* [[Georgios Kalogiannidis]], archer
* [[George Kalovelonis]], tennis player
* [[Marios Kaperonis]], boxer
* [[Michalis Kapsis]], football player
* [[Alexandros Karageorgiou]], archer
* [[Giorgos Karagounis]], football player
* [[Telemachos Karakalos]], fencer
* [[Karakatsanis]], shooter
* [[Konstantinos Karakatsanis]], middle-distance runner
* [[Pantelis Karasevdas]], shooter
* [[Hristos Karipidis]], football player
* [[George Karlaftis]], American football player
* [[Filippos Karvelas]], gymnast
* [[Michalis Kasapis]], football player
* [[Dionysios Kasdaglis]], tennis player
* [[Fanis Katergiannakis]], football player
* [[N. Kartavas]], swimmer
* [[Kostas Katsouranis]], football player
*[[Ioannis Kastritis]], former basketball player and coach in the [[Israel Basketball Premier League]]
* [[Anastasía Kelesídou]], discus thrower
* [[Konstantinos Kenteris]], European, World and Olympic champion sprinter
* [[Alexandros Khalkokondilis]], sprinter and long jumper
* [[Hatzidakis (athlete)|Hatzidakis]], shooter
* [[Dimitrios Christopoulos]], marathoner
* [[Vassilis Kikilias]], basketball player
* [[Michalis Klokidis]], football player
* [[Frank Klopas]], football player
* [[Ekaterini Koffa]], sprinter
* [[Savvas Kofidis]], football player
* [[Dimitrios Kokotis]], high jumper
* [[Dinos Konstantakis]], football player
* [[Georgios Kolettis]], cyclist
* [[Georgios Koltsidas]], football player
* [[Giorgos Koltzos]], football player
* [[Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis]], fencer
* [[Aristidis Konstantinidis]], cyclist
* [[Vasilis Konstantinou]], football player
* [[Konstantinos Konstantinou (cyclist)|Konstantinos Konstantinou]], cyclist
* [[Michalis Konstantinou]], football player
* [[Dimitrious Konstantopolous]], football player
* [[Georgios Korakakis]], football player
* [[Prodromos Korkizoglou]], decathlete
* [[Anastasia Kostaki]], basketball player
* [[Nikos Kostakis]], football player
* [[Georgios Kostikos (footballer, born 1958)|Yiorgos Kostikos]], football player
* [[Athanasios Kostoulas]], football player
* [[Vasilios Kotronias]], chess player
* [[Ilias Kotsios]], football player
* [[Stefanos Kotsolis]], football player
* [[Giorgos Koudas]], football player
* [[Dinos Kouis]], football player
* [[Konstantinos Koukodimos]], long jumper
* [[Efthimios Kouloucheris]], football player
* [[Yiannis Kouros]], multiple world record-holding [[ultramarathon]]er
* [[Vasilios Koutsianikoulis]], football player
* [[Vaggelis Koutsoures]], football player
* [[Petros Kravaritis]], football player
* [[Ioannis Kyrastas]], football player
* [[Sotirios Kyrgiakos]], football player
* [[Anastasios Kyriakos]], football player
* [[Panagiotis Lagos]], football player
* [[Vasilios Lakis]], football player
* [[Leonidas Langakis]], shooter
* [[Ioannis Lavrentis]], marathoner
* [[Sotiris Leontiou]], football player
* [[Nikolaos Levidis]], shooter
* [[Kostas Linoxilakis]], football player
* [[Spiros Livathinos]], football player and manager
* [[Spiridon Louis]], marathoner, winner of first modern Olympic marathon
* [[Takis Loukanidis]], football player
* [[Konstantinos Loumpoutis]], football player
* [[Dimitrios Loundras]], gymnast
* [[Nikolaos Lyberopoulos]], football player
* [[Nikos Machlas]], football player
* [[Ioannis Malokinis]], swimmer
* [[Miréla Manjani]], javelin thrower
* [[Stelios Manolas]], football player
* [[Vlasios Maras]], gymnast
* [[Nick Markakis]] [[Major League Baseball|baseball]], player
* [[Dimitris Markos]], football player
* [[Stamatios Masouris]], marathoner
* [[Dimitris Mavrogenidis]], football player
* [[Loukas Mavrokefalidis]], basketball player
* [[Thomas Mavros]], football player
* [[Hristos Meletoglou]], triple jumper
* [[Angelos Messaris]], football player
* [[Anastasios Metaxas]], shooter
* [[Athanasios Michalopoulos]], volleyball player
* [[Nikolaos Michopoulos]], football player
* [[Zenon Mikhailidis]], shooter
* [[Kostas Mitroglou]], football player
* [[Ioannis Mitropoulos]], gymnast
* [[Tasos Mitropoulos]], football player
* [[Georgios Mitsibonas]], football player
* [[Antonis Miyiakis]], football player
* [[Vaggelis Moras]], football player
* [[Nikolaos Morakis]], shooter
* [[Irini Mouchou]], triathlete 
* [[Andreas Mouratis]], football player
* [[Moustakopoulos]], shooter
* [[Apostolos Nanos]], archer
* [[Evangelos Nastos]], football player
* [[Konstantinos Nebegleras]], football player
* [[Kostas Negrepontis]], football player
* [[Kostas Nestoridis]], football player
* [[Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete)|Apostolos Nikolaidis]], football and volleyball player
* [[Demis Nikolaidis]], football player
* [[Alexandros Nikolopoulos (weightlifter)|Alexandros Nikolopoulos]], weightlifter
* [[Stamatios Nikolopoulos]], cyclist
* [[Antonios Nikopolidis]], football player
* [[Sotiris Ninis]], football player
* [[Nikos Nioplias]], football player
* [[Georgios Orphanidis]], shooter
* [[Alexandros Pagalis]], football player
* [[Alketas Panagoulias]], football player and manager
* [[Loukas Panourgias]], football player
* [[Pantazidis]], shooter
* [[Anastasios Pantos]], football player
* [[Alexandros Papadimitriou]], hammer thrower
* [[Avraam Papadopoulos]], football player
* [[Dimitrios Papadopoulos (footballer, born 1981)|Dimitrios Papadopoulos]], football player
* [[Lazaros Papadopoulos]], basketball player
* [[Antonios Papaioannou]], gymnast
* [[Mimis Papaioannou]], football player
* [[Lambros Papakostas]], high jumper
* [[Theodoros Papaloukas]], basketball player
* [[Manolis Papamakarios]], basketball player
* [[Christos Papanikolaou]], pole vaulter
* [[Georgios Papasideris]], weightlifter
* [[Eleftherios Papasymeon]], marathoner
* [[Athina Papayianni]], race walker
* [[Charilaos Pappas]], football player
* [[Georgios Paraskevopoulos]], cyclist
* [[Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos]], discus thrower
* [[Mikhail Paskalides]], sprinter
* [[Konstantinos Paspatis]], tennis player
* [[Petros Passalis]], football player
* [[George Patis]], badminton player
* [[Voula Patoulidou]], hurdler
* [[Christos Patsatzoglou]], football player
* [[Patsouris]], shooter
* [[Panagiotis Pavlidis|Pavlos Pavlidis]], shooter
* [[Antonios Pepanos]], swimmer
* [[Ioannis Persakis]], triple jumper
* [[Petros Persakis]], gymnast
* [[Aristovoulos Petmezas]], gymnast and shooter
* [[Demetrios Petrokokkinos]], tennis player
* [[Ioannis Phrangoudis]], shooter
* [[Mimis Pierrakos]], football player
* [[Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis]], fencer
* [[Stiliani Pilatou]], long jumper
* [[Platis]], shooter
* [[Hristos Polihroniou]], hammer thrower
* [[Ioannis Poulos]], fencer
* [[Evangelia Psarra]], archer
* [[Leonidas Pyrgos]], fencer
[[File:Leon Pyrgos.JPG|thumb|[[Leonidas Pyrgos]], first modern Olympic gold medalist in fencing]]
* [[Evangelos Rallis]], tennis player
* [[Kurt Rambis]] (Kyriakos Rambidis), basketball player, won four NBA championships with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
* [[Flora Redoumi]], hurdler
* [[Dimitrios Regas]], sprinter
* [[Efthimios Rentzias]], basketball player
* [[Elpida Romantzi]], archer
* [[Nicolas Rossolimo]], chess player
* [[Georgios Roubanis]], pole vaulter
* [[Sakis Rouvas]], pole vaulter (later became famous as a musician-entertainer)
* [[Maria Sakkari]], tennis player
* [[Dimitris Salpingidis]], football player
* [[Georgios Samaras]], football player
* [[Sanidis]], shooter
* [[Miltiadis Sapanis]], football player
* [[Dimitris Saravakos]], football player
* [[Nikos Sarganis]], football player
* [[Georgios Saridakis]], race walker
* [[Sofoklis Schortsanitis]], basketball player
[[File:Schortsanitis warming up in 2011.jpg|thumb|[[Sofoklis Schortsanitis]]]]
* [[Yourkas Seitaridis]], football player
*[[Ioannis Sfairopoulos]] (born 1967), basketball coach in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]] and [[EuroLeague]]
* [[Giorgos Sideris]], football player
* [[Nikolaos Siranidis]], diver
* [[Athanasios Skaltsogiannis]]
* [[Giannis Skopelitis]], football player
* [[Georgios Skoutarides]], sprinter and hurdler
* [[Vasileios Spanoulis]], basketball player
* [[Konstantinos Spetsiotis]], race walker
* [[Spiridon Stais]], shooter
* [[Andreas Stamatiadis]], football player
* [[Ieroklis Stoltidis]], football player
* [[Aryiro Strataki]], heptathlete
* [[Dimosthenis Tampakos]], gymnast
* [[Giannis Taralidis]], football player
* [[Alexandros Tatsis]], football player
* [[Efstathios Tavlaridis]], football player
* [[Miltos Tentoglou]], long jumper
* [[Irini Terzoglou]], shot putter
* [[Ekateríni Thánou]], sprinter
* [[Stefanos Theodoridis]], football player
* [[Georgios Theodoridis]], sprinter
* [[Ioannis Theodoropoulos]], pole vaulter
* [[Alexandros Theofilakis]], shooter
* [[Ioannis Theofilakis]], shooter
* [[Dimitrios Tomprof]], middle-distance runner
* [[Vasilis Torosidis]], football player
* [[Nicolaos Trikupis]], shooter
* [[A. Tryfiatis-Tripiaris]], cyclist
* [[Jake Tsakalidis]], basketball player
* [[Kostas Tsartsaris]], basketball player
* [[Loúis Tsátoumas]], long jumper
* [[Dimitrios Tsiamis]], triple jumper
* [[Paraskeví Tsiamíta]], triple jumper
* [[Nikos Tsiantakis]], football player
* [[Vasilios Tsiartas]], football player
* [[Konstantinos Tsiklitiras]], Olympic champion standing long jumper [[File:1912 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras3.JPG|thumb|[[Konstantinos Tsiklitiras]], renowned Olympic long jumper]]
* [[Leonidas Tsiklitiras]], gymnast
* [[Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi]], javelin thrower
* [[Chris Tsiprailidis]], poker player
* [[Georgios Tsitas]], wrestler
* [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]], tennis player
* [[Athanasia Tsoumeleka]], race walker
* [[Tryfon Tzanetis]], football player
* [[Alexandros Tziolis]], football player
* [[Stavros Tziortziopoulos]], football player
* [[Alexandros Tzorvas]], football player
* [[Danai Varveri]], free diver
* [[Olga Vasdeki]], triple jumper
* [[Spyridon Vasdekis]], long jumper
* [[Charilaos Vasilakos]], marathoner
* [[Panagiotis Vasilopoulos]], basketball player
* [[Kostas Vassiliadis]], basketball player
* [[Fotini Vavatsi]], archer
* [[Vavis]], shooter
* [[Theodoros Velkos]], badminton player
* [[Stylianos Venetidis]], football player
* [[Tassos Venetis]], football player
* [[Anna Verouli]], javelin thrower
* [[Sotirios Versis]], weightlifter
* [[Kleanthis Vikelides]], football player
* [[Ekateríni Vóggoli]], discus thrower
* [[Ioannis Vourakis]], shooter
* [[Athanasios Vouros]], fencer
* [[Ian Vouyoukas]], basketball player
* [[Ioannis Vrettos]], marathoner
* [[Zisis Vryzas]], football player
* [[Loukas Vyntra]], football player
* [[Níki Xánthou]], long jumper
* [[Thomas Xenakis]], gymnast
* [[Vasilios Xydas]], pole vaulter
* [[Theodoros Zagorakis]], football player, captain of Greek team which won 2004 European Championship
[[File:Theodoros Zagorakis.jpg|thumb|[[Theodoros Zagorakis]], [[Greece national football team]] captain during Greece's [[UEFA Euro 2004]] victory]]
* [[Akis Zikos]], football player
* [[Nikos Zisis]], basketball player
* [[Khristos Zoumis]], triple jumper

==Clerics==
===Medieval period===
* [[Saints Cyril and Methodius]], monks and scholars, inventors of the [[Cyrillic script]]
* [[Saint Nicholas]], 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of [[Myra]] (Demre in modern-day Turkey) in [[Lycia]]
* [[Michael Cerularius]] (c. 1000–1059), Patriarch of [[Constantinople]]
* [[John Chrysostom]] (347–407), Christian bishop and orator
* [[Photios I of Constantinople]] (820–891), Patriarch of Constantinople and writer
* [[Pope Evaristus]] (c. 98–105), fourth Pope
* [[Pope Stephen I]] (254–257)
* [[Pope Agatho]] (678–681)
* [[Pope John VI]] (701–705)
* [[Pope John VII]] (706–709)
* [[Pope Alexander V]] (1409–1410), Roman Catholic Antipope in the Pisan line

===Modern period===
* [[Jacob Palaeologus]] (c. 1520–1585), Dominican friar, later antitrinitarian theologian; (Greek father)

See also:
* [[List of Constantinople patriarchs]]
* [[List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Jerusalem]]
* [[List of Archbishops of Athens]]
* [[List of Archbishops of Cyprus]]

==Entrepreneurs==
* [[Giannis Alafouzos]], ship-owner, TV station owner ([[Skai TV]]), owner of [[Panathinaikos F.C]].
* [[Yiannis Carras]], ship-owner, creator of [[Porto Carras]] Resort
* [[John D. Chandris]] and family, shipping industry, cruises
* [[Yiannis Dritsas|Yiannis (Giannis) Dritsas]], inventor of [[Frappé coffee|Frappe]]
* [[Stelios Haji-Ioannou|Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou]], entrepreneur, [[EasyJet]] founder 
* [[Arianna Huffington]], media mogul, [[HuffPost|Huffington Post]] founder 
* [[Socrates Kokkalis]], telecommunications magnate, former owner of [[Olympiacos F.C.]]
* [[John Latsis]], shipping magnate
* [[Spiro Latsis]], banking and shipping magnate
* [[Evangelos Marinakis]], shipowner, TV station owner ([[Mega Channel]]), owner of the football clubs [[Olympiacos F.C.]] and [[Nottingham Forest F.C.]] 
* [[Stavros Niarchos]], shipping magnate
* [[Aristotle Onassis]], shipping magnate
* [[Christina Onassis]], shipping magnate
* [[Athina Onassis]], granddaughter of [[Aristotle Onassis]]
* [[Ioannis Pangas]], merchant and philanthropist
* [[Georgios Sinas]], banker, diplomat and philanthropist
* [[Simon Sinas]], banker, diplomat and philanthropist
* [[Basil Zaharoff]], arms trader and financier
* [[Evangelis Zappas|Evangelis]] and [[Konstantinos Zappas]], entrepreneurs and forefathers of [[modern Olympics]]
* [[Georgios Zarifis]], banker
* [[Christakis Zografos]], banker

==Explorers==
===Ancient period===
* [[Androsthenes of Thasos]]
* [[Archias of Pella]]
* [[Colaeus]]
* [[Demodamas]]
* [[Eudoxus of Cyzicus]]
* [[Euthymenes]]
* [[Hippalus]]
* [[Megasthenes]]
* [[Nearchus]]
* [[Patrocles (geographer)|Patrocles the Geographer]]
* [[Pytheas]]
* [[Scylax]]
* [[Simmias (explorer)|Simmias]]

===Medieval period===
* [[Cosmas Indicopleustes]]

===Early Modern===
* [[Evstratii Delarov]]
* [[Jorge Griego]]
* [[Juan de Fuca]]
* [[Pedro de Candia]]

===Modern===
* [[Panayotis Potagos]]

==Fashion designers==
* Dimitris Parthenis (1944–2018)
* Nikos Apostolopoulos, fashion designer
* [[Sophia Kokosalaki]] (1972–2019), ''haute couture'', women, designer for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jean Dessès]] (1904–1970)
* [[Mary Katrantzou]]

==Fashion models==
* [[Marios Lekkas]]
* [[Anna Rezan]]
* [[Julia Alexandratou]]
* [[Evagelia Aravani]]
* [[Elena Asimakopoulou]]
* [[Marietta Chrousala]]
* [[Isavella Dara]] ([[Miss Europe]] 1997)
* [[Mara Darmousli]] (winner of [[Elite Model]] Look contest 1998)
* [[Valentini Daskaloudi]]
* [[Aliki Diplarakou]] ([[Miss Europe]] 1930) 
[[File:Aliki.jpg|thumb|[[Aliki Diplarakou]], Miss Europe 1930]]
* [[Katerina Georgiadou]]
* [[Jenny Hiloudaki]] (also DJ)
* [[Olympia Hopsonidou]]
* [[Valia Kakouti]]
* [[Katerina Kanonidou]]
* [[Irini Karra]]
* [[Alex Kavadias]]
* [[Vicky Kaya]] 
* [[Demetres Koutsavlakis]]
* [[Olga Kypriotou]]
* [[Christina Lekka]] ([[Miss International]] 1994)
* [[Katia Margaritoglou]]
* [[Katerina Michalopoulou]] ([[Miss Europe]] 1991)
* [[Anna Nanousi]]
* [[Evelina Papantoniou]]
* [[Chrissoula Rodi]]
* [[Panayiotis Simopoulos]]
* [[Irene Skliva]], [[Miss World]] 1996
* [[Maria Spiridaki]]
* [[Katerina Stikoudi]]
* [[Marina Tsintikidou]], [[Miss Europe]] 1992
* [[Doukissa Nomikou]]
* [[Zeta Makrypoulia]]
* [[Corinna Tsopei]], Miss Universe 1964

==Filmmakers==

* [[Theo Angelopoulos]], writer and director (''[[Ulysses' Gaze]]'', ''[[Eternity and a Day]]'')
* [[Michael Cacoyannis]], writer, producer and director (''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba the Greek]]'', ''[[Electra (1962 film)|Electra]]'', ''[[Iphigenia (film)|Iphigenia]]'')
* [[Costa-Gavras|Costa-Gavras (Constantinos Gavras)]], writer, producer and director (''[[Z (1969 film)|Z]]'', ''[[State of Siege]]'', ''[[Missing (1982 film)|Missing]]'')
* [[Elia Kazan]], director in theatre and film (''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]'', ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', ''[[On the Waterfront]]'', ''[[East of Eden (film)|East of Eden]]'', ''[[A Face in the Crowd (film)|A Face in the Crowd]]'')
* [[Nikos Koundouros]]
* [[Thodoros Maragos]]
* [[Nikos Nikolaidis]], writer, producer, and director (''[[Evrydiki BA 2O37]]'', ''[[The Wretches Are Still Singing]]'', ''[[Sweet Bunch]]'', ''[[Morning Patrol]]'', ''[[Singapore Sling (1990 film)|Singapore Sling]]'', ''[[See You in Hell, My Darling]]'', ''[[The Loser Takes It All]]'', ''[[The Zero Years]]'')
* [[Yorgos Lanthimos]], ''[[Alps (film)|Alps]]'', ''[[Dogtooth (film)|Dogtooth]]'', ''[[The Lobster]]''
* [[John Cassavetes]], [[Faces (1968 film)|''Faces'']], ''[[A Woman Under the Influence]]''

==Military and political figures==
[[File:Alexander the Great, from Alexandria, Egypt, 3rd cent. BCE, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (5) (36375553176).jpg|thumb|[[Alexander the Great]], king of the city state of Macedon, tutored and personally mentored by [[Aristotle]], first united the Greek city states, then conquered the [[Persian Empire]] as well as Egypt; named and founded the city of [[Alexandria]]]]

===Ancient period===
* [[Agis III]] (r.338–?331 BCE), Spartan king who rebelled against Macedon in 331 BCE
* [[Alcibiades]] (450–404 BCE), Athenian general and statesman
* [[Alexander the Great]] (356–323 BCE) King of Macedon, and conqueror of the Persian Empire 
* [[Antiochus III the Great]], (c. 241–187 BCE) Seleucid Monarch
* [[Antipater]] (c.390–319 BCE), Macedonian noble and Alexander the Great's regent in Macedon
* [[Aristides]] (530–468 BCE), Athenian statesman
* [[Cimon]] (510–450 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman
* [[Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator]], (c.68–30 BCE) Queen of Egypt, from the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Dynasty [[File:Michelangelo, Cleopatra.jpg|thumb|Michelangelo's rendering of [[Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator]]]]
* [[Demosthenes]] (384–322 BCE), politician and orator
* [[Dionysius I of Syracuse|Dionysius I]] (c.432–367), ruler of the Syracusan empire
* [[Epaminondas]] (c.420–362), Theban general and statesman
* [[Eucratides]], ruler of the Bactrian Greeks
* [[Leonidas I|Leonidas]] (d.480 BCE), Spartan king, killed defending Greece from the Persians [[File:Bust of Leonidas I.jpg|thumb|Bust of [[Leonidas I]], famed king of Sparta who led his troops at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]] against a Persian invasion of the Greek city states, perhaps most famous for having told the Persian King Xerxes his "[[Molon labe]]", or "Come and take them", when ordered to surrender and to give up his weapons once his unit's position had been betrayed and surrounded]]
* [[Lycurgus (Sparta)|Lycurgus]] (9th century BCE), semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver
* [[Lysander]] (d.395), Spartan general and hero during the [[Peloponnesian War]]
* [[Memnon of Rhodes]] (d.333), Greek mercenary general in Persian army under Darius III
* [[Miltiades the Younger|Miltiades]], Athenian statesman and general
* [[Nearchus]], Alexander's naval commander
* [[Peisistratos (Athens)|Peisistratus]], Athenian tyrant
* [[Pericles]] (495–429 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman [[File:Marbles and bronzes; fifty plates from selected subjects in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1914) (14779575844).jpg|thumb|[[Pericles]], ''[[strategos]]'' of the city state of Athens during the [[Peloponnesian War]]]]
* [[Philip II of Macedon]] (382–336 BCE), Macedonian king and father of Alexander the Great
* [[Polycrates]], Samian ruler
* [[Ptolemy I]] (c.356–285), Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded a dynasty in Egypt
* [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]] (c.318–272), invaded Italy, became known for victories of dubious value (Pyrrhic)
* [[Seleucus I]], Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, founded dynasty in Persia
* [[Solon]] (638–558 BCE), Athenian lawmaker and [[archon]]
* [[Themistocles]] (c.514–449 BCE), Athenian statesman and admiral
* [[Xenophon]] (430–c.354 BCE), mercenary general, led and recounted march from Persia
* [[Saint George]] (AD c.275–303), soldier in the Roman army, venerated as a Christian martyr

===Medieval period===
* [[Constantine Lascaris]], promoters of the revival of Greek learning in the [[Italian peninsula]]
* [[Gemistus Pletho]], one of the chief pioneers of the revival of learning in [[Western Europe]]
* [[Manuel Chrysoloras]], one of the pioneers in introducing Greek literature to western Europe
* [[Johannes Bessarion]], bishop and [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]]
* [[Marcus Musurus]], professor of [[Greek language]] at the [[University of Padua]]
* [[Saints Cyril and Methodius|Saint Cyril]], Byzantine monk, developed the [[Glagolitic alphabet]]
* [[Theodora (wife of Justinian I)|Theodora]] (527–548), Byzantine Empress, and wife of Justinian I
* [[Belisarius]]?{{NoteTag|His origin is disputed, but there are estimates that he was either [[Illyrians|Illyrian]],<ref name="Treadgold1997">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC&pg=PA246|title=A history of the Byzantine state and society|last=Treadgold|first=Warren T.|publisher=Stanford University Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-8047-2630-6|page=246|access-date=12 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="Barker1966">{{cite book|last=Barker|first=John W.|title=Justinian and the later Roman Empire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiJljEXvwAoC&pg=PA75 |access-date=28 November 2011|year=1966|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-03944-8|page=75}}</ref><ref>''History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the death of Justinian'' volume 2, by J. B. Bury p. 56</ref><ref>''Count Marcellinus and His Chronicle'' by Brian Croke, p. 75</ref> [[Greeks|Greek]],<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Carey|first1=Brian Todd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7bNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT210|title=Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527–1071|last2=Allfree|first2=Joshua B.|last3=Cairns|first3=John|date=2012|publisher=Casemate Publishers|isbn=978-1-84884-916-7|page=210|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Llw8JSZEXYC|title=War|date=2009|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley Limited]]|isbn=978-1-4053-4778-5|volume=1|location=London|page=62|language=en|chapter=The Rise of Byzantium}}</ref> or [[Thracians|Thracian]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|title=Battles that changed history : an encyclopedia of world conflict|year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif. |isbn=978-1-59884-429-0|page=88|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wHpVn68GCogC&pg=PA88 |edition=1st}}</ref>}} Byzantine commander who served under Justinian I. Reconquered [[Gothic War (535–554)|Italy]] and [[Vandalic War|North Africa]] after the fall of the Western Roman Empire
* [[Heraclius]] (610–641), Byzantine Emperor, won the [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628]]
* [[Irene of Athens|Irene]] (797–802), Byzantine Empress, instrumental in the restoration of icons, later sanctified
* [[Constantine VII]] (913–959), Byzantine Emperor and scholar, born in the [[Palace of the Porphyrogenitus]]
* [[Basil II]] (963–1025), Byzantine Emperor, known as the 'Bulgar-Slayer'
* [[Nikephoros II Phokas]] (963–969), Byzantine Emperor and general
* [[Alexios I Komnenos]] (1048–1118), Byzantine Emperor
* [[Romanos IV Diogenes]] (1068–1071), lost the fateful [[Battle of Manzikert]]
* [[Manuel I Komnenos]] (1143–1180), Byzantine Emperor, was responsible for a distinct revival of Byzantine fortunes until his defeat at Myriokephalon
* [[Michael VIII Palaiologos]] (1259–1261, and 1261–1282), Nicene and Byzantine Emperor, recaptured Constantinople from the Latins
* [[Constantine XI Palaiologos]] (1449–1453), last Byzantine Emperor, died at the fall of Constantinople

===Ottoman Empire period===
* [[Atik Sinan]], architect for [[Mehmed II]] and [[Mustafa III]]
* [[Aruj|Barbarossa]] (1473–1518), famous [[privateer]], older brother of [[Hayreddin Barbarossa|Khair ad Din]]; (Greek mother)
* [[Laskarina Bouboulina]], privateer, naval commander, Greek nationalist fighter
* [[İbrahim Ethem Pasha]], Greek-born [[Grand Vizier]]
* [[Hayreddin Barbarossa|Khair ad Din]] (1475–1546), Greek-born Ottoman Turkish Admiral, also known as Barbarossa; (Greek mother)
* [[Pargalı İbrahim Pasha]], [[Suleyman the Magnificent]]'s first appointed Grand Vizier, who left an important landmark on his reign.
* [[Alexandra Mavrokordatou]] (1605–1683), salonist and intellectual.
* [[Mimar Sinan]], architect for [[Suleiman the Magnificent]]
* [[Kosem Sultan]]
* [[İshak Pasha]], Grand Vizier
* [[Turgut Reis]], Ottoman Admiral
* [[Al-Husayn I ibn Ali]] founder of the [[Husainid Dynasty]] of Tunisia

===Modern period===
====Greece====
* [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]] (1776–1831), first President of the free and unified Greek state, last President of the first Greek republic [[File:Kapodistrias2.jpg|thumb|Ioannis Kapodistrias, first Prime Minister of the modern Greek state]]
* [[Georgios Hatzianestis]] (1863–1922), General
* [[Konstantinos Kanaris]] (c. 1794–1877), freedom fighter, admiral, and [[List of prime ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]]
* [[Constantine I of Greece|Constantine I]] (1868–1923), [[King of Greece]]
* [[Constantine II of Greece|Constantine II]] (1940–2023), [[King of Greece]]
* [[George II of Greece|George II]] (1890–1947), [[King of Greece]]
* [[Paul of Greece|Paul]] (1901–1964), [[King of Greece]]
* [[Nikolaos Gioulekas]], Captain in the [[Greek War of Independence]] of 1821
* [[Konstantinos Karamanlis]] (1907–1998), [[President of Greece]] and four-time prime minister
* [[Kostas Karamanlis]] (born 1956), [[Prime Minister of Greece]] and leader of the New Democracy party – Greek-Macedonian
* [[Dimitris Plapoutas]] (1786–1864), Greek General in the [[Greek War of Independence]] against the rule of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and later a Politician
* [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] (1770–1843), Greek general in the [[Greek War of Independence]] against the rule of the [[Ottoman Empire]] [[File:Kolokotronis statue.jpg|thumb|[[Theodoros Kolokotronis]], leading Greek general in the Greek Revolution for Independence against the [[Ottoman Empire]]]]
* [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]] (1855–1935), admiral, war hero and later [[President of Greece]]
* [[Alexandros Mavrokordatos]]
* [[Pavlos Melas]] (1870–1904), hero of [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia]]
* [[Ioannis Metaxas]] (1871–1941), dictator of Greece before and during the first part of its participation in World War II [[File:Ioannis Metaxas 1937 cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Ioannis Metaxas]] in 1937, Fascist dictator of Greece who refused the invasion of Italian troops, famously responding to [[Benito Mussolini]], "Then it is war".]]
* [[Andreas Papandreou]] (1919–1996), economist, politician, and three-time prime minister
* [[George Andreas Papandreou]] (born 1952), current leader of the PASOK political party and former Foreign Minister of Greece (1999–2004).
* [[Aleka Papariga]] (born 1945), current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) (1991–)
* [[Karolos Papoulias]] (1929–2021), current President of Greece (2005–)
* [[Kostas Simitis]] (born 1936), former prime minister of Greece (1996–2004)
* [[Kostis Stephanopoulos]] (1926–2016), former president of Greece (1995–2005)
* [[Aris Velouchiotis]] (27 August 1905 – 16 June 1945), born Athanasios (Thanasis) Klaras, leader of Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS), the communist segment of Greek guerrilla resistance during World War II
* [[Maria Theofili]] (fl. from 1990s), diplomat, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations
* [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] (1864–1936), Prime Minister of Greece during Balkan Wars and First World War [[File:Eleutherios Venizelos.jpg|thumb|[[Eleutherios Venizelos]], liberal Prime Minister of Greece during the [[Balkan Wars]] and [[World War I]], pushing for a [[Megali Idea]] strategy against the [[Ottoman Empire]] during the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)]]]]
* [[Nikos Zachariadis]] (1903–1973), former Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) (1931–1957)

====Northern Epirus====
* [[Apostol Arsache|Apostolos Arsachis]] (1792–1874) Greek-Vlach politician and philanthropist, born in [[Northern Epirus]]
* [[Pyrros Dimas]] (born 1971) retired weightlifter, considered as one of the greatest of all time, having been three times [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion and three times [[World Weightlifting Championships|World Champion]].
* [[Dimitri Nanopoulos|Dimitris Nanopoulos]] (born 1948), world-renowned [[physicist]], of a [[Northern Epirus|Northern Epirotian]]<ref>[http://www.techpress.gr/index.php/archives/8689 Από τη Βόρειο Ηπειρο στο Σύμπαν]: (in Greek) «Οχι, δεν είμαι Πελοποννήσιος. Γεννήθηκα και μεγάλωσα στην Αθήνα, αλλά είμαι Βορειοηπειρώτης και μάλιστα Βλάχος. Νάκας ήταν το αυθεντικό επώνυμο του παππού μου προτού φύγουμε από την Αλβανία»</ref> descent
* [[Georgios Sinas]] (1783–1856), entrepreneur, banker and national benefactor, founder of the Athens National Observatory
* [[Evangelos Zappas]] (1800–1865), businessman and philanthropist, recognized today as the founder of the modern Greek Olympic Games
* [[Georgios Christakis-Zografos]] (1863–1920), politician, president of the [[Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus]]

====Canada====
* [[John Cannis]]
* [[Jim Karygiannis]]

====France====
* [[Marietta Karamanli]], (MP) Socialist Party

====Romania====
* [[Iannis Pharmakis]] (died 1821), revolutionary fighter
* [[Cantacuzene]] family, governors of Bessarabia and Walachia (1678–1688)

====Spain====
* [[Queen Sofía of Spain]] (born 1938), wife of Spain's king [[Juan Carlos of Spain|Juan Carlos]]

====United Kingdom====
* [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] (1921–2021), husband of UK's queen [[Elizabeth II]], born on the island of Corfu

====Australia====
* [[Petro Georgiou]], federal politician
* [[Maria Vamvakinou]], politician

====United States====
* [[George Christopher (mayor)|George Christopher]], Mayor of San Francisco, California from 1956 to 1964
* [[Arianna Huffington]] (née Arianna Stassinopoulos), liberal pundit and blogger

==Musicians==
{{see also|List of Greek composers|List of Greek musical artists}}

===Ancient period===
* [[Alypius (music writer)|Alypius]], composer
* [[Terpander]], poet and kitharode

===Modern period===
* [[Rita Abatzi]], musician
* [[Maurice Abravanel]], conductor
* [[Haris Alexiou]], singer
* [[Louis Demetrius Alvanis]] (born 1960), pianist
* [[Costas Andreou]], composer and musician
* [[Steve Angello]], DJ, producer, member of [[Swedish House Mafia]]
* [[Theodore Antoniou]], composer and conductor
* [[Grigoris Asikis]], singer and lyricist
* [[Nikolas Asimos]], singer and composer
* [[Nicolas Astrinidis]], Romanian-born composer who settled in Thessaloniki 
* [[Gina Bachauer]], pianist
* [[Yiorgos Batis]], musician
* [[Grigoris Bithikotsis]], popular singer and lyricist
* [[Miltiades Caridis]], conductor
* [[Pavlos Carrer]], composer
* [[Petros Christo]], guitarist
* [[Nikos Christodoulou]], composer and conductor
* [[Jani Christou]], composer
* [[Christos Dantis]], singer and musician
* [[Dionysios Demetis]], composer
* [[Odysseas Dimitriadis]] (1908–2005), conductor
* [[Marina Diamandis]], singer for Marina and the Diamonds
* [[Dimitris Dragatakis]], composer
* [[Antiochos Evangelatos]], composer and conductor
* [[Kostas Exarhakis]], musician
* [[Maria Farantouri]] (born 1947), singer
* [[Yorgos Foudoulis]] (born 1964), guitarist and composer
* [[Eleni Foureira]] (born 1987), singer
* [[Gus G]], guitarist
* [[Katy Garbi]], singer
* [[Michalis Genitsaris]], singer and composer
* [[Christos Govetas]], musician
* [[Manos Hadjidakis]] (1925–1994), composer
* [[Alkinoos Ioannidis]], singer and composer
* [[Sotiris Kakisis]], poet
* [[George Kallis]], composer
* [[Manolis Kalomiris]] (1883–1962), composer
* [[Iakovos Kambanelis]], poet and lyricist
* [[Alex Kapranos]], frontman of the Scottish rock band [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]
[[File:Duffle coat (cropped).jpg|thumb|Franz Ferdinand vocalist and guitarist [[Alex Kapranos]]]]
* [[Eleni Karaindrou]], composer
* [[Herbert von Karajan]] (Herbert Karajannis) (1908–1989), Austrian conductor of Greek origin
* [[Nikos Karvelas]], composer
* [[Antonios Katinaris]], musician
* [[Bob Katsionis]], musician
* [[Akis Katsoupakis]] (born 1972), musician, composer, and record producer
* [[Leonidas Kavakos]] (born 1967), violinist
* [[Stelios Kazantzidis]], singer
* [[Areti Ketime]], musician
* [[Panayiotis Kokoras]], musician and composer
* [[Iakovos Kolanian]], guitarist
* [[George_Kollias_(drummer)|George Kollias]], drummer
* [[Maria Kolokouri]], black metal vocalist and multi-instrumentalist
* [[Yannis Kotsiras]], singer and songwriter
* [[Stavros Koujioumtzis]] (1932–2005), composer and lyricist
* [[Rena Kyriakou]], pianist
* [[Andreas Lagios]], guitarist
* [[Alexandre Lagoya]], guitarist
* [[Leo Leandros]], musician and composer
* [[Tommy Lee]], drummer (American of Greek ancestry)
[[File:Mötley Crüe Tommy Lee.jpg|thumb|Mötley Crüe drummer [[Tommy Lee]]]]
* [[Manos Loizos]] (1937–1982), composer
* [[Sokratis Malamas]], singer and musician
* [[Nikolaos Mantzaros]], composer
* [[Giannis Markopoulos]], composer
* [[Kostas Martakis]], singer
* [[Marinella]], singer-songwriter
[[File:Marinella in 2006.jpg|thumb|[[Marinella]] in 2006, classical Greek singer and songwriter]]
* [[Thanos Mikroutsikos]], composer
* [[Dimitri Minakakis]], former singer for [[mathcore]] band [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]]
* [[Dimitris Mitropanos]], [[laïkó]] singer
* [[Dimitris Mitropoulos]], conductor<ref>[http://www.vasiltole.com/English/Eumenides-EN.html] "Greek conductor and composer"</ref>
* [[Kostas Mountakis]], musician
* [[Takis Mousafiris]], composer and songwriter
* [[Georges Moustaki]], Greek-French singer and lyricist
* [[Sarah P.]], musician, lyricist, singer
* [[Orianthi Panagaris]], singer
* [[Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou]] (George Michael), singer-songwriter (English of Greek ancestry)
* [[Tzimis Panousis]], musician
* [[Lefteris Papadimitriou]], composer and performer
* [[Lefteris Papadopoulos]], poet and lyricist
* [[Thanassis Papakonstantinou]], singer and lyricist
* [[Helena Paparizou]], singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 [[File:Elena Paparizou 2013-07-10 001.jpg|thumb|[[Helena Paparizou]] in 2013, [[Eurovision]] winner of 2005]]
* [[Apostolos Paraskevas]], composer and classical guitarist
* [[Stelios Perpiniadis]], musician
* [[Yannis Philippakis]], frontman of British rock band [[Foals (band)|Foals]]
* [[Phoebus (songwriter)|Phivos]], lyricist
* [[Sadahzinia]], musician
* [[Sakis Rouvas]], singer and guitarist
* [[Spyros Samaras]], composer
* [[Kalomira Sarantis]], singer-songwriter, winner of second ''Fame Story'' season, third place at Eurovision Song Contest 2008
* [[Dionysis Savvopoulos]], singer, composer and lyricist
* [[Kyriakos Sfetsas]], composer
* [[Dimitris Sgouros]], pianist
* [[Pavlos Sidiropoulos]], musician
* [[Nikos Skalkottas]], composer
* [[Kostas Skarvelis]], composer
* [[Camille-Marie Stamaty]], Greek-French composer-pianist
* [[Paschalis Terzis]], singer
* [[Mikis Theodorakis]] (1925–2021),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mikistheodorakis.gr/el/news/?nid=5484|title = Μίκης Θεοδωράκης}}</ref> composer
* [[Sonia Theodoridou]], opera singer
* [[Giorgos Theofanous]], composer
* [[Marios Tokas]], composer of [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] origin
* [[Sakis Tolis]], musician
* [[Michalis Travlos]], composer
* [[Tatiana Troyanos]], mezzo-soprano<ref>[http://members.aol.com/OJTMultimedia/TatianaTroyanosChronology.html] "This website is dedicated to preserving the musical memory of the late, great, Tatiana Troyanos, Greek-American Mezzo-Soprano"</ref>
* [[Eleni Tsaligopoulou]] (born 1963), singer
* [[Iovan Tsaous]], musician and composer
* [[Vassilis Tsitsanis]], popular composer
* [[Markos Vamvakaris]], popular composer of [[rebetiko]]
* [[Despina Vandi]], singer
* [[Vangelis]] (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou) (1943–2022), musician and composer
* [[Anna Rezan]], performer and lyricist
* [[Marios Varvoglis]], composer
* [[Anna Vissi]], singer
* [[Haris Xanthoudakis]], composer
* [[Stavros Xarhakos]], composer and MEP
* [[Iannis Xenakis]] (1922–2001), composer
* [[Nikos Xilouris]], singer and composer
* [[Nikos Xydakis (musician)|Nikos Xydakis]], pianist and singer
* [[Spyridon Xyndas]], composer and guitarist
* [[Mirka Yemendzakis]], musician
* [[Yanni]] (born 1954), composer, pianist, keyboardist
[[File:YanniPressPhoto.jpg|thumb|[[Yanni]], Kalamata native world-famous Greek composer, pianist and keyboardist]]
* [[Savvas Ysatis]], musician
* [[George Zervanos]] (1930–2006), operatic tenor

==Painters==
===Ancient period===
* [[Apelles]]
* [[Aetion]] (4th century BCE)
* [[Berlin Painter]]
* [[Euphronius]]
* [[Exekias]]
* [[Parrhasius (painter)|Parrhasius]]
* [[Polygnotus]]
* [[Zeuxis (painter)|Zeuxis]]

===Renaissance===
* [[El Greco]] (1541–1614), born Domenicos Theotokopoulos [[File:El Greco - Portrait of a Man - WGA10554.jpg|thumb|[[El Greco]]: ''Portrait of a Man'' (presumed self-portrait, c. 1595–1600)]]
* [[Antonio Vassilacchi]]

===Modern period===
* [[Theophilos Hatzimihail]] (19th century)
* [[Demetrios Galanis]] (19th century)
* [[Nicholaos Gysis]] (19th century)
* [[Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas]] (20th century)
* [[Christos Kapralos]]
* [[Nikiphoros Lytras]] (19th century)
* [[Nikos Nikolaou]] (20th century)
* [[Konstantinos Parthenis]] (20th century)
* [[Yannis Tsarouchis]] (20th century)
* [[Odysseus Yakoumakis]] (21st century)
* [[Spyros Vassiliou]] (20th century)

==Philosophers==
[[File:Aristotle Altemps Inv8575.jpg|thumb|Bust of [[Aristotle]], the most influential and cited philosopher in history, student of [[Plato]] and teacher and tutor of [[Alexander the Great]]]]
[[File:Plato-raphael.jpg|thumb|[[Plato]], as painted by Michelangelo, whose [[Republic (Plato)|''The Republic'']] and other works on morality and politics are listed as some of the most influential works in philosophy]]

===Ancient period===
* [[Anaxarchus]] of [[Abdera, Thrace|Abdera]] ({{circa|380–320 BCE}})
* [[Anaximander]] (c. 610–546 BCE)
* [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] (c. 585–528 BCE)
* [[Archimedes]] (c. 287–212 BCE)
* [[Aristotle]] (384–322 BCE)
* [[Athenagoras of Athens]] (c. 133–190), early Christian apologist
* [[Celsus]] (second century CE)
* [[Democritus]] (c. 460–370 BCE)
* [[Diogenes of Sinope]] (412–323 BCE)
* [[Empedocles]] (490–430 BCE)
* [[Epictetus]] (55–c. 135 CE)
* [[Epicurus]] (341–270 BCE)
* [[Epimenides]] (seventh or sixth century BCE), semi-mythical Greek seer
* [[Eratosthenes]] (c. 276–195 BCE), mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist
* [[Gregory of Nazianzus]] (c. 329 – 25 January 390)
* [[Gregory of Nyssa]] (c. 335–395)
* [[Hecataeus of Abdera]] (fourth century BCE)
* [[Heraclitus]] (c. 535–475 BCE)
* [[Hypatia of Alexandria]] (c. 360–415 CE)
* [[Irenaeus]] (c. 140–202 CE)
* [[Leucippus]] (fifth century BCE)
* [[Parmenides]] (late sixth or early fifth century BCE)
* [[Pherecydes of Syros]] (sixth century BCE)
* [[Plato]] (c. 427–347 BCE)
* [[Plotinus]] (c. 205–270 CE)
* [[Protagoras]] (c. 490–420 BCE)
* [[Pyrrho]] (c. 360 – c. 270 BC), founder of [[Pyrrhonism]]
* [[Pythagoras]] (582–496 BCE)
* [[Sextus Empiricus]] (c. 160 – c. 210 CE)
* [[Socrates]] (470–399 BCE) [[File:Socrates HEAD.jpg|thumb|[[Socrates]], teacher of [[Plato]], [[Xenophon]], [[Antisthenes]], and [[Aristippus]]]]
* [[Thales|Thales of Miletus]] (c. 624–547 BCE)
* [[Theagenes of Patras]] (fl. c. 160 CE)
* [[Theophrastus]] (c. 371–287 BCE)
* [[Xenophanes]] (c. 570–475 BCE)
* [[Zeno of Citium]] (333–264 BCE)
* [[Zeno of Elea]] (c. 495–430 BC)

===Medieval period===
* [[Plethon]] (c. 1355–1452)
* [[Michael Psellos]] (c. 1018–1078 or 1096)

===Modern period===
* [[Kostas Axelos]] (1924–2010)
* [[Cornelius Castoriadis]] (1922–1997)
* [[Takis Fotopoulos]] (born 1940)
* [[Anthimos Gazis]] (1758–1828)
* [[Nikos Kazantzakis]] (1883–1957)
* [[Adamantios Korais]] (1748–1833)
* [[Helle Lambridis]] (1896–1970)
* [[Michail Papageorgiou]] (1727–1796)
* [[Nicos Poulantzas]] (1936–1979)
* [[Ioannis Theodorakopoulos]] (1900–1981)
* [[Christos Yannaras]] (1935–2024)

==Scientists, engineers, and academics==
===Ancient period===
* [[Anaximander]]
* [[Apollonius of Perga]]
* [[Archimedes]]
[[File:Archimede Luis Figuier.jpg|thumb|[[Archimedes]], ancient influential inventor and scientist who spearheaded insights into mathematical calculus]]
* [[Archytas]]
* [[Aristarchos of Samos]]
* [[Aristotle]]
* [[Autolycus of Pitane]]
* [[Ctesibius]]
* [[Diophantus]]
* [[Echephyllides]], Ancient Greek grammarian or historian<ref>{{SmithDGRBM|author=LS|article=Echephyllides|volume=2|page=2}}</ref>
* [[Eratosthenes]]
* [[Euclid]]
[[File:Euclide?s.jpg|thumb|[[Euclid]], mathematician and inventor, famous still today for his [[Euclid's Elements|''Elements'']]]]
* [[Eudoxus of Cnidus]]
* [[Eupalinos]]
* [[Galen]]
* [[Heron of Alexandria]]
* [[Herophilos]]
* [[Hipparchos]]
* [[Hippocrates]]
* [[Meton of Athens]]
* [[Parmenides]]
* [[Posidonios]]
* [[Ptolemy]]
* [[Pythagoras of Samos]]
* [[Sostratus of Cnidus]]
* [[Strabo]]
* [[Thales of Miletus]]
* [[Theon of Smyrna|Theon]]
* [[Theopompus]]

===Medieval period===
* [[Anthemius of Tralles]], involved in the construction of the Haghia Sophia
* [[Isidore of Miletus]], 6th-century polymath, principally in charge of design and construction of the Haghia Sophia
* [[Paul of Aegina]], 7th-century physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia ''[[Medical Compendium in Seven Books]]''
* [[Leo the Mathematician|Leon the Mathematician]], 9th-century geometer, subject of a bidding war between the Byzantine Emperor and Caliph [[al-Mamun]]
* [[Callinicus of Heliopolis]], engineer and inventor of [[Greek fire]]

===Modern period===
* [[Manolis Andronikos]], archaeologist
* [[Helene Ahrweiler]], byzantinologist
* [[Chris Argyris]], organisational theorist
* [[Ioannis Argyris]], mathematician, [[Finite Element Method]]
* [[Phaedon Avouris]], nanotechnologist
* [[Costas Axelos|Konstantinos Axelos]], 1960s [[Situationist International|Situationist]]
* [[Apostolos Athanassakis]], classicist
* [[Constantin Carathéodory]], mathematician
[[File:Caratheodory constantin.jpg|thumb|[[Constantin Carathéodory]], acclaimed mathematician and scientist, mentor and teacher to [[Albert Einstein]]]]
* [[Demetrios Christodoulou]], mathematical physicist
* [[George P. Chrousos]], clinical investigator in pediatrics
* [[George Constantinides]], economist
* [[Constantinos Daskalakis]], computer scientist
* [[Michael L. Dertouzos]], former Director of the M.I.T. [[Laboratory for Computer Science]]
* [[Helen Fessas-Emmanouil]], architect
* [[Athanassios S. Fokas]], mathematician, [[integrability conditions for differential systems|integrable]] [[Nonlinear system|nonlinear]] [[partial differential equations]]
* [[Dimitrios Galanos]], [[Sanskrit]] translator and [[Indology|Indologist]]
* [[John Iliopoulos]], physicist
* [[Fotis Kafatos]], biologist and founding president of the [[European Research Council]]
* [[Anthony Kaldellis]], historian
* [[Jannis Kallinikos]], organisational theorist
* [[Dimitri Kitsikis]], historian and political scientist, Turkologist, Sinologist, poet
* [[Andreas Mandelis]], [[photonics]] expert
* [[Spyridon Marinatos]], archaeologist
* [[Doula Mouriki]], Byzantine art historian
* [[Dimitri Nanopoulos|Dimitrios Nanopoulos]], astrophysicist
* [[Nicholas Negroponte]], [[Greek-American]] founder and Chairman Emeritus of [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]'s [[MIT Media Lab|Media Lab]]
* [[Christos Papadimitriou]], computer scientist
* [[Irena Papadopoulos]], author and professor of transcultural nursing
* [[Christos Papakyriakopoulos]], mathematician
* [[Georgios Papanikolaou]], doctor, [[Pap smear]] inventor
[[File:Gnpapanikolaou.jpg|thumb|[[Georgios Papanikolaou]], scientist and inventor; developed the [[pap test]], named after him, in order to treat and prevent ovarian cancer]]
* [[John S. Paraskevopoulos]], astronomer
* [[Nicholas A. Peppas]], chaired professor in [[Engineering]], [[University of Texas at Austin]]
* [[Sotirios Prapas]], cardiac surgeon
* [[Raphael Salem]], mathematician
* [[Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos|Linos-Alexander Sicilianos]], jurist
* [[Joseph Sifakis]], computer scientist
* [[Catharine Titi]], jurist
* [[Vladimir Triandafillov|Vladimir Triandafillov (Triantafyllidis)]], military strategist
* [[Haridimos Tsoukas]], organisational theorist
* [[George Vithoulkas]], teacher of [[homeopathic]] medicine
* [[Panayiotis Zavos]], geneticist
* [[Xenophon Zolotas]], economist

==Sculptors==
===Ancient period===
* [[Agesander of Rhodes|Agesandros]], [[Athanadoros]] and [[Polidoros]], composed the [[Laocoön group]]
* [[Agasias, son of Dositheus|Agasias]]
* [[Callicrates]], relief artist, worked on the Parthenon under the direction of Pheidias
* [[Lysippus]]
* [[Myron]]
* [[Phidias]], sculptor of the colossal statue of [[Zeus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World|Seven Wonders of the World]] [[File:The Sculptor Phidias-Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.jpg|thumb|The Sculptor [[Phidias]] best known for his sculptures of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]] masterpieces for the [[Temple of Zeus, Olympia|Temple of Zeus]]]]
* [[Polyclitus (sculptor)|Polyclitus]]
* [[Polyeuctes]]
* [[Pheidias]]
* [[Praxiteles]]
* [[Scopas]]

===Modern period===
* [[Constantine Andreou]] (20th century)
* [[Jannis Kounellis]]
* [[Kyveli Makri]]
* [[Memos Makris]]
* [[Thodoros Papadimitriou]]
* [[Nikolaos Pavlopoulos]]
* [[Panayiotis Vassilakis]]
* [[Electros Vekris]]
* [[Lydia Venieri]]
* [[Constantin Xenakis]]
* [[Panayiotis Vassilakis|Takis]]

==Tycoons==
* [[Socratis Kokkalis]], telecommunications
* [[Paris Latsis]], shipping
* [[Yiannis Latsis]], shipping
* [[George Livanos]], shipping
* [[Stavros Niarchos]], shipping
* [[Aristotle Onassis]], shipping
[[File:Onassis-1932.jpg|thumb|[[Aristotle Onassis]] in 1932, who later would create one of the largest shipping conglomerates of his day; married American first lady and widow [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]]]]
* [[John Paul Papanicolaou]], shipping

==Writers==
===Ancient period===
* [[Aeschylus]]
* [[Aesop]]
[[File:Aesop pushkin03.jpg|thumb|[[Aesop]], accredited with the [[Aesop's Fables|''Fables'']]]]
* [[Alcaeus (comic poet)|Alcaeus]]
* [[Alcman]]
* [[Alexander Aetolus]]
* [[Anacreon]]
* [[Apollodorus of Athens|Apollodorus]]
* [[Apollonius Rhodius]]
* [[Aristarchus of Samothrace]]
* [[Aristophanes]]
* [[Aristophanes of Byzantium]]
* [[Callimachus]]
* [[Cassius Dio]]
* [[Dionysius Thrax]]
* [[Euripides]]
* [[Eusebius of Caesarea]]
* [[Hecataeus of Miletus]]
* [[Hecataeus of Abdera]]
* [[Hesiod]]
* [[Homer]]
[[File:Bust Homer BM 1825.jpg|thumb|Bust of [[Homer]], composer and writer of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]'', the oldest poetry of Western civilization]]
* [[Lycophron]]
* [[Lysias]]
* [[Longus]]
* [[Marcus Annaeus Lucanus]], frequently called Lucan
* [[Menander]]
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]]
* [[Philitas of Cos]]
* [[Pindar]]
* [[Plutarch]]
* [[Polybius]]
* [[Polycarp]]
* [[Sappho]]
* [[Sophocles]]
[[File:Sophocles pushkin.jpg|thumb|Bust of [[Sophocles]], writer of ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'', one of the three most recomposed Greek playwrights of antiquity alongside [[Euripides]] and [[Aeschylus]]]]
* [[Theocritus]]
* [[Thucydides]]
* [[Zenodotus]]

===Medieval period===
* [[Anna Comnena]]
* [[Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus]]
* [[Isaac of Nineveh]]
* [[John of Damascus]]
* [[Michael Psellos]]
* [[Procopius]]
* [[Zozimus]]

===Modern period===
* [[Aris Alexandrou]]
* [[Manolis Anagnostakis]]
* [[Iason Athanasiadis]]
* [[Constantine P. Cavafy]]
* [[Athanasios Christopoulos]]
* [[Kiki Dimoula]]
* [[Maro Douka]]
* [[Odysseus Elytis]], winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature
[[File:Odysseas Elytis 1974.jpg|thumb|[[Odysseus Elytis]] in 1974, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature]]
* [[Andreas Embirikos]]
* [[Nikos Engonopoulos]]
* [[Jeffrey Eugenides]]<ref>"Eugenides is himself Greek-American, Detroit-born, suburb-raised – all sources of inspiration for his second novel." [https://web.archive.org/web/20030623231715/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june03/eugenides_06-17.html]</ref>
* [[Michalis Fakinos]]
* [[Rigas Feraios]]
* [[Nikos Gatsos]]
* [[Kostis Gimossoulis]]
* [[Demetris Th. Gotsis]]
* [[Sotiris Kakisis]]
* [[Andreas Kalvos]]
* [[Iakovos Kambanelis]]
* [[M. Karagatsis]]
* [[Nikos Karouzos]]
* [[Kostas Karyotakis]]
* [[Nikos Kavvadias]]
* [[Nikos Kazantzakis]]
* [[Antigone Kefala]]
* [[Yannis Kondos]]
* [[Menis Koumantareas]]
* [[Napoleon Lapathiotis]]
* [[Christoforos Liontakis]]
* [[Dimitris Lyacos]]
* [[Jenny Mastoraki]]
* [[Stratis Myrivilis]]
* [[Kostis Palamas]]
* [[Alexandros Panagoulis]]
* [[Alexandros Papadiamantis]]
* [[George Pavlopoulos]]
* [[George Pelecanos]]
* [[Maria Polydouri]]
* [[Lefteris Poulios]]
* [[Ioannis Psycharis]]
* [[Yannis Ritsos]]
* [[Miltos Sachtouris]]
* [[David Sedaris]]
[[File:David Sedaris (June 2008).jpg|thumb|Greek-American author [[David Sedaris]] in June 2008, author best known for his ''[[When You Are Engulfed in Flames]]'']]
* [[Giorgos Seferis]], poet and Nobel laureate
[[File:George Seferis.JPG|thumb|[[George Seferis]], winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature]]
* [[Angelos Sikelianos]]
* [[Takis Sinopoulos]]
* [[Giannis Skarimpas]]
* [[Dionysios Solomos]]
* [[Alexandros Soutsos]]
* [[Alexis Stamatis]]
* [[Theodore Stephanides]]
* [[Vassilis Steriadis]]
* [[George Tsimbidaros-Fteris]]
* [[Nanos Valaoritis]]
* [[Kostas Varnalis]]
* [[Vassilis Vassilikos]]
* [[Haris Vlavianos]]

==General==
* [[Manolis Andronikos]] (1919–1992), archaeologist, discovered the [[Macedon]]ian tombs in [[Vergina]]
* [[Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki]], President of organising committee for [[Athens 2004 Olympic Games]]
* [[Marie Aspioti]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|M.B.E]], distinguished Corfiote magazine publisher and cultural figure who influenced the literary and cultural life of post-war Corfu
* [[Patriarch Athenagoras]], former Patriarch of Constantinople
* [[Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople]], Greek-Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch
* [[George Bizos]], Greek-South African human rights advocate
* [[Moisis Michail Bourlas]], member of World War II Greek resistance
* [[Maria Callas]], soprano
* [[Cornelius Castoriadis]], economist and philosopher
* [[Zoe Cruz]], co-president of [[Morgan Stanley]]
* [[Michael Dertouzos]], internet pioneer
* [[Odysseas Elytis]], poet and Nobel prize winner
* [[Mario Frangoulis]], opera singer
* [[Ioanna-Maria Gertsou]] (born 1979), activist
* [[Manolis Glezos]], World War II veteran, grassroots democracy activist and politician
* [[Nikos Hadjinikolaou]] (born 1962), television news anchor and journalist
* [[Iakovos, Archbishop of America]] (died 2005), late primate of the Greek-Orthodox Archdiocese of America
* [[Hipparchus (son of Peisistratos)|Hipparch]]
* [[Hipparchus]]
* [[Sir Alec Issigonis]], British-Greek creator of the [[Mini]] car
* [[Eleni Konsolaki]], archaeologist who researched [[Methana]] and the [[Troezen]] area in 1990
* [[Vissarion Korkoliacos]] (1908–1991), Greek Orthodox monk
* [[Polyvios Kossivas]], bystander who became famous in the [[2004 Olympic Games]] for helping a runner
* [[Makarios III]], Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus
* [[Spyridon Marinatos]], archaeologist
* [[Melina Mercouri]], actress, singer and politician
* [[Lefteris Papadopoulos]] (born 1935), lyricist and journalist
* [[Dimitris Varos]], poet and journalist
* [[Dimitris Papaioannou]], director and choreographer, creator of the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] ceremonies
* [[Peisistratos]]
* [[Saint Philomena]], patron saint of the children of Mary and Catholic saint and martyr
* [[Nicos Poulantzas|Nicos Poulantsas]], political theorist
* [[Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos]] (also known as Criss Angel), world-famous magician and illusionist that created ''[[Mindfreak]]''
* [[Athanasios Sakellarios]], educator, scholar and folklorist
* [[George Sava]], entertainment lawyer
* [[Angelos Sikelianos]], poet
* [[Spyros Skouras]], Greek-American movie mogul, president of [[20th Century Fox]]
* [[Alex Spanos]], Greek-American magnate
* [[Iannis Xenakis]], modernist composer
* [[Adamantios Vassilakis]], diplomat

==List of Greeks who were born outside modern Greece==
This is a list of [[ethnic Greeks]] who were born after the Declaration of the [[Greek War of Independence]] (1821), outside the borders of the [[Greece|Greek state]]. The list does not include Greeks born in the [[Greek diaspora|diasporan communities]] or [[Greek Cypriots|Greeks of Cyprus]] (after its independence in 1960), but only Greeks born in the traditional Greek homelands (the [[Balkans]], [[Anatolia]] and the [[East Mediterranean|Eastern Mediterranean]] shores).

===Actors/actresses===
* [[Cybele (actress)|Cybele]] (1887–1978): [[Smyrna]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Manos Katrakis]] (1908–1984): [[Crete]], [[File:Flag of Cretan State.svg|22px|border]] then an [[Cretan State|autonomous province]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Alexis Minotis]] (1898–1990): [[Chania]], [[Crete]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Sotiris Moustakas]] (1940–2007): [[Limassol]], [[Cyprus]], {{flagicon image|Flag of Cyprus (1922–1960).svg}} then part of the [[British Empire]]
* [[Sapfo Notara]] (1907–1985): [[Cretan State|Crete]], [[File:Flag of Cretan State.svg|22px|border]] then an [[Cretan State|autonomous province]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Nikos Stavridis]] (1910–1987): [[Samos]], [[Principality of Samos]], then an autonomous principality under Ottoman suzerainty

===Athletes===

* [[Pyrros Dimas]] (1971–): [[Himara]], {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Albania]]
* [[Leonidas Sampanis]] (1971–): [[Korytsa]], {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Albania]]
* [[Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete)|Apostolos Nikolaidis]] (1896–1980): [[Plovdiv]], {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Bulgaria]]

===Clerics===
* [[Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens]] (1881–1949): [[Gratini]], [[Thrace]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Archbishop Spyridon of Athens]] (1873–1956): Chili, {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople]] (1834–1912): [[Constantinople]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Ecumenical Patriarch Maximus V of Constantinople]] (1897–1972): [[Sinop, Turkey|Sinope]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople]] (1886–1972): Vasilikón, [[Ioannina]], [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Archbishop Iakovos of America]] (1911–2005): [[Imbros]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Makarios III]] (1913–1977): [[Panagia, Paphos]], [[Cyprus]], {{flagicon image|Flag of Cyprus (1922–1960).svg}} then part of the [[British Empire]]
* [[Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrius I of Constantinople]] (1914–1991): [[Constantinople]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople]] (1940–): [[Imbros]], {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]]

===Entrepreneurs===
* [[John D. Chandris]] (1890–1942): [[Chios]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Aristotle Onassis]] (1906–1975): [[Smyrna]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Basil Zaharoff]] (1849–1936): [[Muğla]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]

===Fashion designers===
* [[Bulgari|Sotirios Boulgaris]] (1857–1932): [[Paramythia]], [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]

===Filmmakers===
* [[Elia Kazan]] (1909–2003): [[Constantinople]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Michael Cacoyannis]] (1922–2011): [[Limassol]], [[Cyprus]], {{flagicon image|Flag of Cyprus (1922–1960).svg}} then part of the [[British Empire]]

===Military and political leaders===
* [[Stephanos Skouloudis]] (1838–1928): [[Constantinople]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]; [[Prime Minister of Greece]]
* [[Georgios Theotokis]] (1844–1916): [[Corfu]], {{flagicon image|Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands.svg}} [[United States of the Ionian Islands]] then part of the [[British Empire]]; Prime Minister of Greece
* [[Spyridon Lambros]] (1851–1919): [[Corfu]], {{flagicon image|Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands.svg}} United States of the Ionian Islands then part of the [[British Empire]]; Prime Minister of Greece
* [[Themistoklis Sophoulis]] (1860–1949): [[Vathy, Samos]], [[File:Bandera de Samos.svg|22px]] then an autonomous principality under [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] suzerainty; Prime Minister of Greece
* [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] (1864–1936): [[Mournies]], [[Chania]], Crete, {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]; Prime Minister of Greece
* [[Emmanouil Tsouderos]] (1882–1956): [[Rethymno]], [[Crete]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]; Prime Minister of Greece
* [[Konstantinos Tsaldaris]] (1884–1970): [[Alexandria]], [[File:Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg|22px]] [[Khedivate of Egypt]], Prime Minister of Greece
* [[Alexandros Svolos]] (1892–1956): [[Krusevo]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]], Prime Minister of Greece
* [[Sophoklis Venizelos]] (1894–1964): [[Chania]], Crete, {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]; Prime Minister of Greece
* [[Evripidis Bakirtzis]] (1895–1947): [[Kozani]], [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]]; {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]; leader of the [[Political Committee of National Liberation]] during [[World War II]]
* [[Konstantinos Karamanlis]] (1907–1998): [[Proti, Serres]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]; Prime Minister and then [[President of Greece]]

===Musicians===
* [[Manolis Kalomiris]] (1883–1962): [[Smyrna]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Rita Abatzi]] (1914–1969): [[Smyrna]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Marios Tokas]] (1954–2008): [[Limassol]], [[Cyprus]], {{flagicon image|Flag of Cyprus (1922–1960).svg}} then part of the [[British Empire]]

===Painters===
* [[Theophilos Hatzimihail]] (1870–1934): Vareia, [[Lesbos]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]

===Philosophers===
* [[Cornelius Castoriadis]] (1922–1997): [[Constantinople]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]

===Scientists and engineers===
* [[Manolis Andronikos]] (1919–1992): [[Bursa|Prousa]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Panayiotis Zavos]] (1944–): [[Tricomo, Cyprus|Tricomo]], {{flagicon image|Flag of Cyprus (1922–1960).svg}} [[Cyprus]] then part of the [[British Empire]]

===Sculptors===
* [[Pavlos Prosalentis]] (1784–1837): [[Corfu]], {{flagicon|Republic of Venice}} [[Republic of Venice]]
* [[Konstantinos Dimitriadis]] (1879 or 1881–1943): [[Asenovgrad|Stenimachos]], [[Eastern Rumelia]]
* [[Costas Valsamis]] (1908–2003): [[Symi]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Dimitra Tserkezou]] (1920–2007): [[Constantinople]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]

===Singers===
* [[Alkistis Protopsalti]] (1954–): [[Alexandria]], {{flagicon|Egypt|1922}} [[Egypt]]
* [[Anna Vissi]] (1957–): [[Larnaca]], {{flagicon image|Flag of Cyprus (1922–1960).svg}} [[Cyprus]] then part of the [[British Empire]]
* [[Elena Paparizou]] (1982–): [[Borås]], Sweden

===Tycoons===
* [[Aristotle Onassis]] (1906–1975): [[Smyrna]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]

===Writers===
* [[Constantine P. Cavafy]] (1863–1933): [[Alexandria]], [[File:Flag of Egypt (1844-1867).svg|22px]] [[Egypt Province, Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Egypt]]
* [[Nikos Kazantzakis]] (1883–1957): [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Giorgos Seferis]] (1900–1971): [[Urla, İzmir|Urla]], [[Smyrna]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
* [[Odysseas Elytis]] (1911–1996): [[Crete]], [[File:Flag of Cretan State.svg|22px|border]] then an [[Cretan State|autonomous province]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]]

===General===
* [[Sir Alec Issigonis]] (1906–1988): [[Smyrna]], {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} [[Ottoman Empire]]

==See also==
* [[Great Greeks]]
* [[List of South-East European Jews]]
* [[List of ancient Greeks]]
* [[List of Greek Americans]] 
* [[List of Greek Britons]]
* [[Greek Canadians|List of Greek Canadians]]
* [[Greek Australian|List of Greek Australians]] 
* [[List of Greek Armenians]]
* [[List of people by nationality]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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