List of people from Greece

This is a list of notable Greeks.

Actors/actresses

Ancient period

Adventurers

Athletes & sports figures

Ancient period

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.

Modern period

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, 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
  • Michalis Konstantinou, football player
  • Dimitrious Konstantopolous, football player
  • Georgios Korakakis, football player
  • Prodromos Korkizoglou, decathlete
  • Anastasia Kostaki, basketball player
  • Nikos Kostakis, football player
  • 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 ultramarathoner
  • 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 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, football and volleyball player
  • Demis Nikolaidis, football player
  • 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, 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
  • 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
Leonidas Pyrgos, first modern Olympic gold medalist in fencing
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
    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
Theodoros Zagorakis, Greece national football team captain during Greece's UEFA Euro 2004 victory

Clerics

Medieval period

Modern period

  • Jacob Palaeologus (c. 1520–1585), Dominican friar, later antitrinitarian theologian; (Greek father)

See also:

Entrepreneurs

Explorers

Ancient period

Medieval period

Early Modern

Modern

  • Panayotis Potagos

Fashion designers

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)
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

Military and political figures

Alexander the Great, king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, tutored and personally mentored by Aristotle, leader of the Hellenic League, he conquered the Persian Empire, 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
    Michelangelo's rendering of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator
  • Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), politician and orator
  • 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 (d.480 BCE), Spartan king, killed defending Greece from the Persians
    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 (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, Athenian statesman and general
  • Nearchus, Alexander's naval commander
  • Peisistratus, Athenian tyrant
  • Pericles (495–429 BCE), Athenian leader and statesman
    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

Ottoman Empire period

Modern period

Greece

Northern Epirus

Canada

France

  • Marietta Karamanli, (MP) Socialist Party

Romania

  • Iannis Pharmakis (died 1821), revolutionary fighter
  • Cantacuzene family, governors of Bessarabia and Walachia (1678–1688)

Spain

United Kingdom

Australia

United States

  • George Christopher, Mayor of San Francisco, California from 1956 to 1964
  • Arianna Huffington (née Arianna Stassinopoulos), liberal pundit and blogger

Musicians

Ancient period

  • 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
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
  • 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)
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
Marinella in 2006, classical Greek singer and songwriter
Yanni, Kalamata native world-famous Greek composer, pianist and keyboardist
  • Savvas Ysatis, musician
  • George Zervanos (1930–2006), operatic tenor

Painters

Ancient period

Renaissance

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

Bust of Aristotle, the most influential and cited philosopher in history, student of Plato and teacher and tutor of Alexander the Great
Plato, as painted by Michelangelo, whose The Republic and other works on morality and politics are listed as some of the most influential works in philosophy

Ancient period

Medieval period

Modern period

Scientists, engineers, and academics

Ancient period

Archimedes, ancient influential inventor and scientist who spearheaded insights into mathematical calculus
Euclid, mathematician and inventor, famous still today for his Elements

Medieval period

Modern period

Constantin Carathéodory, acclaimed mathematician and scientist, mentor and teacher to Albert Einstein
Georgios Papanikolaou, scientist and inventor; developed the pap test, named after him, in order to treat and prevent ovarian cancer

Sculptors

Ancient period

Modern period

  • Constantine Andreou (20th century)
  • Jannis Kounellis
  • Kyveli Makri
  • Memos Makris
  • Thodoros Papadimitriou
  • Nikolaos Pavlopoulos
  • Panayiotis Vassilakis
  • Electros Vekris
  • Lydia Venieri
  • Constantin Xenakis
  • Takis

Tycoons

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

Aesop, accredited with the Fables
Bust of Homer, composer and writer of the Iliad and Odyssey, the oldest poetry of Western civilization
Bust of Sophocles, writer of Oedipus Rex, one of the three most recomposed Greek playwrights of antiquity alongside Euripides and Aeschylus

Medieval period

Modern period

Odysseus Elytis in 1974, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature
Greek-American author David Sedaris in June 2008, author best known for his When You Are Engulfed in Flames
George Seferis, winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature

General

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 Greek state. The list does not include Greeks born in the diasporan communities or Greeks of Cyprus (after its independence in 1960), but only Greeks born in the traditional Greek homelands (the Balkans, Anatolia and the Eastern Mediterranean shores).

Actors/actresses

Athletes

Clerics

Entrepreneurs

Fashion designers

Filmmakers

Military and political leaders

Musicians

Painters

Philosophers

Scientists and engineers

Sculptors

Singers

Tycoons

Writers

General

See also

Notes

  1. ^ His origin is disputed, but there are estimates that he was either Illyrian,[1][2][3][4] Greek,[5][6] or Thracian[7]

References

  1. ^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997). A history of the Byzantine state and society. Stanford University Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-8047-2630-6. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. ^ Barker, John W. (1966). Justinian and the later Roman Empire. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-299-03944-8. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Count Marcellinus and His Chronicle by Brian Croke, p. 75
  5. ^ Carey, Brian Todd; Allfree, Joshua B.; Cairns, John (2012). Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527–1071. Casemate Publishers. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-84884-916-7.
  6. ^ "The Rise of Byzantium". War. Vol. 1. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2009. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-4053-4778-5.
  7. ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2010). Battles that changed history : an encyclopedia of world conflict (1st ed.). Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-59884-429-0.
  8. ^ 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»
  9. ^ [1] "Greek conductor and composer"
  10. ^ "Μίκης Θεοδωράκης".
  11. ^ [2] "This website is dedicated to preserving the musical memory of the late, great, Tatiana Troyanos, Greek-American Mezzo-Soprano"
  12. ^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Echephyllides". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 2.
  13. ^ "Eugenides is himself Greek-American, Detroit-born, suburb-raised – all sources of inspiration for his second novel." [3]
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