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Antonios Vassaras
Antonios or Antónios is a Greek masculine given name that is a variant of Antonis, as well as a surname. Notable people with this name include the following: Given name *Antonios Antoniadis (born 20th-century), Greek physician * Antonios Antonopoulos (1805–1887), Greek politician * Antonios Aronis (born 1957), Greek water polo player *Antonios Asimakopoulos (born 1976), Greek basketball player * Antonios Eparchos (1491–1571), Greek humanist, soldier and poet *Antonios Fokaidis (born 1989), Greek swimmer *Antonios Georgantas (1799 - 1884), Greek Major General * Antonios Georgoulis (born 1928), Greek wrestler *Antonios Giannoulas (born 1976), Greek boxer *Antonios Gioulbas (born 1986), Greek swimmer *Antonios Gryllos (1917 – 1993), Greek wrestler *Antonios Kalamogdartis (1810–1856), Greek politician *Antonios Karyofyllis (1904 – 1989), Greek athlete *Antonios Katinaris (1931 – 1999), Greek musician *Antonios Keramopoulos (1870 – 1960), Greek archaeologist * Antonios Komi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Katinaris
Antonios Katinaris ( el, Αντώνιος Κατινάρης) (1931 – 28 October 1999) was a Greek musician. He was born in Chania, Crete, the first son of a refugee family from Asia Minor. Since his earliest years, he demonstrated his interest and his talent in music. He was already a music professional at the age of 16. His virtuoso bouzouki-playing made him famous on the popular music stages of Chania. He went to Athens in the 1960s, where he made his big break into the Greek popular musical scene as a composer. The song ''What can you do, with only one heart'' ( el, Τί να σου Κάνει μια Καρδιά), with lyrics by Eftichia Papagianopoulou, marked the start of his national career. Private life Katinaris was married to Maria Rippi, herself a singer and member of a famous musicians family. He has three daughters, from which one, Maria Katinari Maria Katinari ( el, Μαρία Κατινάρη) is a Greek actress, singer, and lyricist. She was born in Chania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Nikopolidis
Antonis Nikopolidis ( el, Αντώνης Νικοπολίδης; born 14 January 1971) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and former manager of the Greece under-21 national team. He is regarded among the best Greek goalkeepers of all time having been awarded the most caps in the Greece national team and playing an integral part in the UEFA Euro 2004 triumph. Club career Anagennisi Arta Nikopolidis made his first steps at his local team of Anagennisi Arta, from which he was transferred to Panathinaikos in the summer of 1989. Panathinaikos He made his debut during the 1990–91 season in a match against his future club, Olympiacos. In his first years as a Panathinaikos player he was a back-up for Józef Wandzik. In 1995, he played five games as Panathinaikos won the championship and three as they retained it the following year. However, it wasn't until the 1997–98 season that he established himself as a regular goalkeeper at the age of 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Naguib
Antonios I Naguib ( ar, أنطونيوس نجيب; 18 March 1935 – 28 March 2022) was the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria from 2006 to 2013. He was made a cardinal in 2010. He was bishop of Minya in Egypt from 1977 to 2002. Biography Naguib was born in Samalut, Egypt. From 1953 to 1958, he studied at the interritual seminary of Maadi, Cairo, and then at the Pontifical Urbaniana College in Rome. He returned to Egypt and was ordained to the Coptic Catholic priesthood in 1960. After being pastor for a year at Fikryak, Minya, he returned to Rome and obtained licentiates in theology in 1962 and in scripture in 1964. He was Professor of Sacred Scripture at the Maadi seminary from 1964 to 1977. He worked with a group of scholars to prepare a translation of the New Testament into modern standard Arabic. He became Bishop of Minya in Egypt in 1977, a post he held until he resigned because of poor health in 2002 at the age of 67. On 30 March 2006 he was elected Patriarch of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Mokbel
Antonios Sajih Mokbel (Arabic: طوني مقبل) (born 11 August 1965) is an Australian criminal who has been convicted of a number of offences, most prominently commercial drug trafficking. He has spent most of his life in Melbourne, Australia. Operation Purana alleged that he is the mastermind behind the Melbourne amphetamine trade. He has been linked to Carl Williams, and charged but not convicted of two murders in the Melbourne gangland war. He disappeared from Melbourne while on trial in March 2006, and was arrested by Greek police in Athens on 5 June 2007. Since being brought back to Australia he has remained incarcerated. Early life Mokbel was born in Kuwait, where his Lebanese parents were expatriate workers. The family soon returned to their small village in Lebanon. His family were part of the country's Christian minority and chose to leave the country following sectarian conflict in the lead-up to the Lebanese Civil War. Mokbel and his family moved to Melbourne w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Miliarakis
Antonios Miliarakis (7 April 1841 – 8 April 1905) was a Greek geographer, academic and historian of the 19th century. He was distinguished for his studies in history and geography. Biographical information He was born in Athens on 7 April 1841. He studied jurisprudence at the University of Athens and graduated in 1864.Dermitzaki, Aikaterini (2013), p. 213. He worked as historian, geographer and professor of jurisprudence at the University of Athens whilst he was working as stenographer in Hellenic Parliament (since 1862), until his death. The period from 1867 to 1868, Miliarakis served as secretary of the “''Central Committee''”, which was directing the Cretan Revolt that was in progress while in 1879 he participated in the trilateral commission that was sent from Greece to Preveza (then under Ottoman rule) to negotiate the determination of the new borders between the two states. In 1882, he was one of the founding members of the Historical and Ethnological Society of Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Mikos
Antonios Georgios Mikos (born 1960) is a Greek-American biomedical engineer who is the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. He specialises in biomaterials, drug delivery, and tissue engineering. Education Mikos completed undergraduate study in engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Dipl. Eng., 1983), and pursued a master's and doctorate (M.S. in chemical engineering, 1985 and Ph.D. in chemical engineering, 1988) at Purdue University in the United States. After his doctoral studies, he performed his postdoctoral work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Medical School. Career Mikos is the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University in Houston, Houston, Texas. He is also the Director of the National Institutes of Health Center for Engineering Complex Tissues, Director of the Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Miaoulis
Antonios Miaoulis ( el, Αντώνιος Μιαούλης; 1800 – October 25, 1836) was a Greek politician and a revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence. Biography He was born on the island of Hydra and was the second son of the Hydriot admiral Andreas Miaoulis, a member of the historic Miaoulis family. He participated in many naval battles during the war, and when Otto of Bavaria became king, Antonios Miaoulis was appointed as his aide-de-camp. In this capacity he escorted Otto to Bavaria in 1836, where he was to be married to Amalia of Oldenburg. He died there on 25 October of cholera. His sons were Andreas and Emmanouil. 1800 births 1836 deaths People from Hydra (island) Antonios Antonios or Antónios is a Greek masculine given name that is a variant of Antonis, as well as a surname. Notable people with this name include the following: Given name *Antonios Antoniadis (born 20th-century), Greek physician * Antonios Antonopo ... Greek people of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Mavromichalis
Antonios Mavromichalis ( el, Αντώνης Μαυρομιχάλης; 1792–1873) was a Greek revolutionary, military officer and politician. Biography He was born in Mani to Pierros Mavromichalis, of the notable Mavromichalis clan. He fought against Ali Pasha, and was captured and remained for years in Constantinople as a Turkish hostage. He managed to escape however shortly before the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, subsequently participating in various battles. In 1823 he was named general of the rebels' irregular forces. In 1830, he led a Maniot rebellion against Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias. Under King Otto, he joined the newly created Greek Gendarmerie and later transferred to the regular army, reaching general rank. He served as Otto's aide-de-camp and was appointed a member of the Senate in 1847. In 1862, he was an MP for Kalamata. He died in Kalamata in 1873. He had two sons, both Army officers: Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, and Georgios P. Mavr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Mastoras
Antonios Mastoras ( el, Αντώνιος Μάστορας; born January 6, 1991) is a Greek high jumper. He took the fourth place at the 2013 European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and won the bronze medal, the same year, at the European U23 Championships in Tampere. Competition record Personal life He hails from Neo Petritsi, Serres Sérres ( el, Σέρρες ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki. Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northe .... References *http://www.all-athletics.com/node/41766 1991 births Living people Greek male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Greece 21st-century Greek people {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Mangos
Antonios Mangos (1910 December 1940) was a Greek middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He died during the Greco-Italian War The Greco-Italian War (Greek language, Greek: Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος, ''Ellinoïtalikós Pólemos''), also called the Italo-Greek War, Italian Campaign in Greece, and the War of '40 in Greece, took place between the kingdom .... References 1910 births 1940 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Greek male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Greece Place of birth missing Greek military personnel killed in World War II 20th-century Greek people {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Kriezis
Antonios Kriezis ( el, Αντώνιος Κριεζής, 1796–1865) was a captain of the Hellenic navy during the Greek War of Independence and a Prime Minister of Greece from 1849 to 1854. Kriezis was born in Troezen in 1796 to an Arvanite family. Their first known ancestor was a prisoner in Venetian Crete who became involved in shipbuilding in Venetian navies and settled in Hydra in 1650. In July 1821, he took part in the Greek expedition to Samos, and in 1822 participated in the naval battle of Spetses. In 1825, he and Konstantinos Kanaris failed in their attempt to destroy the Egyptian navy inside the port of Alexandria. In 1828, Ioannis Kapodistrias placed him in command of a naval squadron. The following year, he captured Vonitsa from the Ottomans. In 1836, under King Otto , he became Minister of Naval Affairs. He served as Prime Minister of Greece from 24 December 1849, until 28 May 1854. He was succeeded by Konstantinos Kanaris. He died in Athens in 1865. His older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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