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Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos ( el, Παπαδόπουλος, ; meaning "son of a priest") is the most common Greek surname. It is used in Greece, Cyprus and countries of the Greek diaspora as well, such as the USA, United Kingdom, Australia and Scandinavian countries. Its female version corresponds to the masculine genitive Papadopoulou ( ). Men * Antonios Papadopoulos (born 1999), German footballer of Greek descent * Avraam Papadopoulos (born 1984), Greek footballer * Daniil Papadopoulos (born 1963), Greek footballer * Dimitrios Papadopoulos (1950–2020), Greek footballer * Dimitrios Papadopoulos (born 1981), Greek footballer * Dimitris Papadopoulos (basketball player) (born 1966), Greek basketball player * Dimitrios Papadopoulos (general) (1889–1983), Greek general in World War II * Efthimios Papadopoulos (born 1983), Greek runner * Evgenios Papadopoulos, Greek sprinter * Georgios Papadopoulos (1919–1999), Greek military officer and dictator in 1967–1973 * George Papadopoulos (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while the country of Wales is a component of a multi-part sovereign state, the United Kingdom. A country may be a historically sovereign area (such as Korea), a currently sovereign territory with a unified government (such as Senegal), or a non-sovereign geographic region associated with certain distinct political, ethnic, or cultural characteristics (such as the Basque Country). The definition and usage of the word "country" is flexible and has changed over time. ''The Economist'' wrote in 2010 that "any attempt to find a clear definition of a country soon runs into a thicket of exceptions and anomalies." Most sovereign states, but not all countries, are members of the United Nations. The largest country by area is Russia, while the smallest is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Papadopulo
Giuseppe Papadopulo (born 2 February 1948) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was last in charge as head coach of Torino. Career Papadopulo was born in Casale Marittimo, Pisa. He played for Livorno, Lazio, Brindisi, Arezzo, Salernitana and Bari, Papadopulo started his coaching career in 1984 at Cecina, a minor amateur team of Tuscany. Then, after two years as assistant coach for Casertana, he debuted at the professional level in 1987 for Sorrento. In 1989, he coached of Licata, a small Sicilian Serie B team at the time. After two other coaching experiences for Monopoli and Perugia, Papadopulo in 1993 drove Acireale to a surprising promotion to Serie B. He then coached Avellino, Livorno, and led Fidelis Andria to another Serie B promotion. But, after two other short times with Lucchese and Crotone, Papadopulo finally had his luckiest success for A.C. Siena (2001–2004), leading the team from the relegation zone in Serie B to its fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tassos Papadopoulos
Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos ( el, Ευστάθιος (Τάσσος) Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος; 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fifth president of Cyprus from 2003 to 2008. Early life His parents were Nicolas and Aggeliki from Assia. He was the first of three children. Papadopoulos attended the Ayios Kassianos and Elenio primary schools in Nicosia and then the Pancyprian Gymnasium. His father's circle which included lawyers and judges, were influential on his future career and he went on to study law at King's College London before becoming a barrister-at-law through Gray's Inn. His life in London would prove to be pivotal in his future political life. In the second year of his studies he lived with future politician Spyros Kyprianou and Lellos Demetriades (lawyer and future mayor of Nicosia) both of whom had started their political life by founding ''EFEKA'' (short for National Stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanos Papadopoulos
Stephanos Papadopoulos (born 1976) is a Greek-American poet. Biography Stephanos Papadopoulos was born in North Carolina and raised in Paris and Athens. He is the author of three poetry collections: ''The Black Sea'' (November 2012, Sheep Meadow Press), ''Hôtel-Dieu'' (2009, Sheep Meadow Press), and ''Lost Days'' (2001, Leviathan Press, UK / Rattapallax Press, NY). He is editor and co-translator (with Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke) of Derek Walcott's ''Selected Poems in Greek'', published by Kastianiotis Press, 2007. He was awarded a 2010 Civitella Ranieri Fellowship for ''The Black Sea'' and was the recipient of the 2014 Jeannette Haien Ballard Writer's Prize selected by Mark Strand. Poetry Books ''Lost Days'', Stephanos Papadopoulos, 2001 Leviathan Press, UK, Rattapallax Press, NY ''Hotel-Dieu'', Stephanos Papadopoulos, 2009, Sheep Meadow Press, New York ''The Black Sea'', Stephanos Papadopoulos, 2012 Translations ''Selected Poems'', Derek Walcott, 2006 Kastaniotis Editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panos Papadopoulos
Panos Papadopoulos (born 1958 in Kertezi, Greece) is the founder, designer and entrepreneur behind Panos Emporio AB, established 1986 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the largest swimwear supplier in Scandinavia. He is known as the "King of Swimwear". He is also well known as the man who desired to change the face of beauty competitions when he purchased the Miss Sweden contest and changed the name to New Miss Sweden. Early life The youngest of three siblings, Panagiotis Papadopoulos was born in Kertezi, Greece, and was nicknamed Panos from a young age. The family soon moved to the outskirts of Athens, where his parents worked at a metal foundry. The young Panos accompanied his mother when she worked as a cleaner at the foundry at the weekends, and was soon hired himself. As a teenager, he encountered corruption relating to labour violations, environmental pollution, and education. Frustrated with being unable to instigate change, he purchased an interrail ticket to see Europe, winding up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panos Papadopulos
Panos Papadopulos (Greek language, Greek: Πάνος Παπαδόπουλος; 1 August 1920, in Giresun, Kerassus, Ottoman Empire – 18 February 2001, in Munich) was a Greek actor. Selected filmography * ''Hello, Fraulein!'' (1949) – Musiker * ''Jonny Saves Nebrador'' (1953) * ''The Cousin from Nowhere (1953 film), The Cousin from Nowhere'' (1953) * ''Conchita and the Engineer'' (1954) * ''Beloved Corinna'' (1956) – Longo * ''The Copper (1958 film), The Copper'' (1958) – Heini – der Taschendieb (uncredited) * ''Peter Voss, der Millionendieb'' (1958) – Doctor – Hong Kong (uncredited) * ' (1958) * ''Rommel Calls Cairo'' (1959) – Sharani * ''The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959 film), The Tiger of Eschnapur'' (1959) – Courier (uncredited) * ''The Indian Tomb (1959 film), The Indian Tomb'' (1959) – Dagh's messenger (uncredited) * ''The Death Ship (1959 film), The Death Ship'' (1959) – Popoff, Bulgarischer Dockarbeiter * ''Salem Aleikum'' (1959) * ''Peter Voss, Hero of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Papadopoulos
Panagiotis Papadopoulos (born May 23, 1985, in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek wrestler who specializes in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was a competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the super-heavyweight division, losing in his opening bout to Liu Deli Liu Deli (劉德利; born January 1, 1980) is a Chinese wrestler who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the Greco-Roman super-heavyweight division. In 2008, he lost in the third round to Dremiel Byers, and in 2012, he lost in the ... from China. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Papadopoulos, Panagiotis Olympic wrestlers for Greece Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Greek male sport wrestlers Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling 1985 births Sportspeople from Thessaloniki 21st-century Greek people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaos Papadopoulos (other)
Nikos, Nikolaos or Nikolas Papadopoulos may refer to: * Niccolò Comneno Papadopoli (1655–1740), Cretan-Italian lawyer and historian * , scholar and trader from Epirus * , fighter in the Greek War of Independence * a.k.a. ''Nicolo Papadopoli Aldobrandini'' (1841-1922), Italian politician from Venice * (1933-2012), Greek Old Testament scholar * Nikos Papadopoulos (Swedish politician) (b. 1939) * Nikos Papadopoulos (general) (d. 1971), Greek general * (b. 1962) * Nick Papadopulos (b. 1966), British priest * Nikos Papadopoulos (footballer, born 1971) * Nikolas Papadopoulos (b. 1973), Cypriot lawyer and politician * Nikos Papadopoulos (footballer, born 1990), Greek goalkeeper * Nikos Papadopoulos (Greek politician), MP elected for SYRIZA in September 2015 See also * Papadopoulos * Papadopoli (other) * Nikos Pappas (other) Nikos Pappas may refer to: * Nikos Pappas (basketball) (born 1990), a professional basketball player for Panathinaikos and politician * Niko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michal Papadopulos
Michal Papadopulos (born 14 April 1985) is a Czech professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Czech club MFK Karviná. Career Papadopulos started his football career in his native Ostrava at NH Ostrava, and then Baník Ostrava. He moved early to English club Arsenal in July 2003. He played one first-team match for Arsenal, in a League Cup match against Wolverhampton Wanderers as a substitute for Jérémie Aliadière. He returned to Baník in 2004. Papadopulos won the Czech Cup with Baník in 2005. In December 2005, he moved to German club Bayer Leverkusen, spending some time on loan at side Energie Cottbus before signing with Czech side Mladá Boleslav in June 2008. In June 2009, SC Heerenveen signed the Czech forward from Mladá Boleslav on a five-year contract. Personal life Papadopulos is of Greek and Czech descent Honours Piast Gliwice *Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manolis Papadopoulos
Manolis Papadopoulos ( el, Μανώλης Παπαδόπουλος; born 22 April 1968) is a Greek professional footballer who played as a defender and a manager. Club career Papadopoulos started his career in 1988 at Ionikos, where he was transferred to AEK Athens, in the summer of 1992, while before that he had also been from Olympiakos. He used in AEK most of the time as a substitute also having a few appearances as a starter, especially when Dušan Bajević used formation with 3 stoppers. In the matches against Rangers for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers in the summer of 1994, when he was assigned to mark Mark Hateley, managing to contain him. During his spell with the "double-headed eagle" Papadopoulos won 2 consecutive championships. In the summer of 1995 he moved to Apollon Athens for two season and then to Ethnikos Piraeus for another two. In 1999 he signed for PAS Giannina, for a while and then moved to Kozani. where he played until 2001. The following season he mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefteris Papadopoulos
Lefteris (Eleftherios) Papadopoulos ( el, Λευτέρης Παπαδόπουλος) is a Greek lyricist, writer and journalist. Lefteris Papadopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on 14 November 1935. He is the son of Greek refugees, with a father from a village near Bursa in today's Turkey and a mother from a village near Novorossiysk in Russia. His parents were expelled in 1924 during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey. He enrolled at the Law School of the University of Athens but stopped during his third year in order to work as a journalist. Since 1959 Papadopoulos has worked in the newspaper Ta Nea and has become a popular columnist over time. Papadopoulos became involved with music in 1963. He has written the lyrics for about 1,200 songs and has co-worked with nearly all of the well-known musicians, composers and singers of his generation, namely Mikis Theodorakis, Stavros Xarhakos, Manos Loizos, Stavros Koujioumtzis, Mimis Plessas, Christos Nikolopoulos, St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazaros Papadopoulos
Lazaros Papadopoulos (Greek: Λάζαρος Παπαδόπουλος; born 3 June 1980) is a Greek former professional basketball player. He was listed at 7 ft (2.13 m) 265 lbs (120 kg), and he played the center position. During his playing career, he was best known for his signature skyhook move. Papadopoulos played with several teams in Europe throughout his professional club career, and he most notably won the EuroLeague twice, in 2002 with Panathinaikos and in 2012 with Olympiacos. He was an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2007. He represented the Greece national team and won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket and the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Professional career Papadopoulos began his professional career playing with the Greek club Iraklis in the 1996–97 season. After five years with Iraklis, he signed to play with the Greek League powerhouse Panathinaikos in 2001, and he stayed there until 2003. He then returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
