Kostas or Costas ( el, Κώστας) is a Greek

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

and

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. As a

it is the hypocorism for Konstantinos ( Constantine).

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* Costas Andreou, Greek musician * Kostas Antetokounmpo (born 1997), a Greek basketball player * Costas Azariadis (born 1943), Greek economist *

Kostas Biris Konstantinos "Kostas" Biris ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μπίρης; 1899–1980) was a Greek architect, city planner and folklorist. He was born in Cairo but grew up in Euboea; he graduated from NTUA in 1921. Books *1946, ''Re ...

(1899–1980), Greek architect *

Costas Georgiou Costas Georgiou (; 1951 – 10 July 1976), also known by his alias Colonel Callan, was a Cyprus, Cypriot-born British mercenary executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial for activities during the civil war phase of the Angolan War of Indepe ...

(1951–1976), Greek Cypriot mercenary * Kostas Lazarides (born 1949), aka Kostas (songwriter), Greek-American country music songwriter *

Costas Mandylor Costas Mandylor (born Konstantinos Theodosopoulos; 3 September 1965) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Kenny in ''Picket Fences'' and for portraying Mark Hoffman in the ''Saw'' films. Early life Mandylor was born i ...

(born 1965), Greek Australian actor * Kostas Papanikolaou (born 1990), Greek basketball player * Costas Rigas (born 1944), Greek basketball player * Costas Simitis (born 1936), former Prime Minister of Greece * Kostas Hatzichristos (1921–2001), Greek actor * Kostas Karamanlis (born 1956), former Prime Minister of Greece *

Kostas Koufogiorgos Konstantinos "Kostas" Koufogiorgos (born 14 February 1972 in Arta, Greece, Arta, Greece) is a Greek-German Editorial cartoonist, political cartoonist and painter. Biography While working as a cartoonist for several newspapers and magazines; Kouf ...

(born 1972), Greek-German cartoonist

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* Bob Costas (born 1952), American sportscaster and talk show host * John P. Costas (engineer) (1923–2008), American engineer *

John P. Costas (business) John P. Costas (born January 27, 1957) is an American businessman, banker, and trader. He is the former chairman and CEO of UBS Investment Bank, where he oversaw the growth of the Swiss bank's investment banking franchise globally from 2000 to ...

(born 1957), American businessman, banker and trader * Jon Costas (born 1957), American politician *

William P. Costas William P. Costas (June 18, 1927 – July 23, 2013) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he started his business career as a food buyer in Gary, Indiana. He then owned and operated Costas Foods in Valparais ...

(1927–2013), American businessman and politician

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