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Giorgos, Yiorgos or Yorgos ( el, Γιώργος) is a common abbreviation of the given name
Georgios Georgios (, , ) is a Greek name derived from the word ''georgos'' (, , "farmer" lit. "earth-worker"). The word ''georgos'' (, ) is a compound of ''ge'' (, , "earth", "soil") and ''ergon'' (, , "task", "undertaking", "work"). It is one of the most ...
. Notable people with the name include:


Persons


Giorgos

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Giorgos Agorogiannis Georgios Agorogiannis ( el, Γεώργιος Aγορογιάννης; born 3 May 1966) is a Greek former international football player who played as a right-back. Club career Agorogiannis started his football career at team of his hometown, To ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Alkaios Giorgos Alkaios (Greek: Γιώργος Αλκαίος; born 24 December 1971) is a Greek recording artist. His career began in 1989 after appearing on a Greek reality show. Following a brief period of stage acting, Alkaios dedicated himself to m ...
, pop musician and singer * Giorgos Anatolakis, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Angelopoulos Giorgos K. Angelopoulos (alternate spellings: Georgios, George, Aggelopoulos) (Greek: Γιώργος Κ. Αγγελόπουλος) is a Greek oil shipping and steel magnate. He is the co-owner of the men's professional club basketball team, Olymp ...
, Greek businessman and billionaire *
Giorgos Apostolidis Georgios Apostolidis (alternate spelling: Giorgos) (Greek: Γιώργος Αποστολίδης; born June 22, 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.00 m (6 ft 6 in) tall. He can play at the point guard, shooting guard ...
, Greek basketball player * Giorgos Arvanitis (born 1941), Greek cinematographer *
Giorgos Balogiannis Georgios Balogiannis (alternate spelling: Giorgos, Ballogianis, Mpalogiannis) ( el, Γιώργος Μπαλογιάννης; born January 17, 1971, in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Professional career Ba ...
, Greek basketball player *
Giorgos Bartzokas Georgios Bartzokas (alternate spellings: Giorgos, George, Mpartzokas) ( el, Γιώργος Μπαρτζώκας, born June 11, 1965) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current head coach for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League ...
, Greek basketball coach * Giorgos Batis, Greek rebetiko musician *
Giorgos Dedes Georgios Dedes ( el, Γεώργιος Δέδες; born 25 February 1943) is a Greek former professional footballer of Asia Minor descent, who played as a forward. His main characteristics were his speed, his technique and his shooting. He compet ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Diamantopoulos Georgios "Giorgos" Diamantopoulos (; born on February 15, 1980) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'5" (1.96 m) tall, he played as a shooting guard-small forward. In the prime of his career, he possessed great scori ...
, Greek basketball player *
Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos (Greek: Γιώργος Δημητρακόπουλος) (born 18 September 1952, in Athens) is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy ; part of the European People's Party. Background ...
(born 1952), Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament *
Giorgos Donis Georgios Donis ( el, Γεώργιος Δώνης; born 22 October 1969) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and currently a manager. He is the current manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Fateh. He was the first eve ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Economides Giorgos Economides ( el, Γιώργος Οικονομίδης; born 10 April 1990) is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Karmiotissa Pano Polemdion and the Cyprus national team. Career statistics Club Internat ...
, Cypriot footballer *
Giorgos Foiros Georgios Firos ( el, Γεώργιος Φοιρός; born 8 November 1953) is a Greek football manager and former football player. Career Born in Evosmos, Thessaloniki, Firos played center-back or sweeper. He was one of the very few players that ...
, Greek footballer and manager *
Giorgos Fotakis Georgios Fotakis ( el, Γεώργιος Φωτάκης; born 29 October 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He last played for Panachaiki. Club career Fotakis spent his early career in his native Greece, p ...
, Greek footballer * Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player *
Giorgos Gavriilidis Giorgos Gavriilidis (Greek: Γιώργος Γαβριηλίδης; 1908 – 23 July 1982) was a Greek actor. He was the husband of Marika Krevata (1910 - 14 September 1994). He was marked out from the theatre and played roles in many comedies ...
(1906–1982), Greek actor *
Giorgos Georgiadis Georgios Georgiadis ( el, Γεώργιος Γεωργιάδης; born 14 November 1987) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a winger. Club career PAOK Georgiadis made his debut for the club on 4 August 2011 in a Europa League ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Giannias Giorgos Giannias (Greek: Γιώργος Γιαννιάς, d. June 13, 1821 near Koumani) was a Greek revolutionary leader born in Prostovitsa, a village now known as Drosia in Achaia. He was the brother of Konstantinos Giannias. In March 1821 ...
(died 1821), Greek revolutionary leader * Giorgos Iacovou, Cypriot diplomat and politician * Giorgos Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player * Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Greek scriptwriter and actor * Giorgos Karagounis, Greek footballer * Giorgos Karagoutis, Greek basketball player * Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player * Giorgos Katsaros (born 1934), Greek musician and composer * Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player * Giorgos Koltzos, Greek footballer * Giorgos Konstadinou (born 1934), Greek actor and director *
Giorgos Kostikos Georgios Kostikos (Greek: Γεώργιος Κωστίκος; born 26 April 1958) is a Greek former professional footballer. Playing career Club Kostikos began playing football with Pierikos in 1975, and two years later he was acquired by PAOK. H ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Koudas Giorgos Koudas ( el, Γιώργος Κούδας; born 23 November 1946) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent his entire career in PAOK. Due to his fierce competitiveness and his Macedonian ...
, Greek footballer * Giorgos Markopoulos, Greek poet *
Giorgos Mazonakis , birth_date = , birth_place = Athens, Greece , death_date = , genre = Greek Folk-Pop, dance , years_active = 1992–present , label = Universal Music Greece (1993–2001)Heaven Music (2001–2016) Minos EMI (2017;present) , web ...
, Greek pop singer *
Giorgos Merkis Giorgos Merkis (, born 30 July 1984) is a retired Cypriot professional footballer who played as a centre back for Cypriot First Division club APOEL and the Cyprus national team. Career Apollon Limassol Merkis is a product of Apollon Limassol a ...
, Cypriot footballer *
Giorgos Mitsibonas Georgios Mitsibonas (Greek: Γεώργιος Μητσιμπόνας; 11 November 1962 – 13 September 1997) was a Greek football player during the 1980s and 1990s. Biography Mitsibonas was born in 1962 in the village of Tsaritsani ( Larissa r ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Nicolaou Giorgos Nicolaou () born May 22, 1982 in Paralimni, Cyprus is a Cyprus, Cypriot soccer, football football striker, striker who currently plays for Ormideia F.C. He started his career at Enosis Neon Paralimni and he also played for Panachaiki AC ...
, Cypriot footballer *
Giorgos Ninios Giorgos Ninios (born 1959) is a Greek television, film and stage actor with an extensive filmography. He has won two awards at the Thessaloniki Film Festival The Thessaloniki Film Festival is a Thessaloniki-based cultural institution focusing ...
, Greek actor * Giorgos Paligiorgos, Greek footballer * Giorgos Panagi, Cypriot footballer * Giorgos Papasideris (1902–1977), Greek country singer, composer and lyricist * Giorgos Patis, Greek badminton player *
Giorgos Pelagias Giorgos Pelagias () (born May 10, 1985 in Nicosia) is a Cypriot footballer, who last played for ASIL Lysi. Career Pelagias joined Kerkyra in July 2006 where he signed a 4-year contract. On 1 August 2013 Pelagias joined Azerbaijan Premier Leagu ...
, Cypriot footballer * Giorgos Poniros, Greek footballer * Giorgos Samaras, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Savvidis Giorgos Savvidis ( gr, Γιώργος Σαββίδης; born February 8, 1961) is a former international Cypriot football attacking midfielder and football manager. During his playing days, he was regarded one of the best players in the country ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Seferis Giorgos or George Seferis (; gr, Γιώργος Σεφέρης ), the pen name of Georgios Seferiades (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important G ...
(1900–1971), Greek writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate *
Giorgos Siantos Georgios Siantos (nicknames: ''Geros'' "Old man", ''Theios'' "Uncle"; el, Γεώργιος "Γιώργης" Σιάντος; 1890 – 20 May 1947) was a prominent figure of the Communist Party of Greece ( el, links=no, Κομμουνιστικό ...
, Greek resistance member and politician *
Giorgos Sideris Giorgos Sideris ( el, Γιώργος Σιδέρης, born 5 April 1938-) is a Greek former Association football, footballer, who played as striker (association football), striker. Club career Sideris began his youth career at Atromitos Piraeus ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Sigalas Giorgos Sigalas (alternate spelling: Georgios) ( el, Γιώργος Σιγάλας, link=no; born July 31, 1971 in Peristeri, Athens, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach. During the decade of the 1990s, t ...
, Greek basketball player *
Giorgos Skartados Georgios Skartados (Greek language, Greek: Γεώργιος Σκαρτάδος; born 7 April 1960) is a retired Greece national football team, Greek international Association football, footballer. Career Born in Rhodes, Skartados started his ca ...
, Greek footballer * Giorgos Sterianopoulos, Greek businessman *
Giorgos Theodoridis Giorgos Theodoridis ( el, Γιώργος Θεοδωρίδης; born 3 July 1980) is a Greek former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types ...
, Greek footballer * Giorgos Theodotou, Greek footballer * Giorgos Theofanous (born 1968), Cypriot-Greek composer *
Giorgos Tofas Georgios Tofas (born 17 June 1989) is a Cypriot footballer who played for Enosis Neon Paralimni as a striker. Career Tofas made his debut for Enosis Paralimni first team at 15, he was then called into the Cyprus U16 squad. He made nine substit ...
, Cypriot footballer *
Giorgos Toursounidis Georgios Toursounidis (Greek: Γεώργιος Τουρσουνίδης; born 21 August 1970) is a retired Greek footballer. He played for PAOK and Xanthi. Toursounidis was born in 1970. He made 263 league appearances for PAOK, scoring 35 goal ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Toussas Giorgos Toussas ( el, Γιώργος Τούσσας) (born 8 September 1954) is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Communist Party of Greece; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left. He was born ...
, Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament *
Giorgos Tsalikis Giorgos Tsalikis (Γιώργος Τσαλίκης, born 25 October 1975) is a Greek Laïko Laïko or laïkó ( el, λαϊκό ραγούδιlaïkó 'tragoúdi'' ; “ongof the people", "popular ong, pl: ''laïká'' 'tragoúdia'' is a Gr ...
, Greek pop singer *
Giorgos Tsiaras Georgios Tsiaras (alternate spelling: Giorgos Tsiaras; born May 4, 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player and the current team manager of Peristeri B.C., Peristeri of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. Du ...
, Greek basketball player *
Giorgos Tzavelas Georgios Tzavellas ( el, Γεώργιος Τζαβέλλας; born 26 November 1987) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Super League club AEK Athens and the Greece national team. Club career Kerkyra Tzavellas be ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Tzavellas George Tzavellas, also rendered Giorgos Tzavellas, Yiorgos Tzavellas, or Yorgos Javellas ( el, Γιώργος Τζαβέλλας, 1916, Athens – October 18, 1976), was a Greek film director, screenwriter, and playwright. His filmmaking was particu ...
, Greek film director and screenwriter *
Giorgos Vaitsis Georgios Vaitsis ( el, Γεώργιος Βαΐτσης; born 1 August 1967) is a Greek former professional footballer. A powerful forward, he is mostly remembered for his headers and his shooting skills. Vaitsis played for Anagennisi Artas, Panac ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Vassilakopoulos George Vassilakopoulos (alternate spellings: Georgios, Giorgos, Vasilakopoulos, Vassilacopoulos, Vasilacopoulos; el, Γιώργος Βασιλακόπουλος; born 18 January 1939) is a Greek politician, former professional basketball player ...
, President of FIBA Europe *
Giorgos Velentzas Giorgos Velentzas ( el, Γιώργος Βελέντζας; 4 December 1927 – 20 July 2015) was a Greek actor. Biography He studied at the Dramatic School at the Athens Odeum. He starred in the movie '' Ochyro 27'' in 1948 and made his firs ...
, Greek actor * Giorgos Zampetas, Greek songwriter and musician


Yiorgos

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Yiorgos Batis Yiorgos Batis ( el, Γιώργος Μπάτης, also Giorgos Batis) (1885 – 10 March 1967) was one of the first rebetes influential to ''rebetiko'' music. His real name was Yiorgos Tsoros although he was known as Yiorgos Ampatis. He had a g ...
(1885–1967), Greek musician, influential in rebetiko music *
Yiorgos Caralambo Yiorgos (or George) Caralambo also called Greek George and George Allen (? – September 2, 1913) was an alleged murderer and camel driver hired by U.S. Army in 1856 for the Camel Corps experiment in the Southwest. The camels were to be tested ...
, camel driver hired by US Army in 1856 for the Camel Corps experiment in the Southwest *
Yiorgos Depollas Yiorgos Depollas (born Athens 1947) is a Greek photographer. Alternative spellings of his name are Giorgos Depollas and George Depollas. Depollas was one of the main figures of the New Greek Photography movement which promoted creative photograp ...
, Greek photographer *
Yiorgos Magoulas Yiorgos Magoulas (Greek: Γιώργος Μαγουλάς), is a successful composer of orchestral music and music for television and cinema. Among other projects, he has composed music for the documentary series WarZone (Εμπόλεμη Ζώνη, ...
, Greek composer and guitarist *
Yiorgos Vardinogiannis Yiorgos Vardinogiannis ( el, Γιώργος Βαρδινογιάννης) is a Greek businessman and a shipping magnate, former owner and president of the Panathinaikos football club. He was born in Episkopi, Rethymno in 1936. He is the brothe ...
, Greek shipowner and businessman, former owner and president of the Panathinaikos football club


Yorgos

* Yorgos Lanthimos, Greek film producer and director * Yorgos Dalaras, Greek Singer *
Yorgos Mavropsaridis Yorgos Mavropsaridis ( el, Γιώργος Μαυροψαρίδης, Giorgos Mavropsaridis; born 21 November 1954) is a Greek film editor. He is well known for his collaborations with Yorgos Lanthimos, having edited all his films to date. He is a ...
, Greek film editor


Songs about Giorgos

*"Giorgo pou xereis ta polla" (Giorgos, the know-it-all) by
Dimitris Mitropanos Dimitris Mitropanos ( el, Δημήτρης Μητροπάνος; 2 April 1948 – 17 April 2012) was a Greek singer. He was renowned for his mastery of Laïkó, a Greek music style. Biography Mitropanos lived in his native city of Trikala in n ...
*"Me lene Giorgo" (My name is Giorgos) sung by
Manolis Mitsias Manolis Mitsias (Greek: Μανώλης Μητσιάς, ; born 26 February 1946) is a Greek singer. He has been a significant artistic presence in the laïko, light laïko and entekhno genres of modern Greek music. Early life Mitsias was born i ...
, written by
Giorgos Hatzinasios Giorgos Hatzinasios (also spelled Hadjinasios; el, Γιώργος Χατζηνάσιος, ; born 19 January 1942) is a Greek songwriter and composer. Early life Hatzinasios was born in Thessaloniki. His father was Agapios Hatzinasios, a na ...
*"Aftos o Giorgos" (This Giorgos) by


See also

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George (given name) George () is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Geōrgios (; , ). The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr, Saint George (died 23 April 303), a member of the Praetorian Guard who was sentenced to dea ...
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