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The following is a list of notable Greek Americans, including both original immigrants of full or partial
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"To show in Milan is 'the top' according to the Greek American who decided to leave the catwalks of New York and head for those here in Milan."
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"Eugenides is himself Greek-American, Detroit-born, suburb-raised--all sources of inspiration for his second novel." *
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"The son of a Greek Orthodox priest (note: Orthodox priests can marry prior to ordination) and a nutritionist, Martin grew up with his brother and sister in Toms River, New Jersey. His parents co-owned a Greek diner with his grandparents and uncle. Martin, the prototypical "good Greek boy," served as an altar boy at church and bused tables at the restaurant."
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"As far as religion goes, we were raised Greek Orthodox...
"My father's mother, our grandmother, lived with us for a while. She didn't speak any English. She was all Greek and she was freaky. She had long hair, which she wore in braids...
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"John is also Greek and part Irish.
"John Stamos' original family name is Stamopolous, which was shortened by his grandparents when they came to America from Greece."
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"Her father John Aniston was born on the island of Crete in Greece. Her mother Nancy Dow is partly Greek." (1930-present)
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"Olympia Dukakis, Greek-American stage and film actress... will discuss the impact of her Greek-American heritage on her career, as well as past performances, particularly her lead role in the ancient tragedy "Hecuba."
"The daughter of Greek immigrants..."
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"Fey's mother is Greek-American and her father is German-Scottish, but she's wary of claiming an ethnic identity. "I’ve said a few things about being Greek, and now every Greek organization wants to adopt me," Fey told me.
"Because of the Greek-girl thing, I have, like, boobs and butt."
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*Tony Leondis – film director, writer and voice actor of animation
*Dimitri Logothetis
*Gregory Markopoulos – film director, New American Cinema of the 1960s
*Paolo Marinou-Blanco – film director and screenwriter
*Nico Mastorakis – film and TV director
*Melina Matsoukas
*Andrew Moskos – producer/owner of Boom Chicago
*Alexander Payne –
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*David Brookwell - TV and film producer. Mother of Greek descent
*Kalomoira – pop singer
*George Michael Pop singer and songwriter
*Nick Noble (singer) – pop singer, popular in the mid-1950s and best known for his recordings of The Tip of My Finger and Moonlight Swim
*Tony Orlando – singer. Half Greek and half Puerto Rican.
*Chris Trousdale (born 1985) - singer, former ''Dream Street'' member
*Jim Verraros (born 1983) - singer, entertainer, one of the top 10 finalists in the first season of ''American Idol''
*Jim Matheos – guitarist and the primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Fates Warning
*Vicky Psarakis – vocalist of Canadian metal band The Agonist.
*Jim Sclavunos – drummer for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
*Derek Sherinian – virtuoso rock and jazz fusion keyboardist
*Jim Tasikas – primary songwriter and guitarist for progressive death metal band Contrarian (band)
*Alex Varkatzas – lead singer of Hard Rock/Metalcore band Atreyu
*Frank Zappa – composer
“Sarah Aroeste, keeping Ladino music alive,”
''New York Daily News'', November 11, 2008. Jewish Ladino language, Ladino musician with roots in the History of the Jews in Thessaloniki, Jewish Community of Thessaloniki.Mordechai Shinefield
“Monday Music: The Face of Ladino Dream-Pop,”
''The Forward'', May 21, 2012. *Annette Artani – singer-songwriter *Amalia Bakas – singer of Greek traditional and rembetiko songs with a successful career in the United States. * Sylvia Constantinidis – Venezuelan-born pianist, conductor, writer, music educator and composer. *Nickitas J. Demos – composer of contemporary classical music drawing from Greek inspiration. *Tatiana von Fürstenberg – rock singer *Diamanda Galás – performance artist, vocalist, and composer *Nick Gravenites – blues, rock and folk singer-songwriter *Fran Jeffries – singer, dancer, actress, and model * James J. Kellaris - award-winning composer of contemporary classical music drawing from Greek and Byzantine themes. *Paul Lekakis – singer *Jessie Malakouti – singer *Athan Maroulis – singer, producer, musician, older brother of ''American Idol'' Season 4 finalist Constantine Maroulis *
*Constantine Manos – photographer (Leica Medal of Excellence in 2003)
*Tod Papageorge – art photographer
*Ithaka (artist), Ithaka Darin Pappas – photographic artist and celebrity portraitist i.e.: NWA Straight Outta Compton, Marlee Matlin, Giancarlo Esposito, Takashi Murakami etc.
*Andrew Prokos – architectural and fine art photographer
*Popsie Randolph – photographer
*George Tames – photographer for ''The New York Times'' from 1945–1985
*Paul Vathis – photojournalist for the Associated Press for 56 years (Pulitzer Prize for Photography in 1962)
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*George Partridge Colvocoresses – led a distinguished military career rising to the rank of Admiral
*George Dilboy – first Greek-American to receive Medal of Honor 
*Andrea Dimitry – Greek-American soldier in the War of 1812 fought in the Battle of New Orleans
*George Doundoulakis – Greek-American soldier who worked under British Intelligence during World War II and served with the OSS in Thessaly, Greece. Later becoming a physicist, he is known by his twenty-six US patents in the fields of radar, electronics, and narrowband television.
*Helias Doundoulakis – served in the United States Army and the Office of Strategic Services — the OSS — as a spy during the Battle of Crete in WWII. Later becoming a civil engineer, he worked on many elite projects for the U.S. Navy and NASA as project leader at Grumman Aerospace. Brother of George Doundoulakis.
*Michel Dragon (1739–1821) Greek American Lieutenant in the Spain and the American Revolutionary War, American Revolution fought in the Siege of Pensacola.
*Photius Fisk (1809–1890) American abolitionist, Chaplain U.S.N., lobbied to abolish flogging in the U.S. Navy
*Jack H. Jacobs, Vietnam War veteran. Medal of Honor recipient (of Romaniote Jews, Romaniote Jewish descent).
*James G. Kalergis – U.S. Army officer who played a significant role in the post-Vietnam era reorganization of the U.S. Army
*George Marshall (gunner), George Marshall (1781–1855) served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812, he was a Master Gunner and wrote ''Marshall's Practical Marine Gunnery''.
*James Megellas – retired United States Army officer, the most decorated officer in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division, received a Distinguished Service Cross, a Silver Star, and been nominated for the Medal of Honor
*Charles Moskos – leading military sociologist in the US Military. Author of ''Greek Americans: Struggle and Success''.
*William Pagonis – retired three-star U.S. Lieutenant General (United States), Army General and chairman of the board for RailAmerica
*Steve Pisanos – (November 10, 1919 – June 6, 2016) aka "The Flying Greek" - flying ace who served as a fighter pilot with the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and later in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. He retired in 1974 from the U.S. Air Force as a colonel. 
*Andrew P. Poppas – United States Army lieutenant general currently serving as the director of the Joint Staff
*George Sirian – served in the US Navy with distinction for nearly fifty years
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*James G. Stavridis – retired United States Navy, USN admiral, Supreme Allied Commander Europe July 2, 2009 - May 13, 2013 
*Peter G. Tsouras – retired Lieutenant Colonel (United States), Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army
studies the presidency at the University of Virginia
*Jon Favreau (speechwriter), Jon Favreau – former White House Director of Speechwriting *
*Alexander Dimitry – diplomat, linguist and scholar who worked as a U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica and Nicaragua
*George T. Kalaris - CIA head of Counter-intelligence Staff and chief of the Soviet-East Europe Division
*Tom C. Korologos – U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, Reagan lobbyist
*Gregory Anthony Perdicaris – first U.S. Consul to Greece
*Tasia Scolinos – United States Department of Justice, Justice Department director of public affairs
*Frances Townsend – former assistant to the President of the United States, president and homeland security advisor
*Viron Vaky – former List of ambassadors of the United States to Costa Rica, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, Colombia and Venezuela
*Symeon C. Symeonides – current Dean (academia), dean of Willamette University College of Law
*Paul Alivisatos, Armand Paul Alivisatos – chemist, 14th president of the University of Chicago
*Arthur C. Vailas – 12th president of Idaho State University
*C. A. Patrides – academic and writer, and "one of the greatest scholars of Renaissance literature of his generation"
*Nicholas A. Peppas – chaired professor in engineering, University of Texas at Austin
*Mary Tsingou – physicist and mathematician, known for being one of the first programmers on the MANIAC computer at Los Alamos National Laboratory
*William V. Spanos – distinguished Professor of English language, English and comparative literature at Binghamton University
*Marius Vassiliou – computational physicist and aerospace executive
*Christina Loukas – Olympic diver
*Steve Lappas – former college basketball coach at Villanova University, Villanova and UMass
*Ted Manakas – shooting guard for the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team under coach Pete Carril; played briefly in NBA for Kansas City-Omaha Kings
*David Nelson (basketball), David Nelson – former professional Greek basketball player
*Nick Paulos – professional basketball player
*Kurt Rambis – former NBA professional basketball player, won 4 championships with the L.A. Lakers (birth name Kyriakos Rambidis)
*Chris Roupas – former Greek American Professional Basketball Player, First Penn State Nittany Lion to play professional basketball in Greece
*Jake Tsakalidis – former NBA player for Phoenix Suns, Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets.
*Lou Tsioropoulos – former NBA professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics
*Archie Matsos (Archimidis Matsos) - All-American linebacker at Michigan State in 1950s. Played in the AFL (pre-merger) for the Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos and
*Dixie Carter (wrestling) – President of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
*Maria Kanellis – professional wrestler who has worked with 
*George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, George Tragos – champion wrestler in Greece and trainer of American champion Lou Thesz. Co-founder of Wrestling Hall of Fame.
*George Zaharias – sports promoter and professional wrestler in the 1930s (birth name Theodore Vetoyanis). Husband of Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
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Greek
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descent who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
Architecture
*George J. Efstathiou
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– architect
*Costas Kondylis
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Kondyli ...
– architect
*Nicholas Negroponte
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– architect and computer scientist
Business
Automobiles
*Elena Ford
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– Ford Motor Company
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heiress and officer
Agriculture
* Peter J. TaggaresAlcoholic beverages
*C. Dean Metropoulos
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– owner of Pabst Brewing Company
Chemicals and petroleum
*Andrew N. Liveris
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– CEO of Dow Chemical Company
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Dow manufactures plastic ...
*William S. Stavropoulos
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Early life an ...
– past CEO and Chairman of The Dow Chemical Company
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Dow manufactures plastics ...
*William Tavoulareas
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– president of Mobil
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Oil Corporation
Computer software & hardware
*Michael Capellas
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– terminal CEO of MCI and Compaq
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*Greg Papadopoulos
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He is the creator and lead proponent for Redshift, a theory on whether technology markets are over or under-served by Moore's ...
– senior vice president and chief technical officer of Sun Microsystems
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Inc.
*Stratton Sclavos
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He served as chairman and CEO of VeriSig ...
– president & CEO of VeriSign
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*Ed Zander
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– CEO of Motorola
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and former president of Sun Microsystems
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Consumer products
*John Paul DeJoria
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– cofounder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products
*Tom Kartsotis
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– founder of Fossil Group
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and Shinola Detroit
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*Leo Stefanos Leo Stefanos was the owner of ''Dove Candies & Ice Cream'' in Chicago and the inventor of the Dove chocolate bar.
Born in Greece, Stefanos settled on Chicago's South Side to raise a family. According to Dove Chocolate company lore, he was frighten ...
– inventor of the Dove Bar Dove Bar is an American ice cream bar, created by Leo Stefanos at Dove Candies & Ice Cream on 60th Street and Pulaski Avenue in Chicago in 1956 and introduced nationally in 1984. The brand, including Dove chocolate as well as the ice cream, was bo ...
Education
*John Brademas
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– president of New York University
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In 1832, the ...
*Peter Diamandopoulos
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– president of Adelphi University
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* Linda P.B. Katehi-Tseregounis – chancellor of the University of California, Davis
*Constantine Papadakis
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Academic career
Papadakis received his diploma in Civil engineering from the National Technical University of ...
– president of Drexel University
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*Paul Vallas
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– CEO of the Chicago Public Schools
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Entertainment and media
*Kary Antholis
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– senior vice president for miniseries at HBO
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* John P. Avlon, author, political commentator, CNN
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Senior Political Analyst and former Editor-in-Chief of ''The Daily Beast
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*Nickolas Davatzes
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– retired president and CEO of A&E Television Networks
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*Jim Gianopoulos
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– chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures
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*George Kerasotes
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– one of the founders of Kerasotes Theatres
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, and United Theatre Owners of Illinois in 1947.
*Oren Koules
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– entrepreneur, film producer, and professional sports executive
*Alexander Pantages
Alexander Pantages (Περικλῆς Ἀλέξανδρος Πανταζής , ''Periklis Alexandros Padazis''; 1867 – February 17, 1936) was a Greek American vaudeville impresario and early motion picture producer. He created a large and p ...
– vaudeville
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and early motion picture
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producer
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Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
and impresario
*Ted Sarandos
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Early life
Sarandos was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His father was Ted Sarandos Sr, an electrician, and ...
– chief content officer for Netflix
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*Charles Skouras
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– movie magnate, president of Fox Coast West and National Pictures
*George Skouras
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– movie magnate, president of United Artists
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*Spyros Skouras
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– movie magnate, president of 20th Century Fox
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*George Lois
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Background
Lois was born in New Yor ...
– advertising executive (ESPN, ''USA Today'', Xerox, MTV, Wolfschmidt, Tommy Hilfiger), "Fizz Fizz What a Relief it Is", "No Dancing in the (a)Isles" "Crazy People" (Big break hired by Rossides for Javits 1960)
Finance and venture capital
* Peter Barris – American venture capitalist,FDA
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*Christos Cotsakos
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* Jesus of Nazareth
* Christ (title), a title for the Jewish Messiah in Christianity
* Christos (surname)
* Christos (given name)
*, a Greek owned, Liberian flagged cargo ship in service 1962-71
See also
* Christ (disamb ...
– cofounder of E-Trade
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*Zoe Cruz
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Early life and education
Cruz was born ...
– ex co-president of Morgan Stanley
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*Jamie Dimon
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– (Papademetriou) - CEO of JPMorgan Chase
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, grandson of Smyrna broker
*John Calamos
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– founder of Calamos Investments
* Peter Peterson (Petropoulos) - ex-CEO of Bell & Howell, Lehman Bros, chair of Council on Foreign Relations, chair BlackStone, Nixon Commerce Scy
* William Spell – founder and current president of Spell Capital Partners
*Mike Vranos
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– hedge fund
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manager
* Harry Wilson – former investor and restructuring expert
* Jim Chanos
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- founder and president of Kynikos Associates
Game design
* Nikita Mikros – founder and CEO of Smashworx and Tiny Mantis Entertainment *Alex Rigopulos
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– video game
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designer, cofounder of Harmonix Music Systems
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Inventor
*George Ballas
George Charles Ballas Sr. (June 28, 1925 – June 25, 2011) was an American entrepreneur. He invented the first string trimmer, known as the Weed Eater in 1971. He is the father of ballroom dancer, Corky Ballas, and grandfather of professional dan ...
– inventor of the weed eater, father of dancer Corky Ballas
Mark Alexander Ballas Sr. (born December 25, 1960), known as Corky Ballas, is an American retired competitive ballroom dancer who holds several Latin dance championship titles. His son, Mark Ballas, is a professional dancer on ''Dancing with the ...
and grandfather to dancer Mark Ballas
Mark Alexander Ballas Jr. (born May 24, 1986) is an American dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, musician, and actor.
Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer on the ABC program ''Dancing with the Stars''. He began competing on the show ...
Medical devices and pharmaceuticals
* Peter M. Nicholas – cofounder ofBoston Scientific Corporation
Boston Scientific Corporation ("BSC"), incorporated in Delaware, is a biomedical/biotechnology engineering firm and multinational manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional Specialty (medicine), medical specialties, including interve ...
*P. Roy Vagelos
Pindaros Roy Vagelos (born October 8, 1929, in Westfield, New Jersey), better known as P. Roy Vagelos or Roy Vagelos, is an American physician and business executive, who was president and chief executive officer (1985) and chairman (1986) of t ...
– M.D. and former chairman and CEO of Merck
Merck refers primarily to the German Merck family and three companies founded by the family, including:
* the Merck Group, a German chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences company founded in 1668
** Merck Serono (known as EMD Serono in the Unite ...
* Albert Burla - chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer
Pfizer Inc. ( ) is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered on 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in 1849 in New York by two German entrepreneurs, Charles Pfizer ...
Retail
*Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Christina Amoruso (born April 20, 1984) is an American businesswoman. Amoruso was born in San Diego, California, and moved to Sacramento, California, after High school, soon after relocating to San Francisco. Amoruso founded Nasty Gal, a wo ...
– founder and owner of Nasty Gal
Nasty Gal is an American retailer that specializes in fashion for young women. The company has customers in over 60 countries. Founded by Sophia Amoruso in 2006, Nasty Gal was named "Fastest Growing Retailer" in 2012 by '' Inc.'' magazine. Nasty ...
*John Catsimatidis
John A. Catsimatidis (born September 7, 1948) is an American billionaire businessman and radio talk show host. He is the owner, president, chairman, and CEO of Gristedes Foods, a grocery chain in Manhattan, and the Red Apple Group, a real estat ...
– founder of Gristedes Foods
*Tom Carvel
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– founder of the Carvel franchise
* The Demoulas Brothers – founders of the DeMoulas' Market Basket
DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc., under the trade name Market Basket, is a Chain store, chain of 90 supermarkets in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island in the United States, with headquarters in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.
From 199 ...
Real estate
*George Argyros
George Leon Argyros (born February 4, 1937) is an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Spain. He is also a real estate investor and philanthropist. Argyros was the owner of Major League Baseball's Seattle Marine ...
– founder of real estate company Amel & Affiliates
*Sam Israel
Sam Israel (March 4, 1899 – June 11, 1994) was an American real estate investor and landlord.
Biography
Israel was born to a Greek Jewish familyGeorge Lycurgus
George Lycurgus ( grc-gre, Γεώργιος Λυκούργος) (1858–1960) was a Greek American businessman who played an influential role in the early tourist industry of Hawaii. After Queen Lili`uokalani was overthrown in a coup by the Commit ...
– developer of hotels on Waikiki
Waikiki (; haw, Waikīkī; ; also known as Waikiki Beach) is a neighborhood of Honolulu on the south shore of the island of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
Waikiki is most famous for Waikiki Beach, which is one of six beaches in the district ...
and the Volcano House
Volcano House is the name of a series of historic hotels built at the edge of Kīlauea, within the grounds of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park on the Island of Hawai'i. The original 1877 building is listed on the National Register of Historic Pla ...
*George P. Mitchell
George Phydias Mitchell (May 21, 1919 – July 26, 2013) was an American businessman, real estate developer and philanthropist from Texas credited with pioneering the economic extraction of shale gas.
According to ''The Economist,'' "few busine ...
– original developer of the Woodlands
*Alex Spanos
Alexander Gus Spanos (September 28, 1923 – October 9, 2018) was an American billionaire real estate developer, founder of the A. G. Spanos Companies, and the majority owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football Lea ...
– California realty magnate, chaired American Bible Society
* George Tsakopoulos – real estate developer and founder of Tsakopoulos Investments in Sacramento, CA
Social media
*Jason Calacanis
Jason McCabe Calacanis (born November 28, 1970) is an American Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, author and podcaster.
His first company was part of the dot-com era in New York. His second venture, Weblogs, Inc., a publishing company tha ...
– angel investor (Uber
Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber), based in San Francisco, provides mobility as a service, ride-hailing (allowing users to book a car and driver to transport them in a way similar to a taxi), food delivery (Uber Eats and Postmates), package ...
), entrepreneur and founder of Weblogs, Inc.
*Arianna Huffington
Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (née Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou, el, Αριάδνη-Άννα Στασινοπούλου ; born July 15, 1950) is a Greek-American author, syndicated columnist and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of ''Th ...
– founder of Huffington Post
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* Alyssa LaRoche – founder of Aimee Weber Studio Inc.
*Ted Leonsis
Theodore John Leonsis (born January 8, 1957) is an American businessman, investor, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and former politician. He is a former senior executive with America Online (AOL), and the founder, chairman, and CEO of Monumen ...
– vice-chair of AOL
AOL (stylized as Aol., formerly a company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City. It is a brand marketed by the current incarnation of Yahoo (2017 ...
*Angelo Sotira
Angelo Sotira (born February 14, 1981) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the online community DeviantArt on August 7, 2000, with Matthew Stephens and Scott Jarkoff.
Career
Angelo co-founded DeviantArt at nineteen, but it was not his f ...
– cofounder of the online community DeviantArt
DeviantArt (historically stylized as deviantART) is an American online art community that features artwork, videography and photography, launched on August 7, 2000 by Angelo Sotira, Scott Jarkoff, and Matthew Stephens among others.
DeviantArt, ...
*Gregg Spiridellis
JibJab is an American digital entertainment studio based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1999 by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, it first achieved widespread attention during the 2004 US presidential election when their video of Geor ...
– cofounder of JibJab
JibJab is an American digital entertainment studio based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1999 by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, it first achieved widespread attention during the 2004 US presidential election when their video of Geo ...
*Evan Spiridellis
JibJab is an American digital entertainment studio based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1999 by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, it first achieved widespread attention during the 2004 US presidential election when their video of Geor ...
– cofounder of JibJab
JibJab is an American digital entertainment studio based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1999 by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, it first achieved widespread attention during the 2004 US presidential election when their video of Geo ...
Sports
*Peter Angelos
Peter G. Angelos (born July 4, 1929) is an American trial lawyer and baseball executive from Baltimore, Maryland. Angelos is the majority owner of the Baltimore Orioles, a team in the American League of Major League Baseball.
Early life and educ ...
– MLB
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
owner of the Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...
and former basketball player. Successful product-liability case lawyer.
*Alex Anthopoulos
Alex Anthopoulos (born May 25, 1977) is a Canadian professional baseball executive, currently working as the general manager and president of baseball operations for the Atlanta Braves. He was the senior vice president of baseball operations and ...
– (May 25, 1977) Canadian-born baseball executive. Currently GM and EVP of Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...
. Formerly GM and SVP of Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since 1989, the team has played its home games ...
.
*Alex Spanos
Alexander Gus Spanos (September 28, 1923 – October 9, 2018) was an American billionaire real estate developer, founder of the A. G. Spanos Companies, and the majority owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football Lea ...
– Deceased. Was owner of NFL's San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
.
*Dean Spanos
Dean Alexander Spanos (born May 26, 1950) is the chairman and owner of the National Football League (NFL)'s San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers franchise. He is the son of Alex Spanos, who purchased majority interest in the team in 1984. Spanos to ...
– President and CEO of San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
. Son of Alex Spanos
Alexander Gus Spanos (September 28, 1923 – October 9, 2018) was an American billionaire real estate developer, founder of the A. G. Spanos Companies, and the majority owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football Lea ...
.
* A. G. Spanos – President of Business Operations of San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
. Grandson of Alex Spanos
Alexander Gus Spanos (September 28, 1923 – October 9, 2018) was an American billionaire real estate developer, founder of the A. G. Spanos Companies, and the majority owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football Lea ...
.
*Peter Karmanos Jr.
Peter Karmanos Jr. (born March 11, 1943) is an American businessman who was most recently the minority owner and alternate governor of the Carolina Hurricanes franchise until June 30, 2021. He served as their principal owner from 1994 (when the Hu ...
– founder, president & CEO of Compuware
Compuware Corporation was an American software company based in Detroit, Michigan. The company offers products aimed at the information technology (IT) departments of large businesses, and its services also include testing, development, automation ...
and owner of the NHL team Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, ...
*Ted Phillips
Ted Phillips is an American businessman and the President and CEO of the National Football League's Chicago Bears and has been a part of the organization since 1984. He is only the fourth president of the 100-year-old organization, the others bei ...
– president and CEO of the NFL team the Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...
*Ted Leonsis
Theodore John Leonsis (born January 8, 1957) is an American businessman, investor, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and former politician. He is a former senior executive with America Online (AOL), and the founder, chairman, and CEO of Monumen ...
– founder, majority owner, chairman and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NHL's Washington Capitals, NBA's Washington Wizards, NBA G League's Capital City Go-Go, WNBA's Washington Mystics, and the AFL's Washington Valor and Baltimore Brigade. Monumental Sports additionally owns the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. and manages the Kettler Capitals Iceplex and George Mason University's EagleBank Arena.
*Tom Gores
Tom Gores (born Tewfiq Georgious, ar, توفيق جورجيوس; July 31, 1964) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Platinum Equity, a private equity firm headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In June 2011, Gores a ...
– Billionaire, businessman, investor.
Various
*Jim Davis (businessman)
James S. Davis (born 1943) is an American billionaire businessman, the owner and chairman of New Balance, and an early investor in Major League Lacrosse.
Early life
James S. Davis was born in 1943 in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of Greek Am ...
– chairman of New Balance
New Balance Athletics, Inc. (NB), best known as simply New Balance, is one of the world's major sports footwear and apparel manufacturers. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the multinational corporation was founded in 1906 as the New Balance Arch ...
*Peter Diamandis
Peter H. Diamandis (; born May 20, 1961) is a Greek Americans, Greek-American engineer, physician, and entrepreneur best known for being founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation, cofounder and executive chairman of Singularity University a ...
– magazine entrepreneur, founder of the International Space University
The International Space University (ISU) is dedicated to the discovery, research, and development of outer space and its applications for peaceful purposes, through international and multidisciplinary education and research programs. ISU was f ...
*Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg
Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (born Alexandre Egon Prinz von Fürstenberg; January 25, 1970) is an American businessman and socialite and the son of fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg (née Halfin) and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg.
Ea ...
– businessman and philanthropist
* Lazaros Kalemis – founder and CEO of Alpha Card Services
*Michael Recanati
Michael Recanati (1957–2015) was an American businessman and philanthropist.
Early life
Michael Recanati was born in 1957. His father, Raphael Recanati was an Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist. Recanati was educated at Ramaz Sch ...
– businessman and philanthropist
*George Logothetis
George Michael Logothetis (born 18 January 1975) is a British and American businessman. He is from a Greek shipping family, grew up in London and has British citizenship,Musafer, Shanaz"Family values help Greek shipping business go global" ''BBC ...
– founder and CEO of the Libra Group
The Libra Group, aka Libra Holdings, is a privately held international conglomerate operating in a variety of industries. As of 2017, it has 30 subsidiaries across six continents, in six sectors: aviation leasing, renewable energy, hotels and ...
* Harry Markopoulos – forensic accounting
Forensic accounting, forensic accountancy or financial forensics is the specialty practice area of accounting that investigates whether firms engage in financial reporting misconduct. Forensic accountants apply a range of skills and methods to d ...
and financial fraud
In law, fraud is intent (law), intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate Civil law (common law), civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid t ...
investigator; Madoff investment scandal
The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. In December of that year, Bernie Madoff, the former NASDAQ chairman and founder of the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities ...
whistleblower
A whistleblower (also written as whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person, often an employee, who reveals information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent. Whi ...
*John Rigas
John James Rigas (November 14, 1924 – September 30, 2021) was an American businessman who was one of the founders of Adelphia Communications Corporation, which at its peak was one of the largest cable TV companies in the United States. He wa ...
– founder of Adelphia Communications Corporation
Adelphia Communications Corporation was an American cable television company with headquarters in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1952 by brothers Gus and John Rigas after the pair purchased a cable television franchise for US$300. C ...
* John Sitilides – government affairs and international relations specialist at Trilogy Advisors LLC in Washington, D.C.
Fashion
Cuisine
*Cat Cora
Catherine Ann Cora is an American professional chef, television personality, business person, and cookbook author. She is best known for her featured role as an "Iron Chef" on ''Iron Chef America''Yancey, Kitty Bean"'Iron Chef' Cat Cora is out of ...
– Iron Chef
is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, was a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle bui ...
on Food Network
Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group ...
's ''Iron Chef America
''Iron Chef America'' is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's ''Iron Chef'', and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed ''Iron Chef USA'' that aired in 2001. The show is produced by Food Network, whi ...
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* Marisa Churchill – known for Top Chef
''Top Chef'' is an American reality competition television series which premiered on Bravo on March 8, 2006. The show features chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges. The contestants are judged by a panel of professional chef ...
(season 2), author of the Sweet & Skinny cookbooks, Food Network Challenge, and host of My Sweet & Skinny Life on Alpha channel in Greece.
*George Mavrothalassitis
George Mavrothalassitis is a chef and restaurateur known as one of the cofounders of Hawaii Regional Cuisine in the early 1990s. Mavrothalassitis is particularly known for individual pairings of wines with each dish in a multicourse meal.
Life
M ...
– chef and restaurateur known as one of the cofounders of Hawaii Regional Cuisine in the early 1990s
*Spike Mendelsohn
Evangelos Spiros "Spike" Mendelsohn (born December 15, 1980) is a Washington, D.C.-based chef and restaurateur best known as the fifth-place finisher of the fourth season of ''Top Chef'', which aired 2008–2009. He is the chef and owner of mul ...
– chef and restaurateur best known as the fifth-place finisher of the fourth season of Top Chef
''Top Chef'' is an American reality competition television series which premiered on Bravo on March 8, 2006. The show features chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges. The contestants are judged by a panel of professional chef ...
(2008–2009)
*Michael Psilakis
Michael Psilakis is an American celebrity chef, author, and restaurateur. He is best known for his Greek cuisine and appearances on television shows including ''Ultimate Recipe Showdown'', ''Iron Chef America'', ''The Best Thing I Ever Ate'' and ...
– restaurateur best known for his appearances on television shows including Ultimate Recipe Showdown ''Ultimate Recipe Showdown'' is a program shown on Food Network. The program was originally hosted by Marc Summers and Guy Fieri. For the second season, Fieri hosted the program alone.
There were three seasons between 2008 and 2010.
Format
Each co ...
, Iron Chef America
''Iron Chef America'' is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's ''Iron Chef'', and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed ''Iron Chef USA'' that aired in 2001. The show is produced by Food Network, whi ...
, The Best Thing I Ever Ate
''The Best Thing I Ever Ate'' is a television series that originally aired on Food Network, debuting on June 22, 2009 (after a preview on June 20).
The program originally aired as a one-time special in late 2008. After being cancelled by The Food ...
and No Kitchen Required
*Michele Ragussis
Michele Ragussis (born November 26, 1969, in Derby, Connecticut) is an American chef. She is best known as a finalist on the eighth season of the Food Network series ''Food Network Star''.
– chef, best known as a finalist on the Food Network
Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group ...
series Food Network Star (season 8)
*Nicholas Stefanelli
Nicholas Stefanelli is an American chef and restaurateur in Washington, D.C., known for his Michelin-starred Italian restaurant Masseria.
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Early life
Born in Maryland, Stefanelli is of Greek and Italian descent, with family from the ...
– chef and restaurateur, known for his Michelin-starred Italian restaurant Masseria
*Michael Symon
Michael D. Symon (born September 19, 1969) is an American chef, restaurateur, television personality, and author. He is of Greek, Sicilian, and Eastern European descent. He is seen regularly on Food Network on shows such as ''Iron Chef America' ...
– Iron Chef
is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, was a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle bui ...
on Food Network
Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group ...
's ''Iron Chef America
''Iron Chef America'' is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's ''Iron Chef'', and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed ''Iron Chef USA'' that aired in 2001. The show is produced by Food Network, whi ...
''
Fashion
*Patricia Field
Patricia Field (born February 12, 1942) is an American costume designer, stylist and fashion designer.
Early life
Field was born in 1942 in New York City to an Armenian father and a Greek mother, who emigrated from Plomari, Lesbos, Greece. Fi ...
– fashion designer
*James Galanos
James Galanos (September 20, 1924 – October 30, 2016) was an American fashion designer and couturier. Galanos is known for designing clothing for America's social elite, including Nancy Reagan, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and others.
Ea ...
– fashion designer
*Peter Speliopoulos
Peter Speliopoulos, born in 1961 in Springfield, Massachusetts, is an American fashion designer.
Life as a designer
Speliopoulos studied fashion at Parsons School of Design in New York and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA in 1981. Spel ...
– vice president, DKNY design
* George Stavropoulos – fashion designer
*John Varvatos
John Varvatos (born 1954) is an American menswear designer.
Early life
The Varvatos family is originally from the village of Poulata on the island of Kefalonia, Greece. Varvatos was born in Detroit and grew up in Allen Park, Michigan.
He ...
– fashion designer"To show in Milan is 'the top' according to the Greek American who decided to leave the catwalks of New York and head for those here in Milan."
*Nick Verreos
Nick Verreos (born February 13, 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American fashion designer, fashion commentator, former ''Project Runway'' contestant, educator and author.
Early life and education
Verreos was born in Missouri on February 13, ...
– American fashion designer
Modeling
*Betty Cantrell
Baciliky Andris "Betty" Maxwell (née Cantrell; born September 1, 1994) is an American singer, actress, model, author, and beauty pageant titleholder from Warner Robins, Georgia, who was crowned Miss Georgia 2015. On September 13, 2015, she wa ...
– beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Georgia 2015 & Miss America 2016
*Margia Dean
Marguerite Louise Skliris-Alvarez ( Skliris; born April 7, 1922), known as Margia Dean, is an American former beauty queen and stage and screen actress of Greek descent, who had a successful career in Hollywood films during the 1940s until the ...
– former American beauty queen
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and actress, Miss California
The Miss California competition selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss America competition.
The pageant began in Santa Cruz in 1924 and was held there in 1925. During the years 1926 through 1946 in years when the Mi ...
1939
*Patricia Kara
Patricia Kara (Greek: Panayiota Karamouzis-Παναγιώτα Καραμούζη; born February 25, 1972) is an American model, TV personality and former actress.
Career
She began her career in Chicago, before moving to Miami, New York City, th ...
– model, actress, TV personality
*Katerina Katakalides
Katerina Ana Katakalides (born May 8, 1998) is an American model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Teen Miss New York 2016 competition in the Miss Earth United States system. She represented New York at Teen Miss Earth United States 201 ...
– model and beauty pageant titleholder (Teen Miss New York 2016)
* Cleo Maletis – beauty pageant titleholder
*Becky and Jessie O'Donohue
Rebecca Marie "Becky" O'Donohue and Jessica Elleanore "Jessie" O'Donohue (born July 13, 1980) are American reality TV show contestants, models, actresses and former basketball players. The identical twins played college basketball at Niagara Un ...
– ''American Idol
''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to Ap ...
'' contestants and models,
*Ryan Pinkston
Ryan James Pinkston (born February 8, 1988) is an American actor and model. He was a cast member on ''Punk'd'', he played Arnold in the ''Spy Kids'' films, and played Billy Hunkee in ''Soul Plane''.
Life and career
Pinkston was born in Silver Sp ...
– actor and model
*Suzi Simpson
The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1992. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
January
Suzi Athena Simpson (born Suzi Singstock on November 16, 1968) is an American model, and actres ...
– model, actress, aspiring screenwriter
* Jessica St. George – Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
magazine Playmate of the Month
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(February 1965)
* Stassie Karanikolaou – model
* Eleanna Livaditis – Miss Colorado USA 2014
* Maritsa Platis – Miss U.S. International 2020
* Eleana Frangedis – Miss Teen America 2012
* Elena LaQuatra – Miss Pennsylvania USA 2016
*Corinna Tsopei
Kyriaki "Corinna" Tsopei ( el, Κυριακή (Κορίννα) Τσοπέη; born 21 June 1944) is a Greek actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1964.
Career
On 20 June 1964, Tsopei was crowned Miss Star Hellas by Miss Star Hellas ...
– Miss Universe 1964 - American actress
*Sofia Richie
Sofia Richie (born August 24, 1998) is an American social media personality, model, and fashion designer. She has been featured in campaigns by a number of major brands including Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, and Adidas. She is the youngest dau ...
Lionel's Richie daughter
Style
*Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon (17 January 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a British hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was noted for repopularising a simple, close-cut geometric hairstyle called the bob cut, worn by famous fashion designers including M ...
– British and American hairstylist
Explorers and settlers
*Pete Athans
Peter Athans (born March 1, 1957) is one of the world's foremost high-altitude mountaineers. In 2008 he was celebrated for summiting Mount Everest seven times, and was given the moniker "Mr. Everest". His first attempt to climb Everest in 1985 via ...
– mountaineer
*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 United States Camel Corps, Camel Corps experiment in the Southwest United ...
– one of the eight men hired by US Army
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in 1856 to lead the camel
A camel (from: la, camelus and grc-gre, κάμηλος (''kamēlos'') from Hebrew or Phoenician: גָמָל ''gāmāl''.) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. C ...
driver experiment in the Southwest
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.
*John Cocoris
John Michael Cocoris ( el, Γιάννης Μιχάλης Κόκκορης; September 17, 1877 – 1944) was a Greek people, Greek businessman.
Born in Leonidio, he came to New York City in 1895 to work in the sea sponge, sponge trade. In 189 ...
– introduced the technique of sponge diving in 1905 to Tarpon Springs by recruiting divers and crew members from Greece. The first divers came from the Saronic Gulf islands of Aegina and Hydra, but they were soon outnumbered by those from the Dodecanese islands of Kalymnos, Symi and Halki.
* Philip Tedro, or Hadji Ali - hired by US Army
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in 1856 to lead the camel
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driver experiment in the Southwest
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.
*Gracia Dura Bin
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– early settler, wife of Dr. Andrew Turnbull
Andrew Turnbull (1718–1792) was a Scottish physician who later served as a British Consul at Smyrna, then part of the Ottoman Empire, in what is now Turkey. In 1768, he organized the largest attempt at British colonization in the New World by ...
Religious figures
*Andrew Constantinides Zenos
Andrew Constantinides Zenos ( el, Ανδρέας Κωνσταντινίδης Ξένος; August 13, 1855 – January 25, 1942) was a Presbyterian minister, author, translator, professor, and lecturer. He spoke eleven languages including Gree ...
(1855–1942) Presbyterian minister, author, and dean of McCormick Theological Seminary
McCormick Theological Seminary is a private Presbyterian seminary in Chicago, Illinois. It shares a campus with the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, bordering the campus of the University of Chicago. A letter of intent was signed on May 5 ...
* Archbishop Iakovos – former Greek Orthodox
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Archbishop of America, Harvard professor, Selma marcher, president World Council of Churches
*Aryeh Kaplan
Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu Kaplan ( he, אריה משה אליהו קפלן; October 23, 1934 – January 28, 1983) was an American Orthodox rabbi, author, and translator, best known for his Living Torah edition of the Torah. He became well known as ...
– American Orthodox rabbi of Greek-Sephardic descent from Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...
*Eric Metaxas
Eric Metaxas (born 1963) is an American author, speaker, and conservative radio host. He has written three biographies, ''Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery'' about William Wilberforce (2007), ''Bonhoeffer: P ...
– author, essayist and biographer of Martin Luther
Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...
, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have ...
and William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce (24 August 175929 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becom ...
*Betty Robbins
Betty Robbins (born Berta Abramson, April 9, 1924 – February 19, 2004) was a notable cantor. She was one of the first female cantors. She was the first woman appointed as a cantor in the 20th century.
Career
Robbins began singing while in 193 ...
– second Jewish female cantor in history
*- Ambrosios Athanasios Mandilaris (Father Ambrose) (1872-1960) Greek Orthodox Church; President of Greek Coummunity of Chicago; called the Church Builder.
Law enforcement
*Peter Angelos
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Early life and educ ...
– product-liability case lawyer, owner of the MLB Baltimore Orioles
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and former basketball player.
*Stephanos Bibas
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– United States circuit judge
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for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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* District of Delaware
* District of New Jersey
* Ea ...
* James C. Cacheris – senior
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* Senior (name), a surname ...
United States district judge
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for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
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*Michael Chagares
Michael Arthur Chagares (born May 1, 1962) is the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Education
Chagares received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Gettysburg College in 1984 and his Juris Doctor from Seton Ha ...
– federal judge Federal judges are judges appointed by a federal level of government as opposed to the state/provincial/local level.
United States
A US federal judge is appointed by the US President and confirmed by the US Senate in accordance with Article 3 of ...
on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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* District of Delaware
* District of New Jersey
* Ea ...
* Constantine George Cholakis – former United States federal judge
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* William P. Dimitrouleas – United States federal judge
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of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
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Appeals ...
* Peter C. Economus – United States federal judge
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on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
United may refer to:
Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...
*Maria Foscarinis
Maria Foscarinis is the founder of thNational Homelessness Law Center(formerly known as the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty), a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., United States, and dedicated to using the power of ...
– founder and executive director, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
*Nicholas Garaufis
Nicholas George Garaufis (born September 28, 1948) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Early life and education
Garaufis was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to Demetr ...
– senior United States district judge serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
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* Constandinos Himonas – justice of the Utah Supreme Court
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* Kenneth M. Karas – United States district judge
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of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
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* Gregory G. Katsas – United States circuit judge
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for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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*Charles Petros Kocoras
Charles Petros Kocoras (born March 12, 1938) is a Senior Status, Senior United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Education and career
Born to Greek Americ ...
– United States federal judge
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of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
* Thomas Demetrios Lambros – former United States federal judge
In the United States, federal judges are judges who serve on courts established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution. They include the chief justice and the associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, the circuit judges of the U.S. Cou ...
*Paul J. Liacos
Paul Julian Liacos (November 20, 1929 – May 6, 1999) was the chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1989 to 1996.
Biography
He was born in Peabody, Massachusetts to James and Pitsa Liacos, Greeks, Greek immigrants. ...
– chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
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from 1989 to 1996
*John Michael Manos
John Michael Manos (December 8, 1922 – July 6, 2006) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Early life and education
Manos was born to Maria and Michael E. Manos on December 8, ...
– United States federal judge
In the United States, federal judges are judges who serve on courts established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution. They include the chief justice and the associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, the circuit judges of the U.S. Cou ...
for 30 years
* Costa M. Pleicones – jurist who served as the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
*Eleni M. Roumel
Eleni Maria Roumel (born 1974) is a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Of Greek descent, she is the first Greek American woman to serve as a federal judge in the United States. She was designated as Chief Judge by President Don ...
– Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims
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*John J. Stamos
John James Stamos (January 30, 1924 – January 28, 2017) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois from 1988 to 1990.
Early life
Born in Chicago, Illinois to Greek people, Greek immigrants fro ...
– justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
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from 1988 to 1990
* Nicholas Tsoucalas – Senior Judge
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for the United States Court of International Trade
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*Paula Xinis
Paula Xinis (born Panagiota Xinis, 1968) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Biography
Xinis is of Greek ancestry. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in 1991 ...
– United States district judge
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of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
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John G. Papianou
- American-born partner and chair of Montgomery McCracken's Litigation Department
Media figures
Fiction & literature
*A. I. Bezzerides
Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides ( August 9, 1908 – January 1, 2007) was an American novelist and screenwriter, best known for writing films noir and action motion pictures, especially several of Warners' "social conscience" films of the 1940s.
...
– novelist and screenwriter
*N. A. Diaman
N. A. Diaman (as known as Nikos Diaman, Nickolas Anthony Diaman; 1 November 1936—8 November 2020) was an American novelist, Queer activist, and photo artist. He was a pioneer within in the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), and he was gay.
Early life ...
– novelist and artist
*Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) is an American novelist and short story writer. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: ''The Virgin Suicides'' (1993), ''Middlesex'' (2002), and'' The Marriage Plot'' ...
– novelist and short story writer"Eugenides is himself Greek-American, Detroit-born, suburb-raised--all sources of inspiration for his second novel." *
Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006) and for creating the ...
– comedian, former head writer of ''Saturday Night Live
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'' and creator of ''30 Rock
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''
*Zoe Kazan
Zoe Swicord Kazan (; born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter. She made her acting debut in the film ''Swordswallowers and Thin Men'' (2003) and later appeared in films such as '' The Savages'' (2007), ''Revol ...
– screenwriter and playwright
*George Pelecanos
George P. Pelecanos (born February 18, 1957) is an American author. Many of his 20 books are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. He is also a film and television producer and a television writ ...
– crime novelist and television drama writer (''The Wire
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'')
*Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis ( ; June 5, 1923 – February 2, 2021) was an American novelist and writer of short stories. He was best known for depicting the life of Greek-American immigrants in the Greektown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. He died at ...
– novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, biographer, educator, and lecturer
*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 ...
– poet, translator
*David Sedaris
David Raymond Sedaris (; born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "Santaland Diaries.” He published his first co ...
– essayist
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, author and radio contributor
*Eleni Sikelianos
Eleni Sikelianos (born 1965) is an American experimental poet with a particular interest in scientific idiom. She is Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University.
Early life
Sikelianos is the great-granddaughter of the Greek poet Angelos Sike ...
– experimental poet with a particular interest in scientific idiom
*Evan Spiliotopoulos
Evangelos Spiliotopoulos ( el, Ευάγγελος Σπηλιωτόπουλος; born c. 1973) is a Greek-American screenwriter, film producer, and film director.
Early life
Spiliotopoulos was born in Greece, and graduated from high school there ...
– screenwriter
*Byron Vazakas
Byron Vazakas (September 24, 1905, New York City - September 30, 1987, Reading, Pennsylvania) was an American poet, whose career extended from the modernist era well into the postmodernist period; nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1947 ...
– poet (nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1947)
* Michael Katakis – writer, photographer, and manager of Ernest Hemingway's literary estate
Nonfiction
*Ion Hanford Perdicaris
Ion Hanford Perdicaris (April 1, 1840 – May 31, 1925) was an author, professor, lawyer, painter, and playwright. He was a humanitarian and human rights activist. He fought for the rights of Moors, Arabs and slaves. He was active in the anti-sl ...
– author wrote about art and Moroccon culture.
* Chloe Aridjis – writer (daughter of Greek
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Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
-Mexican
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Mexico and its culture
*Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America
** People
*** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants
*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
Homero Aridjis
Homero Aridjis (born April 6, 1940) is a Mexican poet, novelist, environmental activist, journalist and diplomat known for his rich imagination, poetry of lyrical beauty, and ethical independence.
Family and early life
Aridjis was born in Contepe ...
and American Betty Ferber de Aridjis)
* Daphne Athas – writer
*Nicholas A. Basbanes
Nicholas Andrew Basbanes (born May 25, 1943, in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American author who writes and lectures about authors, books, and book culture. His subjects include the "eternal passion for books" ('' A Gentle Madness''); the histor ...
– author who writes and lectures widely about books and book culture
*Demetrios Constantelos
Demetrios J. Constantelos ( el, Δημήτριος Κωνσταντέλος; July 27, 1927 – January 10, 2017) was a Greeks, Greek researcher in Byzantology and a professor emeritus of history and religious studies at Stockton University, Pomona, ...
– priest and academic scholar
*Rae Dalven
Rachel Dalven (25 April 1904, Preveza, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 27 July 1992, New York City), also known as Rae Dalven, was a Romaniote writer who came to the United States as a child. She is best known for her translations of Cavafy's ...
– author and academic (Romaniote - Greek Jewish)
*Nicholas Gage
Nicholas Gage (born Nikolaos Gatzoyiannis; el, Νικόλαος Γκατζογιάννης; July 23, 1939) is a Greek-born American author and investigative journalist.
Early life
Nicholas Gage (original name, Nikos Gatzoyiannis) was born in 19 ...
– reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal
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''
*Dan Georgakas
Dan Georgakas ( el, Νταν Γεωργακάς; 1938–2021) was an American anarchist poet and historian, who specialized in oral history and the American labor movement, best known for the publication ''Detroit: I do mind dying: A study in u ...
– writer, critic and member of the editorial board for '' Cineaste''
* Panio Gianopoulos – writer and editor for Bloomsbury Publishing
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*Vanessa Grigoriadis Vanessa Maia Grigoriadis is an American journalist. Her work has been featured in ''The New York Times'', '' Vanity Fair'', and ''Rolling Stone'' among other publications.
Background
Grigoriadis is of Greek descent and grew up in New York City. Whe ...
– contributing editor for ''New York'' magazine and ''Rolling Stone'' magazine
* George Gregoriou – William Paterson University
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Founded in 1855 and was named after American ju ...
professor, writer
*Arianna Huffington
Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (née Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou, el, Αριάδνη-Άννα Στασινοπούλου ; born July 15, 1950) is a Greek-American author, syndicated columnist and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of ''Th ...
(born Arianna Stassinopoulos) - columnist, pundit and founder of the liberal website The Huffington Post
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*John Kass
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– columnist, ''Chicago Tribune''
*Paul Kemprecos
Paul Kemprecos (born March 11, 1939) is an American writer of mysteries and adventure stories. He is a Shamus Award-winning author of six underwater detective thrillers, and had been co-writing with Clive Cussler the "NUMA Files" novels, which fo ...
*Markos Kounalakis
Markos Kounalakis ( el, Μάρκος Κουναλάκης; born December 1, 1956) is an American syndicated journalist and scholar who is the second gentleman of California as the husband of lieutenant governor Eleni Kounalakis. Kounalakis write ...
– president and publisher emeritus, 'Washington Monthly'; foreign affairs columnist, McClatchy
* Leon Logothetis – British
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
-born author who now lives in Los Angeles
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, TV host, global adventurer, traveler, and inspirational speaker.
*Nick Mamatas
Nick Mamatas ( el, Νίκος Μαμματάς) (born February 20, 1972) is an American horror, science fiction and fantasy author and editor for Haikasoru's line of translated Japanese science fiction novels for Viz Media. His fiction has been ...
*Eric Metaxas
Eric Metaxas (born 1963) is an American author, speaker, and conservative radio host. He has written three biographies, ''Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery'' about William Wilberforce (2007), ''Bonhoeffer: P ...
*Markos Moulitsas
Markos Moulitsas Zúniga (; born September 11, 1971), often known by his username and former military nickname "Kos" ( ), is an American blogger who is the founder and publisher of Daily Kos, a blog focusing on liberal and Democratic Party poli ...
– blogger and political columnist, founder of the liberal blog Daily Kos
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Daily Kos was f ...
*Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris (October 31, 1928 – June 20, 2012) was an American film critic. He was a leading proponent of the auteur theory of film criticism.
Early life
Sarris was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Greek immigrant parents, Themis (née Katav ...
– film critic and a leading proponent of the auteur theory of criticism
*Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (, el, Γεώργιος Τσούκαλος; born 14 March 1978) is a Swiss-born writer, and television presenter and producer. He is a ufologist and a promoter of the ancient astronauts hypothesis. He is best known for his ...
* Anna Halkidis – journalist, editor at Parents.com
Television
*Ernie Anastos
Ernie Anastos (born July 12, 1943) is an American news anchor and the host of the show ''Positively America with Ernie Anastos''. He anchored the news at 6 p.m. on WNYW in New York City. He was also the anchor of the 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts on Fo ...
– WNYW
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-New York City
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co-anchorman
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*Mike Emanuel
Mike Emanuel (born December 10, 1967) is the Chief Washington Correspondent and a former White House Correspondents' Association for Fox News. He has worked for the network since July 1997. Emanuel has been based in the Fox News bureaus in Los Ange ...
- Fox News
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- Chief Washington Correspondent and anchor
*Chloe Melas
Chloe Elizabeth Melas is an American journalist currently serving as an entertainment reporter for CNN and HLN. She was previously the senior entertainment reporter for Hollywood Life and the host of VH1's morning TV show ''The Gossip Table''.
...
– American journalist
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*Thalia Assuras
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Thalia Assuras is a Canadian television journalist and media consultant.
Early years
Assuras was born in London, Ontario to parents who immigrated from Tripoli, Greece, after World War II. She attended London Central Secondary School, ...
– TV reporter, CBS News
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(born in Canada, moved to U.S.)
*Dean Brelis
Dean Brelis (April 1, 1924 – November 17, 2006) was a journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent for NBC, CBS and Time magazine and wrote novels and nonfiction books. He was born Constantinos Christos Brelis in Newport, Rhode Island to G ...
– foreign correspondent for NBC
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, CBS
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and Time magazine
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*Alexis Christoforous Alexis Christoforous (born October 19, 1970) is a New York-based Correspondent for ABC News. Her reports are featured across the ABC News platform including "ABC News Live", "Good Morning America"," "Nightline", ABC-TV affiliate stations, as well as ...
– CBS News
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''Early Show
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''
* Chris Clark – lead news anchor at WTVF
WTVF (channel 5) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Ion Television owned-and-operated station WNPX-TV (channel 28). WTVF's studios are located ...
in Nashville, TN
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. He also gave Oprah Winfrey
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her first television job
*Stefan Fatsis
Stefan Fatsis (; born April 1, 1963) is an author and journalist. He regularly appears as a guest on National Public Radio's ''All Things Considered'' daily radio news program and as a panelist on Slate's sports podcast '' Hang Up and Listen''. ...
– National Public Radio
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*Paul Glastris Paul Glastris is an American journalist and political columnist. Glastris is the current editor-in-chief of the ''Washington Monthly'' and was President of the United States, President Bill Clinton's chief speechwriter from September 1998 to the en ...
– editor-in-chief of ''The Washington Monthly
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''
*Nick Gregory
Nick Gregory (born April 24, 1960) is an American meteorologist and pilot. He is the chief meteorologist for WNYW in New York City. His first weather forecast for WNYW aired on December 26, 1986.
Career
A native of New Rochelle, New York, Gregory ...
– WNYW New York meteorologist for over twenty years
*Chris Hondros
Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970 – April 20, 2011) was an American war photographer. Hondros was a finalist twice for a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.
Biography
Chris Hondros was born in New York City to immigrant Greek and Ger ...
– photojournalist
* Elaina Athans – WTVD
WTVD (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Durham, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the ABC network to the Research Triangle area. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, it maintains pr ...
reporter
*Soterios Johnson
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A Highland Park, New Jersey native, Johnson graduated from Highland Park High Schoo ...
– WNYC
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- morning anchor
*Demetria Kalodimos
Demetria Kalodimos is a television news presenter based in Nashville, Tennessee. She was formerly an anchor for WSMV-TV, an NBC affiliate based in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat ...
– anchorperson for WSMV-TV Nashville, Tennessee
*Ernie Manouse
Ernie Manouse (born September 1, 1969, in Binghamton, New York) is an American television host, radio personality, writer and producer. He currently hosts the interview show InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse, produced by HoustonPBS. His work with Hou ...
– TV anchor
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/producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
, PBS
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*Debbie Matenopoulos
Despina "Debbie" Matenopoulos (born December 13, 1974) is an American television host, journalist, and lifestyle expert.
Early life
Matenopoulos was born in Richmond, Virginia, of Greek ancestry. She is the daughter of Efrosini, a hair stylist ...
– journalist, talk show host
*Maria Menounos
Maria Menounos (, gr, Μαρία Μενούνος ; born June 8, 1978) is an American journalist, television presenter and actress. She has hosted ''Extra'' and ''E! News''; she was a TV correspondent for ''Today'', ''Access Hollywood'', and co- ...
– correspondent for ''Today
Today (archaically to-day) may refer to:
* Day of the present, the time that is perceived directly, often called ''now''
* Current era, present
* The current calendar date
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Today'' (1930 film), a 1930 A ...
'' and ''Access Hollywood
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''
* John Metaxas – WCBS New York radio correspondent
*Ike Pappas
Icarus Nestor Pappas (April 16, 1933 – August 31, 2008), better known as Ike Pappas, was an American television journalist who worked as a CBS News correspondent for 25 years.
Life and career
Pappas was born in the Flushing, Queens, section of ...
– former CBS News correspondent
*Nicole Petallides
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– Fox business reporter
* Kopi Sotiropulos – meteorologist in Fresno, CA for KMPH-TV
KMPH-TV (channel 26) is a television station licensed to Visalia, California, United States, serving the Fresno area as an affiliate of the Fox network. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Sanger-licensed CW affiliate KFRE-TV (ch ...
* Andrea Stassou – reporter for WCBS-TV in New York
*George Stephanopoulos
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– host of ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos
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*Martha Stewart
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- Cooking show host, television personality, lifestyle writer and expert, businesswoman
*Andrea Tantaros
Andreana Kostantina Tantaros (born December 30, 1978) is an American conservative political analyst and commentator. She was a co-host of '' Outnumbered'' on Fox News, and an original co-host of '' The Five''. She sued Fox News in August 2016, ...
– Former Fox News commentator and host. Conservative political pundit.
*Debbie Matenopoulos
Despina "Debbie" Matenopoulos (born December 13, 1974) is an American television host, journalist, and lifestyle expert.
Early life
Matenopoulos was born in Richmond, Virginia, of Greek ancestry. She is the daughter of Efrosini, a hair stylist ...
– television host, journalist, and lifestyle expert
* Vicki Liviakis – journalist
*Betty White
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- Actress and comedian
Radio
*Chris Douridas
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– DJ and actor in Los Angeles market.
Art and entertainment
Comedy
*Charlie Callas
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*Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006) and for creating the ...
*Zach Galifianakis
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Galifianakis has starred in films including ''Th ...
*Demetri Martin
Demetri Evan Martin ( el, Δημήτριος Ευάγγελος Μάρτιν, ''Dimitrios Evangelos Martin''; born May 25, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, writer, director, cartoonist and musician. He was a contributor on ''The Daily Show'' ...
"The son of a Greek Orthodox priest (note: Orthodox priests can marry prior to ordination) and a nutritionist, Martin grew up with his brother and sister in Toms River, New Jersey. His parents co-owned a Greek diner with his grandparents and uncle. Martin, the prototypical "good Greek boy," served as an altar boy at church and bused tables at the restaurant."
*Amy Sedaris
Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in both ''The Mandalorian'' (2019–2020) and ''The Book of Boba Fett'' (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Blank in the ...
– father was of Greek descent"As far as religion goes, we were raised Greek Orthodox...
"My father's mother, our grandmother, lived with us for a while. She didn't speak any English. She was all Greek and she was freaky. She had long hair, which she wore in braids...
*Nia Vardalos
Antonia Eugenia Vardalos (born September 24, 1962) is a Canadian actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is best known for starring in and writing the romantic comedy film ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' (2002), which garnered her nominati ...
*Betty White
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*Stavros Halkias
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– co-host of comedy podcast Cum Town
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Dance
Choreography
*Hermes Pan
Hermes Pan (born Hermes Joseph Panagiotopoulos, December 10, 1909 – September 19, 1990) was an American dancer and choreographer, principally remembered as Fred Astaire's choreographic collaborator on the famous 1930s movie musicals starring A ...
– choreographer
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for Fred Astaire
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Astaire's career in stage, film, and tele ...
Pop
*Corky Ballas
Mark Alexander Ballas Sr. (born December 25, 1960), known as Corky Ballas, is an American retired competitive ballroom dancer who holds several Latin dance championship titles. His son, Mark Ballas, is a professional dancer on ''Dancing with the ...
– retired dancer, Dancing with the Stars
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father to Mark Ballas
*Mark Ballas
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Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer on the ABC program ''Dancing with the Stars''. He began competing on the show ...
– professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars
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*Steve Condos
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The Condos Brothers are credited in the film '' Wake Up and Live'' (1937 ...
– tap dancer
*Natalie Fotopoulos - dance teacher, contestant on the Fox reality show ''So You Think You Can Dance
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''
Tango
*Homer Ladas
Homer Ladas (born 1969) contemporary US argentine tango dancer and teacher.
Homer Ladas is a personality of tango and tango nuevo, nuevo in the US. He began dancing tango in 1997 and has taught tango since 1999. His dance style has been influ ...
– Argentine tango dancer and teacher
*Karina Smirnoff
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– dancer Dancing with the Stars
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, Forever Tango. Her mother is Russia
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n; her father is Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
,
Film and theater
Actors
*Jack Angel
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– actor, who has worked on many radio programs, animated television series, movies and video games
*John Aniston
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– actor, born Yannis Anastasakis, father of actress Jennifer Aniston
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*Lou Antonio
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Ear ...
– actor, best known for performing in the films Cool Hand Luke
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and America America
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* David Batista (Bautista) - former WWE
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professional wrestler (Greek mother and Filipino father) and actor
*Ted Beniades
Theodore Cleanthis Beniades (November 17, 1922 – October 24, 2014) was an American character actor of screen and stage who was best known for appearing in Brian De Palma's '' Scarface'' as the undercover police officer Seidelbaum.
Beniades wa ...
– character actor of screen and stage who was best known for appearing in Brian De Palma's ''Scarface'' as Siedelbaum
* Abraham Hercules Benrubi – actor
*Dennis Boutsikaris
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*Jimmy Workman
James Christopher Workman (born October 4, 1980) is an American retired child actor whose roles include Pugsley Addams in ''The Addams Family'' (1991) and ''Addams Family Values'' (1993). He is the older brother of actress Ariel Winter.
Early l ...
– actor
*Charlie Callas
Charlie Callas (born Charles Callias; December 20, 1924 – January 27, 2011) was an American actor and comedian. He was most commonly known for his work with Mel Brooks, Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin, and his many stand-up appearances on te ...
– comedian and actor
*John Cassavetes
John Nicholas Cassavetes ( ; December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as a television and film actor, Cassavetes also helped pioneer American independent cinema, writing and dire ...
– movie director, actor
*Paul Cavonis
Paul Cavonis (born December 4, 1937) is an American actor who has appeared in over 30 movies and television series. Cavonis is known for playing mafia and Greek characters.
Early life
Cavonis was born in the Hells Kitchen section of Manhattan in ...
– TV and movie actor
*George Chakiris
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– Academy Award winner "Best Supporting Actor" for West Side Story (1961 film)
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*Michael Chiklis
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– of 3/4 Greek descent
* John Considine – grandson of vaudeville and film producer Alexander Pantages
Alexander Pantages (Περικλῆς Ἀλέξανδρος Πανταζής , ''Periklis Alexandros Padazis''; 1867 – February 17, 1936) was a Greek American vaudeville impresario and early motion picture producer. He created a large and p ...
on his mother's side, and nephew on his father's side to writer Bob Considine
Robert Bernard Considine (November 4, 1906 – September 25, 1975), was an American journalist, author, and commentator. He is best known as the co-author of ''Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo'' and ''The Babe Ruth Story''.
Biography
As a student, ...
. Brother to actor/writer Tim Considine
Timothy Daniel Considine (December 31, 1940 – March 3, 2022) was an American actor, writer, photographer, and automotive historian. He was best known for his acting roles in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Early life
Considine was born in Lo ...
. Notable for his role as a writer for the 1960s American television series Combat!
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as well as appearances as an actor in series like ''Knight Rider
''Knight Rider'' is an American entertainment franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The core of ''Knight Rider'' is its three television series: the original ''Knight Rider'' (1982–1986) and sequel series ''Team Knight Rider'' (1997–1998) ...
'' and ''Murder, She Wrote
''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The series f ...
''.
*Tim Considine
Timothy Daniel Considine (December 31, 1940 – March 3, 2022) was an American actor, writer, photographer, and automotive historian. He was best known for his acting roles in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Early life
Considine was born in Lo ...
– actor, writer and photographer, grandson of vaudeville and film producer Alexander Pantages
Alexander Pantages (Περικλῆς Ἀλέξανδρος Πανταζής , ''Periklis Alexandros Padazis''; 1867 – February 17, 1936) was a Greek American vaudeville impresario and early motion picture producer. He created a large and p ...
. Noted for his writing work on the American TV series ''Combat!
''Combat!'' is an American television drama series that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The exclamation point in ''Combat!'' was depicted on-screen as a stylized bayonet. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American sol ...
'', along with his brother John Considine, and his starring role as Jamie Frederick in ''My Three Sons
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''.
*Michael Constantine
Michael Constantine (born Gus Efstratiou (Ευστρατίου); May 22, 1927 – August 31, 2021) was an American actor. He is most widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus" Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula ...
– actor, born Constantine Ioannides, son of Greek immigrants.
*Nick Dennis
Nick Dennis (April 26, 1904 – November 14, 1980) was a Greek American film actor born in Thessaly, Greece.
Biography
The supporting actor, who began in films in 1947, was known for playing ethnic types (usually Greek) in films such as ''Kiss ...
– actor, known for playing ethnic types in films such as ''Kiss Me Deadly
''Kiss Me Deadly'' is a 1955 American film noir produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, and Wesley Addy. It also features Maxine Cooper and Cloris Leachman appearing in the ...
'', ''Sirocco
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Names
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'' and ''A Streetcar Named Desire
''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of person ...
''
*Chris Diamantopoulos
Chris Diamantopoulos (born May 9, 1975) is a Canadian actor. He played Russ Hanneman in the HBO series ''Silicon Valley'' and starred in the film ''The Three Stooges'', and the TV series ''Good Girls Revolt''. He currently voices Mickey Mouse i ...
(born 1975) - Canadian-born actor
*Michael Flessas
Michael C. Flessas (born June 2, 1959 in Miami, Florida), is the birth name of American actor Michael Flessas, who is of Greek ancestry. Flessas' most notable film role was ''Angry Man'' in the Cannes Film Festival 2000 Palme d'Or winning film '' ...
– actor, Palme d'Or
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(Golden Palm) winning film ''Dancer in the Dark
''Dancer in the Dark'' is a 2000 musical drama film written and directed by Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier. It stars Icelandic musician Björk as a factory worker who suffers from a degenerative eye condition and is saving for an operation to p ...
'' at the Cannes Film Festival
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. Paternal grandparents both born in Greece.
*Zach Galifianakis
Zachary Knight Galifianakis (born October 1, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. He appeared in ''Comedy Central Presents'' special and presented his show ''Late World with Zach'' on VH1.
Galifianakis has starred in films including ''Th ...
– father is of Greek descent
*Tony Ganios
Tony may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer
* Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leag ...
– actor, probably best known for his role as Anthony 'Meat' Tuperello in the 1982 hit comedy ''Porky's'' and its sequels
*Christopher George
Christopher John George (Greek: Χριστόφορος Γεωργίου; February 25, 1931 – November 28, 1983) was an American television and film actor who starred in the 1960s television series ''The Rat Patrol''. He was nominated for a Gol ...
– "The Rat Patrol
''The Rat Patrol'' is an American action and adventure television series that aired on ABC between 1966 and 1968. The show follows the exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one British — who are part of a long-range desert p ...
" (1966–68)
*Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...
– actor, filmmaker, and comedian
*Ant
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(Anthony Steven Kalloniatis) - ''Last Comic Standing
''Last Comic Standing'' was an American reality television talent competition show on NBC that aired from June 1, 2003, to August 9, 2010, then again in 2014 and 2015. The goal of the program was to select a comedian from an initially large group ...
'' comedian
*John Kapelos
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
– Canadian-born actor of film and TV
*Robert Karvelas
Robert Karvelas (April 3, 1921 – December 5, 1991) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Larabee in the television series ''Get Smart'' (1965–1970).
Biography
Karvelas was born in New York City with a twin brother and g ...
– actor who is notable for his role as the Chief's dense assistant, Larrabee, on the 1960s sitcom ''Get Smart''
*Andreas Katsulas
Andrew Katsulas (May 18, 1946February 13, 2006), known professionally as Andreas Katsulas, was an American film and television actor, most recognized for portrayals of Narn Ambassador G'Kar on the American science fiction television series ''Bab ...
*Nick Kiriazis
Nick Kiriazis (born June 9, 1969) is American television actor.
He played Father Antonio Torres in Sunset Beach from February 1998 to December 1999. In June 2007, he temporarily replaced Rick Hearst for two episodes of General Hospital.
Kiria ...
– actor
*Nikos Kourkoulos
Nikos Kourkoulos ( el, Νίκος Κούρκουλος; December 5, 1934 in Athens, Greece – January 30, 2007) was a highly respected Greek theatrical and film performer, one of the most talented and recognizable actors in Greece of modern tim ...
– Greek stage and film star who also appeared on Broadway.
*Elias Koteas
Elias Koteas (; el, Ηλίας Κοτέας; born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Alvin "Al" Olinsky in the ''Chicago'' franchise, as well as appearing in lead and supporting roles in numerous films. He won the Cana ...
– Canadian/US movie actor
*Peter Lupus
Peter Nash Lupus Jr. (born June 17, 1932) is an American bodybuilder and actor. He is best known for his role as Willy Armitage on the television series '' Mission: Impossible'' (1966–1973).
Personal life
Lupus was one of three siblings born ...
– bodybuilder and actor, best remembered for the role of Willy Armitage in the original ''Mission: Impossible'' television series in the 1960s
*Ralph Macchio
Ralph George Macchio Jr. ( ; born November 4, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Daniel LaRusso in three ''Karate Kid'' films and in ''Cobra Kai'', a sequel television series. He also played Johnny Cade in '' The Outsiders' ...
– father is of half-Italian and half-Greek descent
*George Maharis
George Maharis (born September 1, 1928) is an American actor who portrayed Buz Murdock in the first three seasons of the TV series '' Route 66''. Maharis also recorded numerous pop music albums at the height of his fame, and later starred in t ...
*Rami Malek
Rami Said Malek (; , ; born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He is known for portraying computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series ''Mr. Robot'' (2015–2019), for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outs ...
– American movie actor of partial Greek descent.
*Jason Mantzoukas
Jason Mantzoukas (, el, Ιάσων Μαντζούκας; born December 18, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer and podcaster. He is best known for his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series ''The League'', and as one of the th ...
– American actor, comedian, and writer.
*Adoni Maropis
Adoni Maropis (born July 20, 1963) is a Greek-American actor.
Maropis was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the middle of three sons. He is best known for playing Quan Chi in '' Mortal Kombat: Conquest''. He also played General Hassan in '' Co ...
– star of '' 24'' among other titles.
*Constantine Maroulis
Constantine James Maroulis (; born September 17, 1975) is an American actor and rock singer. He was the sixth-place finalist on the fourth season of the reality television series ''American Idol'', and received a nomination for the Tony Award f ...
*David Mazouz
David Albert Mazouz (; born ) is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as Bruce Wayne in Fox's Batman-prequel TV drama '' Gotham'' (2014–2019). Mazouz started his acting career with several guest roles before joining the Fox ...
– actor, his mother is of Greek-Jewish descent
*Andy Milonakis
Andrew Michael Milonakis (; born January 30, 1976) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, and streamer. He is best known for his work on ''The Andy Milonakis Show'', a sketch comedy series that aired on MTV and MTV2 from 2005 to 2007. Other no ...
*Nico Minardos
Nico Minardos (February 15, 1930, Pangrati, Athens – August 27, 2011, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California) was a Greek-American actor. He died in 2011 in Woodland Hills, California at age 81, from natural causes.
Work in Hollywood
His fir ...
*Ryan Pinkston
Ryan James Pinkston (born February 8, 1988) is an American actor and model. He was a cast member on ''Punk'd'', he played Arnold in the ''Spy Kids'' films, and played Billy Hunkee in ''Soul Plane''.
Life and career
Pinkston was born in Silver Sp ...
– TV and movie actor; model, mother is of Greek descent
*Chris Sarandon
Christopher Sarandon (; born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is well known for playing a variety of iconic characters, including Jerry Dandrige in ''Fright Night'' (1985), Prince Humperdinck in ''The Princess Bride'' (1987), Detective Mik ...
*George Savalas
Georgios Demosthenes Savalas ( el, Γεώργιος Δημοσθένης Σαβάλας; December 5, 1924 – October 2, 1985) was an American film and television actor. He was the younger brother of actor Telly Savalas, with whom he acted in th ...
*Telly Savalas
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor and singer whose career spanned four decades. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice, he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt. Theo Kojak on th ...
*Stelio Savante
Stelio Savante is a South African American actor, filmmaker and producer best known for his roles as a South African journalist and undercover Mossad agent opposite Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan in the political thriller ''Infidel'', a Portu ...
– actor, producer and writer whose credits include Ugly Betty, Running For Grace, My Super Ex Girlfriend and No Postage Necessary
*Zachary Scott
Zachary Scott (February 21, 1914 – October 3, 1965)Obituary ''Variety'', October 6, 1965. was an American actor who was known for his roles as villains and "mystery men".
Early life
Scott was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Sallie Le ...
– actor who was most notable for his roles as villains and "mystery men"
*Alexander Scourby
Alexander Scourby (; November 13, 1913 – February 22, 1985) was an American film, television, and voice actor known for his deep and resonant voice and Mid-Atlantic accent. He is best known for his film role as the ruthless mob boss Mike ...
– actor and narrator, played 'Old Polo' in ''Giant'', James Dean's last film
*Alek Skarlatos
Aleksander Reed Skarlatos (; born October 10, 1992) is an American former Army National Guard soldier who, along with Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler and three others, stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound train travelling from Amsterdam via Brussels ...
– US Army National Guard
The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army. They are simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Army Na ...
soldier awarded the Soldier's Medal
The Soldier's Medal is an individual decoration of the United States Army. It was introduced as Section 11 of the Air Corps Act, passed by the Congress of the United States on July 2, 1926., Appendix 5, p. 126. The Army' Soldier's Medal is equiv ...
from US President Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...
and the Legion of Honor
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
by French President François Hollande
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. He previously was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from ...
for his participation in the thwarting of terrorist train attack on the 2015 Thalys train attack
On 21 August 2015, a man opened fire on a Thalys train on its way from Amsterdam to Paris. Four people were injured, including the assailant. French, American and British passengers confronted the attacker and subdued him when his rifle jammed. ...
. Portrayed himself in Clint Eastwood's film The 15:17 to Paris (2018).
*Ted Sorel
Theodore Eliopoulos (November 14, 1936 – November 30, 2010), known as Ted Sorel, was an American actor whose numerous credits included '' Guiding Light'', '' Law & Order'' and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. He also appeared in film productio ...
– actor whose numerous credits included Guiding Light, Law & Order and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
*John Stamos
John Phillip Stamos ( ; born August 19, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He first gained recognition for his contract role as Blackie Parrish on the ABC television soap opera ''General Hospital'', for which he was nominated for the Da ...
– father was of Greek descent"John is also Greek and part Irish.
"John Stamos' original family name is Stamopolous, which was shortened by his grandparents when they came to America from Greece."
*Gus Trikonis
Gus Trikonis (born Kostas Tritchonis; November 21, 1937) is an American actor, dancer, and director.
Career
Trikonis began his career as an actor and dancer, notably appearing in the hugely successful 1961 film ''West Side Story (1961 film), Wes ...
– actor appeared in ''West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...
'' along with his sister, Gina Trikonis. 1st husband of Goldie Hawn
Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, dancer, producer, and singer. She rose to fame on the NBC sketch comedy program ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (1968–1970), before going on to receive the Academy Award and Go ...
.
*Dan Vadis
Dan Vadis (born Constantine Daniel Vafiadis, 3 January 1938 – 11 June 1987) was an American actor famous for his lead roles in many Italian films made in the 1960s.
Biography
Vadis was of Greek descent, with lineage tracing back to the isl ...
– actor famous for his lead roles in many Italian films made in the 1960s
*Titos Vandis
Titos Vandis ( el, Τίτος Βανδής; 7 November 1917 – 23 February 2003) was a Greek actor.
Biography
Vandis began his career on the Greek stage in the late 1930s. In 1962, he won the Best Actor award for the film ''Poliorkia'' at ...
– Greek stage and film star. Later starred on Broadway and in Hollywood. Character actor in over 100 U.S. TV shows and dozens of U.S. films.
*
*Demetrius Joyette
Demetrius Joyette (born March 14, 1993) is a Canadian actor best known for portraying the role of Michael Theodore Davies in the sitcom ''The Latest Buzz'', Porter Jackson on ''Wingin' It'' and Dallas in ''Degrassi''.Brodie, Anne (August 15, 2011) ...
– actor
*Billy Zane
William George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the 1989 Australian film ''Dead Calm'', a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promi ...
– actor and director, best known for his role as Caledon Hockley in the film ''Titanic
RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United ...
''.
Actresses
*Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since her career ...
– father is Greek, Golden Globe
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
and Primetime Emmy Award
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...
-winning film/television actress, best known for her role as Rachel Green
Rachel Karen Green is a fictional character, one of the six main characters who appeared in the American sitcom ''Friends''. Portrayed by Jennifer Aniston, the character was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and appeared in all of t ...
on the sitcom ''Friends
''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa ...
'', daughter of actors John Aniston
John Anthony Aniston (born Yannis Anastassakis, , July 24, 1933 – November 11, 2022) was a Greek-born American actor who played Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime drama series ''Days of Our Lives'', which he originated in July 1985 and played ...
and Nancy Dow
Nancy Maryanne Dow (July 22, 1936 – May 25, 2016) was an American actress who appeared in a small number of films and television shows. She was married to actor John Aniston with whom she had a daughter, Jennifer Aniston.
Early life
Dow was ...
."Her father John Aniston was born on the island of Crete in Greece. Her mother Nancy Dow is partly Greek." (1930-present)
*Paula Cale
Paula Cale (born June 2, 1970) is an American actress best known for her role as Joanie Hansen on the television series ''Providence''.
Early life
Cale was born Paula Korologos in Great Falls, Virginia.
Her father, Tom C. Korologos, worked as a ...
*Dimitra Arliss
Dimitra Arliss (October 23, 1932 – January 26, 2012) was an American actress.
Early life and education
Of Greek descent, she was born in Lorain, Ohio, on October 23, 1932. She attended Miami University.
Career
Arliss's acting caree ...
– actress
*Gabrielle Carteris
Gabrielle Anne Carteris (; born January 2, 1961) is an American actress and trade union leader. Her best known acting role was as Andrea Zuckerman during the early seasons of the 1990s television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210''.
In 2012, Carter ...
– actress, best known for her role as Andrea Zuckerman
Andrea Zuckerman, portrayed by Gabrielle Carteris, is a fictional character who was one of the female leads of ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' for the first five seasons.
Andrea was the intelligent but sometimes socially awkward editor of the school ne ...
on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210
''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (often referred to by its short title, ''90210'') is an American teen drama television series created by Darren Star and produced by Aaron Spelling under his production company Spelling Television. The series ran fo ...
'' (father was of Greek descent)
*Jessica Chastain
Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and producer. Known for primarily starring in films with feminist themes, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. ''Time'' ...
– Academy Award-winning actress (distant origin on her father's side)
*Katie Chonacas
Katie Chonacas is an American actress.
Chonacas was born in Detroit, Michigan. After moving to Los Angeles in 2002 she landed roles on television series including ''CSI: NY'', ''It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia'', ''Cold Case'' and ''CSI: Crime ...
*Margia Dean
Marguerite Louise Skliris-Alvarez ( Skliris; born April 7, 1922), known as Margia Dean, is an American former beauty queen and stage and screen actress of Greek descent, who had a successful career in Hollywood films during the 1940s until the ...
– former American beauty queen
A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, ...
and actress
*Nancy Dow
Nancy Maryanne Dow (July 22, 1936 – May 25, 2016) was an American actress who appeared in a small number of films and television shows. She was married to actor John Aniston with whom she had a daughter, Jennifer Aniston.
Early life
Dow was ...
– actress, mother of actress Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since her career ...
, is said to have some Greek ancestry
*Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, more than 60 films and in 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not lon ...
– Academy Award
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
and Golden Globe
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
-winning actress."Olympia Dukakis, Greek-American stage and film actress... will discuss the impact of her Greek-American heritage on her career, as well as past performances, particularly her lead role in the ancient tragedy "Hecuba."
"The daughter of Greek immigrants..."
*Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006) and for creating the ...
– mother is of Greek descent"Fey's mother is Greek-American and her father is German-Scottish, but she's wary of claiming an ethnic identity. "I’ve said a few things about being Greek, and now every Greek organization wants to adopt me," Fey told me.
"Because of the Greek-girl thing, I have, like, boobs and butt."
*Heather Goldenhersh
Heather Goldenhersh is an American actress. She has appeared on Broadway, on television, and in feature films.
Early life
Goldenhersh was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in St. Louis. She has said that she is "half-Jewish by adoption on ...
– Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...
nominated actress
*Xenia Gratsos
Xenia Gratsos (February 12, 1940 – August 8, 2018) was a Greek-American actress who worked both in film and on stage, under the name Brioni Farrell. She was born in Greece and moved to the United States to pursue her acting career. She had a lo ...
*Sasha Grey
Marina Ann Hantzis (born March 14, 1988), known professionally as Sasha Grey, is an American actress, model, writer, musician, and former pornographic actress. Grey began her acting career in the pornographic film industry, winning 15 awards for ...
– content creator-presenter/former adult star; mixed Greek, Irish and Polish ancestry
*Angie Harmon
Angela Michelle Harmon (born August 10, 1972) is an American actress and model. She won ''Seventeens modeling contest in 1987 at age 15, signed with IMG Models, and appeared on covers for magazines such as ''Cosmopolitan'' and ''Esquire''. ...
– maternal grandparents were of Greek descent
*Lindsay Hartley
Lindsay Hartley (born Lindsay Nicole Korman; April 17, 1978) is an American actress. She first came to attention with three long-running soap opera roles: Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald on ''Passions'', Cara Castillo on ''All My Children'', and Arian ...
– mother is of part Greek descent
*Marilu Henner
Mary Lucy Denise Henner is an American actress. She began her career appearing in the original production of the musical '' Grease'' in 1971, before making her screen debut in the 1977 comedy-drama film '' Between the Lines''. In 1977, Henner wa ...
*Melina Kanakaredes
Melina Eleni Kanakaredes Constantinides ( el, Μελίνα Ελένη Κανακαρίδη Κωνσταντινίδη; born April 23, 1967) is an American actress. She is widely known for her roles in U.S. primetime television dramas as Dr. Sydn ...
– actress, best known for ''Providence
Providence often refers to:
* Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion
* Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity
* Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...
'' and ''CSI: NY
''CSI: NY'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: New York'', stylized as ''CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation'') is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seaso ...
''
*Kym Karath
Kym Karath is an American former actress, best known for her role as Gretl, the youngest of the Von Trapp children in ''The Sound of Music''.
Career
Kym Karath was born in Los Angeles, California, and started her career at the age of 4, when s ...
– actress, best known for her role as Gretl in ''The Sound of Music''
*Zoe Kazan
Zoe Swicord Kazan (; born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter. She made her acting debut in the film ''Swordswallowers and Thin Men'' (2003) and later appeared in films such as '' The Savages'' (2007), ''Revol ...
– actress, paternal grandfather, Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan (; born Elias Kazantzoglou ( el, Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου); September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one o ...
, was Greek
*Melia Kreiling
Melia Kreiling (born ) is an actress. She is known for her roles on television series such as ''Tyrant'' and ''The Last Tycoon'', and for her starring role as Alycia in the second season of the CBS summer series ''Salvation''. She also has a bri ...
– actress, Greek mother
*Lauren Lapkus
Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus (born September 6, 1985) is an American actress and comedian. Lapkus is known for portraying Susan Fischer in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2014, 2019) and Jess in the HBO comed ...
-actress, screenwriter Greek-Serbian mother.
*Maria Menounos
Maria Menounos (, gr, Μαρία Μενούνος ; born June 8, 1978) is an American journalist, television presenter and actress. She has hosted ''Extra'' and ''E! News''; she was a TV correspondent for ''Today'', ''Access Hollywood'', and co- ...
*Sofia Milos
Sofia Milos (; gr, Σοφία Μίλος, born 27 September 1969) is a Swiss-born actress. She is best known for her role as Yelina Salas on ''CSI: Miami''. She has also had a role on ''The Sopranos'' as Camorra boss Annalisa Zucca, as well ...
*Alexa Nikolas
Alexa Nikolas (born April 4, 1992) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Nicole Bristow on the Nickelodeon television series ''Zoey 101''. Nikolas has also appeared on various other television series, including '' That's Life'', ...
*Elizabeth Perkins
Elizabeth Ann Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is an American actress. Her film roles have included '' About Last Night'' (1986), ''Big'' (1988), ''Avalon'' (1990), and '' He Said, She Said'' (1991), ''The Flintstones'' (1994), ''Miracle on 34th ...
– father was of Greek descent
*Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born May 15, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO series ''The Sopranos''.
Early life
Jamie-Lynn Sigler was born in Jericho, New York, on May 15, 1981, the daughter of Ste ...
– father is of Greek Jewish and Romanian Jewish descent
*Marina Sirtis
Marina Sirtis (; born 29 March 1955) is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and four ''Star Trek'' feature films, as well as other appearances ...
- played Counselor Deanna Troi
Deanna Troi is a main character in the science-fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and related TV series and films, portrayed by actress Marina Sirtis. Troi is half-human, half-Betazoid and has the psionic ability to s ...
in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''.
*Tracy Spiridakos
Tracy Spiridakos ( gr, Τρέισι Σπυριδάκος) is a Canadian actress. She starred as Becky Richards on the Teletoon children's comedy series ''Majority Rules!'' from 2009–2010. She then starred as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson on th ...
– actress, born in Canada by Greek-born parents, best known for her role as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson in the NBC post-apocalyptic science fiction series ''Revolution
In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...
''.
*Mena Suvari
Mena Alexandra Suvari (; born February 13, 1979) is an American actress, producer, fashion designer and model. After beginning her career as a model and guest-starring on several television shows, she made her film debut in the 1997 drama '' Now ...
– actress, best known for her roles in the films '' American Pie'' and '' American Beauty'', maternal grandmother was of Greek descent
* Gina Trikonis – actress who appeared in ''West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...
'' along with her brother Gus Trikonis
Gus Trikonis (born Kostas Tritchonis; November 21, 1937) is an American actor, dancer, and director.
Career
Trikonis began his career as an actor and dancer, notably appearing in the hugely successful 1961 film ''West Side Story (1961 film), Wes ...
.
*Nia Vardalos
Antonia Eugenia Vardalos (born September 24, 1962) is a Canadian actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is best known for starring in and writing the romantic comedy film ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' (2002), which garnered her nominati ...
– actress. From ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding''; Canadian-born
*Gloria Votsis
Gloria Votsis (born February 9, 1979) is an American film and television actress. She is known for her roles in several television series such as ''Hawaii Five-0'', ''The Gates'', ''CSI: Miami'', ''Person of Interest'', and ''Suburgatory''. She a ...
– actress. She is known for her small roles in several TV series such as ''Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-O or Hawaii Five-0 may refer to:
* Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2010 TV series), an American action police procedural television series
* Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), ''Hawaii Five-O'' (1968 TV series), an Ame ...
'', ''The Gates
''The Gates'' were a group of gates comprising a site-specific work of art by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude, known jointly as Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The artists installed 7,503 vinyl "gates" along of p ...
'', '' CSI'', ''CSI: NY
''CSI: NY'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: New York'', stylized as ''CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation'') is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seaso ...
'', ''CSI: Miami
''CSI: Miami'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: Miami'') is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012 on CBS. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Dete ...
'', and ''Suburgatory
''Suburgatory'' is an American television sitcom created by Emily Kapnek that aired on ABC from September 28, 2011, to May 14, 2014. The series originally aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30/7:30 Central following '' The Middle''. The title is a ...
''. Votsis also had a starring role in the film ''The Education of Charlie Banks
''The Education of Charlie Banks'' is a 2007 American drama film directed by Fred Durst, produced by Straight Up Film's Marisa Polvino and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri, Gloria Votsis, and Chris Marquette. It had its world prem ...
'' alongside Jesse Eisenberg. She also recurred as Alex Hunter on the USA drama '' White Collar''.
*Betty White
Betty Marion White (January 17, 1922December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian. A pioneer of early television, with a television career spanning almost seven decades, White was noted for her vast work in the entertainment indust ...
– maternal grandfather was Greek - actress
*Rita Wilson
Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff; October 26, 1956) is an American actress, singer, and producer. Her film appearances include ''Volunteers'' (1985), ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), '' Now and Then'' (1995), ''That Thing You Do!'' (1996), ...
– actress, film producer and singer, mother is of Greek descent
*Tiffani Thiessen
Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974) is an American actress who starred as Kelly Kapowski on NBC's ''Saved by the Bell'' (1989–1993), as Valerie Malone on Fox's ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1994–98), and as Lori on Netflix's ''Alexa & ...
– actress
*Ariel Winter
Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998) is an American actress. She starred as Alex Dunphy in the ABC comedy series ''Modern Family'', for which she and her co-stars won four consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble ...
– actress
*Shanelle Workman
Shanelle Workman is an American actress, producer and director. She is best known for playing the roles of Sarah "Flash" Roberts on the ABC soap opera '' One Life to Live'' and Gabriela 'Gaby' Moreno Forester on the CBS soap opera ''The Bold an ...
– voice actress for various video games and animated TV shows, mother is of Greek descent
*Elena Kampouris
Elena Kampouris ( el, Έλενα Καμπούρη; born September 16, 1997) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Allison Doss in the 2014 drama '' Men, Women & Children'', Maya Decker in the NBC drama series ''American Odyssey'', ...
– actress
*Haley Pullos
Haley Alexis Pullos (born July 10, 1998) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Molly Lansing-Davis in the American daytime soap opera ''General Hospital''. She also plays Bella in The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia.
Life an ...
– actress
*Lisa Zane
Lisa Zane (born Elizabeth Frances Zane; April 5, 1961) is an American actress and singer.
Personal life
Zane was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Thalia and William George Zane Sr., founders of a medical technical school. Her family's ...
– actress and singer, sister of actor Billy Zane
William George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the 1989 Australian film ''Dead Calm'', a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promi ...
.
Art direction, costume design, set design
*George Barris (auto customizer)
George Barris (born George Salapatas; November 20, 1925 – November 5, 2015) was an American designer and builder of Hollywood custom cars. Barris designed and built the Hirohata Merc. Barris's company, Barris Kustom Industries, designed and ...
– designer and builder of many famous Hollywood custom cars, including The Batmobile for the Batman (TV series)
''Batman'' is an American live action television series, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Burt Ward as Dick Grayson / Robin – two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City ...
.
*Anna Louizos
Anna Louizos (born June 24, 1957) is an American scenic designer and art director. She is known for her Tony Award-nominated sets for the musicals ''In the Heights'' and '' High Fidelity'', as well as the London, Broadway, Las Vegas, and touring p ...
– Tony award nominated scenic designer and art director
*Dean Tavoularis
Dean Tavoularis ( gr, Κωνσταντίνος Ταβουλάρης; born May 18, 1932) is an American motion picture production designer whose work appeared in numerous box office hits such as ''The Godfather'' films, ''Apocalypse Now'', ''The ...
– Academy Award winner for Best Art Direction (''The Godfather Part II
''The Godfather Part II'' is a 1974 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film is partially based on the 1969 novel ''The Godfather'' by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. ''Part II'' s ...
'')
*Mary Zophres
Mary Zophres is an American costume designer who has worked in the film industry since 1994. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design four times for ''True Grit'' (2010), ''La La Land'' (2016), ''The Ballad of Buster ...
– costume designer, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the 2010 film ''True Grit
True Grit may refer to:
Fiction
* ''True Grit'' (novel), a 1968 novel by Charles Portis
** ''True Grit'' (1969 film), a film adaptation by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne
** ''True Grit'' (2010 film), a film adaptation by the Coen Brothers, ...
''
Choreography
*Hermes Pan
Hermes Pan (born Hermes Joseph Panagiotopoulos, December 10, 1909 – September 19, 1990) was an American dancer and choreographer, principally remembered as Fred Astaire's choreographic collaborator on the famous 1930s movie musicals starring A ...
– choreographer
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...
for Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer. He is often called the greatest dancer in Hollywood film history.
Astaire's career in stage, film, and tele ...
Cinematography
*Chris Condon Chris J. Condon (1923 – December 19, 2010), born Christo Dimitri Koudounis, was the inventor of 3D lens used by his company StereoVision, a cinematographer, and founder of Sierra Pacific Airlines.
Life and career
He was born in North Chicago, Il ...
– cinematographer and 3D pioneer
*Michael Gioulakis
Michael Gioulakis (born September 17, 1982) is an American cinematographer, best known for his work with directors David Robert Mitchell, M. Night Shyamalan, and Jordan Peele.
Early life
Gioulakis was born in Plantation, Florida, and grew up o ...
– cinematographer
*Phedon Papamichael
Phedon Papamichael, ASC ( el, Φαίδων Παπαμιχαήλ, ''Faidon Papamihail''; born 10 February 1962) is a Greek cinematographer and film director, known for his collaborations with directors James Mangold, Alexander Payne and Wim We ...
– director, cinematographer
*Harris Savides
Harris Savides (; Greek: Χάρης Σαββίδης; September 28, 1957 – October 9, 2012)Weber, BrucHarris Savides, Visual Poet, Dies at 55''New York Times'', October 12, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012. was an American cinematographer. Not ...
– cinematographer
Directors
*Alexandra Cassavetes
Alexandra "Xan" Cassavetes is an American actress and director. She is the daughter of Greek-American actor-director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands. She is the granddaughter of actress Katherine Cassavetes. She is the sister of actor- ...
– director, daughter of John Cassavetes
John Nicholas Cassavetes ( ; December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as a television and film actor, Cassavetes also helped pioneer American independent cinema, writing and dire ...
*John Cassavetes
John Nicholas Cassavetes ( ; December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as a television and film actor, Cassavetes also helped pioneer American independent cinema, writing and dire ...
– movie director, actor
*Nick Cassavetes
Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor, director, and writer. He has directed such films as ''She's So Lovely'' (1997), ''John Q.'' (2002), ''The Notebook'' (2004), '' Alpha Dog'' (2006), and '' My Sister's Kee ...
– movie director
*Tom Cherones
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
– director and producer of several TV series. His most well-known directing work is on Seinfeld
*George Pan Cosmatos
George Pan Cosmatos (4 January 1941 – 19 April 2005) was a Greek-Italian film director and screenwriter. Following early success in his home country with drama films such as ''Massacre in Rome'' with Richard Burton (based on the real-life Arde ...
1, film director, '' Tombstone'', '' Rambo: First Blood Part II''
*Milton Katselas – director, Cinema of the United States, Hollywood acting teacher
*Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan (; born Elias Kazantzoglou ( el, Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου); September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one o ...
– movie director, two-time Academy Award
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
winner for ''Gentleman's Agreement and On the Waterfront'', ''A Streetcar Named Desire
''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of person ...
'', ''Viva Zapata'', ''East of Eden (film), East of Eden''
*Tony Leondis – film director, writer and voice actor of animation
*Dimitri Logothetis
*Gregory Markopoulos – film director, New American Cinema of the 1960s
*Paolo Marinou-Blanco – film director and screenwriter
*Nico Mastorakis – film and TV director
*Melina Matsoukas
*Andrew Moskos – producer/owner of Boom Chicago
*Alexander Payne – Academy Award
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
winning movie director
*Nikos Psacharopoulos – theater producer, director, and educator
*Andy Sidaris – film director of cult B-movie films
*Penelope Spheeris – director (''Wayne's World (film), Wayne's World'')
*Greg Yaitanes – television and film director
*Billy Zane
William George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the 1989 Australian film ''Dead Calm'', a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promi ...
– actor, director
Makeup and special effects
*Karen Goulekas – visual effects artist *Jack Pierce (makeup artist), Jack Pierce – designer of makeup and costumes for all of Universal Studios's iconic movie monsters, including: Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, et al. *Patrick Tatopoulos – special effects and creature designer *Petro Vlahos – Oscar-awarded Hollywood special effects pioneerProducers
*Jean Doumanian – born Jeannine Karabas. Early associate producer ofSaturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serves a ...
and briefly replaced Lorne Michaels as Executive Producer; Producer of seven Woody Allen films. Tony-award winning producer of several Broadway plays.
*Sid Ganis
*Laeta Kalogridis – screenwriter, TV and film producer
*Tom Kapinos
*Anthony Katagas – film producer
*Nicholas Kazan – screenwriter, film producer, director. He is the son of director Elia Kazan and his first wife, playwright Molly Kazan
*Nico Mastorakis – film and TV producer
*Dino Stamatopoulos – television comedy writer, actor and producer who has worked on ''Mr. Show'', ''TV Funhouse'', ''MADtv, Mad TV'', ''Moral Orel'', and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''
*Ted Sarandos
Theodore Anthony Sarandos Jr. is an American businessman who serves as the co-chief executive officer and chief content officer for Netflix.
Early life
Sarandos was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His father was Ted Sarandos Sr, an electrician, and ...
– chief content officer at Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
*David Brookwell - TV and film producer. Mother of Greek descent
Props
*George Barris (auto customizer)
George Barris (born George Salapatas; November 20, 1925 – November 5, 2015) was an American designer and builder of Hollywood custom cars. Barris designed and built the Hirohata Merc. Barris's company, Barris Kustom Industries, designed and ...
– designer and builder of many famous Hollywood custom cars
Sound
*Mildred Iatrou Morgan – sound editor (filmmaking), sound editor and audio engineer, nomination for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 89th Academy AwardsMagicians
*Criss Angel – magic (illusion), illusionistMusicians
Composer
*Marco Beltrami – film composer *John Cacavas – composer, conductor *Basil Poledouris – film composerConductor
*Maurice Abravanel – conductor of classical music *John Cacavas – composer, conductor *Alexander Frey – conductor, pianist, organist, composer, recording artist *Donald Johanos – conductor and music director with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra *Steven Karidoyanes – composer, broadcaster and conductor with Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra *Dimitris Mitropoulos – world-renowned symphony conductorProducers
*George Drakoulias – music producer *Dino Fekaris – Grammy awarded composer (I Will Survive, I will survive) *Nick Venet – record producerClassical
*Lefteris Bournias – clarinetist *William Masselos – classical pianist *Murray Perahia – concert pianist and conducting, conductor with roots in ThessalonikiCountry & western
*Kostas (songwriter), Kostas Lazarides – songwriter for many top C&W artists including: Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless, George Strait, and Travis Tritt. *Lane Brody – singer. Born "Eleni Voorlas" in Chicago area. Brody and Johnny Lee (singer), Johnny Lee wrote lyrics to and recorded the theme music for the 1983–1984 NBC television show, The Yellow Rose. The theme song of the same name became a No. 1 hit on the U.S. country singles chart on April 21, 1984.Dark cabaret
*Lola Blanc – singer, songwriter; her father is Greek-American.Disco
*Lourett Russell Grant – singer and record producerNew age
*Chris Spheeris – new age multi-instrumentalist, composer, recording artist, collaborated on several albums with Paul Voudouris *Paul Avgerinos – composer, performer and producer of new-age music *Yanni – new-age musicianOpera
*Maria Callas – considered one of the greatest opera sopranos of all time *Tatiana Troyanos – mezzo-sopranoPop
*The Andrews Sisters – singers *Helena Paparizou – pop artist. Represented Greece in Eurovision 2001 and Eurovision 2005 and won in 2005. Father is Greek. Mother is of Swedish and Hawaiian descent. *Kelly Clarkson – ''American Idol'' (Season 1) winner
*Kalomoira – pop singer
*George Michael Pop singer and songwriter
*Nick Noble (singer) – pop singer, popular in the mid-1950s and best known for his recordings of The Tip of My Finger and Moonlight Swim
*Tony Orlando – singer. Half Greek and half Puerto Rican.
*Chris Trousdale (born 1985) - singer, former ''Dream Street'' member
*Jim Verraros (born 1983) - singer, entertainer, one of the top 10 finalists in the first season of ''American Idol''
Rock and metal
*Art Alexakis – singer/songwriter/guitarist, member of Everclear (band), Everclear *Teddy Andreadis – keyboardist *Johnny A., Johnny Antonopoulos – singer/guitarist *Seven Antonopoulos – rock drummer *Tommy Clufetos – session drummer *Warren Cuccurullo – rock musician and long-term member of Duran Duran *Greg Dulli – musician *The Fiery Furnaces – indie rock band *Tomas Kalnoky – lead singer/guitarist and songwriter of the bands Streetlight Manifesto and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution *Anthony Kiedis - Lead singer of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, songwriter *Wayne Kramer (guitarist), Wayne Kramer – guitarist for Motor City Five *Tim Lambesis – lead singer of Metalcore band As I Lay Dying *Tommy Lee – heavy metal drummer
*Jim Matheos – guitarist and the primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Fates Warning
*Vicky Psarakis – vocalist of Canadian metal band The Agonist.
*Jim Sclavunos – drummer for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
*Derek Sherinian – virtuoso rock and jazz fusion keyboardist
*Jim Tasikas – primary songwriter and guitarist for progressive death metal band Contrarian (band)
*Alex Varkatzas – lead singer of Hard Rock/Metalcore band Atreyu
*Frank Zappa – composer
Rap
*MadClip, Peter Anastasopoulos (MadClip) - singer *Arizona Zervas – rapper, singer and songwriter *Andy Milonakis - streamer, actor, comedian and rapperRock and roll
*Sarah Aroeste – Manhattan-basedElissa Strauss“Sarah Aroeste, keeping Ladino music alive,”
''New York Daily News'', November 11, 2008. Jewish Ladino language, Ladino musician with roots in the History of the Jews in Thessaloniki, Jewish Community of Thessaloniki.Mordechai Shinefield
“Monday Music: The Face of Ladino Dream-Pop,”
''The Forward'', May 21, 2012. *Annette Artani – singer-songwriter *Amalia Bakas – singer of Greek traditional and rembetiko songs with a successful career in the United States. * Sylvia Constantinidis – Venezuelan-born pianist, conductor, writer, music educator and composer. *Nickitas J. Demos – composer of contemporary classical music drawing from Greek inspiration. *Tatiana von Fürstenberg – rock singer *Diamanda Galás – performance artist, vocalist, and composer *Nick Gravenites – blues, rock and folk singer-songwriter *Fran Jeffries – singer, dancer, actress, and model * James J. Kellaris - award-winning composer of contemporary classical music drawing from Greek and Byzantine themes. *Paul Lekakis – singer *Jessie Malakouti – singer *Athan Maroulis – singer, producer, musician, older brother of ''American Idol'' Season 4 finalist Constantine Maroulis *
Constantine Maroulis
Constantine James Maroulis (; born September 17, 1975) is an American actor and rock singer. He was the sixth-place finalist on the fourth season of the reality television series ''American Idol'', and received a nomination for the Tony Award f ...
– singer, stage actor, ''American Idol'' (Season 4) finalist
*Dimitri Minakakis – original singer and founding member of the band The Dillinger Escape Plan
*Ted Nichols – composer conductor, arranger, educator, minister of music
*Becky O'Donohue – singer and ''American Idol'' (Season 5) semi-finalist
*Johnny Otis – rhythm and blues musician
*Shuggie Otis – rock, blues & funk guitarist and songwriter
*Jimmie Spheeris – singer-songwriter in the 1970s
*The Vanity Set – alternative/rebetiko rock band
Visual arts
Comics, cartoons
*Chris Eliopoulos – cartoonist and letterer of comic books *Christos Gage – DC Comics, DC/Marvel Comics/Wildstorm and ''Law & Order'' writer *Nick Galifianakis (cartoonist), Nicholas Galifianakis – cartoonist and artist who draws satirical cartoons *Bill Jemas – former publisher of Marvel Comics & former executive vice president of Marvel Entertainment Group *Stephan Pastis – cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine *George Roussos – comic book artist best known as one of Jack Kirby's Silver Age inkers *Bob Rozakis – comic book writer and editor known mainly for his work in the 1970s and 1980s at DC Comics *Mark Alan Stamaty – cartoonist and children's book writer and illustrator *Aliki Theofilopoulos – cartoonist and directorGraffiti
*Alex Martinez (graffiti artist), Alex Martinez – graffiti artist, illustrator, muralist (Greek mother) *Taki 183 – original artist who spawned the Graffiti craze in New York City of 1960s-70s. Demetrios/Demetraki ("Taki") hailed from 183rd Street in Washington Heights, hence his moniker "Taki 183".Illustrators
*Constantinos Coconis – illustrator *Cleo Damianakes – etcher and illustrator of 1920s book dust jackets for Hemingway and Fitzgeralds *Basil Gogos – horror painter/illustrator *George Stavrinos – illustrator (Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame)Painters
*William Baziotes – painter, a contributor to Abstract Expressionism *Theodoros Stamos – painter, a contributor to Abstract Expressionism, member of The Irascibles *Constantino Brumidi – Congressional Medal of Honor for paintings inside U.S. Capitol building. *Thomas Chimes – painter *Lillian Delevoryas – artist whose career spanned six decades *Dino Kotopoulis – artist *Ethel Magafan – painter and muralist *William Spencer Bagdatopoulos – painter and commercial artist *Anthony Velonis – painter and designer, who helped introduce the public to silkscreen printing in the early 20th century *Jean Xceron – abstract painterPerformance artists
*Mary Ashley – video artist, performance artist, and painterPhotography
*Marie Cosindas – photographer, best known for her evocative still life and color portraits *Chris Hondros
Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970 – April 20, 2011) was an American war photographer. Hondros was a finalist twice for a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.
Biography
Chris Hondros was born in New York City to immigrant Greek and Ger ...
– Pulitzer Prize-nominated war photographer
*James Karales – Pulitzer Prize awarded photographer
*Christopher Makos – photographer for Calvin Klein, ''Esquire (magazine), Esquire'' and Andy Warhol
*Constantine Manos – photographer (Leica Medal of Excellence in 2003)
*Tod Papageorge – art photographer
*Ithaka (artist), Ithaka Darin Pappas – photographic artist and celebrity portraitist i.e.: NWA Straight Outta Compton, Marlee Matlin, Giancarlo Esposito, Takashi Murakami etc.
*Andrew Prokos – architectural and fine art photographer
*Popsie Randolph – photographer
*George Tames – photographer for ''The New York Times'' from 1945–1985
*Paul Vathis – photojournalist for the Associated Press for 56 years (Pulitzer Prize for Photography in 1962)
Sculptors
*Stephen Antonakos – sculptor *Peter Forakis – abstract geometric sculptor *Zenos Frudakis – figurative sculptor *Chryssa Vardea Mavromichali, Chryssa – sculptor *Lynda Benglis – sculptor and visual artist *Dimitri Hadzi – sculptor *Nicholas Legeros – bronze sculptor *Peter Voulkos – sculptor, Ceramics (art), ceramics art innovator *Electros Vekris – Sculptor Kinetic sculpture, kineticsUnfiled
*Michael Janis – glass artist, one of the directors of the Washington Glass School, known for his work on glass using the exceptionally difficult sgraffito technique on glass *Kimon Nicolaides – art teacher, author and artist, who developed the widely used method of teaching drawing "The Natural Way to Draw" *Ithaka (artist), Ithaka Darin Pappas – multi-disciplinary artist, creator of The Reincarnation of a Surfboard, credited with being the founder of the Contemporary Surf Art movementWriting
Fiction
*A. I. Bezzerides
Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides ( August 9, 1908 – January 1, 2007) was an American novelist and screenwriter, best known for writing films noir and action motion pictures, especially several of Warners' "social conscience" films of the 1940s.
...
– novelist and screenwriter
*Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) is an American novelist and short story writer. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: ''The Virgin Suicides'' (1993), ''Middlesex'' (2002), and'' The Marriage Plot'' ...
– novelist and short story writer
*George Pelecanos
George P. Pelecanos (born February 18, 1957) is an American author. Many of his 20 books are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. He is also a film and television producer and a television writ ...
– crime novelist and television drama writer (''The Wire
''The Wire'' is an American Crime film, crime drama Television show, television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States. ''The ...
'')
*Harry Mark Petrakis
Harry Mark Petrakis ( ; June 5, 1923 – February 2, 2021) was an American novelist and writer of short stories. He was best known for depicting the life of Greek-American immigrants in the Greektown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. He died at ...
– novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, biographer, educator, and lecturer
*Nico Mastorakis – novelist, script writer
* Panio Gianopoulos – writer, editor-in-chief
Military
*Gus George Bebas – naval aviator and a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States), Distinguished Flying Cross *LTG Peter G. Burbules – retired United States Army Lieutenant General. U.S. Army Ordnance Hall of Fame. *Matthew Bogdanos – colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserves *Chris Carr (Medal of Honor), Chris Carr – United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor *Alden Partridge Colvocoresses – developer of the first satellite map of the United States *George Colvocoresses – commander of the USS Saratoga (1842), Saratoga during the American Civil War
*George Partridge Colvocoresses – led a distinguished military career rising to the rank of Admiral
*George Dilboy – first Greek-American to receive Medal of Honor
*Andrea Dimitry – Greek-American soldier in the War of 1812 fought in the Battle of New Orleans
*George Doundoulakis – Greek-American soldier who worked under British Intelligence during World War II and served with the OSS in Thessaly, Greece. Later becoming a physicist, he is known by his twenty-six US patents in the fields of radar, electronics, and narrowband television.
*Helias Doundoulakis – served in the United States Army and the Office of Strategic Services — the OSS — as a spy during the Battle of Crete in WWII. Later becoming a civil engineer, he worked on many elite projects for the U.S. Navy and NASA as project leader at Grumman Aerospace. Brother of George Doundoulakis.
*Michel Dragon (1739–1821) Greek American Lieutenant in the Spain and the American Revolutionary War, American Revolution fought in the Siege of Pensacola.
*Photius Fisk (1809–1890) American abolitionist, Chaplain U.S.N., lobbied to abolish flogging in the U.S. Navy
*Jack H. Jacobs, Vietnam War veteran. Medal of Honor recipient (of Romaniote Jews, Romaniote Jewish descent).
*James G. Kalergis – U.S. Army officer who played a significant role in the post-Vietnam era reorganization of the U.S. Army
*George Marshall (gunner), George Marshall (1781–1855) served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812, he was a Master Gunner and wrote ''Marshall's Practical Marine Gunnery''.
*James Megellas – retired United States Army officer, the most decorated officer in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division, received a Distinguished Service Cross, a Silver Star, and been nominated for the Medal of Honor
*Charles Moskos – leading military sociologist in the US Military. Author of ''Greek Americans: Struggle and Success''.
*William Pagonis – retired three-star U.S. Lieutenant General (United States), Army General and chairman of the board for RailAmerica
*Steve Pisanos – (November 10, 1919 – June 6, 2016) aka "The Flying Greek" - flying ace who served as a fighter pilot with the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and later in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. He retired in 1974 from the U.S. Air Force as a colonel.
*Andrew P. Poppas – United States Army lieutenant general currently serving as the director of the Joint Staff
*George Sirian – served in the US Navy with distinction for nearly fifty years
*Alek Skarlatos
Aleksander Reed Skarlatos (; born October 10, 1992) is an American former Army National Guard soldier who, along with Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler and three others, stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound train travelling from Amsterdam via Brussels ...
– US Army National Guard
The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army. They are simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Army Na ...
soldier awarded the Soldier's Medal
The Soldier's Medal is an individual decoration of the United States Army. It was introduced as Section 11 of the Air Corps Act, passed by the Congress of the United States on July 2, 1926., Appendix 5, p. 126. The Army' Soldier's Medal is equiv ...
from US President Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...
and the Legion of Honor
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
by French President François Hollande
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. He previously was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from ...
for his participation in the thwarting of terrorist train attack on the 2015 Thalys train attack
On 21 August 2015, a man opened fire on a Thalys train on its way from Amsterdam to Paris. Four people were injured, including the assailant. French, American and British passengers confronted the attacker and subdued him when his rifle jammed. ...
. Portrayed himself in Clint Eastwood's film The 15:17 to Paris (2018).
*James G. Stavridis – retired United States Navy, USN admiral, Supreme Allied Commander Europe July 2, 2009 - May 13, 2013
*Peter G. Tsouras – retired Lieutenant Colonel (United States), Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army
Politicians
Federal
Ιncumbent politicians
* Charlie Crist – United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Florida, former governor of Florida (2007–2011), former Florida Attorney General, Florida attorney general (2003–2007) *Gus Bilirakis – United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Florida, Republican Party (United States), Republican co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues * Chris Pappas (politician), Chris Pappas – United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire * Dina Titus – United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Nevada * John Sarbanes – United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Maryland * Nicole Malliotakis – United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York, former New York State assemblywoman (2011–2021) * John Podesta – Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, Senior Advisor to the President under President Joe Biden, Biden, former White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton, Clinton and campaign director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential run.Former politicians
*Spiro Agnew – former Vice President of the United States, former governor of Maryland, first Greek-American governor in U.S. history *Michael Dukakis – former Governor of Massachusetts, 1988 Democratic Party (United States), Democratic presidential nominee *Paul Sarbanes – former United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Maryland; co-sponsored the Sarbanes–Oxley Act on corporate accounting *Olympia Snowe – former United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Maine, former First Lady of Maine *Paul Tsongas – former United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts *John Brademas
Stephen John Brademas Jr. (March 2, 1927 – July 11, 2016) was an American politician and educator originally from Indiana. He served as Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1981 at ...
– former Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House Majority Whip, former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana, former president of New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
, former chair of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
*Reince Priebus – former White House Chief of Staff under President Donald Trump, Trump, former Chair of Republican National Committee
*Jen Psaki – 34th White House Press Secretary under President Joe Biden, Biden, former United States Department of State, U.S. Department of State spokesperson under President Barack Obama, Obama.
*John Negroponte – United States Director of National Intelligence, U.S. Director of National Intelligence, former List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
*George Tenet – former Director of Central Intelligence, U.S. Director of Central Intelligence
*Sylvia Mathews Burwell – former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Barack Obama, Obama, former U.S. Director of the Office of Management and Budget, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff and president of American University
* Peter Peterson – former United States Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Secretary of Commerce – first Greek-American cabinet officer, head of Blackstone Group
*George Stephanopoulos
George Robert Stephanopoulos ( el, Γεώργιος Στεφανόπουλος ; born February 10, 1961) is an American television host, political commentator, and former Democratic advisor. Stephanopoulos currently is a coanchor with Robin Robe ...
– political commentator, former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, Senior Advisor to the President under President Bill Clinton, Clinton, former White House Communications Director.
*Brian Bulatao – former Under Secretary of State for Management, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Management under President Donald Trump, Trump.
*Andrew Manatos – former United States Department of Commerce, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce under President Jimmy Carter, Carter
*Michael Bilirakis – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Florida.
*Nick Galifianakis (politician), Nick Galifianakis – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from North Carolina
*Peter Kyros – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Maine
*Skip Bafalis – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Florida
*Nicholas Mavroules – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, former mayor of Peabody, Massachusetts
*Gus Yatron – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, and boxer
*George Gekas – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
*Zack Space – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio
*Suzanne Kosmas – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Florida
*Ron Klink – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
*Michael James Pappas – former United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New Jersey
*William Antholis – former White House and State Department officialstudies the presidency at the University of Virginia
*Jon Favreau (speechwriter), Jon Favreau – former White House Director of Speechwriting *
George Argyros
George Leon Argyros (born February 4, 1937) is an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Spain. He is also a real estate investor and philanthropist. Argyros was the owner of Major League Baseball's Seattle Marine ...
– former List of ambassadors of the United States to Spain, U.S. Ambassador to Spain
*James Costos – former List of ambassadors of the United States to Spain, U.S. Ambassador to Spain under Barack Obama.
*Alexander Dimitry – diplomat, linguist and scholar who worked as a U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica and Nicaragua
*George T. Kalaris - CIA head of Counter-intelligence Staff and chief of the Soviet-East Europe Division
*Tom C. Korologos – U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, Reagan lobbyist
*Gregory Anthony Perdicaris – first U.S. Consul to Greece
*Tasia Scolinos – United States Department of Justice, Justice Department director of public affairs
*Frances Townsend – former assistant to the President of the United States, president and homeland security advisor
*Viron Vaky – former List of ambassadors of the United States to Costa Rica, U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, Colombia and Venezuela
State
Incumbent politicians
*Eleni Kounalakis – Lieutenant Governor of California and former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary (2010–2013) *Susan Bysiewicz – List of lieutenant governors of Connecticut, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, former Secretary of the State of Connecticut (1999–2011) *Stavros Anthony – Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, Lieutenant Governor-elect of Nevada, Las Vegas Councilman *Alexi Giannoulias – Illinois Secretary of State-elect, former Illinois State Treasurer (2007–2011), 2010 Democratic nominee for 2010 United States Senate elections in Illinois, U.S. Senate *Jimmy Patronis – Chief Financial Officer of Florida, former Florida Florida House of Representatives, State Representative (2006–2014) *Bruce Tarr (Tamvakologos) - Minority Leader of Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts Massachusetts Senate, State Senator, former Massachusetts Massachusetts House of Representatives, State Representative (1991–1995) *John Velis – Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts Massachusetts Senate, State Senator *Diane DiZoglio – Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts Massachusetts Senate, State Senator *Steven Xiarhos – Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts Massachusetts Senate, State Representative *Tami Gouvela – Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts Massachusetts Senate, State Representative *Denise Garlick – Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts Massachusetts Senate, State Representative *Sandy Pappas – Minnesota State Senator representing Saint Paul, Minnesota, St. Paul, former President of the Minnesota Senate (2013–2017) and former Minnesota Minnesota House of Representatives, State Representative (1985–1991) *Leonidas Raptakis – Rhode Island Rhode Island Senate, State Senator, former Rhode Island Rhode Island House of Representatives, State Representative (1993–1997) *Michael Gianaris – Deputy Majority Leader of New York State Senate, New York (state), New York New York State Senate, State Senator and former New York (state), New York New York State Assembly, State Representative (2001–2010) *James Skoufis – New York (state), New York New York State Senate, State Senator, former New York New York State Assembly, State Representative (2013–2018) *Andrew Gounardes – New York (state), New York New York State Senate, State Senator *Michael Tannousis – New York (state), New York New York State Assembly, State Representative *John Lemondes Jr. – New York (state), New York New York State Assembly, State Representative *Daphne Jordan – New York (state), New York New York State Senate, State Senator *Andreas Borgeas – California California State Senate, State Senator, former member of the Fresno County, California, Fresno County Board of Supervisors (2013–2018) *Eleni Kavros DeGraw – Connecticut Connecticut House of Representatives, State Representative *Nicole Klarides-Ditria – Connecticut Connecticut House of Representatives, State Representative *Spiros Mantzavinos – Delaware Senate, Delaware State Senator *Leon Stavrinakis – South Carolina South Carolina House of Representatives, State Representative *Maria Tzanakis Collett – Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State Senate, State Senator *Steve Malagari – Pennsylvania Pennsylvania House of Representatives, State Representative *Phyllis Katsakiores – New Hampshire New Hampshire House of Representatives, State Representative *Efstathia Booras – New Hampshire New Hampshire House of Representatives, State Representative *Ted Gatsas – Executive Council of New Hampshire, former mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire (2010–2018), former member of New Hampshire Senate (2000–2009) *Stephan Pappas – Wyoming Wyoming Senate, State Senator *James C. Condos – Vermont Secretary of State, former Vermont Vermont State Senate, State Senator (2000–2008) *Michael F. Easley Jr. – United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North CarolinaFormer politicians
*Phil Angelides – former California State Treasurer (1999–2007), 2006 Democratic nominees for Governor of California, Democratic nominee for governor of California *Nick Theodore – former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1987–1995) *George Chanos – former Nevada Attorney General (2005–2007) *Stephanie Kopelousos – former Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation (2007–2011) *Dean Skelos – former New York State Senate member (1985–2015) and the Majority Leader of the New York State Senate (2008, 2011–2015) *Harry Meshel – former List of presidents of the Ohio Senate, President of the Ohio Senate (1983–1984), former Ohio Ohio Senate, State Senator (1971–1993) *Dean Alfange – former Deputy Attorney General of New York, New York Attorney General and founding member of the Liberal Party of New York *Jim Dabakis – former Utah State Senate, Utah State Senator (2012–2019), former chairman of the Utah Democratic Party *Themis Klarides – former Connecticut Connecticut House of Representatives, State Representative, former Minority Leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives (2015–2021) *Adeline Jay Geo-Karis – former Illinois Senator, Illinois State Senator (1979–2007), former naval officer *Theodore Kanavas – former Wisconsin State Senate, Wisconsin State Senator from Brookfield, Wisconsin (2001–2011) *John Pappageorge – former Michigan Michigan Senate, State Senator (2007–2014), former Michigan Michigan House of Representatives, State Representative (1999–2004), former Oakland County, Michigan Commissioner (1989–1992) *Phil P. Leventis – former South Carolina Senate, South Carolina State Senator (1980–2012) *Leah Vukmir, Leah Vukmir-Papachristou – former Wisconsin Wisconsin State Senate, State Senator (2011–2019), former Wisconsin Wisconsin State Assembly, State Assemblywoman (2002–2011) *Gale D. Candaras – former Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts State Senator (2007–2015) *Samuel C. Maragos – former Illinois Illinois Senate, State Senator (1976–1980), former Illinois Illinois House of Representatives, State Representative (1969–1976), former Judge of Circuit Court of Cook County, Cook County Circuit Court (1992–1995) *Johnny Joannou – former Virginia Senate of Virginia, State Senator and Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Delegate (1976–2016) *Nick Rerras – former Virginia Senate of Virginia, State Senator (2000–2008) *Harry Meshel – former Ohio State Senator (1971–1993) *Nicholas C. Petris – former California State Senate, California State Senator (1966–1996) *Jim Aslanides – former Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio State Representative (1999–2008) *Nicholas Kafoglis – former Kentucky Kentucky Senate, State Senator (1988–1998), former Kentucky Kentucky House of Representatives, State Representative (1972–1976) *Lou Papan – former California State Assemblyman (1996-2002, 1973-1986) *Dimitri Polizos – former Alabama House of Representatives, Alabama State Representative (2013–2019) *Demetrius Atsalis – former Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts State Representative (1999–2013) *James Bacalles – former New York State Assemblyman (1995–2010) *Elaine Alquist – former California State Assemblyman (1996-2002, 2004–2012) *Larry Chatzidakis – former New Jersey General Assembly, New Jersey Assemblyman (1997–2008) *Frank Skartados – former New York State Assemblyman (2012-2018, 2009-2010) *Theodore J. Sophocleus – former Maryland House of Delegates, Maryland State Delegate (1999-2018, 1993-1995) *Joyce Spiliotis – former Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts State Representative (2003–2012) *Sandra M. Pihos – former Illinois Illinois House of Representatives, State Representative (2003–2015) *Matthew Mirones – former New York State Assemblyman (2002–2006) *Theodore C. Speliotis – former Massachusetts Massachusetts House of Representatives, State Representative (1979-1987, 1997–2021) *Philip J. Williams – former Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan State Representative *Gery Chico – former Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education (2011–2015) *Mary P. Easley – former First Lady of North Carolina (2001–2009)Local
*Dean Trantalis – List of mayors of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, mayor of Fort Lauderdale, former city commissioner for Fort Lauderdale (2013–2018) *Bill Saffo – mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina *Maria Pappas – Cook County, Illinois, Cook County treasurer. *Ted Venetoulis – former Baltimore County Executive, Executive of Baltimore County *Art Agnos – former mayor of San Francisco *George Christopher – former mayor of San Francisco *Mike Pantelides – former List of mayors of Annapolis, Maryland, mayor of Annapolis *John Rousakis – former mayor of Savannah, Georgia *Helen Boosalis – former mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska *P. Pete Chalos – second-longest-serving mayor in the history of Terre Haute, Indiana *George Cretekos – former mayor of Clearwater, Florida *George Harlamon – former mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut *David Scondras – former member of the Boston City CouncilScience and academia
Academic administration
*Dennis Assanis – academic administrator, scientist, engineer and author, 28th president of the University of Delaware *Constantine W. Curris – educator, former president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities *James S. Economou – physician-scientist and university officer, currently the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of California, Los Angeles *Peter Liacouras – former president of Temple University *C. L. Max Nikias – engineer and president of the University of Southern California *Constantine Papadakis
Constantine Papadakis (February 2, 1946 – April 5, 2009) was a Greek-American businessman and the president of Drexel University.
Academic career
Papadakis received his diploma in Civil engineering from the National Technical University of ...
– president of Drexel University
Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, S ...
*Symeon C. Symeonides – current Dean (academia), dean of Willamette University College of Law
*Paul Alivisatos, Armand Paul Alivisatos – chemist, 14th president of the University of Chicago
*Arthur C. Vailas – 12th president of Idaho State University
Anthropology
*Dorothy D. Lee – anthropologist, author and philosopher of cultural anthropologyBiology - genetics
*Constantine John Alexopoulos – mycologist *Tom Maniatis – biologist *Aristides Patrinos – geneticist, biological, electrical and chemical engineer, human genome project *George Yancopoulos – biomedical scientist, chief scientific officer of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals *Panayiotis Zavos – geneticistChemistry
*Paul Anastas – chemist *Paul Alivisatos – nanotechnologist *Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou – chemistComputer science
*Saul Amarel – artificial intelligence pioneer *Michael Dertouzos – innovator and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science, LCS *Paris Kanellakis – computer scientist *Christos Papadimitriou – professor of computer science at University of California, Berkeley *Katia Sycara – professor in the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University *Demetri Terzopoulos – computer scientist *Mihalis Yannakakis – computer scientistEconomics-management
*Chris Argyris – distinguished lifetime contributor to theory and practice of management *John Geanakoplos – economist, James Tobin Professor of Economics at Yale University *Dimitri B. Papadimitriou – economist, author, and college professorEngineering
*Constantine A. Balanis – electrical engineer *John Baras – electrical engineer *George Doundoulakis – physicist and soldier who worked under British Intelligence during World War II and then served with the OSS in Thessaly, Greece. He is known by his twenty-six US patents in the fields of radar, electronics, and narrowband television. *Helias Doundoulakis – civil engineer who was employed at Grumman Aerospace Corporation for over thirty five years and group leader on many USAF and NASA projects. These included the Apollo space missions and the Lunar Excursion Module, the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, and the Space Shuttle. His design of the oxygen tanks on the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission was instrumental in the return of the Apollo 13 crew, for which Doundoulakis was given a plaque by Captain James Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert. Served in the United States Army and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) — as a spy during the Battle of Crete in WWII. *Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos – chemical engineer *Peter Karter – nuclear engineer and one of the pioneers of the modern recycling industry *Ares J. Rosakis – engineer *George Tchobanoglous – civil and environmental engineer, professor at University of California, Davis *Michael Tsapatsis – chemical engineer and materials scientistEnglish, debate, speech
*Helena Zachos (March 5, 1856 – February 28, 1951) - American college professor and elocutionist, who was on the faculty at Cooper Union from 1897 to 1939. Daughter of educator and abolitionist Professor John Celivergos Zachos. *John Celivergos Zachos (December 20, 1820 – March 20, 1898) - worked as Library Curator and Professor of English Language at Cooper Union from 1872 until his death in 1898. In 1861 was named the first superintendent of the Port Royal Experiment where freed slaves were educated on the liberated islands off of Charleston, SC.Law
*George Anastaplo – professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law *George C. Christie – James B. Duke emeritus professor of law at Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina * Nicholas Tsoucalas – United States Judge of the United States Court of International TradeMathematics
*Tom M. Apostol – analytic number theorist and professor at the California Institute of Technology *Persi Diaconis – mathematician *James Dugundji – mathematician, professor of mathematics at the University of Southern California *George Karniadakis – applied mathematician and engineer *Panayotis G. Kevrekidis – applied mathematician *George C. Papanicolaou – mathematician *Athanasios Papoulis – engineer and applied mathematician *John Allen Paulos – mathematician *Thaleia Zariphopoulou – mathematicianMedicine
*George Canellos – oncologist and cancer researcher *John Ioannidis – physician *Albert J. Levis, Albert Levis – psychiatrist and philosopher *Christos Socrates Mantzoros – physician scientist, internist - endocrinologist, Harvard Medical School professor and the editor-in-chief of the journal Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental *Georgios Papanikolaou, George Papanicolaou – created the pap test, and more generally, the field of cytopathologyPhilosophy
*Diogenes Allen – professor of philosophy *Alexander Nehamas – professor of philosophyPhysics
*George A. Economou – optical systems expert *John Joannopoulos – physicist *Menas Kafatos – quantum physicist *Paul Kalas – astronomer *Stamatios Krimigis – space physics and instrumentation *Nicholas Metropolis – physicist *Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos – NASA astrophysicist *Dimitris Nanopoulos – professor of theoretical physics at TAMU *Costas N. Papanicolas – physicist *Costas Soukoulis – professor of physics at Iowa State University *Maria Spiropulu – experimental physicist, member of the CMS collaboration that found the Higgs boson particle *Tom Ypsilantis – physicist *Cosmas Zachos – physicistPsychology
*Leda Cosmides – psychologist *Matina Horner – psychologist, sixth president of Radcliffe CollegeSociology
*John Asimakopoulos – professor of sociology at the City University of New York-Bronx *Nicholas A. Christakis – sociologist and physician *Panos Bardis – sociologistVarious
*George Avery (professor) – professor for German Studies at Swarthmore College *Gust Avrakotos – political adviser *Kyriacos A. Athanasiou – biomedical engineer *Lambros D. Callimahos – NSA cryptanalyst *Harry J. Cargas – scholar, author, and teacher best known for his writing and research on the Holocaust, Jewish-Catholic relations, and American literature *Alexander Coucoulas – inventor, research engineer, and author *Raphael Demos – Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy and Civil Polity, emeritus, at Harvard University *Deno Geanakoplos – renowned scholar of Byzantine history, Bradford Durfee professor emeritus at Yale University. *Sabine Iatridou – linguist *Nicholas Negroponte
Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect. He is the founder and chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also founded the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC). Negroponte ...
– scientist, MIT Media Lab founder and director; architect
*C. A. Patrides – academic and writer, and "one of the greatest scholars of Renaissance literature of his generation"
*Nicholas A. Peppas – chaired professor in engineering, University of Texas at Austin
*Mary Tsingou – physicist and mathematician, known for being one of the first programmers on the MANIAC computer at Los Alamos National Laboratory
*William V. Spanos – distinguished Professor of English language, English and comparative literature at Binghamton University
*Marius Vassiliou – computational physicist and aerospace executive
Sports
Aquatics
*Greg Louganis – Olympic diving champion (Greek by adoption; ethnically Samoan and Swedish)
*Christina Loukas – Olympic diver
Baseball
*Harry Agganis, Harry "the Golden Greek" Agganis – Boston University Terriers football, Boston University's first-ever football All-American and professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. *Peter Angelos
Peter G. Angelos (born July 4, 1929) is an American trial lawyer and baseball executive from Baltimore, Maryland. Angelos is the majority owner of the Baltimore Orioles, a team in the American League of Major League Baseball.
Early life and educ ...
– MLB
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
owner of the Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...
and former basketball player.
*Alex Anthopoulos
Alex Anthopoulos (born May 25, 1977) is a Canadian professional baseball executive, currently working as the general manager and president of baseball operations for the Atlanta Braves. He was the senior vice president of baseball operations and ...
– GM of Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...
and former GM of Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since 1989, the team has played its home games ...
.
*Annastasia Batikis – played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1945
*Clay Bellinger – MLB played for the New York Yankees and Anaheim Angels
*Cody Bellinger – All-Star Outfielder for Los Angeles Dodgers and Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award, National League Rookie of the Year in 2017 Major League Baseball season, 2017.
*Cole Bellinger – Pitcher. 2017 draft pick of San Diego Padres
*Peter Bourjos – MLB outfielder for Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays and Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...
.
*Al Campanis – MLB player and executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers
*Ria Cortesio – professional baseball umpire
*Alex Grammas – MLB manager and infielder for St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs.
*Eric Karros – former MLB player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and now a baseball broadcaster
*Bobby Kingsbury – MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
*George Kontos – MLB pitcher with the San Francisco Giants
*Paul Kostacopoulos – Head baseball coach at U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD
*George Kottaras – catcher for 7 MLB teams including: Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians.
*Chris Lemonis – Head coach of Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball.
*Kay Lionikas – played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1948–1950
*Billy Loes – MLB Pitcher for the Dodgers and other teams
*Nick Markakis – MLB outfielder who currently plays for the Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...
*Tino Martinez – former MLB first baseman for the N.Y. Yankees (Greek mother)
*Aaron Miles – MLB player for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, and Colorado Rockies (paternal grandmother)
*Mike Moustakas – MLB player for the Kansas City Royals
*Gus Niarhos – MLB Yankees, White Sox, Red Sox, Phillies
*Erik Pappas – MLB catcher for the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals.
*Milt Pappas – MLB pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...
and Cincinnati Reds and other teams
*June Peppas – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 1948–1954
*Lou Skizas – MLB player for NY Yankees (1956), Kansas City Athletics (1956–57), Detroit Tigers (1958), Chicago White Sox (1959)
*George Theodore – MLB outfielder for the New York Mets
*Gus Triandos – MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...
and other teams
*Clint Zavaras – MLB pitcher with the Seattle Mariners in 1989
Basketball
*Giannis Antetokounmpo – Professional player in the NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks, 2019 MVP. *Zach Auguste – Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball, Notre Dame Fighting Irish college and also professional basketball player *Michael Bramos – basketballer, member of the Greek national basketball team *Nick Calathes – former Florida Gators men's basketball, Florida Gators basketball player, and professional player *Pat Calathes – professional basketball player *Pavlos Diakoulas – former professional basketball player * Tyler Dorsey (born 1996) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Angelo Drossos – owner of the San Antonio Spurs basketball team from 1973 to 1988 (NBA Executive of the Year Award in 1978) *Nick Galis – former professional basketball player, played in Europe (where he is known as Nikos Galis), and regarded as one of Europe's all-time basketball greats *Steve Giatzoglou – former professional basketball player *Giorgos Kastrinakis, George Kastrinakis – former professional basketball player in Greece *John Korfas – former professional basketball player *Kosta Koufos – professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings in the NBA and the Greece men's national basketball team
*Steve Lappas – former college basketball coach at Villanova University, Villanova and UMass
*Ted Manakas – shooting guard for the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team under coach Pete Carril; played briefly in NBA for Kansas City-Omaha Kings
*David Nelson (basketball), David Nelson – former professional Greek basketball player
*Nick Paulos – professional basketball player
*Kurt Rambis – former NBA professional basketball player, won 4 championships with the L.A. Lakers (birth name Kyriakos Rambidis)
*Chris Roupas – former Greek American Professional Basketball Player, First Penn State Nittany Lion to play professional basketball in Greece
*Jake Tsakalidis – former NBA player for Phoenix Suns, Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets.
*Lou Tsioropoulos – former NBA professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics
Body building and fitness training
*John Sitaras – fitness professional, creator of the Sitaras method and founder of ''Sitaras Fitness'' in New York City *Craig Titus – American bodybuilder *Christos Nikitas Poulis - athletic trainerBoxing
*Anton Christoforidis – professional boxer, NBA World Light Heavyweight Champion 1941 *Michael Katsidis – (born in Australia) current boxerFootball
*Harry Agganis, Harry "the Golden Greek" Agganis1 - college football star and 1st-ever All-American at Boston University. Drafted by the Cleveland Browns but turned down the offer to play baseball for the Boston Red Sox. *Steve Alexakos – played OL in college for San Jose State and then NFL for Denver Broncos (1970) and New York Giants (1971). *Dee Andros (born Demosthenes Konstandies "Dee" Andrecopoulos) - American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Brother of Plato Andros. *Plato Andros (Plato Gus Andrecopoulos) - college All-American guard for the University of Oklahoma. He played four years in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals. Brother of Dee Andros. *Zach Collaros – quarterback for the University of Cincinnati football team *Jim Eliopulos – NFL player for the New York Jets *Chris Farasopoulos – NFL player, played for the New York Jets *Alex Holmes – NFL tight end for the St. Louis Rams, mother is Greek *Alex Karras – NFL player with the Detroit Lions, wrestler and actor *Lou Karras – NFL player with the Washington Redskins, older brother of Alex Karras *Ted Karras Sr., Ted Karras – NFL player with the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, older brother of Alex Karras *Jim Karsatos – Ohio State QB in 1980s *Niko Koutouvides – NFL linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots *Bill Mackrides – QB for the Philadelphia Eagles. He led them to 2 NFL championships in 1948 and 1949. *Chris Maragos – NFL safety for Super Bowl champions Seattle Seahawks.
*Archie Matsos (Archimidis Matsos) - All-American linebacker at Michigan State in 1950s. Played in the AFL (pre-merger) for the Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
.
*Joe Panos – NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills 1994–2000 (birth name Zois Panagiotopoulos)
*Petros Papadakis – host of various sports shows on radio, former college football tailback and team captain at USC 1996–2000.
*Tony Pashos – former NFL offensive lineman for six teams, including with the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars.
*Lonie Paxton – NFL New England Patriots long-snapper 2001–2003
*Peter Philipakos – Association football, Soccer player, formerly of Olympiacos F.C.
*Pete Pihos – NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles (Pro Football Hall of Fame). Is the only NFL player to have been named All-Pro on both offense and defense in the same year.
*Gene Rossides – Star QB who presided over the Golden Era of Columbia Football of 1945–48. Drafted by [New York Giants] in 1949. Protégé of Sid Luckman.
*Fred Smerlas – NFL player for the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots
*Alex Spanos
Alexander Gus Spanos (September 28, 1923 – October 9, 2018) was an American billionaire real estate developer, founder of the A. G. Spanos Companies, and the majority owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football Lea ...
– NFL owner of the San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
* A. G. Spanos – named President of Business Operations for the San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
in 2015. Grandson of Alex Spanos
Alexander Gus Spanos (September 28, 1923 – October 9, 2018) was an American billionaire real estate developer, founder of the A. G. Spanos Companies, and the majority owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football Lea ...
.
*Dean Spanos
Dean Alexander Spanos (born May 26, 1950) is the chairman and owner of the National Football League (NFL)'s San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers franchise. He is the son of Alex Spanos, who purchased majority interest in the team in 1984. Spanos to ...
– President and CEO of San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
. Son of Alex Spanos
Alexander Gus Spanos (September 28, 1923 – October 9, 2018) was an American billionaire real estate developer, founder of the A. G. Spanos Companies, and the majority owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football Lea ...
.
*Frank Stams - defensive lineman for University of Notre Dame, including their 1988 National Championship team. He was converted to linebacker in the NFL, where he played for the Los Angeles Rams, Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs.
*Matt Stover – NFL player, kicker for Baltimore Ravens
*Harry Theofiledes – backup QB for Washington Redskins in 1968.
*Garo Yepremian – NFL player (Greek Cypriot origin)
*Gust Zarnas – NFL player with the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers 1938–1940
John Mellekas- NFL player Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles
Gambling, bookmakers, poker
*Steve Billirakis – Bracelet winner in the World Series of Poker *Nick the Greek, Nick "the Greek" Dandolos1 - one of the most famous players in the history of poker *Sam Mastrogiannis – Bracelet winner in the World Series of Poker *Billy Pappas – poker player and world champion foosball player *Athanasios Polychronopoulos – Bracelet winner in the World Series of Poker *Chris Tsiprailidis – Bracelet winner in the World Series of Poker *Jimmy Snyder (sports commentator), Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder James George Snyder Sr. (born Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos, September 9, 1918 – April 21, 1996) - American sports commentator and Las Vegas oddsmaker.Hockey
*Tom Anastos – Head Hockey Coach, Michigan State University *Andreas Athanasiou – currently plays Center for the Detroit Red Wings. *Adam Burish – NHL player with the Dallas Stars *Jimmy Carson – NHL hockey player (original family surname Kyriazopoulos) *Chris Chelios – Hockey Hall of Fame hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings. *Jake Chelios – NHL hockey player. Son of Chris Chelios. *Cleon Daskalakis – NHL goaltender for Boston Bruins 1984–87. *Peter Douris – played in NHL 1985 to 1998 for the Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Dallas Stars. *Nick Fotiu – NHL 1973–1990, played for the New York Rangers, Hartford Whalers, Calgary Flames, Philadelphia Flyers and Edmonton Oilers. *Bob Halkidis – Between 1985 and 2001 he played for six NHL Teams. *Krys Kolanos – NHL center for Phoenix Coyotes, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Wild, and Calgary Flames. *Chris Kontos – former NHL player known for his prolific scoring in the play-offs *Tom Kostopoulos – NHL hockey player for six teams including the Los Angeles Kings *Chris Kotsopoulos – NHL defenseman between 1978 and 1990. He played for New York Rangers, Hartford Whalers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings. *Nick Kypreos – played in NHL (1986–1997) for the Washington Capitals, Hartford Whalers, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs *George Parros – NHL hockey player *Steve Staios – NHL hockey player *Nikos Tselios – AHL hockey player. Cousin of Chris Chelios. *Trevor Zegras – made his NHL debut with Anaheim Ducks on February 22, 2021.Mixed martial arts
*John Critzos II – martial arts fighter, champion, and instructor *Alex Karalexis – professional fighter with the Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipMotor sports
*Art Arfons – world land speed record holder *George Constantine (racing driver), George Constantine – racing driver *Chris Karamesines – drag racer and one of NHRA's early pioneers *Danny Kladis – race car driver *Andy Papathanassiou – pit crew coach *Alex Tremulis – industrial designer of the 1948 Tucker Sedan, Tucker (Automobile Hall of Fame) *Alex Xydias – influential figure in the early days of the auto racing sport involving hot rods *Emanuel Zervakis – NASCAR driver and team ownerSoccer / association football
*Andreas Chronis – professional football player *George John (soccer), George John – Association football, soccer player, currently with Major League Soccer club New York City FC *Gus Kartes – former Chicago Storm footballer *Frank Klopas – retired Association football, soccer player, formerly of AEK Athens FC, AEK, Apollon Smyrnis, Apollon, Kansas City Wizards, Chicago Fire (soccer), Chicago Fire and the United States men's national soccer team, U.S. national team *Alexi Lalas – association football, soccer player for the L.A. Galaxy, United States men's national soccer team, U.S. national team *John Limniatis – Canadian retired professional soccer player. He played 44 times and scored one goal for the Canadian national team, also captaining and later becoming the head coach of the Montreal Impact. *Peter Skouras – retired Association football, soccer player, formerly of Olympiakos F.C., PAOK Thessaloniki, San Diego Sockers (1978–96), San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League (1968–1984), North American Soccer League, and United States Youth National TeamsSurfing
*Laird Hamilton – Big wave surfer. Born Laird John Zerfas. Greek father. *Caroline Marks – World Surf League professional surfer (ranked #8 internationally in 2018)Tennis
*Eleni Rossides *Pete Sampras – tennis player, considered one of the best tennis players in history
Track and field
*Dean Karnazes – ultramarathon champion, writer, businessman *Tom Pappas – track & field decathlete, 2003 world decathlon champion and 2-time Olympian.Winter sports
*Tara Dakides – pro snowboarder and champion from California *Themistocles Leftheris – American pair skater, United States Figure Skating Championships, 2007 U.S. National Pairs bronze medalistWrestling
* David Batista (Bautista) - formerWWE
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professional wrestler (Greek mother and Filipino father) and actor
*Dixie Carter (wrestling) – President of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
*Maria Kanellis – professional wrestler who has worked with WWE
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, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, TNA, and Ring of Honor, ROH. Former contestant on Celebrity Apprentice
*Jim Londos – champion wrestler during the 1930s-50s. Birth name Christos Theophilos.
*Helen Maroulis – freestyle wrestler
*George Metropoulos – Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestler
*Tom Packs – professional wrestling promoter - one of the top promoters over the first half of the 20th century
*Dawn Marie Psaltis (Dawn Marie) - former WWE wrestler
*Trish Stratus – WWE wrestler
*George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, George Tragos – champion wrestler in Greece and trainer of American champion Lou Thesz. Co-founder of Wrestling Hall of Fame.
*George Zaharias – sports promoter and professional wrestler in the 1930s (birth name Theodore Vetoyanis). Husband of Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
Sports journalism
*Bob Costas – NBC sportscaster *Spero Dedes – (born February 27, 1979) is an American sportscaster. He is currently employed by CBS Sports, calling the NFL, NBA, and college basketball. Previously worked play-by-play for the Los Angeles Lakers (radio) and New York Knicks (radio & TV). *Jimmy Cefalo – sportscaster & former NFL wide receiver for Miami Dolphins. *Mike Galanos – CNN/Sports Illustrated anchor *Harry Kalas – sports announcer *John Manuel (baseball scout), John Manuel – co-editor in chief, ''Baseball America'' magazine *Rory Markas – sports announcer *Petros Papadakis – former USC Trojans running back, sports talk show host *Ted Sarandis – sports announcer *Jimmy Snyder (sports commentator), Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder – James George Snyder Sr. (born Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos, September 9, 1918 – April 21, 1996), was an American sports commentator on CBS' The NFL Today from 1976 to 1988 and Las Vegas oddsmaker.Criminal figures
*Gus Alex (April 1, 1916 – July 24, 1998) - high-ranking associate of the Chicago Outfit *Fotios Geas – mobster involved with the Genovese crime family and murderer of Whitey Bulger in United States Penitentiary, Hazelton, Hazelton (WV) Federal Penitentiary *Tom Kapatos –New York City
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mobster, also known as "The Greek"
*Dr. George C. Nichopoulos – personal physician to Elvis Presley from 1970 to 1977 (Presley's death). Although exonerated in the death of Presley, Dr. Nichopoulos was later stripped of his medical license due to over-prescribing medications to many other patients in the state of Tennessee.
*Michael Thevis - mobster
*Velentzas crime family, Peter Kourakos "Pete The Greek" - founder of Greek-American organized crime in Astoria, Queens, New York.
*Velentzas crime family, Spyredon "Spiros" Velentzas – Spiros Velentzas, aka "Sakafias", expanded the activities of the Kourakos crime family in New York City in the 1980s-1990s.
See also
*Greeks *Greek Cypriots *Greek Americans *Hellenism (disambiguation)References
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