Papandreou () is a

Greek surname In the modern world, Greeks names are the personal names among people of Greek language and Greek culture, culture generally consist of a given name and a family name. History Ancient Greek personal names, Ancient Greeks generally had a single n ...

. It is the surname of: *

Andreas Papandreou Andreas Georgiou Papandreou ( el, Ανδρέας Γεωργίου Παπανδρέου, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party PASOK, wh ...

(1919–1996), Greek economist and politician and Prime Minister of Greece. * Dimitrios Papandreou (1891–1949), Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens. *

George Papandreou George Andreas Papandreou ( el, Γεώργιος Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου, , shortened to ''Giorgos'' () to distinguish him from his grandfather; born 16 June 1952) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from ...

(born 1952), Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece. *

Georgios Papandreou Georgios Papandreou ( ''Geórgios Papandréou''; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–196 ...

(1888–1968), Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece. *

Georgios Papandreou (historian) Georgios Papandreou (Greek: Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου, 1859–1940) was a Greek historian, linguist and an author. Bibliography Georgios Papandreou (born circa 1859) was a Greek educator and prominent historian, born in Kalavryta. ...

(1859–1940), historian and linguist *

Giorgos Papandreou Giorgos Papandreou (born 12 February 1969) is a retired Greek footballer who played for several teams in Greek Super League (Kavala, Paniliakos, Athinaikos, Ethnikos Asteras and Kalamata) and Cypriot First Division (Digenis Morphou and APOEL). H ...

(born 1969), footballer *

Vasso Papandreou Vasso Papandreou (born 31 July 1944 in Valimitika) is a Greek politician. After being in exile during the rule of the Greek junta, she returned to Greece in 1974 and was a founding member of PASOK. In 1981 she was awarded a PhD in economics from ...

(born 1944), Greek PASOK politician, European Commissioner Etymology. Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”). Andreou (Greek: Ανδρέου n̪ˈðre̞u, also spelt Antreou, is a common surname in Greece and Cyprus. It originally meant son of Andrew or son of Andreas. Andreou or Andreu is also a last name in Spain and Italy. Andreou is of pre-Christian Greek origin although in Western Europe it gained popularity during the Crusades (mostly in the form of Andrew) and was also one of the earliest settler names in America.

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