Thanos (
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 ...
: Θάνος; ; , ) is a
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 ...
masculine given name and surname, a short form (
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...
) of
Athanasios
Athanasios ( el, Αθανάσιος), also transliterated as Athnasious, Athanase or Atanacio, is a Greek male name which means "immortal". In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (Θάνος), ...
'immortal'.
It may refer to the following:
People
Given name or nickname
* Athanasios
Thanos Samaras (born 1973), Greek actor and artist
* Athanasios
Thanos Kalliris
Athanasios 'Thanos' Kalliris (Greek: Θάνος Καλλίρης, born August 13, 1962) is a Greek singer who was born in Athens. His father was a guitarist and composer, Titos Kalliris (1934–2013). In the 1980s, he was a part of the pop music ...
(born 1962), Greek singer
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Thanos Leivaditis
Thanos Leivaditis (also Thanos Livaditis) ( el, Θάνος Λειβαδίτης, 30 May 1934 – 1 September 2005) was a Greek actor and screenwriter. He studied drawing at the Athens School of Fine Arts (, ), at the workshop class of the profes ...
(1934–2005), Greek actor and screenwriter
* Athanasios
Thanos Mikroutsikos
Athanasios "Thanos" Mikroutsikos ( el, Αθανάσιος (Θάνος) Μικρούτσικος; 13 April 1947 – 28 December 2019) was a Greek composer and politician. He is considered one of the most important composers of the recent Greek mu ...
(1947–2019), Greek composer and former politician
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Thanos Papalexis
Thanos Papalexis (Greek: Θάνος Παπαλέξης; born 23 July 1972 in London) was a previous businessman and property developer of Greek descent who was convicted of murder. In 2000 he murdered a tenant to secure a £2m deal on a London pro ...
(born 1972), British businessman and convicted murderer
* Athanasios
Thanos Petrelis
Athanasios (Thanos) Petrelis (Greek: Θάνος Πετρέλης, born September 27, 1975) is a Greek singer. He has released four albums and several singles.
Career ''Fame Story''
Petrelis was born in Athens, Greece. He finished third in the ...
(born 1975), Greek singer
*
Athanasios Petsos (born 1991), Greek footballer
* Athanasios
Thanos Plevris
Athanasios (Thanos) Plevris ( el, Αθανάσιος (Θάνος) Πλεύρης; born 21 May 1977 in Athens) is a Greek politician and son of nationalist, neo-fascist author Konstantinos Plevris. He is currently serving as the Minister for Healt ...
(born 1977), Greek politician
* Athanasios
Thanos Pisanidis (born 1988), Greek actor and animal trainer.
Surname
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George Spiro Thanos
George Spiro Thanos is a martial arts, martial artist champion. Thanos was born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1952. He began his martial arts training at the Kim Studio in Silver Spring, Maryland, Silver Spring, Maryland in 1965 at the age of 13.
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(born 1952), American martial artist
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Konstantinos Thanos (born 1973), Greek wrestler who participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics
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John Thanos
John Frederick Thanos (March 28, 1949 – May 17, 1994) was an American spree killer who was convicted in 1992 of the murders of three teenagers: Gregory Taylor, Billy Winebrenner, and Melody Pistorio. He was executed for the murders in 1994, bec ...
(1949–1994), American convicted murderer
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Indradi Thanos (born 1953), Indonesian police officer
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F.E. Thanos (1921–2003), Indonesian army officer
Fictional characters
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Thanos
Thanos is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by writer-artist Jim Starlin, and first appeared in '' The Invincible Iron Man'' #55 ( cover date February 1973). An Eternal– Deviant w ...
, a Marvel Comics supervillain
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Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Thanos is a fictional character portrayed primarily by Josh Brolin via motion capture in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, based on the Marvel Comics supervillain of the same name. Thanos is depicted as an alien warlord from ...
, the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the character
* Thanos, a major character in the French language comic book series ''
Lanfeust of Troy
''Lanfeust of Troy'' is a long-running French language comic series written by Christophe Arleston, drawn by Didier Tarquin, and published by Soleil Productions.
Synopsis
On the world of Troy, most humans have a single magic power. Each power is ...
''
See also
* ''
Thanos simonattoi
''Thanos'' (named for the Marvel Comics character) is a genus of carnivorous brachyrostran abelisaurid dinosaur that lived in Brazil during the Santonian stage of the late Cretaceous Period. It contains only a single species known as ''T. simo ...
'', a species of dinosaur
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Athanasius (given name), a list of people named Athanasius or Athanasios
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Greek masculine given names
Hypocorisms