Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasileios, Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis ( el, Βασίλειος or Βασίλης), is a Greek given name, the origin of
Basil
Basil (, ; ''Ocimum basilicum'' , also called great basil, is a culinary herb of the family Lamiaceae (mints). It is a tender plant, and is used in cuisines worldwide. In Western cuisine, the generic term "basil" refers to the variety also kno ...
. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliterated as Basileios. It is directly descended from the word "King", el, Βασιλιάς. It descends from the Greek language.
People
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Vassilis Alexakis
Vassilis Alexakis ( el, Βασίλης Αλεξάκης; 25 December 1943 – 11 January 2021) was a Greek- French writer and self-translator of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French.
Biography
Alexakis, the son of actor Gi ...
, Greek-French writer
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Vassilis Andrianopoulos
Vasilios Andrianopoulos ( el, Βασίλειος Ανδριανόπουλος; 1908 – 1989) was a Greek footballer. He was Giannis Andrianopoulos' brother.
Andrianopoulos started his career with Peiraikos Syndesmos FC and continued with the At ...
, Greek footballer
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Vasilis Avlonitis
Vasilis Avlonitis ( el, Βασίλης Αυλωνίτης; 1 January 1904 – 10 March 1970) was one of the most famous old-school Greek comedians. He performed in numerous films and stage productions in the mid to late 20th century.
Vasilis Av ...
, Greek actor
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Vasilis Avramidis, Greek footballer
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Vasilis Barkas
Vasilis Cornelius Barkas ( el, Βασίλης Μπάρκας; born 30 May 1994) is a Greek international football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club Utrecht, on loan from Scottish Premiership side Celtic, and the Greece nation ...
, Greek footballer
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Vasilis Bolanos, ethnic Greek mayor of Himara, Albania
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Vassilis Borbokis, Greek footballer
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Vasilis Dimitriadis
Vasilis Dimitriadis ( el, Βασίλης Δημητριάδης; born 1 February 1966) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Dimitriadis started his professional career at Aris in 1986. In 1991 Dimitria ...
, Greek footballer
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Vasilis Fragkias, Greek basketball coach
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Vassilis Gagatsis, president of the Hellenic Football Federation
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Vasilis Georgiadis
Vasilis Georgiadis ( el, Βασίλης Γεωργιάδης; 12 August 1921 – 30 April 2000) was a Greek film director and actor. His films '' The Red Lanterns'' (1963) and ''Blood on the Land'' (1966) were nominated for the Academy Award f ...
, Greek film director and actor
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Vasilis Golias, Greek footballer
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Vassilis Hatzipanagis
Vasilis Hatzipanagis ( el, link=no, Βασίλης Χατζηπαναγής, , born 26 October 1954) is a Greek former professional footballer. He played for Iraklis in the Greek Alpha Ethniki and Pakhtakor in the Soviet Supreme League. He a ...
, Greek footballer
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Vassilios Iliadis, Greek judoka
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Vasilios Kalogeracos, Australian footballer of Greek descent
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Vasili Kanidiadis, Greek-Australian television personality
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Vassilis Karapialis
Vassilis Karapialis ( el, Βασίλης Καραπιάλης; born 13 June 1965) is a Greek retired Association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for AEL 1964, Larissa, Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos Piraeus and the Greece ...
, Greek footballer
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Vasilis Karras
Vasilis Karras ( el, Βασίλης Καρράς; born Vasilis Kesoglidis on 12 November 1953) is a Greek folk singer.
Biography
Karras was born in Kokkinohori, near Kavala, Greece. At the age of 10, his family moved to Thessaloniki. Also aro ...
, Greek folk singer
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Vasilis Katsaros, Greek footballer
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Vassilis Kikilias
Vasilis Kikilias ( el, Βασίλης Κικίλιας; born 15 May 1974 in Athens) is a Greece, Greek politician who currently serves as Ministry of Tourism (Greece), Minister for Tourism in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is a member of ...
, Greek basketball player
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Vasilis Konstantinou
Vasilis Konstantinou ( el, Βασίλης Κωνσταντίνου; born 19 November 1947) is a former Greek football goalkeeper whose career spanned three decades: the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Club career
Born in Marousi, Konstantinou played fo ...
, Greek footballer
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Vassilios Kotronias
Vasilios Kotronias ( el, Βασίλειος Κοτρωνιάς; first name sometimes spelled ''Vassilios''; born 25 August 1964) is a Greek chess player and writer. He is a ten-time Greek champion (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2006, ...
, Greek chess grandmaster and chess author
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Vasilios Koutsianikoulis
Vasilios Koutsianikoulis ( gr, Βασίλειος Κουτσιανικούλης; born 9 August 1988) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left winger or an attacking midfielder for Gamma Ethniki club Trikala.
Club career Early yea ...
, Greek footballer
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Vassilis Krommidas
Vassilis Krommidas ( el, Βασίλης Κρομμύδας, born July 4, 1970, in Thessaloniki) is a triathlete and coach from Greece best known for competing at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games.
Krommidas is a graduate of the Aristotle University ...
, Greek triathlete
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Vassilis Lakis
Vasilios Lakis ( el, Βασίλειος Λάκης; born 10 September 1976) is a Greek former professional footballer. He was nicknamed "Turbo" for his speed when attacking along the right wing and ability to provide accurate crosses for the str ...
, Greek footballer
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Vassilis Leventis
Vasileios "Vasilis" Leventis ( el, Βασίλειος "Βασίλης" Λεβέντης, ; born 2 November 1951) is a Greek politician, leader of the Greek centrist party, Union of Centrists () since 1992 and former Member of Parliament, in offi ...
, Greek politician and TV persona
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Vasilis Lipiridis
Vassilis Lipiridis (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Lypiridis) ( el, Βασίλης Λυπηρίδης; born January 1, 1967, in Edessa, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, he played at the po ...
, Greek basketball player
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Vassilis Logothetidis
Vasilis Logothetidis (Greek: Βασίλης Λογοθετίδης; 1897 – 20 February 1960) was a Greek comedian. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors.
Logothetidis was born as Vasilis Tavlaridis (Βασίλης Τ ...
, Greek actor
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Vassilis Lymberis
Vassilis Lymberis ( el, Βασίλης Λυμπέρης; 1945 – 25 August 1972) was a Greek mass murderer who killed his wife, his two children, and his mother-in-law, by burning down his family home in January 1972. Lymberis was executed for t ...
, Greek mass murderer
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Vasilios Magginas
Vasilios Magginas (; 22 October 1949 – 6 March 2015) was a Greek politician, member of the Greek Parliament for the New Democracy for the Aetolia-Acarnania constituency and government minister.
He was from Astakos, Aetolia-Acarnania, and was e ...
, Greek politician
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Vasilis Michaelides
Vasilis Michaelides ( el, Βασίλης Μιχαηλίδης, before 1853–18 December 1917) is considered by many and often referred to as the national poet of Cyprus.
Michaelides was born in Lefkoniko, a village in the Famagusta District of ...
, Cypriot poet
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Vassilis Mitilinaios, Greek footballer
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Vasilis N. Triantafillidis
Vasilis N. Triantafillidis ( el, Βασίλης Ν. Τριανταφυλλίδης, 7 May 1940 – 21 May 2018), also known by his artistic nickname Harry Klynn (Χάρρυ Κλυνν), was a Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, ...
, birth name of Greek comedian Harry Klynn
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Vassilis Paleokostas, Greek fugitive criminal
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Vasilis Papakonstantinou
Vasilis Papakonstantinou (Βασίλης Παπακωνσταντίνου) (born 21 June 1950) is a Greek singer known mostly for his work in Greek rock. Most of his songs have gained considerable popularity, mainly in Greece and Cyprus.
Early ...
, Greek singer
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Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist
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Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer
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Vasilis Politis (born 1963), Greek philosopher
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Vassilis Rapotikas
Vassilis Christou Rapotikas (1888–1943; rup, Vasil Rapotika; el, Βασίλειος Χρήστου Ραποτίκας) was an Aromanian revolutionary and collaborationist paramilitary leader in Greece during World War II. He was among le ...
, ethnic Aromanian separatist and revolutionary from Greece
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Vassilis Saleas, Greek musician
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Vassilis Simtsak, Greek basketball player
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Vassilios Skouris, 10th President of the European Court of Justice
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Vassilis Spanoulis
Vassilis "Billy" Spanoulis ( el, Βασίλης Σπανούλης; born 7 August 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current basketball coach for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. S ...
, Greek basketball player
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Vassilis Steriadis, Greek poet and critic
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Vassilis Stravopodis, Greek footballer
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Vassilis Tsabropoulos, Greek musician and composer
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Vasilis Torosidis
Vasilis Torosidis (Greek language, Greek: Βασίλης Τοροσίδης, born 10 June 1985) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a right-back.
Club career
Skoda Xanthi
Torosidis made his senior debut ...
, Greek footballer
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Vassilios Tsiartas
Vasilios Tsiartas ( el, Βασίλειος Τσιάρτας; born 12 November 1972) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Although he was famed for his lackadaisical playing style, his ability was never ...
, Greek footballer
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Vassilis Tsitsanis
Vassilis Tsitsanis ( el, Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης 18 January 1915 – 18 January 1984) was a Greece, Greek songwriter and bouzouki player. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the foun ...
, Greek songwriter and musician
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Vassilis Vassili, Greek sculptor
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Vassilis Vassilikos
Vassilis Vassilikos ( el, Βασίλης Βασιλικός, born 18 November 1934) is a Greek writer and diplomat.
Biography
He was born in Kavala to parents native to the island of Thasos. His father was an MP with the Liberal Party. He grew u ...
, Greek writer and diplomat
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Vasilios Vatatzes, Greek scholar, merchant, traveler, pioneer explorer and diplomat
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Vasilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player
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Vasilios Xydas
Vasilios Xydas ( el, Βασίλειος Ξυδάς, born 1877, date of death unknown) was a Greece, Greek Athletics (sport), athlete born in Athens, Greece. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
In 1896 Xydas competed in the Athletic ...
, Greek pole vaulter
Places
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Agios Vasileios, a Greek village in Achaea
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Agios Vasileios, a Greek village in Corinthia
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St. Vasilios Church (Massachusetts)
See also
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Vassiliki (given name)
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Basil (name)
The name Basil (''royal, kingly'') comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (, female version ), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from " basileus" ( el, βασιλεύς, links=no), of greek origin, meaning "king" ...
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