Famous People with Name Pavlos

Pavlos Carrer            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Pavlos Carrer: was a Greek composer. He studied in Zakynthos, Corfu and in Milan. His first operas were performed at the Teatro Carcano, Milan, in the early 1850s. In the same city he published some of his salon music. In 1857 he returned to Zakynthos, where Isabella d'Aspeno and La rediviva were performed. In 1858 excerpts from his opera Marcos Botsaris were performed in Athens in the presence of King Otto. However he was unable to secure its performance in his native Zakynthos because of the occupation of the island by the British who feared the subject of the opera (the Greek war of independence) would increase pro-independence sentiments among the Zakynthos and other Ionian islands population. In mainland Greece, Marcos was first performed in Patras in 1861 and then Athens in 1875. The last of his operas, Marathon - Salamis (1888), had its world-premiere in 2003. Throughout his career, Carrer also worked as a teacher.

Pavlos Melas            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Pavlos Melas: was an officer of the Hellenic Army, and he was among the first who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia

Pavlos Pavlidis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Pavlos Pavlidis: Pavlidis placed second in the military rifle competition with a score of 1,978. He had hit the target 38 times out of 40 shots, trailing the champion Pantelis Karasevdas by 2 hits and 372 points.

Pavlos Sidiropoulos            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Pavlos Sidiropoulos: was a Rock musician, noted for supporting the use of Greek lyrics in rock music, at a time when most Greek rock groups were using English lyrics. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was arguably the most popular Greek rock musician. Despite his early death, he remains one of the most popular rock musicians in Greece.

Pavlos Papaioannou            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Pavlos Papaioannou: a former Greek football player.