Famous People with Name Spiridon

Spiridon Belokas            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Spiridon Belokas: Belokas was one of 17 athletes to start the Olympic marathon race. He crossed the finish line in third place

Spiridon P. Chasapis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Spiridon P. Chasapis: hasapis competed in the 100 metres freestyle for sailors event. He placed second of the three swimmers.

Spiridon Spiros Louis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Spiridon Spiros Louis: was a Greek water-carrier who won the first modern-day Marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics, thereby becoming a national hero.

Spiridon Spyros Vasdekis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Spiridon Spyros Vasdekis: His personal best jump is 8.19 metres, achieved in July 1995 in Budapest.

Spiridon Stais            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Spiridon Stais: Theofilakis competed in the military rifle event. He tied for twelfth place with Eugen Schmidt at 845 points.

Aleksey Sergeyevich Spiridonov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Aleksey Sergeyevich Spiridonov: was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the men's hammer throw event. Born in St. Petersburg he trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad.

Maria Spiridonova            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Maria Spiridonova: was a figure in Russian revolutionary circles at the beginning of the 20th century. She joined the Socialist-Revolutionary Party during her training to became a nurse. In January, 1906, Spiridonova assassinated Police Inspector General G.N. Luzhenovsky who had ordered the brutal police suppression of a peasant uprising during Russian Revolution of 1905. She shot General Luzhenovsky in the face with a revolver at the provincial railway station of Borisoglebsk. Following the assassination, and after her arrest, she was subjected to horrendous physical and sexual abuse at the hands of soldiers.