Famous People with Name Spiridon

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.

Spiridon Gopcevic            Origin/Culture/Country: Slavic

Spiridon Gopcevic: was a Serbian astronomer and historian. He is also known by his pen name of Leo Brenner.Among his works he published Macedonia and Old Serbia in 1889, an ethnographic study. However he spent time in jail in 1893 due to some of his articles against the Aus

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.