Famous People with Name Spyridon

Spyridon Nikolaou Marinatos            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Spyridon Nikolaou Marinatos: was one of the premier Greek archaeologists of the 20th century. His most notable discovery was the site of Akrotiri, a Minoan port city on the island of Thera,[1] which was simultaneously destroyed and preserved by a massive volcanic eruption, which is one event which may have spawned the myth of Atlantis. Marinatos began excavations in 1967 and died at the site in 1974, after suffering a massive stroke.

Spyridon Xyndas            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Spyridon Xyndas: was a Greek composer and guitarist, whose last name has also been transliterated as "Xinta", "Xinda", "Xindas", and "Xyntas"

Spyridon "Spiros" Marangos            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Spyridon "Spiros" Marangos: a former Greek football player. He played for Panionios, Panathinaikos, PAOK FC, AC Omonia and APOEL FC, as well as for the Greek national side at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Spyridon Ferentinos            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Spyridon Ferentinos: was a Greek Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Spyridon Lambros            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Spyridon Lambros: was a Greek history professor and, briefly, Prime Minister of Greece. After 1903, Lambros started an academic movement called Neos Hellenomnemon which studied the scientific and philosophical developments of the Greek-speaking world during the Byzantine and Ottoman eras.