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Was a Greek painter, who worked mostly in Venice and the Veneto

Was a Greek painter, who worked mostly in Venice and the Veneto

Was born in Chania, Crete, the first son of a refugee family from Asia Minor. Since his earliest yea

Was born in Chania, Crete, the first son of a refugee family from Asia Minor. Since his earliest years, he demonstrated his interest and his talent in music. He was already a music professional at the age of 16. His virtuoso bouzouki-playing made him famous on the popular music stages of Chania. He went to Athens in the 1960s, where he made his big break into the Greek popular musical scene as a composer. The song What can you do, with only one heart (Greek: ?? ?a s?? ???e? µ?a ?a?d??), with lyrics by Eftihia Papagiannopoulou, signaled the start of his national career.

Was a Prime Minister of Greece from 1849 to 1854. Kriezis was descended from a well-known Arvanite f

Was a Prime Minister of Greece from 1849 to 1854. Kriezis was descended from a well-known Arvanite family from the island of Hydra and was born in Troezen in 1796. In July 1821, he served in the Greek navy during the Greek War of Independence and took part in the naval battles in Samos and Spetses. In 1825, he and Konstantinos Kanaris set fire to an Egyptian boat inside the port of Alexandria. In 1828, John Capodistria placed him in command of a navy squadron and in 1829, he captured Vonitsa from the Ottomans. Under King Otto in 1836, he became Minister of Naval Affairs and later served as Prime Minister of Greece from December 24, 1849 until May 28, 1854. He was succeeded by Konstantinos Kanaris. He died in Athens in 1865.

He's regarded as one of the best Greek goalkeepers of all time having been the one with the most cap

He's regarded as one of the best Greek goalkeepers of all time having been the one with the most caps in national team and being an integral part in the Euro 2004 triumph.

Papaigannou competed in the parallel bars and horizontal bar individual events

Papaigannou competed in the parallel bars and horizontal bar individual events

Was a Greek swimmer. He was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, which merged with Panachaikos Gy

Was a Greek swimmer. He was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, which merged with Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos in 1923 to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi.

Is a Greek Member of the European Parliament, and an academic biochemist. He was elected on the New

Is a Greek Member of the European Parliament, and an academic biochemist. He was elected on the New Democracy ticket and sits with the European People's Party group. He has been leader of the ND parliamentary group since 2000.

One of the great goal scorers of Greek football in the post-war era, scoring about 148 goals in a ca

One of the great goal scorers of Greek football in the post-war era, scoring about 148 goals in a career which spanned 22 years. He started his career playing for Xanthi before moving on to Panathinaikos. Antoniadis scored his first official goal for Panathinaikos on 27th October 1968 in a 1-0 victory over Apollon Athens.

Was a Greek professional basketball player of the 1950s and 1960s era. Christeas was also a key memb

Was a Greek professional basketball player of the 1950s and 1960s era. Christeas was also a key member of the Greek national basketball team and he finished his career with the national team with 30 caps, in which he scored a total of 398 points. He was

Is a Greek poet. He read Law at the University of Athens and History of Law at Sorbonne, Paris. Sinc

Is a Greek poet. He read Law at the University of Athens and History of Law at Sorbonne, Paris. Since 1981, he has co-edited along with Thanassis Niarchos the prestigious literary periodical ? ????.

Is a Greek professional basketball player who currently plays for Dynamo Moscow. A 2.08 m (6'10") fo

Is a Greek professional basketball player who currently plays for Dynamo Moscow. A 2.08 m (6'10") forward and the first Greek-born player to suit up for an NBA team,

Is a Cypriot footballer (goalkeeper) who plays for AC Omonia, and the Cypriot National Team. He also

Is a Cypriot footballer (goalkeeper) who plays for AC Omonia, and the Cypriot National Team. He also played in Anorthosis for six years.He is regarded as the best goalkeeper in Cyprus and is an integral part of Omonia Nicosia.Many speculate that without Georgallides Omonia's 2007-2008 troubling campaign would have been much worse.

Is a midfielder player that has been elected through the Academies of AEK Larnaca. Since 2006 he was

Is a midfielder player that has been elected through the Academies of AEK Larnaca. Since 2006 he was promoted to the first team of AEK Larnaca. For the 2009-2010, he transferred to AC Omonia.

is a Greek football player currently playing for FC Asteras Tripolis in Greece.

is a Greek football player currently playing for FC Asteras Tripolis in Greece.

Is a Cypriot football forward who plays for Ermis Aradippou and previously for ASIL Lysi he was cons

Is a Cypriot football forward who plays for Ermis Aradippou and previously for ASIL Lysi he was consdered a big talent while playing in AC Omonia Nicosia. He also played in Greece with Larissa F.C. and Kerkyra F.C.

A Greek football manager and former player.As a manager, Manikas was most recently in charge of Ethn

A Greek football manager and former player.As a manager, Manikas was most recently in charge of Ethnikos Piraeus.Manikas was announced as Ethnikos manager on 6 June 2008, but he officially resigned on 10 October 2008, after just four weeks of the Beta Ethniki 2009-09 season.

Was a star forward for Greek football team Panathinaikos in the 1930s. He is probably best remembere

Was a star forward for Greek football team Panathinaikos in the 1930s. He is probably best remembered for his memorable performance in his team's 8-2 victory over Olympiakos. During his career he was capped 17 times, scoring 3 goals, for the national foot

A former Greek football player. He played for Almopos, Kastoria, Panathinaikos, AEK Athens and Apoll

A former Greek football player. He played for Almopos, Kastoria, Panathinaikos, AEK Athens and Apollon Smyrnis, as well as for the national side. He competed at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

He is probably best remembered for his memorable performance in his team's 8-2 victory over Olympiak

He is probably best remembered for his memorable performance in his team's 8-2 victory over Olympiakos. During his career he was capped 17 times, scoring 3 goals, for the national football team of Greece.

Is a cypriot football player. He plays in midfield.He played for Nea Salamina, Apollon Limassol and

Is a cypriot football player. He plays in midfield.He played for Nea Salamina, Apollon Limassol and for Alki Larnaca.

Was a Cretan musician and famous for his superb lyra performance. He was born in Pervolia, Rethymno

Was a Cretan musician and famous for his superb lyra performance. He was born in Pervolia, Rethymno and started playing the lyra since he was a kid. He is considered as one of the most important lyra performers of the early 20th century. When he started playing lyra the laouto was not yet established as an accompanying instrument of the lyre in Crete. Thus, he was occasionally using the string instrument boulgari as accompanying instrument, popular at that time in the Rethymnon. Bouzouki was a typical accompanying instrument for lyra at that time.

Is a Greek footballer currently playing for Panathinaikos FC. He was also part of Greece U-21 team.O

Is a Greek footballer currently playing for Panathinaikos FC. He was also part of Greece U-21 team.On January 2008, Petropoulos joined Panathinaikos FC signing a contract with a minimum release fee clause of €6,000,000 and a year later he signed a new 3

Is a popular Greek pop folk singer.

Is a popular Greek pop folk singer.

Is a Greek football player currently playing as a defensive midfielder for AEK Athens F.C. in the Gr

Is a Greek football player currently playing as a defensive midfielder for AEK Athens F.C. in the Greek Super League.Then he went on loan to Niki Volos F.C., a Beta Ethniki team, in order to gain more experiences. He stayed with them for the 2006-07 seaso

Was a Greek politician and urban planner, born and raised in the town of Argostoli on the island of

Was a Greek politician and urban planner, born and raised in the town of Argostoli on the island of Kefalonia. A founding member of PASOK, he was elected MP in the Greek Parliament with PASOK in 1981 and 1985 and served as Minister of Urban Planning, and Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs. In 1989 he established the short-lived Greek Radical Movement, and in 1990 he was elected mayor of Athens with support from the New Democracy party.