Greek Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 191 cm or 6'5" in height. He played at the point g

Is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 191 cm or 6'5" in height. He played at the point guard position. Retired in 1980 after winning a European championship.

Is an architect and computer scientist best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachuse

Is an architect and computer scientist best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also known as the founder of The One Laptop per Child association (OLPC).

Was a Greek politician and Professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Papapolitis was Pr

Was a Greek politician and Professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Papapolitis was Professor of Commercial and Shipping Law, a very distinguished international lawyer and author of many legal books. He served as a legal advisor to a number of Greek governments and prime ministers on such major issues as Greece's entry into NATO and the EEC. ?e was also a member of the legal team that drafted Greece's new constitution in 1974. From 1974 to 1981, he was a member of the Greek Parliament, heading many parliamentary committees which drafted several Acts of major importance.

Is a Greek American businessman, ship-owner and ship-manager, Vice President and Director of Operati

Is a Greek American businessman, ship-owner and ship-manager, Vice President and Director of Operations of Independence Maritime Agency Inc. and Trojan Maritime Inc.[1] He's also a large shareholder of the real estate Notias Constructions Company and the major shareholder and Vice President[2] of the famous Greek football club A.E.K. Athens[3].

Is a Greek American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall point guard. He

Is a Greek American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall point guard. He can also play shooting guard if needed. He is currently with Panathinaikos. On May 23, 2009 Calathes announced that he would bypass the NBA to play in the

S a retired Greek basketball player, a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame and regarded as one of Europe

S a retired Greek basketball player, a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame and regarded as one of Europe's all-time greats in the sport and the greatest European scorer of all time.

Is an American fashion designer and contestant on the second season of the reality television progra

Is an American fashion designer and contestant on the second season of the reality television program Project Runway. He is openly gay[1] and is currently the contributing fashion editor of Frontiers magazine.

Is a Cypriot manager and former football midfielder, one of only 2 Cypriots to ever play in the Engl

Is a Cypriot manager and former football midfielder, one of only 2 Cypriots to ever play in the English Premier League. He is currently the manager for Olympiakos Nicosia.He holds the English UEFA A Licence and also the UEFA PRO LICENCE

Is a Greek Z movie filmmaker, director and radio producer. In his last job as a reporter, for the da

Is a Greek Z movie filmmaker, director and radio producer. In his last job as a reporter, for the daily “Apogevmatini”, he posed as a musician for the group of popular singer Yanni Poulopoulos and gained access to Onassis’ yacht, the “Christina” where Onassis was hosting Jackie and Ted Kennedy.

Is a Greek film director. He was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Legend has it that photographer Herb

Is a Greek film director. He was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Legend has it that photographer Herbert Tobias nicknamed the then-fashion model (later singer) Christa Päffgen "Nico" after Papatakis, his ex-boyfriend.[citation needed] His debut film, Les Abysses, was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. [1]

Was an Aromanian lawyer, politician and Regent of Pindus. He was a devoted Aromanian nationalist and

Was an Aromanian lawyer, politician and Regent of Pindus. He was a devoted Aromanian nationalist and from 1923 he was the general secretary of the communist group in Trikala. However in 1926 he was excluded by the party. Then he went to Larissa where he was active in Yannis Sofianopoulou's Rural Party. He practiced law in Larissa before joining the Roman Legion of his compatriot, Alchiviad Diamandi di Samarina. In 1941 he was appointed prime minister of the Principality of Pindus. In June 1942, after Diamandi's abdication Matushi became Regent of the autonomous state. Then he went to Athens, but he was obliged to run to Romania like Diamandi the next year when he was substituted by a Hungarian adventurer, Count Gyula Cseszneky, Baron of Milvány.

Trikupis competed in the military rifle event, placing third with a score of 1,713. He hit the targe

Trikupis competed in the military rifle event, placing third with a score of 1,713. He hit the target 34 times out of a possible 40.

Was the pseudonym of Nikos Kalamaris (Greek: ????? ?a?aµ????), a Greek-American poet and art critic

Was the pseudonym of Nikos Kalamaris (Greek: ????? ?a?aµ????), a Greek-American poet and art critic. While living in Greece, he also used the pseudonyms Nikitas Randos (Greek: ????ta? ???t??) and M. Spieros (Greek: ?. Sp?????).

Was a Cypriot composer born in Nicosia, Cyprus and was the first child of his family. His parents, w

Was a Cypriot composer born in Nicosia, Cyprus and was the first child of his family. His parents, who love classical music, decided to expose him to music as a creative outlet rather than a career. At the age of five, he started taking piano lessons and very soon he revealed his extraordinary talent by improvising on the piano and composing short pieces of music. When Solon Michaelides, the celebrated Cypriot composer, conductor, musicologist and friend of the family heard him play for the first time, when Nicolas was not yet seven years old, he declared: " This child is a blessing to his parents, Cyprus and the World". On his advice, Nicolas's musical training was undertaken by George Arvanitakis

Is a Cypriot defender who plays for AC Omonia. He started his career in AEK Larnaca and then transfe

Is a Cypriot defender who plays for AC Omonia. He started his career in AEK Larnaca and then transferred to AC Omonia for 330,000CYP meaning just over 550,000 Euro. He is a left wing dynamic player but never had the capability of scoring. He is loved by the fans because of his willingness and agility, while he outperforms himself in every match.

Is a former Greek politician. He was born in the village of Moustheni in Kavala Prefecture. He took

Is a former Greek politician. He was born in the village of Moustheni in Kavala Prefecture. He took part in the battle along the Macedonian fortified positions during the German invasion of 1941. He escaped almost immediately to the Near East and he took part in the battles of El Alamein (Africa) and Rimini (Italy), and in the battle of Athens (December 1944).

Was a notable Greek businessman and philanthropist established in Mexico who had great political and

Was a notable Greek businessman and philanthropist established in Mexico who had great political and social influence in the country. He also was known for his notorious charitable support in his homecountry, and was awarded the diplomatic title of Honorary Consul of Greece. Along with his wife for more than 30 years, Maria Lucila Garcia Stevens, he fathered three sons and two daughters: Nicolas Kosturakis Garcia, Demetrio Kosturakis Garcia, Jorge Kosturakis Garcia, Maria Lucila Kosturakis Garcia, and Eleny Kosturakis Garcia.

Is a Greek Engineering Seismologist. He was Professor and now Emeritus Professor of Engineering Seis

Is a Greek Engineering Seismologist. He was Professor and now Emeritus Professor of Engineering Seismology and Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. Professor Ambraseys studied Rural and Surveying Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (Diploma in 1952) and then Civil Engineering at Imperial College specialising in Soil Mechanics and Engineering Seismology. He worked with Professors Alec Skempton and Alan W. Bishop and obtained his PhD degree in 1958; his thesis title was "The seismic stability of earth dams".

Was an American-French-Greek-Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. He was awarded the International Master ti

Was an American-French-Greek-Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. He was awarded the International Master title in 1950 and the International Grandmaster title in 1953.

Is a Cypriot International footballer. He is a right-wing defender for Orpheas FC in the Cypriot thi

Is a Cypriot International footballer. He is a right-wing defender for Orpheas FC in the Cypriot third division and played for Cyprus national football team. He was a regular starter for Cyprus and one of the most popular players in the third division of Cyprus.

Was a Greek painter and writer. Nicolaides born the son of poor parents in Nicosia, Cyprus on the Ap

Was a Greek painter and writer. Nicolaides born the son of poor parents in Nicosia, Cyprus on the April 3, 1884. A sister, Maria, followed him two years later. He was only six or seven when their parents died, one after another. Their maternal aunt took charge of the two children. She, too, was not well off. When Nicos reached the fourth grade in the local primary school,

Is a Cypriot football midfielder who is currently playing for Anorthosis Famagusta. Anorthosis signe

Is a Cypriot football midfielder who is currently playing for Anorthosis Famagusta. Anorthosis signed him from Nea Salamis. Nicolaou is the captain of Anorthosis.

Is a former international Cypriot football goalkeeper and the manager for ASIL Lysi.He started his c

Is a former international Cypriot football goalkeeper and the manager for ASIL Lysi.He started his career from Anorthosis. He played there for seventeen years. He was the captain of Anorthosis. Then, he moved to AEK Larnaca where he played for a year and after to Panachaiki for another year and finished his career at 2007 playing for Ayia Napa.

Was a Greco-French Marxist political sociologist. In the 1970s, Poulantzas was known, along with Lou

Was a Greco-French Marxist political sociologist. In the 1970s, Poulantzas was known, along with Louis Althusser, as a leading Structural Marxist and while at first a Leninist, he eventually became a proponent of eurocommunism. He is most well-known for his theoretical work on the state.

Is a former international Cypriot football defender.He played mostly for APOEL, Omonia Aradippou and

Is a former international Cypriot football defender.He played mostly for APOEL, Omonia Aradippou and Alki.