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CATEGORY: Famous Greek People > Who's-Who in the Greek Community

LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY LAST NAME
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Spiro Agnew - Former U.S. Vice President during the Nixon years from the late 1960's early 1970's. A very intriguing person with an amazing history.
http://www.who2.com/spiroagnew.html

Jennifer Aniston - Popular actress from the show Friends. Has appeared in numerous television shows and feature films.
http://www.anistonavenue.com/biography.htm

John Aniston - Popular daytime television actor and father of Jennifer Aniston. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aniston

Peter Angelos - Famous and impressive attorney. Owner of Balimore Orioles. See: http://www.neco.org/awards/recipients/pangelos.html
Also see: http://www.helleniccomserve.com/baseball.html

Michael Cacoyannis - (Greek, Mikhalis Kakogiannis) Talented Greek Cypriot film director, theatre director, editor and producer. Oscar winner for Stella and Zorba the Greek.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/9384/directors/cacoyannis.htm

Maria Callas - Probably the greatest and most popular female opera singer of all time. Maria Callas is a legend. Loved and adored by many. http://www.callas.it/framehome-e.html.

Michael Capellas - Founder of Compaq computers. Very successful business man with impressive background. http://www.businessweek.com/@@GOX....

John Cassavetes - (December 9, 1929 - February 3, 1989) was an incredible actor, screenwriter, and director. Cassavetes created an American form of Cinema Verite with his innovative camera use, "bleak" outlook, and emphasis on improvisation. Film critic Ray Carney called him "the father of American independent film".
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/j/jo/john_cassavetes.html

George Chakiris - Very talented singer, dancer and actor. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in West Side Story. Appearances in many other movies, plays and film. Visit http://chakiris.topcities.com/bio.html for details. Also see http://imdb.com/name/nm0001995/bio.

Bob Costas - NBC sports announcer, television host and writer.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Bob-Costas

Michael Dukakis - Former Governor of Massachusetts and Democratic nominee for U.S. president (1988). http://www.answers.com/michael%20dukakis.

Olympia Dukakis - Oscar winning actress and sister of Michael Dukakis.
http://bookssearchdatabase.com/715466_olympiadukakis_0060188219...

Odysseus Elytis - Poet and Nobel price winner - pseud. of Odysseus Alepoudelis , 1911-96, Greek poet, b. Iraklion, Crete.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/E/Elytis-O1.asp

Tina Fey - Comedienne, actress and the head writer for Saturday Night Live.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Fey

Costas Gavras - Director and Oscar winner for "Z".
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800035225&cf=....

Manos Hadjidakis - (1925-1994) Famous songwriter, composer and Oscar winner for his music in the famous film Never on Sunday.
http://www.hadjidakis.gr/english/homeweb.htm

Stelios Hadjioannou - Successful business man and founder of EasyJet airlines. http://www.easyjet.com

Melina Kanakaredes - Actress and dancer.
View write-up: http://providence.tktv.net/cast/kanakaredes

Elia Kazan - Director Oscar winner for "America America" among his films, EAST OF EDEN with James Dean and the Grapes of wrath.
http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Kazan,%20Elia

Nikos Kazantzakis - One of the greatest Greek writers, poets and philosophers of the 20th century, Zorba the Greek ,the last temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese's 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ was based on Nikos Kazantzakis book). Click here to view our GreekWorld literary section.

Andrew "Andy" Lambros - Graphics artist and computer programmer. Famous child actor best known from the popular 1974 Oscar Mayer fisherman commercial, singing the praises of "b-o-l-o-g-n-a." Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running commercial in U.S. history. Founder of GreekWorld.com. President of CyberWeb, Inc. View write-up:
http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_oscarmayer.htm

Melina Merkouri - Political activist and world famous film and stage actress. Roles included Never on a Sunday, Stella, and Streetcar Named Desire.
http://www.geocities.com/akatsavou/melina_en.html

George Michael - Incredibly talented and world famous pop-rock singer and star. His background is filled with immense admiration, controversy and challenge. View: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Michael

Nana Mouskouri - Very popular and talented singer who sings in multiple languages. http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mouskouri_nana/bio.jhtml

Georges Moustaki: Renowned musician/composer of Le Meteque and more. Official site: http://www.creatweb.com/moustaki

Aristotle Onassis (Aristoteles) - Onassis had become a world-class businessman, owning commercial ships, tankers and more. He founded Olympic Airways (today Olympic Airlines), the Greek national carrier, in 1957. In 1954, the FBI investigated Onassis for fraud against the U.S. government. http://aristotle-onassis.biography.ms

Kostis Palamas - Poet the author of the Olympic Anthem and much more.
http://users.otenet.gr/%7ebm-celusy/olympic.html

George Papanicolaou - One of the world's most important people of medical history. Mr. Papanicolaou is the inventor of the woman's physical exam, known as the pap smear, which is key in cancer detection. This important diagnostic test has saved millions of lives. An incredible man who's legacy will last forever. View: http://ctct.essortment.com/uterinecancerp_ruxf.htm

Irene Papas - Famous actress in Zorba the Greek, The Guns of Navarone, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and more.
View: http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800010819&cf=gen&intl=us

Katina Paxinou - Renowned, famous actress and Oscar winner for For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943). View: http://www.thegoldenyears.org/paxinou.html

Yannis Ritsos - The talented writer and poet. Wrote The Fourth Dimension and other works. View: http://www.mikis-theodorakis.net/ritsos_e.html

Demis Roussos - Talented Greek singer. In 1977, reunited with Vangelis to work in his next album 'Magic'. Together with Lucas Sideras (and shortly Argyris Koulouris) Demis and Vangelis had formed the successful group Aphrodite's Child, back in 1968. http://www.vangelismovements.com/magic.htm

George Seferis - Greek poet, essayist, and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963. Seferis is considered to be the most distinguished Greek poet of the pre-war generation of the 1930s.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/seferis.htm

Pete Sampras - One of the world's all time greatest tennis players.
http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Sampras/Sampras_bio.html

Telly Savalas - (1922-1994) Best known as the very famous television character, Kojak. Had an impressive background. Successful business man, actor, entertainer and more.
Official website: http://www.tellysavalas.com/about/index.html

Alex Spanos - Very successful business man, and owner of the San Diego Chargers. http://www.chargers.com/team/fo_bio_alex_spanos.cfm

John Stamos - Popular television actor, best known for his role as the character of "Jesse (Hermes) Katsopolis," of the hit show Full House (1987-1995). Paternal grandfather Hermes Stamotopoulos (1908-1990) The name was changed to Stamos upon emigrating from Greece to America. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stamos

George Stephanopoulos - Served in the Clinton Administration as the Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Strategy. Very impressive background. View: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0826888/bio

Mikis Theodorakis - Talented classical musician and composer of Zorba the Greek along with many other Greek composer greats. A heartfelt story of strength and inspiration. http://www.mikis-theodorakis.net/indexenglish.htm

Vangelis - Composer / Oscar winner. Full birth name, Evanghelos Odyssey Papathanassiou. Although best known for his musical compositions Vangelis has not limited himself to the role of composer, as he also likes to paint and sculpt. http://www.vangelismovements.com/vangelis.htm

Nia Vardalos The popular actress and writer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. View Write-up:
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1804536542&cf=bios&intl=us

Rita Wilson - Famous actress and former model. Wife of Tom Hanks.
Producer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. View:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001854/bio

Frank Zappa - World famous rock star from the late 60's until his death. Father of Moon Unit, Tweezle, and Ahmet Zappa, all of whom have become famous in the entertainment/music industry.
http://ronaldbrucemeyer.com/rants/1221almanac.htm
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