List of people from Greece
This is a list of notable Greeks.
Actors/actresses
Ancient period
- Metrobius
- Thespis
Adventurers
- Constantine Phaulkon, first counsellor of King Narai of Siam
- Lefteri, bandit
Athletes & sports figures
Ancient period
- Alexander I of Macedon, runner and Olympic winner
- Astylos of Croton
- Pheidippides
- Chionis of Sparta
- Cynisca
- Diagoras of Rhodes, boxer
- Dioxippus, pankration
- Hydna, swimmer and diver
- Kleitomachos, pankration
- Leonidas of Rhodes, ancient runner and Olympic winner
- Milo of Croton, pankration
- Troilus of Elis
- Phillip of Macedon
Modern period
- Emmanouil Karalis, pole vaulter
- Aristidis Akratopoulos, tennis player
- Konstantinos Akratopoulos, tennis player
- Giannis Antetokounmpo, basketball player
- Nikos Alefantos, football player and manager
- Anna Korakaki, sport shooter and Olympic champion
- Anastasios Bakasetas, football player
- Andreas Bouchalakis, football player
- Lampros Choutos, football player
- Fanis Christodoulou, basketball player
- Anton Christoforidis, boxer
- Stephanos Christopoulos, wrestler
- Constantine II, former King of Greece, 1960 Olympic champion in sailing
- Ioannis Chrysafis, gymnast
- Nikos Dabizas, football player
- Evangelos Damaskos, pole vaulter
- Nick "the Greek" Dandolos, gambler
- Eleni Daniilidou, tennis player
- Filipos Darlas, football player
- Stefanos Dedas, basketball head coach in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Dimitrios Deligiannis, marathoner
- Traianos Dellas, football player
- Hrysopiyí Devetzí, triple jumper and long jumper
- Themistoklis Diakidis, high jumper
- Dimitris Diamantidis, basketball player
- Georgios Diamantis, shooter
- Dimosthenis Dikoudis, basketball player
- Stefanos Dimitrios, middle-distance runner
- Zoi Dimoschaki, swimmer
- Mimis Domazos, football player
- Georgios Donis, football player
- Dimitrios Drivas, swimmer
- Kostas Eleftherakis, football player
- Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, football player
- Giannoulis Fakinos, football player
- Panagiotis Fasoulas, basketball player
- Giannis Fetfatzidis, football player
- Alexios Fetsios, shooter
- Angelos Fetsis, middle-distance runner
- Giorgos Foiros, football player and manager
- Antonis Fotsis, basketball player
- D. Frangopoulos, tennis player
- Takis Fyssas, football player
- Nikos Galis, basketball player, MVP of Eurobasket 1987
- Konstadinos Gatsioudis, javelin thrower
- Theofanis Gekas, football player
- Georgios Gennimatas, sprinter
- Nikolaos Georgantas, discus thrower
- Grigorios Georgatos, football player
- Giorgios Georgiadis, football player
- Ioannis Georgiadis, fencer
- Evangelos Gerakeris, marathoner
- Panagiotis Giannakis, basketball player, captain of Greek Eurobasket 1987 champion team
- Stelios Giannakopoulos, football player
- Kleopas Giannou, football player
- Herodotos Giorgallas, gymnast
- Giannis Gitsioudis, football player
- Andreas Glyniadakis, basketball player
- Spyros Gogolos, football player
- Dimitrios Golemis, middle-distance runner
- Georgios Gougoulias, football player
- Yannis Goumas, football player
- Anastasios Gousis, sprinter
- Miltiadis Gouskos, shot putter
- Georgios Grigoriou, marathoner
- Efstratios Grivas, chess player
- Faní Halkiá, Olympic champion hurdler
- Vassilis Hatzipanagis, football player
- José Holebas, football player
- Periklis Iakovakis, hurdler
- Georgios Iatridis, fencer
- Miltiades Iatrou, cyclist
- Takis Ikonomopoulos, football player
- Giannis Ioannidis, basketball player and coach
- Leonidas Kabantais, football player
- Pantelis Kafes, football player
- Ilias Kafetzis, marathoner
- Kakhi Kakhiashvili, weightlifter
- Michalis Kakiouzis, basketball player
- Nikos Kaklamanakis, windsurfer
- Stamatis Kalamiotis, football player
- Ioannis Kalitzakis, football player
- Georgios Kalogiannidis, archer
- George Kalovelonis, tennis player
- Marios Kaperonis, boxer
- Michalis Kapsis, football player
- Alexandros Karageorgiou, archer
- Giorgos Karagounis, football player
- Telemachos Karakalos, fencer
- Karakatsanis, shooter
- Konstantinos Karakatsanis, middle-distance runner
- Pantelis Karasevdas, shooter
- Hristos Karipidis, football player
- George Karlaftis, American football player
- Filippos Karvelas, gymnast
- Michalis Kasapis, football player
- Dionysios Kasdaglis, tennis player
- Fanis Katergiannakis, football player
- N. Kartavas, swimmer
- Kostas Katsouranis, football player
- Ioannis Kastritis, former basketball player and coach in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Anastasía Kelesídou, discus thrower
- Konstantinos Kenteris, European, World and Olympic champion sprinter
- Alexandros Khalkokondilis, sprinter and long jumper
- Hatzidakis, shooter
- Dimitrios Christopoulos, marathoner
- Vassilis Kikilias, basketball player
- Michalis Klokidis, football player
- Frank Klopas, football player
- Ekaterini Koffa, sprinter
- Savvas Kofidis, football player
- Dimitrios Kokotis, high jumper
- Dinos Konstantakis, football player
- Georgios Kolettis, cyclist
- Georgios Koltsidas, football player
- Giorgos Koltzos, football player
- Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis, fencer
- Aristidis Konstantinidis, cyclist
- Vasilis Konstantinou, football player
- Konstantinos Konstantinou, cyclist
- Michalis Konstantinou, football player
- Dimitrious Konstantopolous, football player
- Georgios Korakakis, football player
- Prodromos Korkizoglou, decathlete
- Anastasia Kostaki, basketball player
- Nikos Kostakis, football player
- Yiorgos Kostikos, football player
- Athanasios Kostoulas, football player
- Vasilios Kotronias, chess player
- Ilias Kotsios, football player
- Stefanos Kotsolis, football player
- Giorgos Koudas, football player
- Dinos Kouis, football player
- Konstantinos Koukodimos, long jumper
- Efthimios Kouloucheris, football player
- Yiannis Kouros, multiple world record-holding ultramarathoner
- Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, football player
- Vaggelis Koutsoures, football player
- Petros Kravaritis, football player
- Ioannis Kyrastas, football player
- Sotirios Kyrgiakos, football player
- Anastasios Kyriakos, football player
- Panagiotis Lagos, football player
- Vasilios Lakis, football player
- Leonidas Langakis, shooter
- Ioannis Lavrentis, marathoner
- Sotiris Leontiou, football player
- Nikolaos Levidis, shooter
- Kostas Linoxilakis, football player
- Spiros Livathinos, football player and manager
- Spiridon Louis, marathoner, winner of first modern Olympic marathon
- Takis Loukanidis, football player
- Konstantinos Loumpoutis, football player
- Dimitrios Loundras, gymnast
- Nikolaos Lyberopoulos, football player
- Nikos Machlas, football player
- Ioannis Malokinis, swimmer
- Miréla Manjani, javelin thrower
- Stelios Manolas, football player
- Vlasios Maras, gymnast
- Nick Markakis baseball, player
- Dimitris Markos, football player
- Stamatios Masouris, marathoner
- Dimitris Mavrogenidis, football player
- Loukas Mavrokefalidis, basketball player
- Thomas Mavros, football player
- Hristos Meletoglou, triple jumper
- Angelos Messaris, football player
- Anastasios Metaxas, shooter
- Athanasios Michalopoulos, volleyball player
- Nikolaos Michopoulos, football player
- Zenon Mikhailidis, shooter
- Kostas Mitroglou, football player
- Ioannis Mitropoulos, gymnast
- Tasos Mitropoulos, football player
- Georgios Mitsibonas, football player
- Antonis Miyiakis, football player
- Vaggelis Moras, football player
- Nikolaos Morakis, shooter
- Irini Mouchou, triathlete
- Andreas Mouratis, football player
- Moustakopoulos, shooter
- Apostolos Nanos, archer
- Evangelos Nastos, football player
- Konstantinos Nebegleras, football player
- Kostas Negrepontis, football player
- Kostas Nestoridis, football player
- Apostolos Nikolaidis, football and volleyball player
- Demis Nikolaidis, football player
- Alexandros Nikolopoulos, weightlifter
- Stamatios Nikolopoulos, cyclist
- Antonios Nikopolidis, football player
- Sotiris Ninis, football player
- Nikos Nioplias, football player
- Georgios Orphanidis, shooter
- Alexandros Pagalis, football player
- Alketas Panagoulias, football player and manager
- Loukas Panourgias, football player
- Pantazidis, shooter
- Anastasios Pantos, football player
- Alexandros Papadimitriou, hammer thrower
- Avraam Papadopoulos, football player
- Dimitrios Papadopoulos, football player
- Lazaros Papadopoulos, basketball player
- Antonios Papaioannou, gymnast
- Mimis Papaioannou, football player
- Lambros Papakostas, high jumper
- Theodoros Papaloukas, basketball player
- Manolis Papamakarios, basketball player
- Christos Papanikolaou, pole vaulter
- Georgios Papasideris, weightlifter
- Eleftherios Papasymeon, marathoner
- Athina Papayianni, race walker
- Charilaos Pappas, football player
- Georgios Paraskevopoulos, cyclist
- Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, discus thrower
- Mikhail Paskalides, sprinter
- Konstantinos Paspatis, tennis player
- Petros Passalis, football player
- George Patis, badminton player
- Voula Patoulidou, hurdler
- Christos Patsatzoglou, football player
- Patsouris, shooter
- Pavlos Pavlidis, shooter
- Antonios Pepanos, swimmer
- Ioannis Persakis, triple jumper
- Petros Persakis, gymnast
- Aristovoulos Petmezas, gymnast and shooter
- Demetrios Petrokokkinos, tennis player
- Ioannis Phrangoudis, shooter
- Mimis Pierrakos, football player
- Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, fencer
- Stiliani Pilatou, long jumper
- Platis, shooter
- Hristos Polihroniou, hammer thrower
- Ioannis Poulos, fencer
- Evangelia Psarra, archer
- Leonidas Pyrgos, fencer
- Evangelos Rallis, tennis player
- Kurt Rambis, basketball player, won four NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers
- Flora Redoumi, hurdler
- Dimitrios Regas, sprinter
- Efthimios Rentzias, basketball player
- Elpida Romantzi, archer
- Nicolas Rossolimo, chess player
- Georgios Roubanis, pole vaulter
- Sakis Rouvas, pole vaulter
- Maria Sakkari, tennis player
- Dimitris Salpingidis, football player
- Georgios Samaras, football player
- Sanidis, shooter
- Miltiadis Sapanis, football player
- Dimitris Saravakos, football player
- Nikos Sarganis, football player
- Georgios Saridakis, race walker
- Sofoklis Schortsanitis, basketball player
- Yourkas Seitaridis, football player
- Ioannis Sfairopoulos, basketball coach in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and EuroLeague
- Giorgos Sideris, football player
- Nikolaos Siranidis, diver
- Athanasios Skaltsogiannis
- Giannis Skopelitis, football player
- Georgios Skoutarides, sprinter and hurdler
- Vasileios Spanoulis, basketball player
- Konstantinos Spetsiotis, race walker
- Spiridon Stais, shooter
- Andreas Stamatiadis, football player
- Ieroklis Stoltidis, football player
- Aryiro Strataki, heptathlete
- Dimosthenis Tampakos, gymnast
- Giannis Taralidis, football player
- Alexandros Tatsis, football player
- Efstathios Tavlaridis, football player
- Miltos Tentoglou, long jumper
- Irini Terzoglou, shot putter
- Ekateríni Thánou, sprinter
- Stefanos Theodoridis, football player
- Georgios Theodoridis, sprinter
- Ioannis Theodoropoulos, pole vaulter
- Alexandros Theofilakis, shooter
- Ioannis Theofilakis, shooter
- Dimitrios Tomprof, middle-distance runner
- Vasilis Torosidis, football player
- Nicolaos Trikupis, shooter
- A. Tryfiatis-Tripiaris, cyclist
- Jake Tsakalidis, basketball player
- Kostas Tsartsaris, basketball player
- Loúis Tsátoumas, long jumper
- Dimitrios Tsiamis, triple jumper
- Paraskeví Tsiamíta, triple jumper
- Nikos Tsiantakis, football player
- Vasilios Tsiartas, football player
- Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Olympic champion standing long jumper
- Leonidas Tsiklitiras, gymnast
- Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, javelin thrower
- Chris Tsiprailidis, poker player
- Georgios Tsitas, wrestler
- Stefanos Tsitsipas, tennis player
- Athanasia Tsoumeleka, race walker
- Tryfon Tzanetis, football player
- Alexandros Tziolis, football player
- Stavros Tziortziopoulos, football player
- Alexandros Tzorvas, football player
- Danai Varveri, free diver
- Olga Vasdeki, triple jumper
- Spyridon Vasdekis, long jumper
- Charilaos Vasilakos, marathoner
- Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, basketball player
- Kostas Vassiliadis, basketball player
- Fotini Vavatsi, archer
- Vavis, shooter
- Theodoros Velkos, badminton player
- Stylianos Venetidis, football player
- Tassos Venetis, football player
- Anna Verouli, javelin thrower
- Sotirios Versis, weightlifter
- Kleanthis Vikelides, football player
- Ekateríni Vóggoli, discus thrower
- Ioannis Vourakis, shooter
- Athanasios Vouros, fencer
- Ian Vouyoukas, basketball player
- Ioannis Vrettos, marathoner
- Zisis Vryzas, football player
- Loukas Vyntra, football player
- Níki Xánthou, long jumper
- Thomas Xenakis, gymnast
- Vasilios Xydas, pole vaulter
- Theodoros Zagorakis, football player, captain of Greek team which won 2004 European Championship
- Akis Zikos, football player
- Nikos Zisis, basketball player
- Khristos Zoumis, triple jumper