Famous people from Greece

Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 3 by the WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek women's tennis player. Her career-best doubles ranking is world No. 169, achieved on 9 September 2019.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo

Nigerian-Greek basketball player (born 1994)

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Maria Callas

American and Greek soprano (1923–1977)

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Constantine I of Greece

King of Greece (1913–17; 1920–22)

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek politician, prime Minister of Greece, President of New Democracy party

Kostas Tsimikas

Greek association football player

Yanis Varoufakis

Greek economist and politician

Demis Roussos

Greek musician (1946–2015)

Nana Mouskouri

Greek singer

George Papandreou

Greek politician, president of the Socialist International

Sokratis Papastathopoulos

Greek association football player

Konstantinos Tasoulas

Greek politician, President of Greece since 2025

Giorgos Karagounis

Greek association football player

Georgios Samaras

Greek footballer

Angelos Charisteas

Greek footballer

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved in August 2021, making him the highest-ranked Greek male tennis player. Tsitsipas has won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2019 ATP Finals and three Masters 1000 events. He has contested two major finals, at the 2021 French Open and 2023 Australian Open. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 64, ach...

Kostas Mitroglou

Greek footballer (born 1988)

Theodoros Zagorakis

Greek footballer, MEP

Konstantinos Mavropanos

Konstantinos "Dinos" Mavropanos is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL Championship club West Ham United and the Greece national team.

Vicky Leandros

Greek singer (born 1949)

Dimitris Salpingidis

Greek footballer

Theofanis Gekas

Greek footballer

Kostas Katsouranis

Greek footballer

Angelos Basinas

Greek executive and retired association football player