Actors John Aniston (father of Jennifer) Olympia Dukakis Melina Mercouri, (1920-1994), actress Irene Papas Katina Paxinou, (1900-1973) Telly Savalas Aliki Vougiouklaki, (1934?-1996) Athletes Pyrros Dimas Nikos Kenteris Nikos Galis Konstantinos Kenteris Spiros Louis Nikos Machlas Clerics Michael Cerularius, (c. 1000-1059), patriarch of Constantinople Saint Photios Entrepreneurs Aristotle Onassis, (1906-1975), shipping magnate Filmmakers Elia Kazan, (1909-2003), Greek-born US film director Spyros P. Skouras Kostas Gavras Theodoros Aggelopoulos Military and Political Leaders(ancient) Alcibiades, (c. 450 BC-404 BC) Alexander the Great, (356 BC-323 BC), Macedonia Aristides Cimon Demosthenes, (384 BC-322 BC) Leonidas Miltiades Pericles, (495 BC-429 BC) Solon Musicians Haris Alexiou Maria Callas, (1923-1977), Operatic soprano George Dalaras Manos Hadjidakis, (1925-1994) Manolis Hiotis Stelios Kazantzidis Vicky Leandros Thanos Mikroutsikos, (born 1947), composer Dimitris Mitropoulos, conductor Nana Mouskouri Demis Roussos Nikos Skalkottas, (1904-1949), composer Mikis Theodorakis, (1925-), composer Vangelis, musician Yanni Yannis Xenakis, (1922-2001), composer Painters Aetion, (4th century BC) El Greco, (1541-1614), painter Politicians Constantine Kanaris, (1793 or 1795 - 1877), freedom fighter, politician and later Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, (1907-1998), politician Andreas Papandreou, politician Eleftherios Venizelos see also: List of Kings of Greece see also: List of Prime Ministers of Greece Philosophers Anaximander, (609 BC,610 BC-c. 547 BC), philosopher Anaximenes of Miletus, philosopher Aristotle, (384 BC-322 BC), Ancient Greek writer and philosopher Athenagoras of Athens, (c. 133-190), early Christian apologist Democritus, (born 460 BC), philosopher Diogenes, (114-129), patriarch of Constantinople Empedocles, (490 BC-430 BC), philosopher Epictetus, (AD 55-circa 135), philosopher Epicurus, (341 BC-270 BC), philosopher Epimenides Hypatia of Alexandria, (died 415), euclidean geometry Leucippus, philosopher Parmenides, philosopher Plato, (c. 427 BC-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher Protagoras, Sophist and first major Humanist Pythagoras, (582 BC-496 BC), euclidean geometry Socrates, (470 BC-399 BC), Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, (circa BC624-BC547), euclidean geometry Zeno of Citium, (333 BC-264 BC), philosopher Zeno of Elea, (circa 495 BC-circa 430 BC), philosopher Sculptors Agasias, sculptor Pheidias Praxiteles, sculptor Scientists Archimedes, (circa 287 BC-212 BC BC), euclidean geometry Eratosthenes, (276 BC-194 BC), euclidean geometry Euclides, (circa 365 BC-275 BC), geographer Eudoxus of Cnidus, (circa 408 BC-circa 347 BC), astronomer, mathematician Hippocrates, (c. 460 BC-377 BC), Ancient [[Greece|Greek] physician Georgios Papanikolaou, (1883-1962) Pythagoras, (582 BC-496 BC), euclidean geometry Writers Aesop, Fables Aristophanes, (ca. 446 BC-385 BC), Ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, (525 BC-456 BC), dramatist. Dio Chrysostom, orator and first Century historian of the romans Dionysios Solomos, writer of the National Greek anthem Odysseas Elytis, (1911-1996) Euripides, (born 480 BC), playwright Hesiod, (born c. 700 BC) Herodotus, (485 BC?-c. 420 BC?), Historian Homer, Greek poet Nikos Kazantzakis, (1883-1957), writer Pindar Plutarch, (A.D. 46?-120?), author Polybius, (c. 203-120 BC), author Giorgos Seferis Sappho, Greek poet Sophocles, (496 BC-406 BC), Athenian dramatist Thucydides, (c. 460-400 BC), Historian Vassilis Vassilikos, (1933- ), author of about 120 books, including Z made into a movie by Kostas Gavras Xenophon, (431 BC-c. 360 BC), an Athenian knight and an associate of Socrates See also: List of people by nationality