Nia Vardalos

Nia Vardalos

female, 47 years old
Golden Globe, television actor, Greek Orthodox Christian, American Canadian, actress, Screenwriter…Greek-American, My Big Fat Greek Life, greek, my big fat greek wedding, Greek Canadian
Nia Vardalos (born September 24 1962) is a Golden Globe-nominated Canadian/American actress, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and producer.

Vitruvius

male
Golden Age Latin author, Latin writer, Campania, Fano, cognomen, Architectural theoretician…koine greek, greek
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born ca. 80/70 BC?; died ca. 25 BC) was a Roman writer, architect and engineer, active in the 1st century BC.
Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis

male, deceased (1957)
Modern Greek writer, modern Greek poet, Travel writer, Playwright, poem, writer…greek, zorba the greek, Zorba the Greek writer
Nikos Kazantzakis, author of poems, novels, essays, plays, and travel books, was arguably the most important and most translated Greek writer and...

Theocritus

male
Alexandria, Pharmkeutra, Ptolemy II, bucolic, Doric, 3rd century BC…greek, ancient greek
Theocritus, the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC. Little is known of him beyond what can be inferred from...
Mikis Theodorakis

Mikis Theodorakis

male, 84 years old
Regime of the Colonel, composer, junta, Tripoli, Greece, Asia Minor, from the North Aegean…zorba the greek, greek
Mikis Theodorakis is one of the most popular Greek composers. He is known internationally for his scores in the films, "Zorba the Greek"(1964), "Z"...
Critias

Critias

male
Ancient Athenian, greek, grandfather, timaeus, Thirty Tyrant, Sisyphus fragment
Critias (Greek, 460-403 BC), born in Athens, son of Callaeschrus, was the uncle of Plato, and a leading member of the Thirty Tyrants, and one of...
Aesop

Aesop

male
fable, greek, Peisistratus, Peisistratos, fable writer, Aesop's Fables…ancient greek
Aesop (also spelled Æsop, from the Greek "' - Aisōpos"'), known only for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was by tradition a slave (δ...
Demis Roussos

Demis Roussos

male, 63 years old
Forever and Ever, singer, rock singer, greek, Aphrodite's Child, platinum disc
Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (born June 15, 1946) is a Greek singer. He was born in Egypt to ethnic Greek parents George and Olga, and raised...
Maria Callas

Maria Callas

female, deceased (1977)
buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, dramatic coloratura, rossini, Divas, bellini, post-World War II best opera singer…Greek-American, greek
Maria Callas was an American born, Greek dramatic coloratura soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. She...
Diogenes Laertius

Diogenes Laertius

male
doxography, third century, Pyrrhonism, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosopher, Clitomachus, Stephanus of Byzantium…greek, ancient greek
Diogenes Laërtius, the biographer of the Greek philosophers, is supposed by some to have received his surname from the town of Laerte in Cilicia, a...