Queen Anne-Marie of GreeceW
Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, RE is the former Queen of Greece as the wife of King Constantine II, who reigned from 1964 until 1973.

Sotiria BellouW
Sotiria Bellou

Sotiria Bellou was a Greek singer and performer of the rebetiko style of music. She was one of the most famous rebetisa of all, mentioned in many music guides, and a contributor to the 1984 British Documentary entitled Music of the Outsiders. On March 14, 2010, Alpha TV ranked Bellou the 22nd top-certified female artist in the nation's phonographic era.

Emmanouil BenakisW
Emmanouil Benakis

Emmanouil Benakis was a Greek merchant and politician, considered a national benefactor of Greece.

Nikolaos ChristodoulouW
Nikolaos Christodoulou

Nikolaos Christodoulou was a Greek infantry officer who rose to the rank of Major General.

Constantine II of GreeceW
Constantine II of Greece

Constantine II reigned as the King of Greece from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy on 1 June 1973.

Gerasimos ContomichalosW
Gerasimos Contomichalos

Gerasimos Antonios Contomichalos was the most eminent business magnate in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and the greatest benefactor of the Greek community in Sudan. He wielded considerable political influence both in Sudan and Greece.

Dimosthenis DialetisW
Dimosthenis Dialetis

Dimosthenis Dialetis was a Greek soldier who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.

Kimon DigenisW
Kimon Digenis

Kimon Digenis (1871–1945) was a Greek Army officer who reached the rank of Major General.

Demetrius Constantine DounisW
Demetrius Constantine Dounis

Demetrius Constantine Dounis, also known as D. C. Dounis, was an influential teacher of violin and string instrument technique, as well as violinist, violist, and mandolin player.

Elisabeth of RomaniaW
Elisabeth of Romania

Elisabeth of Romania was a princess of Romania and member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and by marriage Queen of Greece during 1922–1924.

Angelos EvertW
Angelos Evert

Angelos Evert was a Greek police officer, most notable for serving as head of the Athens branch of the Cities Police during the Axis Occupation of Greece during World War II.

Tevfik FikretW
Tevfik Fikret

Tevfik Fikret was the pseudonym of Mehmed Tevfik, an Ottoman educator and poet, who is considered the founder of the modern school of Turkish poetry.

Athanasios FrangouW
Athanasios Frangou

Athanasios Frangou or Frangos was a Greek Army officer who reached the rank of Major General.

Frederica of HanoverW
Frederica of Hanover

Frederica of Hanover was Queen consort of Greece from 1947 until 1964 as the wife of King Paul, thereafter Queen mother.

Panagiotis GargalidisW
Panagiotis Gargalidis

Panagiotis Gargalidis was a Greek army general who fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Balkan Wars, World War I, and the Asia Minor Campaign, and leader of a failed coup attempt in 1923.

Dimitris GlinosW
Dimitris Glinos

Dimitris Glinos was a Greek philosopher, educator and politician.

Georgios HatzidakisW
Georgios Hatzidakis

Georgios Nicolaou Hatzidakis was a Greek philologist, who is regarded as the father of linguistics in Greece. He was the first chair of Linguistics and Indian Philology at the University of Athens in 1890–1923.

Alexandros HatzikyriakosW
Alexandros Hatzikyriakos

Alexandros Hatzikyriakos was a Greek Navy officer who rose to the rank of rear admiral. He played a major role in the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic in 1924, and served thrice as Minister for Naval Affairs and two brief periods as Foreign Minister.

Ioannis HatzopoulosW
Ioannis Hatzopoulos

Ioannis Hatzopoulos was a Greek army officer, who commanded the IV Army Corps in 1916 and was interned with his men in Görlitz, Germany.

Christos KakkalosW
Christos Kakkalos

Christos Kakkalos was a Greek mountain guide. He led the 1913 expedition of the Swiss Daniel Baud-Bovy and Frédéric Boissonnas and is considered the first climber to have ascended Mytikas, the highest peak of Mount Olympus in Greece.

Manolis KalomirisW
Manolis Kalomiris

Manolis Kalomiris was a Greek classical composer. He was the founder of the Greek National School of Music.

Anthimos KapsisW
Anthimos Kapsis

Anthimos Kapsis is a Greek former International footballer who played as a sweeper.

Dimitrios KatheniotisW
Dimitrios Katheniotis

Dimitrios Katheniotis was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general and served as chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff in 1933–35.

Pafsanias KatsotasW
Pafsanias Katsotas

Pafsanias Katsotas was a Greek Army officer and politician.

Alexandros KontoulisW
Alexandros Kontoulis

Alexandros Kontoulis was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General. He was among the driving minds behind the Macedonian Struggle and was involved in the Albanian national movement, with the nom de guerre of Kapetan Skourtis. Kontoulis fought with distinction in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and the First Balkan War, where he was heavily wounded. In the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, he commanded the I Army Corps on the southern sector of the Greek front from February 1921 to June 1922. After his retirement, he served as ambassador to Albania.

Georgios LeonardopoulosW
Georgios Leonardopoulos

Georgios Leonardopoulos was a Greek army major general who fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Balkan Wars, World War I, and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, and leader of a failed coup attempt in 1923.

Stylianos LykoudisW
Stylianos Lykoudis

Stylianos Lykoudis was a Royal Hellenic Navy rear admiral, best known for his long service as head of the Navy's Lighthouse Service. He was also a scholar and historian, becoming a member of the Academy of Athens.

Konstantinos ManetasW
Konstantinos Manetas

Konstantinos Manetas was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general and served as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff in 1931. He also served four times in ministerial positions and was elected to parliament in 1950.

Theodoros ManetasW
Theodoros Manetas

Theodoros Manetas was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general and served as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff in 1931–1933. He also served thrice in ministerial positions and was elected to parliament in 1946.

Aspasia ManosW
Aspasia Manos

Aspasia Manos was a Greek aristocrat who became the wife of Alexander I, King of Greece. Due to the controversy over her marriage, she was styled Madame Manos instead of Queen Aspasia, until recognized as HRH Princess Aspasia of Greece and Denmark after Alexander's death and the restoration of King Constantine I, on 10 September 1922.

Aristotle OnassisW
Aristotle Onassis

Aristotle Socrates Onassis, commonly called Ari or Aristo Onassis, was a Greek shipping magnate who amassed the world's largest privately owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men. He was married to Athina Mary Livanos, had a long-standing affair with famous opera singer Maria Callas and was married to Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow of American President John F. Kennedy.

Georgios PapandreouW
Georgios Papandreou

Georgios Papandreou was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as prime minister of Greece. He was also deputy prime minister from 1950–1952, in the governments of Nikolaos Plastiras and Sofoklis Venizelos and served numerous times as a cabinet minister, starting in 1923, in a political career that spanned more than five decades.

Paul of GreeceW
Paul of Greece

Paul was King of Greece from 1 April 1947 until his death in 1964. He was succeeded by his son, Constantine II.

Photios of KorytsaW
Photios of Korytsa

Photios Kalpidis or Photios of Korytsa was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Korçë, Ottoman Empire, from 1902 to 1906. He was assassinated in 1906 by irregular bands due to his pro-Greek activity. Photios was proclaimed an ethnomartyr by the Church of Greece.

Andreas PlatisW
Andreas Platis

Andreas Platis was a Greek Army officer who reached the rank of lieutenant general.

Lady of RoW
Lady of Ro

Despina Achladiotou, known as the Lady of Ro, was a Greek patriot born on the island of Kastellórizo in 1890.

Konstantinos SapountzakisW
Konstantinos Sapountzakis

Konstantinos Sapountzakis was a Greek Army officer. He is notable as the first head of the Hellenic Army General Staff and as the first commander of the Army of Epirus during the First Balkan War.

Ptolemaios SarigiannisW
Ptolemaios Sarigiannis

Ptolemaios Sarigiannis was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of Major General, holding senior staff positions during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 and serving as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff in 1925–1926.

Alexandros SkouzesW
Alexandros Skouzes

Alexandros Skouzes was a Greek politician who served several times as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Greece.

Sophia of PrussiaW
Sophia of Prussia

Sophia of Prussia was Queen consort of the Hellenes during 1913–1917 and 1920–1922.

Princess Sophie of Greece and DenmarkW
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark

Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark was the fourth child and youngest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. The Duke of Edinburgh is her younger brother. Sophie was born at the villa Mon Repos on the island of Corfu in Greece.

Napoleon SoukatzidisW
Napoleon Soukatzidis

Napoleon Soukatzidis was a Greek communist, trade unionist and one of the 200 prisoners executed at the firing range of the Athens suburb of Kaisariani by the Nazi occupation forces on May 1, 1944.

Petros SoumilasW
Petros Soumilas

Petros Soumilas or Soumilis was a Greek Army officer who reached the rank of lieutenant general.

Nikolaos TsipourasW
Nikolaos Tsipouras

Nikolaos Tsipouras was a Hellenic Army officer who fought in the Macedonian Struggle, the Balkan Wars, the struggle for Northern Epirote autonomy, World War I and the Asia Minor Campaign, retiring as a major general.

Vlasios TsirogiannisW
Vlasios Tsirogiannis

Vlasios Tsirogiannis was a Hellenic Army officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.

Christos TsolakopoulosW
Christos Tsolakopoulos

Christos Tsolakopoulos was a Hellenic Army officer. Tsolakopoulos was born on 1 January 1868 in Nafplio. He enlisted in the Hellenic Army as a volunteer on 15 August 1886, and became an NCO. While a student at the NCO School, he participated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. On 9 August 1899 he graduated from the NCO School as an Infantry 2nd Lieutenant. In 1905, during the early stages of the Macedonian Struggle, he led an armed band in the area of Morihovo with the nom de guerre of Kapetan Rembelos.

Konstantinos VentirisW
Konstantinos Ventiris

Konstantinos Ventiris was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general. He served twice as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff and was one of the senior government commanders during the Greek Civil War. He is also one of the few recipients the country's highest wartime decoration, the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour.

Gonos YotasW
Gonos Yotas

Gonos Yotas was a Slavophone Greek Macedonian fighter in the Macedonian Struggle from Plugar, a village near Giannitsa. He was the first cousin of the Bulgarian IMRO band leader voivoda Apostol Petkov. Gonos had been a Bulgarian komitadji for four years, from 1900 till 1904. As his mother was a Patriarchist and he harboured pro-Greek feelings, he deserted the IMRO bands and joined the Greek side in October 1904, entering the service of the Greek consulate of Thessaloniki in 1905. He was active in the area of Giannitsa, beginning his action in October 1904, initially as a guide in the marshes of Lake Giannitsa. He helped return 6 villages from the Bulgarian Exarchate to the allegiance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In March 1905, he joined the first well-organized Greek military group. Next year, he cooperated with Tellos Agras, achieving great successes. From 1908, he started to act with his own military group, in the end of the same year he sheltered in Athens. He was killed in a battle with the Ottoman army at the lake of Giannitsa on 12 February 1911, after a betrayal.