Famous Greeks
Greeks are a special example in history they have a glorious past but they dont live in the past. They are powerful, even today. And they will always be. Greeks distinguished everywhere and always be FAMOUS and useful citizens of the world.
The Green Shore of homeland
Natalie Bakopoulos was born in Detroit to a Ukranian mother and a Greek father. She was brought up in a family overwhelmed with father’s nostalgia for his homeland. However, during the ‘70s, she was not really acquainted to Greece but through family stories and her...
I inherited my Greek father’s determination
[:el] Michael Capellas is a famous executive of the international technology business market, with a successful career in 12 influential firms. Born in Ohio on August 19th, 1955, Capellas is currently Chairman and formerly CEO of VCE, a joint venture of Cisco and EMC with...
A pioneer in the development of innovative thermoelectric materials
[:el] Mercouri Kanatzidis is a Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University and Senior Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. Kanatzidis was listed as one of the most cited researchers in Materials Science and Engineering...
Perennial research against Alzheimer
[:el] Nikolaos Robakis is the First A.P. Slaner Professor for Alzheimer’s disease research anddirector of the Center for Molecular Biology and Genetics of Neurodegeneration, at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University. He was born in Finikounda of Messinia and studied Chemistry at...
Top of international industrial designers
Born in Sydney 45 years ago, Mark Newson developed a strong liking for design since his early age and actually walked down this path. He’s currently one of the most accomplished and influential world’s industrial designers and has worked for cutting edge firms across the...
Greek blood runs through my veins
[:el] Greek American biologist Tom Maniatis is widely recognized by the international academic community for his excellent research on recombinant DNA and human genes cloning and he is also one of seven scientists awarded with the internationally prestigious Lasker-Koshland Achievement Award in Medical Science. Tom...
The most influential billionaire politician in the United States
Peterson was born on June 5, 1926 in Nebraska to Greek immigrant parents. He’s a businessman, banker, author and politician and has prominently served as the United States Secretary of Commerce from February 29, 1972 to February 1, 1973 under President Nixon. Currently he’s considered...
Head of European Astroparticle Physics Consortium
[:el] Greek Professor of Physics Stavros Katsanevas has been shining for years in France and recently by being elected as the first Chairman of the Astroparticle Physics European Consortium-APPEC. Born in 1953 in Athens, Katsanevas studied Physics in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where...
The Queen of web news content
[:el] Chairman of The Huffington Post Media Group, Arianna Huffington is internationally notorious thanks to her news website The Huffington Post. Guardian ranks Arianna at #42 of the most influential world’s media personas and she’s also named the Queen of Web News Content. She has been...
In the West, teaching music in conservatories lacks improvisation
Born in Paris by Greek parents in a cosmopolitan atmosphere, Clio Karabelias grew love for the arts, for ancient cultures and for the music traditions of the Mediterranean and the Orient. She studied musicology and philosophy in Paris and soon after completing her final course...