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.
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...
A Greek employed by Facebook
[:el] Toli Lerios is a software engineering developer. He was born and raised in Greece. His mother’s origins are from Alexandria and his father’s from Volos. He graduated high school in Greece and chose to start his academic studies at Stanford University in California, although...
The famous Greek President of the Chicago Bears
[:el] Since 1984, businessman Ted Phillips of Greek descent has been a member of Chicago Bears and at the wheel of the club since 1999, making him only the fourth president in team history. Before joining the Bears, he had worked as an auditor and...
I have never felt intimidated, I’m proud to be Greek
[:el] Born on February 24, 1966 in Chicago, actor and producer Billy Zane came into the international spotlight with his part in the film Titanic. The parents of Vassilis Tzanetakos, Zane’s Greek name, are both of Greek descent. His mother’s Thalia place of birth is...
A non-stop offering to world cinema
Yannis Smaragdis was born in 1946 at the village Gonies Maleviziou in Crete and grew up in the city of Herakleion. He studied Film Directing in Greece and in Paris. In 1972, he made his screen debut with the short film Two Τhree Τhings and...