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.
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...
On the list with the world’s most powerful celebrities
[:el] Jennifer Aniston is a well-known actor all over the world. She started her career with the TV series Friends and now she stars in major Hollywood productions. Jennifer Aniston was born on February 11, 1969 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. Her Greek full name...
The first Greek woman scientist ever to join NASA
[:el] Dr. Ioanna Vernikou joined NASA in 1964, in the beginning of the spatial research and the idea of space, and soon became Director of the Research Programs in the Department of Space Life Sciences. She was Head and Project Leader of many missions, including...
I can’t imagine myself being anything other than a Greek
Born in Kozani, Christos Raphaelides lives and works as a vibraphonist in New York. Soon after finishing his MA, he started his career in jazz music and celebrated his first personal milestone in 2002 starting up the jazz band Manhattan Vibes. Sometime later, Jazz Times magazine mentioned that...
The guru of the Greek cuisine
Yiasou! is the introductory greeting of Diana Kochila’s bio in her popular site http://dianekochilas.com, where she shares delicious Greek recipes and Mediterranean cooking secrets with her fellow Americans. Little Diana was born in New York to Greek parents and she first visited Greece in 1972....
The “heavy artillery” of U.S. Diplomacy
John Negroponte entered the US diplomatic corps in 1960, when the War was on in Vietnam, he began his tour of duty in Saigon embassy in South Vietnam. From 1971 to 1973 he was the right hand of Henry Kissinger. From 1981 to 1985 he...
The immunologist who pioneers in the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
[:el] Dimitris Skokos is the head of the Immunology and Inflammatory Department of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals as well as an adjunct faculty Professor in the Rockefeller University. He has been chosen among the 40 best scientists below 40 years old in the United States, being the...