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 “golden” hands of pediatric cardiac surgery
[:el] He has been characterized as the modern missionary of Medicine and not unfairly. He is not just interested in titles or offices. He was a disciple of Alain Karpentie and Magktni Yaqub, whom he followed closely. Afksentiyos Kalangos is holding the leading position in...
A guru of cosmetics
Napoleon Perdis is a makeup artist and businessman. He has created products beloved by millions and is a regular at the backstage at fashion weeks around the world. The Australian newspaper «The Weekend Australian» described him as the «Guru of Cosmetics». Napoleon Perdis, started on...
Greek, the richest young Australian
Mr. Ross Makris, businessman of the Greek homogenia, was the first among the richest young Australian -under 40 years old- on the list of the financial magazine Business and Review Weekly in 2009. Son of the homogeneous Costas Makris, one of the richest people in...
In the list of the richest in U.S.A.
[:el] John Catsimatidis’ fortune, a man who grew up in a poor neighborhood of Harlem, is estimated over 3.3 billion dollars, taking into account his group of companies which includes the largest chain of food supermarkets in New York and Florida, 400 Petrol Stations, while...
“Failure” is an unknown word
Alex Spanos is a real estate developer, self-made billionaire and owenr of the San Diego Chargers football team (NFL). Spanos’s story is a great example of how hard work and determination can pay off for those willing to follow their dreams. Spanos was born in...
Breakthrough in research on human origins
Professor Harvati heads the Paleoanthropology working group at the Institute of Prehistory and Medieval Archaology and the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment. She is a leading authority on human evolution, using the latest analytic methods – such as virtual anthropology. Her research focuses...
Low profile with a Pulitzer in his collection
[:el]American Writer of Greek origin, Jeffrey Eugenides was born on 8th of March in 1960 in Detroit, Michigan. His father’s parents immigrated to America from Asia Minor, while his mother has Irish roots. He graduated with honors from Brown University and got a postgraduate degree...
“My Greek is so sloppy that I am … «ashameding»”!
She was born 79 years ago in Lowell Massachusetts, from a Greek immigrants’ family with immense political action. Dukakis though she received rich studies, she has been devoted to the seventh art, however, she continues to develop vigorously act as an activist, with particular sensitivity...
The inventor of the “Hundred-Dollar Laptop ‘ (One Laptop per child Association)
Michael Bletsas is a computer scientist and inventor of the «Hundred Dollar Laptop» (HDL). He was born in 19th of March in 1967 in Chania, Crete. He studied electrical engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Then he went to the U.S. for postgraduate studies...
He promotes the “Innovation Made in Greece”
Vasilis Makios was born in Kavala in 31st of December in 1938. He received his diploma in Electrical Engineering from the University of Munich, West Germany in 1962 and his Ph.D (Dr. Ing.) from the Max Planck Institut fur Plasmaphysik Garching and the University of...