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.
He thinks like German, he feels like Greek
Many European politicians and economists react to the idea of direct financial aid to Greece and one of the possible surrogates for the supervision of the Greek economy, the German MEP Chatzimarkakis George, says that the Greek people can not imagine the economic impact they...
From mathematics to fiction, to arts and to Logicomix
Greek writer and director, Apostolos Doxiadis was born in Brisbane Australia in 1953 and grew up in Greece. Despite his initial interest in the novel and the arts, early in his life, «a sudden sensual attraction to maths» –as he says – led him to...
A modern explorer of the stars
[:el] Thanasis Economou is an astrophysicist at the University of Chicago and a NASA Senior Planetary Scientist. He has been building instruments for interplanetary spacecraft since the mid-1960s. Currently he is associated with three robotic interplanetary missions: the Mars Exploration Rovers, the Cassini mission to Saturn,...
From Chios to the endless Universe
[:el] Dr. Stamatis M. Krimigis has a long and distinguished career as a tutor and pioneer researcher involved in experiments in the most important space programs of USA as well as of the international scientific community. He served as Chair of the National Council of...
The Greek-American who revealed the annual slaughter of 23,000 dolphins
[:el] L. Psihoyos was born in America by immigrant parents. His origins are from Sparta in Peloponnesos. Photography has always been his greatest love. He first started photography as a hobby and then it turned to be his profession. His pictures were used by hundreds...
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...