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.
Greek physicist who has been honored with the Sakurai Prize
[:el] Savas Dimopoulos is a distinguished professor of Particle Physics at Stanford University, in fact he started teaching there at the age of 28. He is one of the 2 Greek physicists having been awarded with the Sakurai Prize as a recognition and encouragement to his...
Brilliant carrier in building skyscrapers
One of “Manny’s” favorite sayings is, “If it ain’t broken, break it and then make it better.” He means: You may be doing OK, but you can always do better”. He is considered to be one of the leading civil engineers, not only in the...
The Greek “stamp” in the global automotive industry
Andreas Zapatinas was no different from the other children at his age. He liked to draw on the white paper, while his favorite drawing was always a car. The only difference is that his love, led to his profession. Today he is a unique name...
Business genius based in Amsterdam
At the age of 25 in 2007 he was nominated by the U.S. magazine «BusinessWeek» as one of the best young entrepreneurs of the year in Europe. Having started with just 4,000 euros in his pocket, now he owns three companies, while «Puma», «Fila», the...
His hard work brought him at the top
He was born in Ligourio of Epidaurus. Soon his family moved to Holargos where he grew up. The early years were pretty hard, and so he began to work when he was only 12 years old. He took the big decision to immigrate to Australia...
The Moon, his second home
[:el]The homogeneous scientist who discovered water on the surface of the moon, works in the first private company that plans routes to the Moon and back! Paul Spudis had already been appointed to the group sent to the moon on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission...
The greatest Greek mathematician right after Karatheodoris
He was born in 1952 and grew up in Argostoli. The most famous teacher at his 18 he left for Great Britain since for various reasons he did not get into the National Technical University of Athens. Nevertheless he has now become an honorary Doctor...
Become Greek again
[:el]One question which one can reasonably set to Efthimios Varlamis is not «what he is » but «what he is not.» His CV is minimal, however, those who know him speak highly about him because they have formed their own opinion and not without a...
Guardian-angel of all the world’s prisoners
Archimandrite Gervasios, founder of the “Diaconate for the Release of Poor Prisoners and Defendants» of the «Saint Xeni» Orthodox Missionary Sisterhood, has every reason to feel complete since, at age 79, he has contributed to the discharge from prison of over 13,000 indigent prisoners in...
Inspired by the unfulfilled dream of homecoming
When Eleni Delidimitriou- Tsakmaki- born in Thessaloniki- left for Germany with her husband in June 1961, she was convinced that her stay abroad would be brief. In 1967, the couple returned to Greece, but the difficulties they faced drove them away again, this time for...