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The Spartan player of San Francisco Giants

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[:el] George Kontos is a professional baseball player with San Francisco Giants. His nickname is The Spartan thanks to his descent from Sparta of Lakonia. Kontos was born on June 12th, 1985 and was raised by a traditional Greek family of Chicago. His parents’ origins...

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The startups guru

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George Zachary is a businessman, three times included in The Midas List of Forbes magazine, usually ranking 40 top technology investors. He’s known as one of the most influential startups gurus at Silicon Valley. He has successfully invested over $160 million in 23 profitable startups,...

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World leader in Endocrinology research

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Constantine Stratakis is the Scientific Director of the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. His research focuses on the endocrine epiphysis and adrenal tumors, like pheochromocytomas and paragagliomas. Researchers led by Dr. Constantine Stratakis, have honed in on the possible genetic cause of...

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Behind the scenes in Hollywood’s best movies

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[:el] Phedon Papamichael is an accomplished cinematographer and film director. He was born in Athens in 1962 to a Greek father and a German mother. When Phedon was 6 year old, his family relocated to the United States, as his father, a famous artist and...

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Sets the eating habits in the U.S

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Dr. Artemis P. Simopoulos is the founder and president of the Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, a nonprofit educational organization in Washington, DC, since 1990. Dr. Simopoulos was a founding member of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL)...

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The US diplomat with Greek Origins

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Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis is a diplomat for USA and United States Ambassador to Hungary until July 2013. Before accepting the nomination to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, she has served as president of AKT Development Corporation, one of the country’s largest land development firms. Eleni...

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The internationally renowned Greek economist

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[:el] Nicholas Economides is an internationally recognized academic authority on network economics, electronic commerce and public policy. He’s Professor of Economics at the NYU Stern School of Business. His fields of specialization and research include the economics of networks, especially of telecommunications, computers and information,...

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Among the highest earning college chancellors

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Nicholas S. Zeppos (born 1954) is the eighth Chancellor of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. According to Forbes magazine, Zeppos ranks 5th in the Highest Earning College Chancellors list, with salary rising to $2.23 million. He was born in 1954 in Milwaukee and has 2 brothers. His Athens born grandfather migrated to...

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Jim Giannopoulos honored with humanitarian Award

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Fox Filmed Entertainment CEO Jim Gianopulos was honored with the Humanitarian Award by the Simon Wiesenthal Center Tuesday night during the annual National Tribute Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif. Giannopoulos became the sole CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment earlier this year. He received the award...

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American Beauty’s Greek actor

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Mena Alexandra Suvari is a Greek Estonian actor, born in the United States. She gained worldwide popularity after starring in the film American Beauty as the object of Kevin Spacey’s desire. She’s also a fashion designer and model. Suvari was born on February 13th, 1979,...

The Spartan player of San Francisco Giants

The startups guru

World leader in Endocrinology research

Behind the scenes in Hollywood’s best movies

Sets the eating habits in the U.S

The US diplomat with Greek Origins

The internationally renowned Greek economist

Among the highest earning college chancellors

Jim Giannopoulos honored with humanitarian Award

American Beauty’s Greek actor

Dr. Ioanna (Joan) Vernikos – The first Greek female scientist at NASA

Katerina Gogou – The carefree girl of Greek cinema who was anything...

Rania Bellou – The artist of memory

Alec Issigonis – The Greek behind the legendary Mini Cooper

Metsovo – An Autumn Fairytale in the Pindus

Stefanos Ntouskos – The Greek Who Carried His Country with Oars

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