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The most famous ultramarathon runner in the world

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Constantine Karnazes is a Greekamerican ultramarathon runner, and author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All Night Runner, which details ultra endurance running for the general public. Karnazes has been described as «the world’s most famous ultramarathon runner». The ultramarathoner was born on August 23, 1963...

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Plans a journey to other galaxies with “Icarus”

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[:el]A scientist of Greek origin, Andreas Tziolas has made it his life’s goal to realize the “unreachable” dream of a long interstellar journey to other suns and star systems beyond our own. He is the head of “project Icarus”, which seeks to fulfill the necessary...

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Award winning director and script writer

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Constantine Alexander Papadopoulos, known as Alexander Payne, is a director, producer and screenwriter who fascinates with his talent all over the world. Alexander Payne was born on 10 February 1961 in Omaha, Nebraska. A second-generation Greek with roots from Aigio, Syra and Livadia. His parents,...

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One of the world’s best female guitarists

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Orianthi Panagari has already been named as one of the best guitarists in the world. With notable collaborations on her CV, she has worked with Alice Cooper, Steve Vai, Michael Jackson, Carlos Santana, Michael Bolton, Prince, ZZ Top, Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, John Mayer, Dave Stewart...

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She used the internet to accumulate 20,000 dollars of funding

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A postgraduate student at the film directing program of UCLA, Greek-American Alithia Avramis realized her dream thanks to crowdfunding- a practice born out of the current financial crisis and made possible thanks to new technologies. In a four-minute-long video that she uploaded on the internet,...

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The Greek-American costume designer with an Oscar Nomination

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[:el] Mary Zophres is one of the most talented costume designers in Hollywood. She has worked with the most important directors of Hollywood like Steven Spielberg and Coen Brothers among others. In the movie “True Grit” she earned a nomination of the best Costume Designer. The...

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Seeks and rewards kindness

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[:el] Leon Logothetis is a global adventurer, motivational speaker & philanthropist. He used to be a broker in the city of London where he felt uninspired and chronically depressed. He gave it all up for a life on the road. This radical life change was inspired by...

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Ewan McGregor’s wife has Greek roots

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[:el] The woman, who has stolen the heart of one of Hollywood’s most attractive actors, Ewan McGregor, is of greek origin and answers to the name Eve Mavrakis. The child of greek immigrants, she was born and raised in France and today works as a...

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The Magician of the Century

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[:el]Criss Angel (Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos) was the No. 1 magician in the world and has been named the Magician of the Century. In addition, he owns a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a star that is a permanent public achievement monument in the...

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Angelo Tsarouchas: The big Greek-Canadian comedian with the even bigger talent

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19/11/201223/12/2024

As a stand up comedian, he has travelled around the globe five times to present his shows, while his own comedy program is broadcasted by TV networks in Canada, the USA, the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa and Lebanon. His new TV show, “Bigger is...

The most famous ultramarathon runner in the world

Plans a journey to other galaxies with “Icarus”

Award winning director and script writer

One of the world’s best female guitarists

She used the internet to accumulate 20,000 dollars of funding

The Greek-American costume designer with an Oscar Nomination

Seeks and rewards kindness

Ewan McGregor’s wife has Greek roots

The Magician of the Century

Angelo Tsarouchas: The big Greek-Canadian comedian with the even bigger talent

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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