Famous People with Name Dimitrios

Dimitrios Levidis            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Dimitrios Levidis: was a Greek composer, later naturalized French (1929). He descends from an aristocratic family with Byzantine roots in Constantinople. Levidis studied in Athens, Lausanne and Munich. His teachers included Friedrich Klose, Felix Mottl and Richard Strauss, the latter being his composition teacher from 1907 to 1908. Levidis won the Franz Liszt Prize for his Piano Sonata op.16. After a short period in Greece he settled in Paris (1910-1932), served in the French Army during World War I and took French nationality in 1929.

Dimitrios Vassiliadis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Dimitrios Vassiliadis: is a Greek Indologist, teacher and author. Dimitrios Vassiliadis is a Founding Member and Chairperson of the Indo-Hellenic Society for Culture and Development in Athens. He taught Hindi and Sanskrit at the School of Foreign Languages, University of Athens. He authored several books[1] and contributed academic papers in India, Greece, Spain and Japan. He is the Editor of the Indika Online, an intercultural forum for the advancement of the Indo-Greek relations. Since 2009, he is a Fellow of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Research Associate at the Department of Hindi, Banaras Hindu University.

Dimitrios Melissanidis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Dimitrios Melissanidis: is a Greek businessman. He is the founder, largest shareholder and head of corporate development[1] of fuel logistics company Aegean Marine Petroleum.[2] He was president of AEK Athens F.C. from 1992 to 1995 which he quit during a cloudy takeover from Michalis Trohanas.,[3] Repeatedly he was called upon in 2004, 2005 and 2009 to return to that position but he was unable to comply

Dimitrios Kiousopoulos            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Dimitrios Kiousopoulos: was an important Greek jurist and a politician. He was born in 1892 in the town of Andritsaina, situated in Ilia prefecture, in Peloponnese. After a successful career between 1917 and 1950 he became a Prosecutor for the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos). In this position he stayed to 1961. After taking part in the Government of 1951, he served as Prime Minister of Greece, a common practice in the country. His duty as Prime Minister lasts from October to November 1952. He died on 20 January 1977 in Athens.

Dimitrios E. Maximos            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Dimitrios E. Maximos: was a Greek banker and politician. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Greece after World War II. He began his career in banking. Between 1933 and 1935, he became Foreign Minister of the government of Panagis Tsaldaris. He was Prime Minister of Greece in 1947. He died on 17 October 1955.