Famous People with Name Antonios

Antonios Papaigannou            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Antonios Papaigannou: Papaigannou competed in the parallel bars and horizontal bar individual events

Antonios Pepanos            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Antonios Pepanos: was a Greek swimmer. He was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, which merged with Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos in 1923 to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi.

Antonios Kriezis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Antonios Kriezis: was a Prime Minister of Greece from 1849 to 1854. Kriezis was descended from a well-known Arvanite family from the island of Hydra and was born in Troezen in 1796. In July 1821, he served in the Greek navy during the Greek War of Independence and took part in the naval battles in Samos and Spetses. In 1825, he and Konstantinos Kanaris set fire to an Egyptian boat inside the port of Alexandria. In 1828, John Capodistria placed him in command of a navy squadron and in 1829, he captured Vonitsa from the Ottomans. Under King Otto in 1836, he became Minister of Naval Affairs and later served as Prime Minister of Greece from December 24, 1849 until May 28, 1854. He was succeeded by Konstantinos Kanaris. He died in Athens in 1865.

Antonios Trakatellis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Antonios Trakatellis: is a Greek Member of the European Parliament, and an academic biochemist. He was elected on the New Democracy ticket and sits with the European People's Party group. He has been leader of the ND parliamentary group since 2000.

Antonios Katinaris            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Antonios Katinaris: was born in Chania, Crete, the first son of a refugee family from Asia Minor. Since his earliest years, he demonstrated his interest and his talent in music. He was already a music professional at the age of 16. His virtuoso bouzouki-playing made him famous on the popular music stages of Chania. He went to Athens in the 1960s, where he made his big break into the Greek popular musical scene as a composer. The song What can you do, with only one heart (Greek: ?? ?a s?? ???e? µ?a ?a?d??), with lyrics by Eftihia Papagiannopoulou, signaled the start of his national career.