Famous People with Name Georgios

Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Georgios Nicholas Papanikolaou: was a Greek pioneer in cytology and early cancer detection, and the inventor of the "Pap smear". He studied at the University of Athens where he received his medical degree in 1904. Six years later he received his Ph.D. from the University of Munich, Germany after he had also spent time at the universities of Jena and Freiburg.[1] In 1913 he emigrated to the U.S. in order to work in the department of Pathology of New York Hospital and the Department of Anatomy at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Georgios Jakobides            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Georgios Jakobides: was a Greek painter and one of the main representatives of the Greek artistic movement of the Munich School. He founded and was the first curator of the National Gallery of Greece in Athens.

Georgios Moraitinis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Georgios Moraitinis: was a Greek sport shooter. He competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Georgios Anastassopoulos            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Georgios Anastassopoulos: is a Greek politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament. Anastassopoulos was educated at the University of Athens where he studied law, and later at King's College London where he studied Comparative European Law. He served three terms as MEP between 1984 and 1999. Between 1989 and 1999, he served four terms as Vice-President of the Assembly and also held office as President of the Parliament's Transport Committee.[1]

Georgios Kafantaris            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Georgios Kafantaris: was a Greek politician, born in Anatoliki Fragkista, Evrytania. On 9 January 1919, Kafantaris joined the Cabinet of Greece under Prime Minister of Greece Eleftherios Venizelos as Minister of Agriculture. He went on to disagree with him as far as holding the Greek legislative election, 1920 while the Hellenic Army was still involved in the Greco-Turkish War. Venizelos accepted his resignation on 4 February 1920.

Blaže Georgioski            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Blaže Georgioski: is a Macedonian international football player.He started his career in 1994 in his home town club FK Pobeda. In 1998 he moved to Serbia to play in FK Sartid, club today called FK Smederevo. His good exibitions make him move to the giants FK Crvena Zvezda