Greek Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 198 cm (6'6") tall and he is a swingman. Pelekanos

Is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 198 cm (6'6") tall and he is a swingman. Pelekanos began his pro career in Greece with Peristeri of the Greek League. He later joined the Greek club AEK Athens, followed by the Greek club Panellinios. Afte

Is an established male singer in Greece. He was born in Athens and studied Mechanical Engineering in

Is an established male singer in Greece. He was born in Athens and studied Mechanical Engineering in Great Britain. In the eighties he sang in the number one Greek (ska/blues/reggae/punk) rock group at the time, a group called Scraptown. They were produced by American record producer Robin Hemingway, for his Jitney Jane Productions, and CBS Records-Greece, headed up at that time (1982) by U.S. native Sol Rabinowitz. "Rules Of The Game", produced by Hemingway, was Scraptown's 3rd album, recorded at Studio Era

Is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships

Is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) and 6 Greek Cups (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992). He also participated at 3 Euroleague final fours (1

Is a Greek international goalkeeper.In 1999 Sifakis was transferred to the soccer club OFI Crete whe

Is a Greek international goalkeeper.In 1999 Sifakis was transferred to the soccer club OFI Crete where he played with the B squad of OFI until 2002. In 2002 he signed his first professional contract with the club. He played for OFI until 2007 and particip

He started his musical studies at Athens National Conservatory in 1970 with Professor Michalis Vourt

He started his musical studies at Athens National Conservatory in 1970 with Professor Michalis Vourtsis. In 1975, he was accepted to the Hochschule das Künste Berlin, where he studied composition with Professor Isang Yun until 1980, when he obtained his diploma in Music Composition. He lives in Athens as an independent composer and professor of theory and composition. He is artistic director of the Conservatory "Nikos Skalkotas".

Is a Greek journalist, environmentalist and politician. Member of European Parliament since 2009. He

Is a Greek journalist, environmentalist and politician. Member of European Parliament since 2009. He graduated in law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1991, and in social ecology at the Goddard College in Vermont in 1993. He worked as a TV, radio and newspaper journalist.

Is a Greek footballer who plays for Levadiakos F.C. in the Greek Super League.Tzormbatzakis began hi

Is a Greek footballer who plays for Levadiakos F.C. in the Greek Super League.Tzormbatzakis began his professional football career by signing with Ergotelis F.C. in July 2002.

A former Greek football player. He made his debut for the Greek national football team on October 25

A former Greek football player. He made his debut for the Greek national football team on October 25, 1989. Currently he is manager of Apollon Eretrias, an amateur club from Euboea, Greece. The President of club Dimitris Tagas, well known Greek Broker, choose him to be Apollon Eretrias manager.

A former football striker. He played for Larissa from 1982 to 1989 being one of the greatest players

A former football striker. He played for Larissa from 1982 to 1989 being one of the greatest players the club ever had.

Was an influential Greek trader and banker of London. Rodocanachi's parents were wealthy merchants i

Was an influential Greek trader and banker of London. Rodocanachi's parents were wealthy merchants in their home at Chios, related to the influential Vlasto and Mavrogordato families. They escaped the Chios massacre, settling in Marseilles where they rebuilt their shipping and trading business as Rodocanachi Sons & Co. Recognising the importance of having a presence on the London market

Was a probabilist and a mathematical statistician. His name is known to probabilists and statisticia

Was a probabilist and a mathematical statistician. His name is known to probabilists and statisticians because of the Karhunen-Loève theorem and Karhunen-Loève transform.

Was a Greek politician and merchant, who served as Mayor of Athens in 1891–1894. In 1874, Melas se

Was a Greek politician and merchant, who served as Mayor of Athens in 1891–1894. In 1874, Melas settled permanently in Athens, where he soon achieved a distinguished place among Athenian high society. He played a crucial role in the foundation of the Athens Club in 1875, the Greek capital's oldest and most exclusive gentlemen's club, and served as its president in 1882–86 and 1888–97.

An MTV EMA Award winning Greek Hip-Hop/Rap artist for Best Greek Act. He is the first MTV EMA winner

An MTV EMA Award winning Greek Hip-Hop/Rap artist for Best Greek Act. He is the first MTV EMA winner in the new category of Best Greek Act which came into affect with MTV's 2008 regional launch in Greece. The MTV EMAs also nominated him for Greece in the

Is presently one of the most popular Greek singer-songwriters in the Greek music industry.When he wa

Is presently one of the most popular Greek singer-songwriters in the Greek music industry.When he was 15, he participated in a song contest in Cyprus, "Afetiries" where he won the first prize. In 1995, he participated in the Cypriot National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Filise Me", although he did not win. He started his career in Cyprus with three records that all went platinum: "Senario", "O Mihalis Hatzigiannis Traguda Doro Georgiadi" and "Epafi". He also participated in a musical production in Cyprus called "Pygmalion".

He began playing basketball at the age of 8 at Ionikos Nea Filiadelfia Youth Academy. At the age of

He began playing basketball at the age of 8 at Ionikos Nea Filiadelfia Youth Academy. At the age of 15 he became a player of the National Junior Team

Is a prominent Cypriot filmmaker best-known for his 1964 film Zorba the Greek. He is known in Englis

Is a prominent Cypriot filmmaker best-known for his 1964 film Zorba the Greek. He is known in English-language countries as Michael Cacoyannis. He directed the 1983 Broadway revival of the musical based on the film. Much of his work is rooted in classical texts, especially those of the Greek tragedian Euripides. He was nominated for an Academy Award 5 times, a record for any Cypriot artist. He received Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film nominations for Zorba the Greek, and two nominations in the Foreign Language Film category for Electra and Iphigenia.

Is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. He is noted for his work in computational

Is a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. He is noted for his work in computational complexity, databases, and other related fields. He won the Donald E. Knuth Prize in 2005.[2] In 1978 he joined Bell Laboratories and served as Director of the Computing Principles Research Department starting from 1991 until 2001, when he left Bell laboratories and joined Avaya Laboratories. There he served as Director of the Computing Principles Research Department until 2002[1].

Is a professional boxer in the light welterweight (140 lb) division. He is a former WBO NABO Lightwe

Is a professional boxer in the light welterweight (140 lb) division. He is a former WBO NABO Lightweight titleholder.

In the 100 metres, Paskalides took fourth place in his first round heat and was eliminated from furt

In the 100 metres, Paskalides took fourth place in his first round heat and was eliminated from further competition. He took second in his two-man heat of the 200 metres with a time of 24.0 seconds and was eliminated from that competition as well.

Is one of the most popular Greek composers. He is known internationally for his scores in the films,

Is one of the most popular Greek composers. He is known internationally for his scores in the films, Zorba the Greek(1964), Z (1969), and Serpico (1973).

Is a former international Yugoslavian football midfielder who holds a cypriot passport and he had pl

Is a former international Yugoslavian football midfielder who holds a cypriot passport and he had played for Cyprus national football team.He played in teams such as NK Osijek, OFK Beograd and AEP Paphos. His main career was in Apollon Limassol where he played for eleven years. With Apollon scored 78 goals in 250 appearances.

His career has spanned opera in Cologne, Graz and Vienna. He has also conducted the Philharmonia Hun

His career has spanned opera in Cologne, Graz and Vienna. He has also conducted the Philharmonia Hungarica, the Oslo Philharmonic and the Tonkünstlerorchester

Gouskos competed in the shot put, placing a close second to Robert Garrett of the United States. Gou

Gouskos competed in the shot put, placing a close second to Robert Garrett of the United States. Gouskos's best throw was 11.03 metres, barely short of Garrett's 11.22 metres.

Iatrou competed in the 12 hour race, an 87 kilometre competition that took cyclists from Athens to M

Iatrou competed in the 12 hour race, an 87 kilometre competition that took cyclists from Athens to Marathon and back.

Is a Greek politician, currently a member of Parliament for the New Democracy party. He studied at t

Is a Greek politician, currently a member of Parliament for the New Democracy party. He studied at the Athens School of Economics and Business Science. Evert served as the Mayor of Athens from January 1, 1987 to May 14, 1989, and he was Chairman of New Democracy from 1993 to 1997. He also served many times as minister. He is married to photographer Lisa Vanderpool and has two daughters.