Greek Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is considered to be one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century.

Is considered to be one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century.

Is a well-known Greek director, producer, writer and actor. His spouse is named Maria and they have

Is a well-known Greek director, producer, writer and actor. His spouse is named Maria and they have two children. He is a nephew of Irene Papas and first cousin of Aias Manthopoulos. He is an avid sailor and has won several regattas.

Were Greek benefactors, merchants and members of the organization Filiki Eteria[1][2]. At 1817 Mant

Were Greek benefactors, merchants and members of the organization Filiki Eteria[1][2]. At 1817 Manthos became member of Filiki Eteria, and supported financially with huge amounts of money the Greek Revolution: a total donation of over 50.000 Russian rubles was offered for the Revolution’s objectives. Manthos, died at 1824 in Russia.

A popular Greek singer. She was born in Piraeus on April 13 and raised in Athens by her jazz pianist

A popular Greek singer. She was born in Piraeus on April 13 and raised in Athens by her jazz pianist father, Nikos Stamatopoulos and a classic soprano opera mother Mary Apergi. From a young age she began to develop her talent and interest in music, and wa

S a Greek fashion model. She has appeared in many international fashion events and magazines, her fa

S a Greek fashion model. She has appeared in many international fashion events and magazines, her face appearing on the covers of such magazines as Vogue, Marie Claire and Bazaar

Was a Venetian Greek[1] painter and a rival of Giovanni Bellini. His best known works are Christ Pra

Was a Venetian Greek[1] painter and a rival of Giovanni Bellini. His best known works are Christ Praying in the Garden (1516) and the Calling of St. Peter and St. Andrew. He began to paint actively from 1496 to 1520[16] and is generally believed to have learned to paint in the workshops of Alvise Vivarini. Basaiti worked primarily with religious themes, but he also did portraits. Contrary to the trends of the time, he used very bright colours in rendering his religious subjects.

Limassol is a Cypriot professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open

Limassol is a Cypriot professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open

Better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in the Hi

Better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in the Hispania Baetica. Despite his short life, he is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Silver Latin period. His youth and speed of composition set him apart from other poets.

He studied Law at the University of Thessaloniki, Public Administration and Policy at the London Sch

He studied Law at the University of Thessaloniki, Public Administration and Policy at the London School of Economics and European Administration Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges. He was awarded the Robert Schuman fellowship by the European Parliament. He worked at the European Commission since 1990 in various positions of responsibility mainly in the private offices of Commissioners. He also served as Head of Press and Information in the Commission Representation in Greece (1994-9). During his EU career, he has worked on various issues, such as transport, energy, information, culture and communication, consumers and public health. During the Prodi Commission he was Deputy Head of Cabinet to Commission Vice-President Loyola de Palacio, in charge of transport and energy.

Was an Academy Award-nominated Greek actress, singer, and political activist. She was a member of th

Was an Academy Award-nominated Greek actress, singer, and political activist. She was a member of the Hellenic Parliament, and in 1981 she became the first female Minister for Culture in Greece.Her first movie, the Greek language film Stella (1955), was directed by Michael Cacoyannis, the director of Zorba the Greek. It brought her to Cannes, where it was nominated for the Golden Palm. It did not win the prize, but she met there the man of her life, director Jules Dassin. Dassin and Mercouri lived together for the rest of her life. They had no children. Melina became well-known to international audiences when she starred in the 1960 film Never on Sunday

She is fairly new to the Greek music scene but has already worked some of Greece's top singers. Mari

She is fairly new to the Greek music scene but has already worked some of Greece's top singers. Maria got interested in the music industry when she was still in school. She took classes at one of Thessaloniki's music schools S??????? Ode?? Tessa???????. Since then she has performed in numerous popular night-clubs all over the country with many pop-singers such as Sabrina and Shaya. Current she can be found singing at the Karamela Live in Veria.

Was an American-born Greek soprano and perhaps the most renowned opera singer of 1950's. She combine

Was an American-born Greek soprano and perhaps the most renowned opera singer of 1950's. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts. An extremely versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, and further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini, and in her early career, the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed

Is a Greek cross country skier who has competed since 2007. She finished 73rd in the 10 km event at

Is a Greek cross country skier who has competed since 2007. She finished 73rd in the 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Danou finished 82nd in the individual sprint while being

Is a Greek singer. She has collaborated with prominent Greek music composers such as Mikis Theodorak

Is a Greek singer. She has collaborated with prominent Greek music composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the score for Pablo Neruda's Canto General, which Farantouri performed.

Is a Greek slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens

Is a Greek slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K-1 event. Four years later in Beijing, Ferekidi was eliminated in the semifinals of the same event.

Is an award winning Greek poet. She read Law at the University of Athens, but she did not practice i

Is an award winning Greek poet. She read Law at the University of Athens, but she did not practice it, and has worked instead as a translator, critic, screenwriter, copy editor, professor of Greek and radio producer. She belongs to the so-called Genia tou 70, which is a literary term referring to Greek authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and at the first years of the Metapolitefsi.

Is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement;

Is a Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement; part of the Party of European Socialists.[1]

Is an American actress, journalist, and television presenter.

Is an American actress, journalist, and television presenter.

She was a contemporary of Kostas Karyotakis, with whom she had a desperate but incomplete love affai

She was a contemporary of Kostas Karyotakis, with whom she had a desperate but incomplete love affair. Although she wrote poetry from at an early age, her most important poems were written during the last four years of her life, when, suffering from consumption, she was secluded in an Athens sanatorium.

Is a Greek fashion model, actress and television presenter.

Is a Greek fashion model, actress and television presenter.

A mountain town in West Macedonia, is an experimental physicist at Caltech and CERN, the European hi

A mountain town in West Macedonia, is an experimental physicist at Caltech and CERN, the European high-energy physics laboratory outside Geneva, and is working on experiments for the Large Hadron Collider. These experiments are designed to test some of the most imaginative and far reaching ideas ever proposed in physics. She describes her work as part of the search to discover the origins of the universe.

Was a Cypriot actress. she became an amateur actress and moved from London to Ekali, Athens followin

Was a Cypriot actress. she became an amateur actress and moved from London to Ekali, Athens following her sorting out for the main role as a prostitute in Evdokia, a film directed by Alexis Damianos in 1971. For her role in Evdokia, she was awarded the prize for best actress in the International Film Festival of Thessaloniki.[1] She went on to star in other films, such as She knew no other way (1973) and finally on Theodoros Angelopoulos's The Travelling Players, in 1975.

Maria's musical influences are many, but none stronger than the music of her parent's homeland. Comi

Maria's musical influences are many, but none stronger than the music of her parent's homeland. Coming from a family with a background in music and dance, there is an on going connection with the sounds and tempos of Greece

Is a Greek singer, connected on several occasions with the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1987 she appe

Is a Greek singer, connected on several occasions with the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1987 she appeared as a backing singer for the duo Bang.

A Danish-Greek singer famous in Greece and Cyprus for her participation in the all-girl band Hi-5, t

A Danish-Greek singer famous in Greece and Cyprus for her participation in the all-girl band Hi-5, the result of the talent show Popstars.Shayahe released her first single, Release Me, and toured Europe. She also found work as a performer in various clubs