Famous People with Name Yannis

Yannis Tsarouchis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yannis Tsarouchis: he studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1929-1935). He was also a student of Photis Kontoglou, who introduced him to Byzantine iconography, while he also studied popular architecture and dressing customs. Together with Pikionis, Kontoglou and Agh. Chatzimichalis he led the movement for the introduction of Greek tradition in painting.

Yannis Anastassakis;            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yannis Anastassakis;: a Greek-American actor and the father of actress Jennifer Aniston.He is familiar to fans of daytime television; he has appeared in soap operas almost continually since 1975, when he joined the cast of Love of Life as Eddie Aleata. In 1978, he left Love and played Mary Stuart's new love interest, Martin Tourneur, on Search for Tomorrow. He played that role until 1984. He joined the cast of Days of our Lives as Victor Kiriakis (1985-1997, 1999-2004, 2004-present).

Yannis Tafer            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Yannis Tafer: is a French football player of Algerian descent who currently plays for French club Toulouse on loan from Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1. He is a France youth international having represented the country under-17, under-18, and under-19 level. Tafer was the top scorer at the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship leading the tournament with 4 goals and played on the under-19 team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Yannis Varveris            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yannis Varveris: is an award winning Greek poet, critic and translator[1]. He read Law at the University of Athens. His first collection of poems was published in 1975. He 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

Yannis Yfantis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yannis Yfantis: is a Greek poet who is awarded with the Cavafy Award. He was born in 1949 in Raina in the Etoloakarnania prefecture near Agrinio. He was presented to the Thessaloniki Public Broadcasting with Elliniki kai pagkosmia poiisi (???????? ?a? pa???sµ?a p???s? = Greek And International Poetry) and Kata vathos to thema ine ena (?at? ß???? t? ??µa e??a? ??a). His poems were translated into several languages including English.