Famous People Born In Greece

• George II

  King

  Athens, Greece

• Yiannis Boutaris

  Greek Politician

  Macedonia, Greece

• Pericles

  Military Leader

  Attica, Greece

• Costa Gavras

  Director

  Peloponnese, Greece

• Hippocrates

  Physician

  Greece

• Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  President (non-U.S.)

  Salonica, Greece

• Sappho

  Poet

  North Aegean, Greece

• Socrates

  Philosopher

  Greece

• Euripides

  Playwright

  Salamis, Greece

• Philip II of Macedon

  Royalty

  Macedonia, Greece

• Solon

  Legal Professional

  Attica, Greece

• St. Polycarp

  Saint

  Anatolia, Greece

• Demosthenes

  Statesman

  Greece

• Plato

  Philosopher

  Greece

• El Greco

  Painter

  Crete, Greece

• Aristotle

  Philosopher

  Chalcidice, Greece

• Lycurgus

  Military Leader

  Greece

• Nana Mouskouri

  Singer

  Crete, Greece

• Yanni

  Musician

  Peloponnese, Greece

• Konstantinos Tsiklitiras

  Athlete

  Peloponnese, Greece

• Giorgio de Chirico

  Artist

  Thessaly, Greece

• Arianna Huffington

  Entrepreneur

  Greece

• Prince Philip

  Duke

  Greece

• Alexander the Great

  Emperor

  Greece

• Tommy Lee

  Drummer

  Greece

• Antonis Samaras

  Politician

  Attica, Greece