People from Greece
22 people remembered here.
Elia Zenghelis1937 – 2026 · Greek architectOMA co-founder and legendary teacher who proved architecture can invent cities and make you happy.
92 candles · 7 tributes
Dimitris Kokotas1968 – 2026 · SingerBe strong enough to keep singing the songs we loved.
91 candles · 8 tributes
Georgios Makropoulos1953 – 2026 · Chess International MasterSeven-time Greek champion who spent four decades as one of FIDE's most powerful administrators.
73 candles · 7 tributes
Margaret Chant-Papandreou1923 – 2026 · Women's rights activistFeminist First Lady who helped remake Greek women's legal rights.
72 candles · 7 tributes
Margarita Papandreou1923 – 2026 · Women's rights activistAmerican-born feminist who remade Greek women's rights as First Lady and EGE founder.
53 candles · 5 tributes
Giorgos Mazonakis1972 – 2026 · Greek modern folk-pop / laiko-pop singerThe night's own voice of Greek laiko-pop.
46 candles · 8 tributes
Denys Zacharopoulos1952 – 2026 · Art historianAthens-born art historian who co-curated documenta IX and built bridges between Greek artists and the world.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Dionysis Ferendinos† 2026 · Television and film directorDirector who brought some of Greece's best loved television comedies to the screen.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Athanasios Iliadis1952 – 2026 · Greek Olympic welterweight boxerGreek Olympic boxer whose welterweight career set a standard for amateur boxing in Greece.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Marinella1938 – 2026 · Singer and actressThe voice of Greek song for 68 years, from Thessaloniki's clubs to Eurovision, who sang until her final night on stage.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Dimosthenis Dimosthenopoulos1929 – 2026 · Lawyer and politicianA Kavala lawyer who stood up to the junta and served his city in Parliament and government.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Dionysis Charitopoulos1947 – 2026 · NovelistThe Piraeus storyteller who gave Aris Velouchiotis his definitive biography.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Evgenia Daskalopoulou† 2026 · ShipownerFounder of Almi Marine, who took her family's spirit of enterprise from the dairy shop to the open sea.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Nikos Sevastopoulos1945 – 2026 · footballer / forwardAEK Athens forward nicknamed Pelé, remembered for a European Cup goal on his birthday.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Stefanos Manos1939 – 2026 · Greek politicianA liberal reformer who argued for a leaner Greek state long before it was fashionable.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Ioannis Varvitsiotis1933 – 2026 · Lawyer and politicianTwice Greece's defence minister, he died at home on his 93rd birthday.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Giorgos Vardinogiannis1936 – 2026 · ShipownerThe Captain: Cretan seafarer, shipowner, and the man who steered Panathinaikos for 21 years and took it beyond Greece.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Dimitris Tsatsoulis1952 – 2026 · Theatre critic and scholarAthens theatre critic and Patras professor, a reader of the stage as a language of signs.
3 candles · 1 tributes
Giannis Koutsogiannis1933 – 2026 · Army officer and politicianAn officer tortured by the junta who helped found PASOK and served Argos in parliament.
3 candles · 1 tributes
Betty Valassi1937 – 2026 · Actress (theatreGreece's unforgettable Loxandra, a stage actress of conviction who believed art could never be separated from life.
3 candles · 1 tributes
Eleni Prokopiou1939 – 2026 · ActressGreek actress and dancer who lit up Finos Film musicals of the 1960s.
3 candles · 1 tributes
Soulis Markopoulos1949 – 2026 · Greek professional basketball player and coachThessaloniki coach who won the 1994 Korac Cup with PAOK and holds Greece's all-time coaching games record.
3 candles · 1 tributes