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<html> <head> <title>Religion: Eastern Orthodox</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option 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<td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jun-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Energy, 2001-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/522/000266721/">Justin Amash</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Michigan 3rd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/387/000116039/">Phil Angelides</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chair, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/785/000112449/">St. Athanasius</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>298 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-373 AD</tt></td> <td>Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000353136/">Traian Basescu</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Romania, 2007-12</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/026/000086765/">Melissa Bean</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congresswoman from Illinois, 2005-11</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000129480/">Helen Delich Bentley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congresswoman from Maryland, 1985-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/018/000122649/">Gus Bilirakis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Florida 9th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/367/000032271/">Michael Bilirakis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Florida, 1983-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/366/000044234/">Rod Blagojevich</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Illinois, 2003-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/068/000044933/">Marion Zimmer Bradley</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Sep-1999</tt></td> <td>The Mists of Avalon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000207090/">Emil Constantinescu</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Romania, 1996-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/438/000022372/">Michael Dukakis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Nov-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Twice Governor of Massachusetts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/238/000162749/">Vartan Gregorian</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Carnegie Corporation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/656/000121293/">Philip C. Habib</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1992</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to South Korea, 1971-74</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/294/000028210/">Darrell Issa</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, California 49th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/980/000107659/">Nikos Kazantzakis</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1957</tt></td> <td>Zorba the Greek</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/459/000118105/">Emir Kusturica</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Underground</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/170/000131774/">Donald Lambro</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Washington Times</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/008/000097714/">Cyril Lucaris</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1572</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1638</tt></td> <td>Greek church reformer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/968/000130578/">Thomas A. Nassif</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Morocco, 1985-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/511/000103202/">Nicephorus Patriarcha</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 758 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-829 AD</tt></td> <td>Patriarch of Constantinople</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/908/000162422/">Zurab Noghaideli</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Georgia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/892/000162406/">Tassos Papadopoulos</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-2008</tt></td> <td>President of Cyprus, 2003-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/052/000206431/">Jaroslav Pelikan</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-May-2006</tt></td> <td>The Christian Tradition</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/805/000114463/">Harry Mark Petrakis</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lion at My Heart</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000093014/">Sergei Rachmaninov</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td>Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/576/000213934/">Nicholas V. Riasanovsky</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-2011</tt></td> <td>A History of Russia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/430/000119073/">Alex Spanos</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>A.G. Spanos Companies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/821/000162335/">Robert Spencer</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Jihad Watch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/598/000133199/">Chiune Sugihara</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1986</tt></td> <td>Helped Jews escape Lithuania</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/206/000024134/">George Tenet</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CIA Director, 1997-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/773/000027692/">Andy Warhol</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1987</tt></td> <td>Pop Art movement</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/318/000050168/">Paul Weyrich</a></td> <td><center>Columnist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-2008</tt></td> <td>Conservative activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/748/000141325/">Gus Yatron</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-2003</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=71661" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/274/000002268/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/274/2268/s2268.jpg" width=128> Rockefeller!</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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