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<html> <head> <title>Athens, Greece</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </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 value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Athens, Greece LOCATION Official Website: <a href="http://www.cityofathens.gr/">http://www.cityofathens.gr/</a> Population: 750,000Population of Athens metropolitan area, 3.7 million. BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/615/000206994/">Alexander</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1920</tt></td> <td>King of Greece, 1917-20</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/157/000174632/">Theo Angelopoulos</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-2012</tt></td> <td>Ulysses' Gaze</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000046723/">Costas Caramanlis</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Greece, 2004-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/793/000169286/">Tom Carvel</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1990</tt></td> <td>Fudgie The Whale, Cookie Puss</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000206998/">Constantine I</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1923</tt></td> <td>King of Greece, 1913-17 and 1920-22</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/618/000206997/">Constantine II</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>King of Greece, 1964-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/290/000096002/">Cratinus</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 520 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 423 BC</tt></td> <td>Athenian comic poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/432/000097141/">Demades</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 380 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>319 BC</tt></td> <td>Brokered Macedonian/Athenian peace</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/433/000097142/">Demochares</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 355 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>275 BC</tt></td> <td>Athenian orator and statesman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/705/000094423/">Demosthenes</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>384 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-322 BC</tt></td> <td>Attic orator and statesman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/836/000086578/">Euripides</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 484 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>406 BC</tt></td> <td>Medea</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/617/000206996/">George II</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td>King of Greece, 1922-24 and 1935-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/468/000096180/">St. Giles</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 6th c. AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 6th c. AD</tt></td> <td>Patron saint of lepers and cripples</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000103536/">Hippias of Elis</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. BC</tt></td> <td>Greek sophist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/678/000025603/">Arianna Huffington</a></td> <td><center>Columnist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Huffington Post</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/899/000087638/">Isocrates</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>436 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>338 BC</tt></td> <td>Rhetoric opponent of Plato</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/529/000022463/">Tommy Lee</a></td> <td><center>Drummer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>M鰐ley Cr黣 drummer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/258/000090985/">Melina Mercouri</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1994</tt></td> <td>Topkapi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/958/000196370/">Dimitri Mitropoulos</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1960</tt></td> <td>Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000133867/">Stavros Niarchos</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1996</tt></td> <td>Greek shipping tycoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/614/000206993/">Paul</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1964</tt></td> <td>King of Greece, 1947-64</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000063888/">Katina Paxinou</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1973</tt></td> <td>For Whom the Bell Tolls</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/846/000097555/">Pherecrates</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. BC</tt></td> <td>The Wild Men</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/904/000084652/">Phidias</a></td> <td><center>Sculptor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 490 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 430 BC</tt></td> <td>Sculpted Zeus at Olympus</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/689/000087428/">Plato</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 427 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 347 BC</tt></td> <td>The Republic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/696/000087435/">Socrates</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>469 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>399 BC</tt></td> <td>Developer of the Socratic Method</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/775/000087514/">Thucydides</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>460 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>400 BC</tt></td> <td>History of the Peloponnesian War</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/339/000389169/">Yanis Varoufakis</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Greek Finance Minister</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/722/000402513/">Milo Yiannopoulos</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1984</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Breitbart Editor, bombthrower</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/615/000206994/">Alexander</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1920</tt></td> <td>King of Greece, 1917-20</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/157/000174632/">Theo Angelopoulos</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-2012</tt></td> <td>Ulysses' Gaze</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/093/000174568/">Michael Cacoyannis</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-2011</tt></td> <td>Zorba the Greek</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/290/000096002/">Cratinus</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 520 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 423 BC</tt></td> <td>Athenian comic poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/259/000090986/">Jules Dassin</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-2008</tt></td> <td>Topkapi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/432/000097141/">Demades</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 380 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>319 BC</tt></td> <td>Brokered Macedonian/Athenian peace</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/734/000141311/">Odysseas Elytis</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1996</tt></td> <td>Axion Esti</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/792/000087531/">Epicurus</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>341 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>270 BC</tt></td> <td>Founder of the Epicurean School</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/617/000206996/">George II</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td>King of Greece, 1922-24 and 1935-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/062/000101756/">Harmodius</a></td> <td><center>Assassin</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>514 BC</tt></td> <td>Would-be murderer of tyrants</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000103536/">Hippias of Elis</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. BC</tt></td> <td>Greek sophist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/899/000087638/">Isocrates</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>436 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>338 BC</tt></td> <td>Rhetoric opponent of Plato</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/038/000031942/">Chester Kallman</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1975</tt></td> <td>Librettist, translator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/156/000025081/">John Latsis</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-2003</tt></td> <td>Greek shipping tycoon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/791/000087530/">Lucian</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>120 AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 180 AD</tt></td> <td>Dialogues of the Dead</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/886/000087625/">Menander</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 342 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 292 BC</tt></td> <td>Early Greek comic dramatist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/815/000217164/">Georgios Papadopoulos</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1999</tt></td> <td>Dictator of Greece, 1967-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/261/000117907/">George Papandreou</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1968</tt></td> <td>Former Prime Minister of Greece</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/610/000096322/">Parrhasius</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. BC</tt></td> <td>Attic Greek painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/614/000206993/">Paul</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1964</tt></td> <td>King of Greece, 1947-64</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000063888/">Katina Paxinou</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1973</tt></td> <td>For Whom the Bell Tolls</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/846/000097555/">Pherecrates</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. BC</tt></td> <td>The Wild Men</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/904/000084652/">Phidias</a></td> <td><center>Sculptor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 490 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 430 BC</tt></td> <td>Sculpted Zeus at Olympus</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/848/000097557/">Philemon</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 361 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 263 BC</tt></td> <td>Greek poet of the New Comedy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/689/000087428/">Plato</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 427 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 347 BC</tt></td> <td>The Republic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/298/000113956/">Giorgos Seferis</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1971</tt></td> <td>Imerol髖ion katastr髆atos</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/696/000087435/">Socrates</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>469 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>399 BC</tt></td> <td>Developer of the Socratic Method</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000087579/">Sophocles</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 496 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>406 BC</tt></td> <td>Oedipus the King</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/375/000098081/">Syrianus</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. AD</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>fl. 5th c. AD</tt></td> <td>Greek Neoplatonist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/563/000107242/">Theophrastus</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 372 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>287 BC</tt></td> <td>Peripatetic school</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/775/000087514/">Thucydides</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>460 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>400 BC</tt></td> <td>History of the Peloponnesian War</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/814/000217163/">Tzannis Tzannetakis</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-2010</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Greece, 1989</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/315/000232616/">Andréas Voutsinas</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-2010</tt></td> <td>Stage actor and drama coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/056/000044921/">T. H. 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