Rev

Politics

• Spiro Agnew1, former Vice President of the United States (Greek father)
• Art Agnos, former mayor of San Francisco
• Phil Angelides, state treasurer of California, 2006 Democratic Candidate for Governor of California, GOAL/VOITHIA Archaphellinizon
• George Argyros, US ambassador to Spain
• Shelley Berkley Member of Congress (Greek Sephardic Jewish mother)
• Michael Bilirakis, congressman from Florida.
• Helen Boosalis, Mayor of Lincoln NE
• John Brademas Former Member of Congress and Former President of New York University, former chair of Fed Reserve Bank of NY, (Episcopalean, Greek father, English mother)
• George Christopher1, former mayor of San Francisco
• Michael Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts; 1988 Democratic Presidential Candidate
• Nick Galifianakis, former Representative D-NC
• George Gekas, former congressman from Pennsylvania
• Theodore Kanavas, Republican State Senator from Brookfield, Wisconsin.
• Chrysovalantis P. Kefalas, Deputy Counsel to the Governor of Maryland, Robert Ehrlich
• Ron Klink, former Representative from Pennsylvania,
• Tom C. Korologos, U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, Reagan lobbyist
• Charlie Crist, currently he is the governor-elect of Florida
• Andy Manatos, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce under LBJ
• Nicholas Mavroules, Congressman from Massachusetts
• Sylvia Mathews, National Economic Commission staff
• John Negroponte, United States Director of National Intelligence, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• Peter Peterson First Greek American Cabinet Officer, Head of Blackstone Group
• John Podesta, White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton
• Paul Sarbanes, U.S. Senator representing the state of Maryland
• Harry Scolinos, attorney, businessman and politician
• Tasia Scolinos, Justice Department Director Of Public Affairs
• Olympia Snowe, Republican Senator from Maine
• George Stephanopoulos, political commentator, Former White House Communications Director, Rhodes scholar, Columbia valedictorian
• George Tenet, former CIA-Director
• Dina Titus (1950 - ) current Minority Leader in the Nevada State Senate, United States[65]
• Frances Townsend, assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor (Greek father)
• Paul Tsongas1, former senator from Massachusetts
• Gus Yatron, Former Pennsylvania Congressman and boxer
• Harry Zikas, Jr., Mayor of Alpha, New Jersey

Adaline Geo Karras, Illinois State senetor, Former Naval Offricer

Science/Academia

• Diogenes Allen, Professor of Philosophy
• Saul Amarel, Artificial Intelligence pioneer
• Paul Alivisatos, nanotechnologist
• Chris Argyris, distinguished lifetime contributor to theory and practice of management
• Constantine A. Balanis, electrical engineer
• Leda Cosmides, psychologist[96]
• Michael Dertouzos, innovator & director of the M.I.T. LCS
• Persi Diaconis, mathematician
• Peter Diamandopoulos, former President of Adelphi University
• George A. Economou, optical systems expert
• Matina Souretis Horner, former President of Radcliffe College which

was affiliated with Harvard University

• Paris Kanellakis1, computer scientist
• Menas Kafatos, quantum physicist
• Peter Liacouras, former President of Temple University
• Nicholas Metropolis, physicist
• Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, NASA astrophysicist
• Tom Maniatis, biologist
• Dimitris Nanopoulos, theoretical physicist
• Nicholas Negroponte, scientist, MIT Media Lab founder and director
• Alexander Nehamas, professor of philosophy
• Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou, chemist
• Constantine Papadakis, president of Drexel University
• George Papanicolaou, created the Pap Smear, and more generally, the field of cytopathology
• Spiro Pappas, professor of international business, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA
• John Allen Paulos, mathematician
• George Perlegos, invented EEPROM technology - the basic technology for flash memory, former Chairman and CEO of Atmel Corp.
• Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos, immunologist
• Tom Ypsilantis, physicist
• Panayiotis Zavos, geneticist (Greek parents)

Shippers

• Negroponte
• Onassis

Sports

• Harry "the Golden Greek" Agganis1, football and baseball player
• Peter Angelos, owner of the Baltimore Orioles
• David Batista, WWE SmackDown!, professional wrestler, Greek mother
• Clay Bellinger, of the Baltimore Orioles
• Annastasia Batikis, played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1945
• Al Campanis, MLB player and executive of the Dodgers
• Jimmy Carson, NHL hockey player, (Original family surname Kyriazopoulos)
• Chris Chelios, NHL hockey player
• Tara Dakides, Pro Snowboarder and Champion from California
• Chris Farasopoulos, football player, played for the NY Jets
• Alex Grammas, MLB manager and infielder for St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs.
• Laird Hamilton, surfer born Laird John Zerfas, (Greek father)
• Maria Kanellis, of WWE RAW, Greek father
• Dean Karnazes, ultramarathon champion, writer, businessman
• Mike Karakas, NHL Player for the Islanders 1935-1946
• Alex Karras, NFL player, wrestler and actor
• Eric Karros, Major League Baseball player for the Dodgers
• Bobby Kingsbury, baseball player for Pittsburgh Pirates
• Frank Klopas, soccer player for the Chicago Sting, U.S. national team and AEK Athens
• Niko Koutouvides, linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks
• Nick Kypreos, NHL hockey player
• Alexi Lalas, soccer player
• Kay Lionikas, played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1948-1950
• Billy Loes, MLB Pitcher for the Dodgers and other teams
• Jim Londos, Champion Wrestler during the 1930s.
• Greg Louganis (Greek by adoption; ethnically Samoan and Swedish), athlete
• Nick Markakis (1983 - ) outfielder who currently plays for the Baltimore Orioles[66]
• Tino Martinez, retired first baseman in Major League Baseball
• Aaron Miles, MLB player for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, and Colorado Rockies (paternal grandmother)
• Gus Niarhos, Major League Baseball Yankees, White Sox, Red Sox, Phillies
• Hanshi John Pachivas, martial arts (World Martial Arts Hall of Fame)
• Milt Pappas, MLB Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds and other teams
• June Peppas, played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1948-1954
• George Parros, NHL hockey player
• Lonnie Paxton, NFL New England Patriots long-snapper 01/02/03 seasons(half Greek)
• George Petrakopoulos, CEOBL basketball player for the St. Barbara Acolytes
• Pete Pihos, NFL player (Pro Football Hall of Fame)
• Joseph Pilates, inventor of the Pilates (Greek father)
• Dawn Marie Psaltis (Dawn Marie), former WWE diva
• Dusty Rhodes, MLB player for New York Giants and San Francisco Giants
• Pete Sampras, tennis player (Greek parents from Sparta)
• Fred Smerlas, football player for Buffalo Bills & New England Patriots
• Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder1, sports commentator
• Alex Spanos, owner of the San Diego Chargers
• Trish Stratus,WWE Diva (Greek father)
• Matt Stover, NFL player, kicker for Baltimore Ravens
• Craig Titus, American bodybuilder (Greek father)
• Gus Triandos , MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles and other teams
• Jake Tsakalidis, NBA player for Memphis Grizzlies & Phoenix Suns
• Garo Yepremian, NFL player (Greek Cypriot origin)

James Colis, former Chicago White Sox Pitcher

TV-Journalists

• Ernie Anastos, WNYW-New York co-anchorman
• Thalia Assuras, TV reporter
• John Bolaris, WCBS-New York meteorologist
• Chris Hondros, photojournalist (Greek father)
• Bob Costas, NBC sportscaster (Greek father)
• Mike Galanos, CNN/Sports Illustrated anchor
• Paul Glastris, editor in chief of The Washington Monthly
• Debbie Matenopoulos, journalist, talk show host
• Bob Papa, Sports anchor and announcer

Writers

• Chloe Aridjis writer, (daughter of Greek-Mexican Homero Aridjis and American Betty Ferber de Aridjis)
• A. I. Bezzerides, novelist and screenwriter
• Rae Dalven1, author and academic (Romaniote - Greek Jewish)
• Jeffrey Eugenides (1960 - ) novelist and short story writer[67]
• Tina Fey, comedienne, head writer of Saturday Night Live (Greek mother)
• Nicholas Gage, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, author Eleni
• Panio Gianopoulos (1974 - ) writer and editor for Bloomsbury[68]
• George Gregoriou, William Paterson University professor , writer
• Arianna Huffington, (born Arianna Stassinopoulos), writer, columnist
• Paul Kemprecos, writer/author
• David Long, writer/author
• Nick Mamatas, author
• Anastasios Manettas, author
• George Pelecanos, author
• Stephanos Papadopoulos, poet, translator
• David Sedaris, essayist and radio contributor
• Vanessa Grigoriadis, contributing editor for New York magazine and Rolling Stone magazine
• Christopher Bonanos, senior editor at New York magazine

Other

• Criss Angel, magician
• Pete Athans, mountaineer
• Constantino Brumidi, important artist of the Capitol (Greek Father - Italian mother)[97]
• Yiorgos Caralambo, one of the eight men hired by US Army in 1856 to lead the camel driver experiment in the Southwest.
• Cat Cora, Iron Chef on Food Network's Iron Chef America
• Nick "the Greek" Dandolos1, gambler
• Gracia Dura Bin1, early settler, wife of Dr. Andrew Turnbull
• Natalie Fotopoulos (1983 - ) dance teacher who is in the top 6 of the FOX reality show, So You Think You Can Dance[69]
• Iakovos1, former Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, Harvard professor, Selma marcher, President World Council of Churches
• George Lois, advertising executive (ESPN, USA Today, Xerox, MTV, Wolfschmidt, Tommy Hilfiger), "Fizz Fizz What a Relief it Is", "No Dancing in the (a)Isles" "Crazy People" (Big break hired by Rossides for Javits 1960)
• Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, the blogger behind Daily Kos (Greek father)
• Jack Pierce1, acclaimed make up artist
• Valerie Solanas, attempted assassin of Andy Warhol
• Dino Stamatopoulos, television comedy writer, actor and producer who has worked on Mr. Show, TV Funhouse, Mad TV, Moral Orel, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. (Greek and Irish descent.)
• Paul Vallas, CEO of the Chicago Public Schools
• Nick Venet, record producer
• Philip Tedro, hired by US Army in 1856 to lead the camel driver experiment in the Southwest.
• Prince Peter of Yugoslavia, grandson of the late Alexandra of Greece, the queen of Yugoslavia, herself daughter of Alexander I of Greece and Aspasia Manos
• Prince Philip of Yugoslavia, grandson of the late Alexandra of Greece, the queen of Yugoslavia, herself daughter of Alexander I of Greece and Aspasia Manos
• Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, grandson of the late Alexandra of Greece, the queen of Yugoslavia, herself daughter of Alexander I of Greece and Aspasia Manos