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- 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)
ShippersSports- 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
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