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Giorgos, Yiorgos or Yorgos ( el, Γιώργος) is a common abbreviation of the given name Georgios. Notable people with the name include:


Persons


Giorgos

* Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer * Giorgos Alkaios, pop musician and singer * Giorgos Anatolakis, Greek footballer * Giorgos Angelopoulos, Greek businessman and billionaire * Giorgos Apostolidis, Greek basketball player *
Giorgos Arvanitis Giorgos (or Yorgos) Arvanitis ( el, Γιώργος Αρβανίτης; born February 22, 1941) is a Greek cinematographer. Life Arvanitis was born in the village of Dilofo, Phthiotis, Greece. Having received an education as an electrician in t ...
(born 1941), Greek cinematographer * Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player * Giorgos Bartzokas, Greek basketball coach * Giorgos Batis, Greek rebetiko musician * Giorgos Dedes, Greek footballer * Giorgos Diamantopoulos, Greek basketball player * Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos (born 1952), Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament *
Giorgos Donis Georgios Donis ( el, Γεώργιος Δώνης; born 22 October 1969) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and currently a manager. He is the current manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Fateh. He was the first ev ...
, Greek footballer * Giorgos Economides, Cypriot footballer * Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and manager * Giorgos Fotakis, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Gasparis Giorgos Gasparis (alternative spellings: Georgios, Giorgios) ( el, Γιώργος Γάσπαρης; born January 31, 1965, in Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of , he played at the point guard and shooting ...
, Greek basketball player * Giorgos Gavriilidis (1906–1982), Greek actor * Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Giannias Giorgos Giannias (Greek: Γιώργος Γιαννιάς, d. June 13, 1821 near Koumani) was a Greek revolutionary leader born in Prostovitsa, a village now known as Drosia in Achaia. He was the brother of Konstantinos Giannias. In March 1821 ...
(died 1821), Greek revolutionary leader * Giorgos Iacovou, Cypriot diplomat and politician *
Giorgos Kalaitzis Georgios Kalaitzis (also spelled Giorgos; el, Γιώργος Καλαϊτζής; born August 29, 1976) is a Greek basketball coach and former player, who is currently the Team Manager of Panathinaikos. During his playing career, at a height of 1 ...
, Greek basketball player *
Giorgos Kapoutzidis Giorgos Kapoutzidis (Greek Γιώργος Καπουτζίδης; , Serres) is a Greek screenwriter and actor. He is the creator of the critically successful television series '' Saturday born '' (original title "Σαββατογεννημένες ...
, Greek scriptwriter and actor *
Giorgos Karagounis Georgios Karagkounis ( el, Γεώργιος Καραγκούνης; born 6 March 1977), known as Giorgos Karagounis ( el, Γιώργος Καραγκούνης), is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. In his club ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Karagoutis Georgios Karagkoutis (alternate spellings: Giorgos, Karagoutis) ( el, Γιώργος Καράγκουτης) (born February 15, 1976 in Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.08 m (6 ft. 10 in.) tall, he ...
, Greek basketball player *
Giorgos Kastrinakis Giorgos Kastrinakis (alternate spellings: Georgios, George) (Greek: Γιώργος Καστρινάκης) (born June 9, 1950) is a retired Greek American professional basketball player. He played basketball professionally for many years in the Gr ...
, Greek-American basketball player *
Giorgos Katsaros Giorgos Katsaros ( el, Γιώργος Κατσαρός) (born on 7 March 1934 in Corfu) is a famous Greek musician and songwriter. He plays the alto saxophone. He has made a variety of recordings, collaborating amongst others with Greek musical ...
(born 1934), Greek musician and composer *
Giorgos Kolokithas Giorgos Kolokithas (alternate spelling: ''Georgios'' and ''Kolokythas''; el, Γεώργιος (Γιώργος) Κολοκυθάς; November 2, 1945 – March 2, 2013) was a Greek professional basketball player. He is considered one of the best sc ...
, Greek basketball player *
Giorgos Koltzos Giorgos Koltzos ( gr, Γιώργος Κόλτζος; born 13 September 1976) is a retired Greek footballer, who played as a defender. Career Koltzos began playing football with the youth side of Athinaikos F.C. and joined the club's professio ...
, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Konstadinou Giorgos Konstadinou ( el, Γιώργος Κωνσταντίνου; born October 27, 1934 in Vathi, Athens) is a Greek actor, writer, and director. He is the son of actress Nitsa Filosofou. His career was boosted after the 'profiterole' scene in ...
(born 1934), Greek actor and director * Giorgos Kostikos, Greek footballer * Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer * Giorgos Markopoulos, Greek poet * Giorgos Mazonakis, Greek pop singer * Giorgos Merkis, Cypriot footballer * Giorgos Mitsibonas, Greek footballer * Giorgos Nicolaou, Cypriot footballer * Giorgos Ninios, Greek actor * Giorgos Paligiorgos, Greek footballer * Giorgos Panagi, Cypriot footballer * Giorgos Papasideris (1902–1977), Greek country singer, composer and lyricist * Giorgos Patis, Greek badminton player * Giorgos Pelagias, Cypriot footballer * Giorgos Poniros, Greek footballer * Giorgos Samaras, Greek footballer * Giorgos Savvidis, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Seferis Giorgos or George Seferis (; gr, Γιώργος Σεφέρης ), the pen name of Georgios Seferiades (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important G ...
(1900–1971), Greek writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate * Giorgos Siantos, Greek resistance member and politician * Giorgos Sideris, Greek footballer * Giorgos Sigalas, Greek basketball player * Giorgos Skartados, Greek footballer * Giorgos Sterianopoulos, Greek businessman * Giorgos Theodoridis, Greek footballer * Giorgos Theodotou, Greek footballer *
Giorgos Theofanous Giorgos (George) Theofanous (, ) (born in Larnaca, Cyprus on 9 January 1968) is a Greek Cypriot composer and producer. He has sold more than two million records and written more than 500 songs in the 1990s and 2000s. Recording artists for whom ...
(born 1968), Cypriot-Greek composer * Giorgos Tofas, Cypriot footballer * Giorgos Toursounidis, Greek footballer * Giorgos Toussas, Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament *
Giorgos Tsalikis Giorgos Tsalikis (Γιώργος Τσαλίκης, born 25 October 1975) is a Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the I ...
, Greek pop singer * Giorgos Tsiaras, Greek basketball player *
Giorgos Tzavelas Georgios Tzavellas ( el, Γεώργιος Τζαβέλλας; born 26 November 1987) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Super League club AEK Athens and the Greece national team. Club career Kerkyra Tzavellas bega ...
, Greek footballer * Giorgos Tzavellas, Greek film director and screenwriter * Giorgos Vaitsis, Greek footballer * Giorgos Vassilakopoulos, President of FIBA Europe * Giorgos Velentzas, Greek actor *
Giorgos Zampetas Giorgos Zampetas (Pronounced 'Zabetas', el, Γιώργος Ζαμπέτας, sometimes romanized as George Zambetas / George Zabetas / Giorgos Zabetas; 25 January 1925 – 10 March 1992) was a Greek bouzouki musician. He was born and died in Ath ...
, Greek songwriter and musician


Yiorgos

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Yiorgos Batis Yiorgos Batis ( el, Γιώργος Μπάτης, also Giorgos Batis) (1885 – 10 March 1967) was one of the first rebetes influential to ''rebetiko'' music. His real name was Yiorgos Tsoros although he was known as Yiorgos Ampatis. He had a g ...
(1885–1967), Greek musician, influential in rebetiko music *
Yiorgos Caralambo Yiorgos (or George) Caralambo also called Greek George and George Allen (? – September 2, 1913) was an alleged murderer and camel driver hired by U.S. Army in 1856 for the United States Camel Corps, Camel Corps experiment in the Southwest United ...
, camel driver hired by US Army in 1856 for the Camel Corps experiment in the Southwest * Yiorgos Depollas, Greek photographer * Yiorgos Magoulas, Greek composer and guitarist * Yiorgos Vardinogiannis, Greek shipowner and businessman, former owner and president of the Panathinaikos football club


Yorgos

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Yorgos Lanthimos Georgios "Yorgos" Lanthimos ( el, Γιώργος Λάνθιμος, Giórgos Lánthimos, ; born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film director, film producer, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director and former professional basketball player. Sin ...
, Greek film producer and director * Yorgos Dalaras, Greek Singer * Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Greek film editor


Songs about Giorgos

*"Giorgo pou xereis ta polla" (Giorgos, the know-it-all) by Dimitris Mitropanos *"Me lene Giorgo" (My name is Giorgos) sung by Manolis Mitsias, written by Giorgos Hatzinasios *"Aftos o Giorgos" (This Giorgos) by


See also

* * * George (given name) {{given name Greek masculine given names