|
Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos ( el, Παπαδόπουλος, ; meaning "son of a priest") is the most common Greek surname. It is used in Greece, Cyprus and countries of the Greek diaspora as well, such as the USA, United Kingdom, Australia and Scandinavian countries. Its female version corresponds to the masculine genitive Papadopoulou ( ). Men * Antonios Papadopoulos (born 1999), German footballer of Greek descent * Avraam Papadopoulos (born 1984), Greek footballer * Daniil Papadopoulos (born 1963), Greek footballer * Dimitrios Papadopoulos (1950–2020), Greek footballer * Dimitrios Papadopoulos (born 1981), Greek footballer * Dimitris Papadopoulos (basketball player) (born 1966), Greek basketball player * Dimitrios Papadopoulos (general) (1889–1983), Greek general in World War II * Efthimios Papadopoulos (born 1983), Greek runner * Evgenios Papadopoulos, Greek sprinter * Georgios Papadopoulos (1919–1999), Greek military officer and dictator in 1967–1973 * George Papadopoulos (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Papadopoulos
George Demetrios Papadopoulos (; born August 19, 1987) is an author and former member of the foreign policy advisory panel to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. On October 5, 2017, Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to a felony charge of making false statements to FBI agents about the timing and the possible significance of his contacts in 2016 relating to U.S.–Russia relations and the Donald Trump presidential campaign. He served twelve days in federal prison, then was placed on a 12-month supervised release. During his supervised release from prison, he participated in the filming of a still-unreleased docuseries. In March 2019, Papadopoulos released his book, ''Deep State Target: How I Got Caught in the Crosshairs of the Plot to Bring Down President Trump''. He was pardoned by Trump in December 2020. He ran in the March 2020 primary for the November general election to replace Rep. Katie Hill in California's 25th congressional district, after Hill resigned, but lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Papadopoulos
Geórgios Papadopoulos (; el, Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος ; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greek military officer and political leader who ruled Greece as a military dictator from 1967 to 1973. He joined the Royal Hellenic Army during the Second World War and resisted the 1940 Italian invasion. Later on, he allegedly became an active Axis collaborator with the Security Battalions, although this claim has been disputed by historians. He remained in the army after the war and rose to the rank of colonel. In April 1967, Papadopoulos and a group of other mid-level army officers overthrew the democratic government and established a military junta that lasted until 1974. Assuming dictatorial powers, he led an authoritarian, anti-communist and ultranationalist regime which eventually ended the Greek monarchy and established a republic, with himself as president. In 1973, he was overthrown and arrested by his co-conspirator, Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Kyriakos Papadopoulos ( el, Κυριάκος Παπαδόπουλος; born 23 February 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League club Lamia. Having made his first league appearances for Olympiacos at the age of 15, Papadopoulos moved to Germany in 2010 to join Schalke 04 and scored on his senior debut for Greece the following year, aged 19. However, his career progress in the Bundesliga was hampered by a succession of injuries over several seasons. Club career Olympiacos Born in Katerini, Papadopoulos was playing for hometown club Svoronos Katerinis in July 2007 when he was invited on trial to train with the RCD Espanyol youth team during pre-season, with a view to giving the player a role in the youth team. Papadopoulos, however, performed well enough for the club's management staff to fast-track him to the reserve team, offering him a contract immediately. Olympiacos scouts were also aware of the prodigy's talents, however, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitrios Papadopoulos (footballer, Born 1981)
Dimitrios Papadopoulos ( el, Δημήτριος Παπαδόπουλος; born 20 October 1981 in Uzbekistan, Jizzakh region, Mirzachul district) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Akratitos Papadopoulos started his career from the youth academies of Greek minnows Akratitos, and made his debut in 1999, contributing to the team's promotion to Alfa Ethniki in 2001 for the first time in its history. Burnley Shortly after, Papadopoulos was transferred to Burnley in England, for a transfer fee reported to be €500,000. He stayed at the club for two seasons. In July 2003, Burnley sold Papadopoulos to Panathinaikos for a reported €200,000 including a sell-on clause in which Burnley could profit from future transfers. Panathinaikos Papadopoulos starred in his very first season with Panathinaikos becoming its top scorer with 17 goals in 26 games and winning the double with the club. It was the first championship in almost 10 years of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avraam Papadopoulos
Avraam Papadopoulos ( el, Αβραάμ Παπαδόπουλος; born 3 December 1984) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Greek parents. Club career Aris Papadopoulos started his professional career with Aris in 2003 after stepping up from the Aris Youth with another promising attacking youngster, his friend Ethimios Pantelidis. Before, he had been with Digenis Lakkomatos Chalkidiki youth. At the beginning of his career, he started as a striker or attacking midfielder. In the period between 2003 and summer 2006, Aris lived some darker days of their history in Greek football also tangled with a defensive philosophy of football, financial problems in the club, Papadopoulos experienced some gradual "demotions" into the more defensive positions by his coaches. Firstly into defensive midfielder, then also right back and finally central defender. He is quite tall, with very tough body constitution, but no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tassos Papadopoulos
Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos ( el, Ευστάθιος (Τάσσος) Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος; 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fifth president of Cyprus from 2003 to 2008. Early life His parents were Nicolas and Aggeliki from Assia. He was the first of three children. Papadopoulos attended the Ayios Kassianos and Elenio primary schools in Nicosia and then the Pancyprian Gymnasium. His father's circle which included lawyers and judges, were influential on his future career and he went on to study law at King's College London before becoming a barrister-at-law through Gray's Inn. His life in London would prove to be pivotal in his future political life. In the second year of his studies he lived with future politician Spyros Kyprianou and Lellos Demetriades (lawyer and future mayor of Nicosia) both of whom had started their political life by founding ''EFEKA'' (short for National Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Papadopoulos (footballer, Born 1989)
Giannis Papadopoulos ( el, Γιάννης Παπαδόπουλος; born 9 March 1989) is a Greek professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Iraklis. He was the captain of the Greece Under-19 team. He plays in a central midfield role predominantly, although he is capable of playing as a left midfielder and also as an attacking midfielder. Club career Iraklis Papadopoulos started out his career at Iraklis as a trainee. His second season was a very impressive one, catching the eye of major Greek teams in 2007–08, which eventually earned him a move to Olympiacos on 3 June 2008. The transfer fee was thought to be around 800,000 Euros. Papadopoulos is left-footed, and his main strength is his powerful shot which he uses to great effect by often shooting from long distances. Olympiacos On 5 October 2008, Papadopoulos became a man as he made his Olympiakos debut as a substitute for teammate Dudu Cearense against city rivals AEK Athens. He impressed, having pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazaros Papadopoulos
Lazaros Papadopoulos (Greek: Λάζαρος Παπαδόπουλος; born 3 June 1980) is a Greek former professional basketball player. He was listed at 7 ft (2.13 m) 265 lbs (120 kg), and he played the center position. During his playing career, he was best known for his signature skyhook move. Papadopoulos played with several teams in Europe throughout his professional club career, and he most notably won the EuroLeague twice, in 2002 with Panathinaikos and in 2012 with Olympiacos. He was an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2007. He represented the Greece national team and won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket and the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Professional career Papadopoulos began his professional career playing with the Greek club Iraklis in the 1996–97 season. After five years with Iraklis, he signed to play with the Greek League powerhouse Panathinaikos in 2001, and he stayed there until 2003. He then returned to Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Papadopoulos
Gregory Michael Papadopoulos (born 1958) is an American engineer, computer scientist, executive, and venture capitalist. He is the creator and lead proponent for Redshift, a theory on whether technology markets are over or under-served by Moore's Law. Biography Papadopoulos received a B.A. in systems science from the University of California, San Diego in 1979, and an S.M. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1983 and 1988. At some time he held positions at Hewlett-Packard and Honeywell. While a graduate student, he worked at the MIT spinoff PictureTel in its early days. His dissertation was on a dataflow architecture microprocessor, under his advisor Arvind. Along with David E. Culler, he developed a simplified approach to dataflow execution in a project named Monsoon. Papadopoulos became assistant professor at MIT in 1988 and associate professor in May 1993. He helped start Ergo Computing in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanos Papadopoulos
Stephanos Papadopoulos (born 1976) is a Greek- American poet. Biography Stephanos Papadopoulos was born in North Carolina and raised in Paris and Athens. He is the author of three poetry collections: ''The Black Sea'' (November 2012, Sheep Meadow Press), ''Hôtel-Dieu'' (2009, Sheep Meadow Press), and ''Lost Days'' (2001, Leviathan Press, UK / Rattapallax Press, NY). He is editor and co-translator (with Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke) of Derek Walcott's ''Selected Poems in Greek'', published by Kastianiotis Press, 2007. He was awarded a 2010 Civitella Ranieri Fellowship for ''The Black Sea'' and was the recipient of the 2014 Jeannette Haien Ballard Writer's Prize selected by Mark Strand. Poetry Books ''Lost Days'', Stephanos Papadopoulos, 2001 Leviathan Press, UK, Rattapallax Press, NY ''Hotel-Dieu'', Stephanos Papadopoulos, 2009, Sheep Meadow Press, New York ''The Black Sea'', Stephanos Papadopoulos, 2012 Translations ''Selected Poems'', Derek Walcott, 2006 Kastaniotis Edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitrios Papadopoulos (footballer, Born 1950)
Dimitrios Papadopoulos ( el, Δημήτριος Παπαδόπουλος; 1 March 1950 – 31 January 2020) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career At the age of 10, Papadopoulos joined the infrastructure departments of Ergotelis and after 4 years he joined the first team of the club that was then competing in the second division. Left-footed, with a tremendous sense of goal, he soon emerged as the team's top striker. In 1967 he was transferred to OFI together with 5 other teammates from Ergotelis. These transfers were made in an almost "coup d'état" way, obeying the will of the dictatorial regime to create a strong and competitive team on the island. With the presence of Papadopoulos, OFI was promoted to the first division for the first time in 1968. The team was then relegated to the second division and in the 1976 season, it was again promoted to the first division with Papadopoulos as the top scorer with 23 goals. In the first season in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniil Papadopoulos
Daniil Papadopoulos ( el, Δανιήλ Παπαδόπουλος) is a former Greek footballer that played in several positions throughout his career. He was born in Thessaloniki and played youth football with Olympos Dendropotamou before starting his professional career with Iraklis. Papadopoulos spent his entire professional career with Iraklis and he is the all-time leader for Iraklis with 419 appearances. Papadopoulos is also the second all-time goalscorer of Iraklis with 64 goals. He managed to gain 5 caps for Greece. Papadopoulos also had a brief career in management, as an assistant and caretaker manager of Iraklis and as a manager in second and third tier teams. Club career Early life and career Papadopoulos was born in Thessaloniki and started playing football for amateur side ''Olympos Dendropotamou''. When he was a child he watched Iraklis' matches in Kaftanzoglio with his uncle. Following interest from PAOK he signed for Iraklis for a 600,000 drachmas fee. Irakl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Avraam Papadopoulos")
