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Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos (, ; 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 United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Scandinavian countries. Its female version corresponds to the masculine genitive Papadopoulou ( ). Men * Antonios Papadopoulos (footballer), Antonios Papadopoulos (born 1999), German footballer of Greek descent * Avraam Papadopoulos (born 1984), Greek footballer * Daniil Papadopoulos (born 1963), Greek footballer * Dimitrios Papadopoulos (footballer, born 1950), Dimitrios Papadopoulos (1950–2020), Greek footballer * Dimitrios Papadopoulos (footballer, born 1981), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Diaspora
The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia (), are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus. Such places historically (dating to the ancient period) include, Greeks in Albania, Albania, Greeks in North Macedonia, North Macedonia, southern Greeks in Russia and Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian Greeks, Ukraine, Anatolian Greeks, Asia Minor and Pontic Greeks, Pontus (in today's Turkey), Greeks in Georgia#History, Georgia, Egyptian Greeks, Egypt, Sudanese Greeks, Sudan, southern Italy (Magna Graecia), History of Greek Sicily, Sicily, Cargèse and Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, Marseille in France. The term also refers to communities established by Greek migration (mostly since the 19th century) outside of the traditional areas; such as in the Greek Americans, United States, Greek Australians, Australia, Greek Canadians, Canada, the Greeks in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Greeks in Germany, Germany, Greek Argentines, Argentina, Greek Brazilians, Brazil, Greek New Zealan ... [...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 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theologis Papadopoulos
Theologis Papadopoulos (; born 12 January 1960) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Papadopoulos started playing football in 1974 from the amateur team Eleftheriakos Eleftherion, while he became more widely known competing in the AEL from 1979. In 1984, he moved to AEK Athens, where after a few seasons, he became the main goalkeeper of the club. During his tenure at AEK, he also became an international. In 1988, even though he was a key player in the team for years, his career at AEK suddenly came to an end. On the eve of the cup rematch against Olympiacos, former AEK footballer Dinos Ballis visited the AEK team's hotel, offered a bouquet to Papadopoulos and was eventually suspected of attempted bribery. The match took place, Olympiacos won 1–3 and Papadopoulos had a poor performance. The continuation was given to the courts, even after Papadopoulos finally reported that there was indeed an attempted bribery. The owners of Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tassos Papadopoulos
Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos (; 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician and barrister, who served as President of Cyprus from 2003 to 2008. An experienced member of the Makarios III’s cabinet, Papadopoulos took charge of the country’s parliament in 1976, two years after the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Turkish invasion, and became one the island’s most notable proponents of a hardline position on Cyprus peace process, Cypriot reunification. It was this sentiment that he successfully employed as a candidate in the 2003 Cypriot presidential election, 2003 presidential election, after which he directed the population to reject the Annan Plan. However, his inability to negotiate an alternative contributed to his failure to win re-election in 2008 Cypriot presidential election, 2008, despite generally maintaining high approval ratings during his presidency. Early life His parents were Nicolas and Aggeliki from Asha, Cyprus, Assia. He ... [...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 Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe .... 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 * * * Translations * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panos Papadopoulos
Panos Papadopoulos (born 1958 in Kertezi, Greece) is the founder, designer and entrepreneur behind Panos Emporio AB, established 1986 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the largest swimwear supplier in Scandinavia. He is known as the "King of Swimwear". He is also well known as the man who desired to change the face of beauty competitions when he purchased the Miss Sweden contest and changed the name to New Miss Sweden. Early life The youngest of three siblings, Panagiotis Papadopoulos was born in Kertezi, Greece, and was nicknamed Panos from a young age. The family soon moved to the outskirts of Athens, where his parents worked at a metal foundry. The young Panos accompanied his mother when she worked as a cleaner at the foundry at the weekends, and was soon hired himself. As a teenager, he encountered corruption relating to labour violations, environmental pollution, and education. Frustrated with being unable to instigate change, he purchased an interrail ticket to see Europe, winding up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panos Papadopulos
Panos Papadopoulos (Greek: Πάνος Παπαδόπουλος; 1 August 1920, in Kerassus, Ottoman Empire – 18 February 2001, in Munich) was a Greek actor. Selected filmography * '' Hello, Fraulein!'' (1949) – Musiker * '' Jonny Saves Nebrador'' (1953) * '' The Cousin from Nowhere'' (1953) * '' Conchita and the Engineer'' (1954) * '' Beloved Corinna'' (1956) – Longo * '' The Copper'' (1958) – Heini, der Taschendieb (uncredited) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1958) – Doctor in Hong Kong (uncredited) * ' (1958) * '' Rommel Calls Cairo'' (1959) – Sharani * '' The Tiger of Eschnapur'' (1959) – Courier (uncredited) * '' The Indian Tomb'' (1959) – Dagh's messenger (uncredited) * '' The Death Ship'' (1959) – Popoff, Bulgarischer Dockarbeiter * ''Salem Aleikum'' (1959) * '' Peter Voss, Hero of the Day'' (1959) – Hoteldiener (uncredited) * '' The Crimson Circle'' (1960) – Matrose Selby * ''Weit ist der Weg'' (1960) – Nelito * '' Hotel der toten Gäste'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Papadopoulos
Panagiotis Papadopoulos (born May 23, 1985, in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek wrestler who specializes in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was a competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ... in the super-heavyweight division, losing in his opening bout to Liu Deli from China. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Papadopoulos, Panagiotis Olympic wrestlers for Greece Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Greek male sport wrestlers Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling 1985 births Sportspeople from Thessaloniki 21st-century Greek sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaos Papadopoulos (other)
Nikos, Nikolaos or Nikolas Papadopoulos may refer to: * Niccolò Comneno Papadopoli (1655–1740), Cretan-Italian lawyer and historian * , scholar and trader from Epirus * , fighter in the Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ... * (Nicolo Papadopoli Aldobrandini, 1841–1922), Italian politician from Venice * (1933–2012), Greek Old Testament scholar * Nikos Papadopoulos (Swedish politician) (born 1939) * (b. 1962) * Nikos Papadopoulos (footballer, born 1971) * Nikos Papadopoulos (footballer, born 1990) * Nikolas Papadopoulos (born 1973), Cypriot lawyer and politician * Nikos Papadopoulos (Greek politician), member of the Hellenic Parliament, June 2023 See also * Papadopoulos * Papadopoli (other) * Nikos Pappas (disambigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michal Papadopulos
Michal Papadopulos (born 14 April 1985) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Papadopulos started his football career in his native Ostrava at NH Ostrava, and then Baník Ostrava. He moved early to English club Arsenal in July 2003. He played one first-team match for Arsenal, in a December 2003 League Cup match against Wolverhampton Wanderers as a 83rd minute substitute for Jérémie Aliadière. He returned to Baník in 2004. Papadopulos won the Czech Cup with Baník in 2005. In December 2005, he moved to German club Bayer Leverkusen, spending some time on loan at side Energie Cottbus before signing with Czech side Mladá Boleslav in June 2008. In June 2009, SC Heerenveen signed the Czech forward from Mladá Boleslav on a five-year contract. Personal life Papadopulos is of Greek and Czech descent. Honours Baník Ostrava *Czech Cup: 2004–05 Zagłębie Lubin * I liga: 2014–15 Piast Gliwice *Ekstraklasa: 2018–19 MFK Karviná *Cze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manolis Papadopoulos
Manolis Papadopoulos (; 22 April 1968 – 16 May 2025) was a Greek professional football player and manager who played as a defender. Club career Papadopoulos started his career in 1986 at Olympiacos. In the summer of 1989 he was loaned to Ionikos, where he was established as a regular. His performances earned him a transfer to the Greek champions, AEK Athens, in the summer of 1992. He was used in AEK most of the time as a substitute also having a few appearances as a starter, especially when Dušan Bajević used formation with three stoppers. In the matches against Rangers for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers in the summer of 1994, he was assigned to mark Mark Hateley, managing to contain him. During his spell with the "double-headed eagle" Papadopoulos won two consecutive championships. In the summer of 1995 he moved to Apollon Athens for two seasons and then to Ethnikos Piraeus for another two. In 1999 he signed for PAS Giannina for a while and then moved to Kozani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefteris Papadopoulos
Lefteris (Eleftherios) Papadopoulos (; born 14 November 1935) is a Greek lyricist, writer and journalist. Lefteris Papadopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on 14 November 1935. He was the son of Greek Pontian refugees, with a father from a village near Bursa in Turkey and a mother from a village near Novorossiysk in Russia. His parents were expelled in 1924 during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey. He enrolled at the Law School of the University of Athens but stopped during his third year in order to work as a journalist. Since 1959 Papadopoulos has worked in the newspaper Ta Nea and has become a popular columnist over time. Papadopoulos became involved with music in 1963. He has written the lyrics for about 1,200 songs and has co-worked with nearly all of the well-known musicians, composers and singers of his generation, namely Mikis Theodorakis, Stavros Xarhakos, Manos Loizos, Stavros Koujioumtzis, Mimis Plessas, Christos Nikolopoulos, Stelios Kazantzidis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
