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Vasilis Demosthenous
Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasileios, Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis (), is a Greek given name, the origin of Basil (name), Basil. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliterated as Basileios. It is directly descended from the word "King", . It descends from the Greek language. People *Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-French writer *Vassilis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer *Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor *Vasilis Avramidis, Greek footballer *Vasilis Barkas, Greek footballer *Vasilis Bolanos, ethnic Greek mayor of Himara, Albania *Vassilis Borbokis, Greek footballer *Vasilios Dikeakos, Regional Service Lead *Vasilis Dimitriadis, Greek footballer *Vasilis Fragkias, Greek basketball coach *Vassilis Gagatsis, president of the Hellenic Football Federation *Vasilis Georgiadis, Greek film director and actor *Vasilis Golias, Greek footballer *Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer *Vassilios Iliadis, Greek judoka *Vasilios Kalogeracos, Australian footballer of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil (name)
The name Basil (''royal, kingly'') comes from the male Greek language, Greek name Vassilios (, female version ), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from "basileus" (), a Greek word of Pre-Greek substrate, pre-Hellenic origin, meaning "king", from which words such as basilica and basilisk (via Latin) as well as the eponymous herb basil (via Old French) derive, and the name of the Italy, Italian region Basilicata, which had been long under the rule of the List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor (also called ''basileus''). It was brought to England by the Crusaders, having been common in the eastern Mediterranean. It is more often used in Britain and Europe than in the United States. It is also the name of Basil, a common herb. In Arabic, Bas(s)el (, ''bāsil'') is a name for boys that means "brave, fearless, intrepid". Different derived names in different languages include Barsegh in Armenian; Basile in French; Basilius in German; Basilio in It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasili Kanidiadis
Vasili Kanidiadis is a Greek-Australian television personality, best known as the host of the Channel 31 and SBS TV and Channel 7Two's gardening show, ''Vasili's Garden''. Kanidiadis grew up in Coburg in Melbourne's north. He began broadcasting on Greek radio station 3XY for 7 years before moving to Channel 31 He has studied structural engineering, classical piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ... and horticulture. He is the owner and operator of Munro Street Nursery in Coburg. ''Vasili in Greece'', commissioned by the Greek National Tourist Organisation, was screened on Channel 31 in 2008. References Australian people of Greek descent Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Coburg, Victoria Television personalities from Melbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Lymberis
Vassilis Lymberis (; 1945 – 25 August 1972) was a Greek mass murderer who killed his wife, his two children, and his mother-in-law, by burning down his family home in January 1972. Lymberis was executed for the crime via firing squad, and was the last person to be executed by Greece prior to the abolition of capital punishment. Crime The 27-year-old Lymberis was sentenced to death, as he was found guilty by the Athens Court of Appeal (Criminal Court) on the charge of burning people alive. He murdered the following: * His estranged wife, Vasiliki Lymberis, 24 years old * His mother-in-law, Antigoni Markou, 55 years old * His daughter, Panagiota Lymberis, 2½ years old * His son, George Lymberis, 1 year old The incident occurred on the night of 4 January 1972, and the early hours of 5 January 1972, at the victims' house in Chalandri, while the perpetrator had three friends as accomplices in the crime. The mother-in-law and the children died instantly, but his wife survived unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Logothetidis
Vasilis Logothetidis (Greek: Βασίλης Λογοθετίδης; 1897 – 22 February 1960) was a Greek comedian. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors. Logothetidis was born as Vasilis Tavlaridis (Βασίλης Ταυλαρίδης) in 1897 in Myriophyton, a village in Eastern Thrace close to Istanbul. One year after graduating from high school, in 1916, he started to participate as an amateur actor in local shows. In 1918, he moved to Athens where, one year later, he joined the Marika Kotopouli theater company, with which he remained until 1946, with a brief pause in 1935. From 1947, he performed with his own theater company. During his very successful career, he starred in more than 110 Greek comedies and in more than 200 international plays, including '' Arsenic and Old Lace'' by Joseph Kesselring, ''As You Like It'' by William Shakespeare, ''Volpone'' by Ben Jonson and ''Knock'' by Jules Romains. Logothetidis was among the first Greek act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilis Lipiridis
Vassilis Lipiridis (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Lypiridis) (; born January 1, 1967, in Edessa, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, he played at the power forward position. Professional career Lipridis started his basketball playing career with the youth clubs of Edessaikos. He spent one season with HAN Thessaloniki, during the 1984–85 season. Lipiridis played with great success as a defensive power forward with Aris, winning with them, the Greek League championship six times (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) and the Greek Cup 5 times (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992). He also took part in 3 consecutive Final Fours of the FIBA European Champions Cup: Ghent 1988, Munich 1989, and Zaragoza 1990. While he played there, Aris joined the elite of European basketball clubs, but a European-wide title did not come for Lipiridis until much later, in 1993, when the club won the 2nd-tier level FIBA European Cup in Torino. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Leventis
Vasileios "Vasilis" Leventis (, ; born 2 November 1951) is a Greek politician, leader of the Greek centrist party Union of Centrists () since 1992, and a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2019. Early life Vassilis Leventis is the fourth child of Apostolos and Gregoria Leventis, who were originally from Korakovouni, a small village in Arcadia. The Leventis family moved to Piraeus, where Vassilis Leventis attended high school. In 1969 Leventis graduated from school and was admitted as the 6th highest-ranking candidate to the Civil Engineering department of the National Technical University of Athens. During the '70s he ventured into discography, funding and producing a one time record. His first involvement with politics occurred in 1975 when, as an assistant of the then-dean of Athens Polytechnic University, Kyprianos Biris, he contributed to the composition of articles 21 and 24 of the Greek Constitution. He is fluent in German and has an adequate understanding of the English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Lakis
Vasilios Lakis (; born 10 September 1976) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer. He was nicknamed "Turbo" for his speed when attacking along the Forward (association football)#Winger, right wing and his ability to provide accurate Cross (football), crosses. Club career Naoussa Lakis began his career in Naoussa F.C., Naoussa playing as a Defender (association football), defender, but his coaches soon switched him to the attacking role more appropriate to his innate talent. His team mates in Naoussa included the future star Vasilios Tsiartas. Paniliakos In the summer of 1995, Lakis signed for the professional club Paniliakos F.C., Panileiakos. In the following season, he helped the team to finish seventh in the Super League Greece, Greek League by scoring seven goals. AEK Athens On 12 June 1998, Lakis was transferred to AEK Athens F.C., AEK Athens for a fee of 600,000,000 Modern drachma, drachmas. There he played alongside Demis Nikolaidis, Vasilios Tsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Krommidas
Vassilis Krommidas (, born July 4, 1970, in Thessaloniki) is a triathlete and coach from Greece best known for competing at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. Krommidas is a graduate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a degree in Physical Education and Sports Sciences. He started his competitive career as a swimmer at the age of ten and later became a member of the Greek national swimming team. He took up triathlon in 1989. Throughout his career he posted numerous top finishes in various distance races. He was a member of the Greek national triathlon team for several years and has won the Greek Triathlon Championship a record eleven times. In the early years of his career Krommidas competed mostly in long distances. He took 17th place at the 1994 Ironman World Championship The Ironman World Championship is a triathlon held annually in Hawaii, United States from 1978 to 2022, with no race in 2020 and an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organized by the Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilios Koutsianikoulis
Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (; born 9 August 1988) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left winger or an attacking midfielder for Gamma Ethniki club Kavala. Club career Early years Koutsianikoulis began his football career at his local amateur club Iraklis Chalkis, at the time playing in the Delta Ethniki, the fourth tier of the Greek football league system. His performances drew the attention of Greece U-19 coach Nikos Nioplias, who arranged for his first international call-up as well as sending him on a trial period at his former club OFI in April 2007. Koutsianikoulis played a single pre-season friendly game with OFI against local rival Ergotelis. As OFI coach at the time Reiner Maurer had second thoughts on signing Koutsianikoulis on his outfit, Ergotelis, who were impressed with his performance during that friendly approached the player and signed him instead. Ergotelis Koutsianikoulis debuted for Ergotelis during the 2007–08 Superleague season, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilios Kotronias
Vasilios Kotronias (; first name sometimes spelled ''Vassilios''; born 25 August 1964) is a Greek chess player and writer. He is a ten-time Greek champion (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014). Kotronias was awarded the titles of International Master in 1986 and Grandmaster in 1990 by FIDE. He was the first Greek chess player to become a Grandmaster. Between 1998 and 2004, he represented Cyprus, but has since switched federations to become a Greek national player once again. International tournament record *1st 1988 Athens ( Acropolis International) *1st 1993 Komotini *1st 1993 Corfu *1st 1994 Gausdal *1st 1995 Gausdal *1st 1996 Rishon le Zion *1st 1998 Panormo * 1st 2003 Gibraltar Chess Festival (jointly with Nigel Short) * equal 1st 2003/04 Hastings International Chess Congress * equal first at 2008 Cappelle-la-Grande Open * 1st 2020 Ikaros Chess Festival Most played openings Team events In team chess, he has participated in many Chess Olympiads s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilis Konstantinou
Vasilis Konstantinou (; born 19 November 1947) is a former Greek football goalkeeper whose career spanned three decades: the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He also served as president of FC Panathinaikos from 2017 to 2019. Club career Born in Marousi, Konstantinou played football for Panathinaikos' youth team before becoming the back-up goalkeeper and under study of Takis Ikonomopoulos. He filled in successfully for his "mentor" when the situation called for it as was the case in the European Cup semi-finals against Red Star Belgrade (3-0) which sent PAO to the final. Eventually, Konstantinou became the first-team's keeper, a position he held until the 1983 season. He ended his career in 1984, playing for OFI. In the summer of 1973 he played abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto Homer. International career Konstantinou was capped 28 times with Greece. He was the keeper for Greece for the UEFA Euro 1980 Final. Honours ;Panathinaikos *Alpha Ethniki: 1964–65, 1968– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vassilis Kikilias
Vasilis Kikilias (; born 15 May 1974) is a Greek politician, currently Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy in the second cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament for New Democracy in the Athens A constituency. He is also a retired professional basketball player who played for Panionios B.C., Ionikos Nikaias B.C., AEK B.C., Apollon Patras B.C. and the Greece men's national basketball team. Basketball career Kikilias started his basketball career with Panionios BC and Ionikos Nikaias, and he then moved to AEK Athens. He was a member of the AEK team that won the 2000 "Saporta" European Champion Cup and the 2002 Greek Basketball A1 League. He was also a member of the Greece National team. Basketball career achievements * Had 6 caps and scored 76 points with the Greece men's national basketball team.According to the Hellenic Basketball Federatiowebsitein Greek), Kikilias played 6 games with the Greece men's National Basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
