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Yiannis Dritsas
Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greek given name, a variant of '' John'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as Ioannis (Ιωάννης). Variants include ''Yannis'' (Also Janni), ''Iannis'', ''Yannakis'', ''Yanis'', and the rare ''Yannos'', usually found in the Peloponnese and Cyprus. Feminine forms are Γιάννα ( Yianna, Gianna) and Ιωάννα ( Ioanna) which is the formal variant used in formal/government documents. Yannis may refer to: * Abu'l-Fath Yanis, Fatimid vizier * Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer * Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer * Yiannis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer *Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek-Nigerian basketball player * Giannis Apostolidis, Greek footballer * Yiannis Arabatzis, Greek goalkeeper *Yannis Bakos, economist * Ioannis Banias (1939–2012), Greek politician *Yannis Behrakis, Greek photojournalist * Giannis Bezos, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannis Behrakis
Yannis Behrakis (; 29 August 1960 – 2 March 2019) was a Greek photojournalist and a Senior editor with Reuters. Biography Yannis Behrakis was born in 1960 in Athens, Greece. He studied photography in the Athens School of Arts and Technology and received his BA (Honours) from Middlesex University. He worked as a studio photographer in Athens in 1985–86. In 1987 he started a working relation as a contractor for Reuters and in late 1988 he was offered a staff job with the agency based in Athens. His first foreign assignment was in Libya in January 1989. Since then he documented a variety of events including the funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran, the changes in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, Chechnya, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afghanistan, Lebanon, the first and second Gulf wars in Iraq, the Arab Spring in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, the war in Donbas, the NATO bombing of ISIS in Kobane, Syria, the Greek government-debt crisis and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Gagaloudis
Ioannis "Gaga" Gagaloudis (alternate spellings: Yannis, Giannis, Gagaloudes, Gkagkaloudis) (; born August 22, 1978) is a Greek professional basketball player for Esperos Kallitheas B.C. of the Greek B Basket League. He is 1.92 m (6 ft 3 in) tall and 86 kg (190 lbs.) in weight. Born in Athens, Greece, he can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career Greece Born in Kypseli, Athens in 1978, Gagaloudis started his career with Palaio Faliro. In 1999, he moved to the Greek top-tier level GBL team Dafni, where he stayed for two seasons. Gagaloudis won the 2003 FIBA EuroCup Challenge with Aris, and a Greek Basket League championship with Panathinaikos, in 2004. With PAOK, Gagaloudis averaged 12.9 points, 1.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.8 steals per game, in the 2nd-tier level European-wide league, the EuroCup, during the 2004–05 season. After 2 years with PAOK, and following contract offers from Italian and Spanish teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Fysekis
Giannis Fysekis (; born 10 October 1985) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ginásio Clube Alcobaça. Career Fysekis has been playing in the lower divisions of Greek football with P.A.O.N.E. since June 2010. From January through June 2010, he played for Greek second division side Panserraikos F.C. Before that, he had played for P.A.O.N.E. in the Greek Gamma Ethniki The Gamma Ethniki (, C National Division) is the Greek football league system, third highest football league in Greece. History The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 1983 it was changed to professional. Although no .... For the 2007–08 season, Fysekis was loaned out by AEK Athens F.C. to the Greek Third Division club, Anagennisi Karditsa, and then to the Greek Third Division Club, PAE AS Lamia. He was later loaned out to Apollon Kalamarias F.C. during the 2008–09 season. On 16 June 2009, Giannnis Fysekis' contract with AEK was terminated [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiannis Eitziridis
Iovan Tsaous (, from the Turkish word , meaning "sergeant") (1893–1942), was a Greek musician and composer of rebetiko songs from Pontus. His real name was Yiannis Eitziridis or Etseiridis ( or ). He played the saz. Biography Tsaous was born in 1893 in Kastamonu on Turkey's Black Sea coast. As a citizen of the Ottoman Empire, he completed his military service in the Ottoman army, attaining the rank of sergeant. After the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), he came to Greece as a refugee and settled in Piraeus. He worked initially as a tailor for some years, before opening an ouzeri. He and his wife died in 1942 of food poisoning during the famine caused by the Nazi-Fascist occupation during WWII. Much of the information on his life comes from descendants of his sister-in-law. Instruments Yovan Tsaous is particularly noted for the unique instruments he played. They were custom-built for him in Piraeus by the luthier Kyriakos Peismatoglou, and differed in one important respect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiannis Dritsas
Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greek given name, a variant of '' John'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as Ioannis (Ιωάννης). Variants include ''Yannis'' (Also Janni), ''Iannis'', ''Yannakis'', ''Yanis'', and the rare ''Yannos'', usually found in the Peloponnese and Cyprus. Feminine forms are Γιάννα ( Yianna, Gianna) and Ιωάννα ( Ioanna) which is the formal variant used in formal/government documents. Yannis may refer to: * Abu'l-Fath Yanis, Fatimid vizier * Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer * Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer * Yiannis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer *Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek-Nigerian basketball player * Giannis Apostolidis, Greek footballer * Yiannis Arabatzis, Greek goalkeeper *Yannis Bakos, economist * Ioannis Banias (1939–2012), Greek politician *Yannis Behrakis, Greek photojournalist * Giannis Bezos, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Dragasakis
Yannis Dragasakis (; born 1 January 1947) is a Greek politician and who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 27 January to 28 August 2015 and 23 September 2015 to 8 July 2019. He is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) for the Athens B constituency. Early life and education Dragasakis was born in the village of Anatoli, Lasithi, Crete. He studied political science and economics in Greece and at London School of Economics and has worked as an economist, researcher and business advisor for different companies in Europe. He was a member of the mission of the Greek Parliament in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Political career He was a prominent member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece until 1991 when he resigned to join Synaspismos, and became one of their founding members. He later became a member of Syriza. Dragas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannis Damanakis
Ioannis Damanakis (Greek: Ιωάννης Δαμανάκης; born 2 October 1952) is a retired Greek footballer. Career Damanakis began his career with Chania before transferring to PAOK FC after six years. He played in 242 league games for PAOK and won the Alpha Ethniki championship in 1985. He earned 24 caps and scored 1 goal for the Greece national football team, and he participated in UEFA Euro 1980 The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship finals tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first European Championship to feature eight teams .... External links * 1952 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's international footballers Makedonikos F.C. players PAOK FC players UEFA Euro 1980 players Super League Greece players AO Chania F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Chania 20th-century Greek sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Chrysafis
Giannis Chrysafis (; born 16 March 1981) is a Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ... footballer, currently playing for AO Potamia in Gamma Ethniki. References External links *Myplayer Profile 1981 births Living people Greek men's footballers OFI Crete F.C. players Paniliakos F.C. players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players Egaleo F.C. players Panthrakikos F.C. players Panetolikos F.C. players Trikala F.C. players Panachaiki F.C. players Ionikos F.C. players Panegialios F.C. players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Greek sportsmen {{Greece-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jani Christou
Jani Christou (, ''Giánnīs Chrī́stou''; 8 or 9 January 1926 – 8 January 1970) was a Greek composer. Biography There is some disagreement about Christou's birth, the date of which is given by some authorities as 8 January; while others state 9 January. Most sources agree that he was born in Heliopolis, Egypt, though one states he was born in Alexandria, and it has recently been reported that a birth certificate has been found stating that the composer was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, though this certificate is suspected of being a forgery. His parents were Eleutherios Christou, a Greek industrialist and chocolate manufacturer, and Lilika Tavernari, of Cypriot origin. He was educated at the English School in Alexandria and he took his first piano lessons from various teachers and from the important Greek pianist Gina Bachauer. In 1948 he gained an MA in philosophy after having studied with Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell in King's College, Cambridge. During that tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Chondrogiannis
Giannis Chondrogiannis or Hondrogiannis (; c. 1761–1835) was a Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence and a politician. He also worked as the bodyguard of Asimakis Zaimis, an influential Greek revolutionary and politician. Biography The leading figures of the Greek War of Independence had scheduled the Greek Revolution for March 25; however, without them knowing it, on March 15, 1821, Chondrogiannis asked permission from the revolutionary Asimakis Zaimis to ambush Ottoman tax collector Seidis Laliotis, Greek banker Nikolaos Tampakopoulos, and his secretary Nikolaos Giannakopoulos at Chelonospilia, a place at the village Lykouria, near Kalavryta, in order to confiscate the money they were transferring to Tripolis. The next day, Chondrogiannis and his six children attacked the Turkish delegation, but failed to capture or inflict harm on Seidis and Tampakopoulos, who escaped. Among the ones they managed to capture was Giannakopoulos, from whom they took some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiannis Carras
John Constantine Carras (; 1907–1989) was a Greek shipping magnate, grandson of captain and sailing-ship owner Ioannis I. Carras from Kardamyla of Chios. Early life John Carras studied economics in Lausanne and subsequently became a principal in the London office of Angelos Lusi CBE. Career After the Second World War John Carras received one of the 100 Liberty vessels allotted by the US to Greece. The company A. Lusi Ltd. was renamed to J.C. Carras Sons (Shipbrokers) Ltd. in 1955, which he founded with his father, Michael Carras, and subsequently took delivery of various newbuildings from British, Yugoslav and Japanese shipyards. Carras was the first shipowner in the world who ordered and took delivery of a Japanese ship built for export after the war. Delivery of the tanker Tini in 1952 ordered from Hitachi, marked the start of a huge influx of Greek business for Japan's nascent shipbuilding industry. In the late 1960s the fleet of the J. C. Carras group of companies at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |