Giorgos, Yiorgos or Yorgos () is a common abbreviation of the given name
Georgios Georgios (, , ) is a Ancient Greek, Greek name derived from the word ''georgos'' (, , "farmer" lit. "earth-worker"). The word ''georgos'' (, ) is a compound (linguistics), compound of ''ge'' (, , "earth", "soil") and ''ergon'' (, , "task", "underta ...
. Notable people with the name include:
Persons
Giorgos
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Giorgos Aftias, Greek journalist and politician
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Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Alkaios, pop musician and singer
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Giorgos Anatolakis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Angelopoulos, Greek businessman and billionaire
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Giorgos Apostolidis, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Arvanitis (born 1941), Greek cinematographer
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Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Bartzokas, Greek basketball coach
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Giorgos Batis, Greek rebetiko musician
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Giorgos Dedes, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Diamantopoulos, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos (born 1952), Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament
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Giorgos Donis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Economides, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and manager
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Giorgos Fotakis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Gavriilidis
Giorgos Gavriilidis (Greek: Γιώργος Γαβριηλίδης; 1908 – 23 July 1982) was a Greece, Greek actor.
He was the husband of Marika Krevata (1910 - 14 September 1994). He was marked out from the theatre and played roles in many co ...
(1906–1982), Greek actor
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Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer
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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 ...
(died 1821), Greek revolutionary leader
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Giorgos Iacovou, Cypriot diplomat and politician
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Giorgos Kalaitzis
Georgios Kalaitzis (also spelled Giorgos; ; born August 29, 1976) is a Greek basketball coach and former professional player, who last served as the youth academy head coach for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Dur ...
, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Kapoutzidis
Giorgos Kapoutzidis ( Greek Γιώργος Καπουτζίδης; , Serres) is a Greek screenwriter and actor. He is the creator of the critically successful television
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting ...
, Greek scriptwriter and actor
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Giorgos Karagounis
Georgios Karagkounis (; born 6 March 1977), known as Giorgos Karagounis (), is a Greeks, Greek former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder.
In his club career, Karagounis played for Panathinaikos F.C., Pana ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Karagoutis
Georgios Karagkoutis (alternate spellings: Giorgos, Karagoutis) () (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 could play at both the small forward an ...
, Greek basketball player
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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 ...
, Greek-American basketball player
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Giorgos Katsaros
Giorgos Katsaros () (born on 7 March 1934 in Corfu) is a noted Greek people, Greek musician and songwriter. He plays the alto saxophone. He has made a variety of recordings, collaborating amongst others with Greek people, Greek musical composers ...
(born 1934), Greek musician and composer
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Giorgos Kolokithas
Giorgos Kolokithas (alternate spelling: ''Georgios'' and ''Kolokythas''; ; November 2, 1945 – March 2, 2013) was a Greek professional basketball player. He is considered to have been one of the best scorers and players in Greek basketball histo ...
, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Koltzos
Giorgos Koltzos (; 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 and joined the club's professional team in July 1993. He would spend ...
, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Konstadinou (born 1934), Greek actor and director
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Giorgos Kostikos, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Kyriakakis (born 1967), Greek musician
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Giorgos Markopoulos, Greek poet
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Giorgos Mazonakis, Greek pop singer
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Giorgos Merkis, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Mitsibonas, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Nicolaou, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Ninios, Greek actor
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Giorgos Paligiorgos, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Panagi, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Papasideris (1902–1977), Greek country singer, composer and lyricist
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Giorgos Patis, Greek badminton player
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Giorgos Pelagias, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Poniros, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Samaras, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Savvidis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971), Greek writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate
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Giorgos Siantos, Greek resistance member and politician
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Giorgos Sideris, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Sigalas, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Skartados, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Stamatis, Greek politician
* Giorgos Sterianopoulos, Greek businessman
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Giorgos Theodoridis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Theodotou, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Theofanous (born 1968), Cypriot-Greek composer
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Giorgos Tofas, Cypriot footballer
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Giorgos Toursounidis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Toussas, Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament
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Giorgos Tsalikis, Greek pop singer
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Giorgos Tsiaras, Greek basketball player
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Giorgos Tzavelas, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Tzavellas, Greek film director and screenwriter
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Giorgos Vaitsis, Greek footballer
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Giorgos Vassilakopoulos, President of FIBA Europe
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Giorgos Velentzas, Greek actor
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Giorgos Zampetas, Greek songwriter and musician
Yiorgos
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Yiorgos Batis (1885–1967), Greek musician, influential in rebetiko music
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Yiorgos Caralambo, camel driver hired by US Army in 1856 for the Camel Corps experiment in the Southwest
*Yiorgos Depollas, Greek photographer
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Yiorgos Magoulas, Greek composer and guitarist
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Yiorgos Vardinogiannis, Greek shipowner and businessman, former owner and president of the Panathinaikos football club
Yorgos
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Yorgos Avgeropoulos (born 1971), Greek journalist and documentary filmmaker
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Yorgos Dalaras, Greek Singer
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Yorgos Foudoulis (born 1964), Greek classical guitarist and composer
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Yorgos Kypris (born 1954), Cypriot sculptor
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Yorgos Lanthimos (born 1973), Greek filmmaker and theatre director
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Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Greek film editor
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Yorgos Vrasivanopoulos (1924–1998), Greek actor
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
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George (given name)
George () is a masculine given name derived from the Greek language, Greek Georgios (; , ). The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr, Saint George (died 23 April 303), a member of the Praetorian Guard who was s ...
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