Paraskevopoulos ( el, Παρασκευόπουλος, "son of
Paraskevas") is a
Greek surname
In the modern world, Greeks names are the personal names among people of Greek language and culture generally consist of a given name and a family name.
History
Ancient Greeks generally had a single name, often qualified with a patronymic, a cl ...
with the feminine form being Paraskevopoulou (Παρασκευοπούλου). It is the surname of:
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Georgios Paraskevopoulos
Georgios Paraskevopoulos ( el, Γεώργιος Παρασκευόπουλος) was a Greek cyclist. He participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Paraskevopoulos competed in the 12 hour race and the road race. According to the data ...
, Greek cyclist
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Ioannis Paraskevopoulos
Ioannis Paraskevopoulos ( el, Ιωάννης Παρασκευόπουλος) (25 December 1900 – 8 April 1984), was a Greece, Greek banker and politician who served twice as interim Prime Minister of Greece during the 1960s. He was born in Lavda ...
(1900–1984), Greek banker and interim Prime Minister of Greece
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John S. Paraskevopoulos
John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos (June 20, 1889 – March 15, 1951) also known as John Paras, was a Greek/South African astronomer. He was born in Piraeus, Greece and graduated from the University of Athens, where he obtained his PhD in Physics ...
(1889–1961), Greek–South African astronomer
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Leonidas Paraskevopoulos
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos ( el, Λεωνίδας Παρασκευόπουλος; 7 October 1860 – 16 May 1936) was a senior officer of the Hellenic Army and politician. He played a major role in Greece's war effort during World War I, and was th ...
(1860–1936), Greek general and politician
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Nikos Paraskevopoulos
Nikos Paraskevopoulos ( gr, Νίκος Παρασκευόπουλος) is a Greek criminologist who
is a former Greek Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights. He was a Professor of criminal law at the Aristotle University of Thessa ...
, Greek criminologist and Minister of Justice.
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Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos
Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos ( el, Παναγιώτης Παρασκευόπουλος, 1875 – 8 July 1956) was a Greek athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, and the 1900 Summer Olympics held in Paris. He was born in Go ...
(1875–1956), Greek athlete
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Zoi Paraskevopoulou
Zoi Paraskevopoulou ( gr, Ζωή Παρασκευοπούλου) is a Greek archer who participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. She was eliminated in the first round in the individual event. She paired up with Gregor Rajh ...
, Greek archer
See also
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5298 Paraskevopoulos
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...
asteroid, named after John S. Paraskevopoulos.
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Paraskevopoulos (crater)
Paraskevopoulos is an old lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, in the higher northern latitudes. It lies just to the southwest of the younger and somewhat larger crater Carnot. To the southwest is the smaller crater S ...
on the far side of the Moon, named after John S. Paraskevopoulos.
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