Sotirios () or Sotiris () is a male

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of Greek origin, meaning "salvation" (, ). Sotiria () is the female version of the name. It's equivalent of "Salvatore" in Italian and "Salvador" in Spanish. It may refer to:

People

Politicians and statespersons

* Sotirios Hatzigakis (born 1944), Greek politician and former government minister * Sotiris Kouvelas (born 1936), Greek politician and former government minister * Sotirios Krokidas (1852–1924), former Prime Minister of Greece *

Sotirios Sotiropoulos Sotirios Sotiropoulos (; 1831–1898) was a Greek economist and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Greece. Biography Sotiropoulos was born in Nafplio in 1831. He went to Athens to study law at the University of Athens, but was for ...

(1831–1898), former Prime Minister of Greece

Writers and journalists

* Soterios Johnson Greek-American radio journalist, host of

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's Morning Addition for the New York City area on

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* Sotiris Kakisis (born 1954), Greek poet, translator, journalist, lyricist and screenwriter * Sotiris Trivizas (born 1960), Greek poet, essayist and translator

Musicians

Sotiria Bellou Sotiria Bellou () (August 22, 1921 – August 27, 1997) was a Greek singer and performer of the ''rebetiko'' style of music. She was one of the most famous ''rebetisa'' of all, mentioned in many music guides, and a contributor to the 1984 Briti ...

(1921–1997), Greek singer and performer of the Greek

rebetiko Rebetiko (, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used to designate previously disparate kinds of urban Greek music which in the 1930s went through a process of musical syncretism and develope ...

style of music * Sotis Volanis Greek singer

Actors

* Sotiris Moustakas (1940–2007), Greek comic actor born in

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Sportspersons

* Sotiris Balafas (born 1986), Greek footballer *

Sotiris Kaiafas Sotirios Kaiafas ( Greek: Σωτήριος Καϊάφας; born 17 December 1949) is a retired Cypriot footballer who is considered to be the best footballer that Cyprus has ever produced. He played for Omonia and Cyprus. During his career at ...

(born 1949), retired Cypriot footballer * Sotirios Kyrgiakos (born 1979), Greek footballer * Sotiris Leontiou (born 1984), Greek footballer *

Sotiris Liberopoulos Sotiris Liberopoulos (; born 29 June 1977) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Club career Sotiris Liberopoulos was born in Filiatra in western Messinia ...

, Greek footballer * Sotirios Moutsanas (born 1958), retired Greek middle distance runner * Sotiris Nikolaidis, retired Greek basketball player *

Sotiris Ninis Sotiris Ninis (; ; born 3 April 1990) is a Greek professional footballer who most recently played as an attacking midfielder or a right winger for A.E. Kifisia F.C. Ninis was formerly a member of the Greece national team. Early life Ninis wa ...

(born 1990), Greek footballer * Sotirios Versis (1879–1918), Greek weightlifter and Olympic athlete

Other people

* Sotiris Bletsas, Greek architect and Aromanian language activist *

Sotiris Kovos Sotiris Kovos is a Greek automobile designer born in Athens in 1965. He studied in Greece and the United Kingdom and became known after his design of Toyota Yaris The is a supermini/subcompact car sold by Toyota since 1999, replacing the S ...

(born 1965), Greek automobile designer * Sotirios Panopoulos (1934–2017), inventor of the

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* Sotiris Xantheas, Laboratory Fellow in the Advanced Computing, Mathematics and Data Division at

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Other uses

*''Sotirios'', a ship originally named '' Empire Piper''