Thanasis (Θανάσης) is a Greek given name, short for

Athanasios Athanasios ( el, Αθανάσιος), also transliterated as Athnasious, Athanase or Atanacio, is a Greek male name which means "immortal". In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (Θάνος), ...

(Αθανάσιος), which can mean "eternal life" or "immortal". Notable people with the name Thanasis or Thanassis include: *

Thanasis Antetokounmpo Athanasios Rotimi "Thanasis" Antetokounmpo, (born Adetokunbo; July 18, 1992) is a Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at 6 feet and 7 inches, he plays the ...

(born 1992), Greek basketball player *

Thanasis Giannakopoulos Thanasis Giannakopoulos (Greek: Θανάσης Γιαννακόπουλος; 1930/31 – 19 March 2019) was a Greek businessman, and a one-time pro sports club owner. The Giannakopoulos family has a combined estimated net worth as per their coll ...

(born 1931), Greek businessman *

Thanasis Kanoulas Athanasios 'Thanasis' Kanoulas ( el, Αθανάσιος 'Θανάσης' Κανούλας; born 19 February 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Gamma Ethniki club Kozani. Career Kanoulas started his care ...

(born 1992), Greek football player *

Thanasis Kaproulias Thanasis Kaproulias is an audio artist who creates noise music under the name of Novi_sad. Life and work Thanasis Kaproulias was born in Greece in 1980. He graduated from the Economic University of Piraues and lives and works in Athens, Greece. ...

(born 1980), audio artist who creates noise music under the name of Novi_sad *

Thanassis Lefas Lefas is the brand name of the motorcycles, engines and other systems created by the Greek engineer Thanassis Lefas. Lefas was a brilliant engineer who devoted his career in improving the motorcycle design, but not nearly as good an entreprene ...

, 20th and 21st century motorcycle engineer *

Thanasis Kolitsidakis Thanasis Kolitsidakis ( el, Θανάσης Κολιτσιδάκης, born 21 November 1966) is a Greek former football defender and later manager. Career Kolitsidakis played most of his career for Apollon Smyrnis, Panathinaikos FC and OFI Cre ...

(born 1966), Greek former footballer *

Thanasis Lightbridge . Thanasis Lightbridge was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1978. He is a Greek keyboard player/composer best known as the founder of electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather ...

(born 1978), Greek keyboard player and composer, founder of electronica art metal band

Dol Ammad Dol Ammad is a heavy metal band formed in 2000 by Greek keyboard player Thanasis Lightbridge. Dol Ammad is characterizeded with instrumentation which layers conventional metal instrumentation (bass, drums, and electric guitar), synthesizers, an ...

Thanasis Pafilis Athanasios Pafilis (Greek: Αθανάσιος Παφίλης) (born 8 November 1954) is a Greek communist politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament and member of the central committee of the Communist Party of Greece. He is also the General S ...

(born 1954), Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament *

Thanasis Paleologos Thanasis Paleologos (Greek: Θανάσης Παλαιολόγος; born 14 July 1977) is a Greek professional football defender who plays for Iraklis Psachna in the Football League (Greece). Career Born in Chalcis Chalcis ( ; Ancient Gree ...

(born 1977), Greek footballer *

Thanasis Papakonstantinou Athanasios "Thanasis" Papakonstantinou ( el, Αθανάσιος (Θανάσης) Παπακωνσταντίνου; born 26 April 1959) is a Greek singer-songwriter. Short biography He is married, with two children. Papakonstantinou studied mecha ...

(born 1959), Greek singer-songwriter *

Thanasis Papazoglou Athanasios Papazoglou ( el, Αθανάσιος Παπάζογλου; born 30 March 1988), commonly known as Thanasis Papazoglou, is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Gamma Ethniki club Thermaikos. Club career Aris Pa ...

(born 1988), Greek footballer *

Thanasis Sentementes Thanasis Sentementes ( el, Θανάσης Σεντεμέντες) is a Greek footballer currently signed to Kerkyra F.C. Kerkyra FC, also known as AO Kerkyra ( el, Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κέρκυρα - Athlitikos Omilos Kerkyra), ...

(born 1975), Greek footballer *

Thanassis Skordalos Thanassis Skordalos ( el, Θανάσης Σκορδαλός; born 10 December 1920 – 23 April 1998) was a musician from Crete, noted for playing the lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular surviving form of the medieval Byz ...

(1920–1998), Cretan musician *

Thanassis Stephopoulos Thanassis Stephopoulos (Greek: Θανάσης Στεφόπουλος, 1 June 1928 – 29 December 2012) was one of Greece's most important 20th-century painters, teachers and philosophers of art. He was famous for his works, representing a genre ...

(1928–2012), Greek artist *

Thanassis Tsakiris Athanassios "Thanasis" Tsakiris ( el, Αθανάσιος "Θανάσης" Τσακίρης) (born 15 January 1965 in Drama, Greece) is a Greek biathlete and cross-country skier. He competed for Greece at five Olympics in 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, and ...

(born 1965), biathlete and cross-country skier *

Thanasis Veggos Thanasis Veggos (alternatively spelt Thanassis and/or Vengos; Greek: Θανάσης Βέγγος; pronounced: ''Thanássis Véngos''; 29 May 19273 May 2011) was a Greek actor and director born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus. He performed in around 130 fil ...

(1927–2011), Greek actor

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