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

Athanasios Athanasios (), 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), Sakis (Σάκης), and ...

(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 Nigerian-Greek professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At the international stage, he ...

(born 1992), Greek basketball player *

Thanasis Giannakopoulos Athanasios "Thanasis" Giannakopoulos ( Greek: Αθανάσιος «Θανάσης» Γιαννακόπουλος; 27 February 1931 – 19 March 2019) was a Greek businessman, and a one-time pro sports club owner. The Giannakopoulos family has a ...

(1931–2019), Greek businessman *

Thanasis Kanoulas Athanasios 'Thanasis' Kanoulas (; born 19 February 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League 2 club Kozani. Career Kanoulas started his career in Anagennisi Epanomi, for which he made 19 league appearan ...

(born 1992), Greek football player * Thanassis Lefas, 20th and 21st century motorcycle engineer * Thanasis Kolitsidakis (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 art metal band Dol Ammad and independent record label Electronicartmetal Records. He is also in the ...

(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, a ...

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

Thanasis Paleologos Thanasis Paleologos (; born 14 July 1977) is a Greek professional football defender who plays for Iraklis Psachna in the Football League (Greece). Career Born in Chalcis, Paleologos began playing football with Iraklis Psachna F.C. in the ...

(born 1977), Greek footballer *

Thanasis Papakonstantinou Athanasios "Thanasis" Papakonstantinou (; born 26 April 1959) is a Greek singer-songwriter. Short biography He is married, with two children. Papakonstantinou studied mechanical engineering in Thessaloniki, which he practices as well as bein ...

(born 1959), Greek singer-songwriter *

Thanasis Papazoglou Athanasios Papazoglou (; 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 Papazoglou made his professional debut for Ari ...

(born 1988), Greek footballer *

Thanasis Sentementes Thanasis Sentementes () is a Greek footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Aus ...

(born 1975), Greek footballer *

Thanassis Skordalos Thanassis Skordalos (; 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 Byzantine lyra. Skordalos was born in the ...

(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 () (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 2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and ...

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

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

(1927–2011), Greek actor

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