Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasileios, Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis (), is a Greek given name, the origin of

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. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliterated as Basileios. It is directly descended from the word "King", . It descends from the Greek language.

People

Vassilis Alexakis Vassilis Alexakis (; 25 December 1943 – 11 January 2021) was a Greek- French writer and self-translator of numerous novels in Greek, his mother tongue, and French. Biography Alexakis, the son of actor Giannis Alexakis, was born in Greece. ...

, Greek-French writer *

Vassilis Andrianopoulos Vasilios Andrianopoulos (; 1908 – 1989) was a Greek footballer. He was Giannis Andrianopoulos' brother. Andrianopoulos started his career with Peiraikos Syndesmos FC and continued with the Athletic and Football Club of Piraeus, Olympiakos O ...

, Greek footballer * Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor *

Vasilis Avramidis Vasilis Avramidis (; born 8 April 1977) is a professional Association football, football Defender (association football), defender who plays for Makedonikos F.C. in the Gamma Ethniki. References

1977 births Living people Greek men's foot ...

, Greek footballer *

Vasilis Barkas Vasilis Cornelius Barkas (; born 30 May 1994) is a Greek professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Eredivisie club FC Utrecht, Utrecht and the Greece national football team, Gre ...

, Greek footballer *

Vasilis Bolanos Vasil Bollano (, ''Vasilis Bolanos'', born July 7, 1958) was the chairman of Omonoia and representative of the Greeks living in Albania. History In 2007, Bollano asserted that the Greek community of Albania deserved the same rights as the Alba ...

, ethnic Greek mayor of Himara, Albania *

Vassilis Borbokis Vasilios Borbokis (; born 10 February 1969) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right back. He is the younger brother of the former Greek international, Stefanos. Club career Borbokis started his career at Apollon Kalamar ...

, Greek footballer * Vasilios Dikeakos, Regional Service Lead *

Vasilis Dimitriadis Vasilis Dimitriadis (; born 1 February 1966) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Aris Dimitriadis started his professional career in 1986 at Aris. On 28 August 1988 he made his first hat-trick in a 4 ...

, Greek footballer *

Vasilis Fragkias Vassilis Fragkias (alternative spellings: Vasilis, Fragias; born 24 August 1961) is a Greece, Greek former basketball player and professional basketball coach. Playing career Fragkias played sports club, club basketball with the Greek club Zograf ...

, Greek basketball coach * Vassilis Gagatsis, president of the Hellenic Football Federation *

Vasilis Georgiadis Vasilis Georgiadis (; 12 August 1921 – 30 April 2000) was a Greek people, Greek film director and actor. His films ''The Red Lanterns'' (1963) and ''Blood on the Land'' (1966) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language F ...

, Greek film director and actor *

Vasilis Golias Vasilios Golias (Greek: Βασίλειος Γκόλιας; born 4 June 1985) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Nafpaktiakos Asteras as a left back. Career On 29 January 2019 it was announced, that Golias had joined Nafpaktiako ...

, Greek footballer *

Vassilis Hatzipanagis Vasilis Hatzipanagis (, , born 26 October 1954) is a Greek former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder for Iraklis Thessaloniki in the Greek Alpha Ethniki and Pakhtakor Tashkent in the Soviet Supreme League. He also played for G ...

, Greek footballer *

Vassilios Iliadis Vassilios Iliadis (born 18 September 1981) is a Greek judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本� ...

, Greek judoka *

Vasilios Kalogeracos Vasilios Kalogeracos (born 21 March 1975) is an Australian former soccer player. A prominent forward, Kalogeracos has played for Birmingham City and Stockport County in England, Waterford United in Ireland and Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL ...

, Australian footballer of Greek descent *

Vasili Kanidiadis Vasili Kanidiadis is a Greek-Australian television personality, best known as the host of the Channel 31 and SBS TV and Channel 7Two's gardening show, ''Vasili's Garden''. Kanidiadis grew up in Coburg in Melbourne's north. He began broadcasti ...

, Greek-Australian television personality *

Vassilis Karapialis Vassilis Karapialis (; born 13 June 1965) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Early years Born in Ambelokipoi, Larissa Karapialis started with street football, and in 1979, aged 14, he j ...

, Greek footballer *

Vasilis Karras Vasilis Karras (; born Vasilis Kesoglidis, 12 November 1953 – 24 December 2023) was a Greek laïko singer. Early life Karras was born on 12 November 1953 in Kokkinohori, Kavala, Greece, to Pontian parents. At the age of 10, his family moved ...

, Greek folk singer *

Vasilis Katsaros Vasilios Katsaros (; born 20 October 2000) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to ...

, Greek footballer *

Vassilis Kikilias Vasilis Kikilias (; born 15 May 1974) is a Greek politician, currently Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy in the second cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament for New Democracy in the Athens A ...

, Greek basketball player *

Vasilis Konstantinou Vasilis Konstantinou (; born 19 November 1947) is a former Greek football goalkeeper whose career spanned three decades: the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He also served as president of FC Panathinaikos from 2017 to 2019. Club career Born in Marousi, ...

, Greek footballer *

Vassilios Kotronias Vasilios Kotronias (; first name sometimes spelled ''Vassilios''; born 25 August 1964) is a Greek chess player and writer. He is a ten-time Greek champion (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014). Kotronias was awarded the ti ...

, Greek chess grandmaster and chess author *

Vasilios Koutsianikoulis Vasilios Koutsianikoulis (; born 9 August 1988) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left winger or an attacking midfielder for Gamma Ethniki club Kavala. Club career Early years Koutsianikoulis began his football career at his loca ...

, Greek footballer *

Vassilis Krommidas Vassilis Krommidas (, born July 4, 1970, in Thessaloniki) is a triathlete and coach from Greece best known for competing at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. Krommidas is a graduate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a degree in Phy ...

, Greek triathlete *

Vassilis Lakis Vasilios Lakis (; born 10 September 1976) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer. He was nicknamed "Turbo" for his speed when attacking along the Forward (association football)#Winger, right wing and his ability to provi ...

, Greek footballer *

Vassilis Leventis Vasileios "Vasilis" Leventis (, ; born 2 November 1951) is a Greek politician, leader of the Greek centrist party Union of Centrists () since 1992, and a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2019. Early life Vassilis Leventis is the fourth child o ...

, Greek politician and TV persona *

Vasilis Lipiridis Vassilis Lipiridis (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Lypiridis) (; born January 1, 1967, in Edessa, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, he played at the power forward position. Professional ca ...

, Greek basketball player *

Vassilis Logothetidis Vasilis Logothetidis (Greek: Βασίλης Λογοθετίδης; 1897 – 22 February 1960) was a Greek comedian. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors. Logothetidis was born as Vasilis Tavlaridis (Βασίλης ...

, Greek actor *

Vassilis Lymberis Vassilis Lymberis (; 1945 – 25 August 1972) was a Greek mass murderer who killed his wife, his two children, and his mother-in-law, by burning down his family home in January 1972. Lymberis was executed for the crime via firing squad, and was th ...

, Greek mass murderer * Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician *

Vasilis Michaelides Vasilis Michaelides (; 1849 – 18 December 1917) was a Greek Cypriot poet who is considered by many to be the national poet of Cyprus. Early life Michaelides was born in Lefkoniko 1849. In 1862, he moved to Nicosia to attend school. His first ...

, Cypriot poet * Vassilis Mitilinaios, Greek footballer *

Vasilis N. Triantafillidis Vasilis N. Triantafillidis (, 7 May 1940 – 21 May 2018), also known by his artistic nickname Harry Klynn (Χάρρυ Κλυνν), was a Greek comedian and singer. He was born in Kalamaria on 7 May 1940 to a poor family of Pontic Greek ...

, birth name of Greek comedian Harry Klynn *

Vassilis Paleokostas Vassilis Palaiokostas (; born 17 May 1966) is a Greek bank robber and fugitive known as the "Greek Robin Hood" for his habit of giving away stolen money to the poor. He twice escaped by helicopter from the Greek high-security Korydallos prison ...

, Greek fugitive criminal *

Vasilis Papakonstantinou Vasilis Papakonstantinou (Βασίλης Παπακωνσταντίνου) (born 21 June 1950) is a Greek singer known mostly for his work in Greek rock. Many of his songs have gained considerable popularity, mainly in Greece and Cyprus. Early ...

, Greek singer * Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist * Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer *

Vasilis Politis Vasilis Politis (born May 20, 1963) is a Greek philosopher and associate professor of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. He is known for his expertise on Plato and Aristotle. Politis is a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin The I ...

(born 1963), Greek philosopher *

Vassilis Rapotikas Vassilis Christou Rapotikas (1888–1943; ; ) was an Aromanian brigand and collaborationist paramilitary leader in Greece during World War II. He was among leaders of the Roman Legion of the short-lived Italian puppet state of Pindus, right ...

, ethnic Aromanian separatist and revolutionary from Greece * Vassilis Saleas, Greek musician *

Vassilis Simtsak Vassilis Symtsak (alternative spellings: Vasilis, Vasileios, Simtsak) (; (born 3 March 1981) is a Greek professional basketball coach and former player, currently an assistant coach for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the E ...

, Greek basketball player *

Vassilios Skouris Vassilios Skouris (; born 6 March 1948) is a Greek judge who was President of the European Court of Justice from 2003 to 2015. A European legal scholar, he served briefly in the government of Greece as Minister of the Interior in 1989 and again in ...

, 10th President of the European Court of Justice * Vassilis Spanakis, Greek politician *

Vassilis Spanoulis Vassilis Spanoulis (), also commonly known as Bill Spanoulis (), or Billy Spanoulis (; born 7 August 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach, who is currently the head coach for AS Monaco Basket, AS Mon ...

, Greek basketball player *

Vassilis Steriadis Vassilis Steriadis (; 1947–2003) was a Greece, Greek poet and critic. Life He studied Law at the University of Athens and Italian language, Italian at the Universita per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy. He worked as a lawyer until 2002. From 19 ...

, Greek poet and critic * Vassilis Stravopodis, Greek footballer *

Vassilis Tsabropoulos Vassilis Tsabropoulos (in Greek: Βασίλης Τσαμπρόπουλος) is a Greek pianist, conductor, and composer. As a concert pianist, he has taken the stage with many orchestras including, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Stockholm Philh ...

, Greek musician and composer *

Vasilis Torosidis Vasilis Torosidis (Greek language, Greek: Βασίλης Τοροσίδης, born 10 June 1985) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a right-back. Club career Skoda Xanthi Torosidis made his senior debut ...

, Greek footballer * Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer *

Vassilis Tsitsanis Vassilis Tsitsanis ( 18 January 1915 – 18 January 1984) was a Greek songwriter and bouzouki player. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern Rebetiko and Laiko music. Tsi ...

, Greek songwriter and musician *

Vassilis Vassili Vasilis Vasili (Greek: Βασίλης Βασίλη), born in 1964 is a Greek contemporary visual artist working primarily in sculpture. Career Vasilis Vasili studied at the School of Fine Arts in Athens, Greece, from 1992 to 1997. In 1999, h ...

, Greek sculptor *

Vassilis Vassilikos Vassilis Vassilikos (; 18 November 1933 – 30 November 2023) was a Greek writer and diplomat. According to UNESCO data, he is the 9th-most translated Modern Greek author. Biography Vassilis Vassilikos was born in Kavala on 18 November 1933. ...

, Greek writer and diplomat *

Vasilios Vatatzes Vasileios Vatatzes (; 1694 – after 1748), was a Greek figure who flourished in the 18th century. He is best remembered as a scholar, merchant, traveler, pioneer explorer and diplomat. At a young age, he settled in Moscow, from where he trave ...

, Greek scholar, merchant, traveler, pioneer explorer and diplomat * Vasilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player *

Vasilios Xydas Vasilios Xydas (, born 1877, date of death unknown) was a Greek athlete born in Athens, Greece. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. In 1896 Xydas competed in the pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track ...

, Greek pole vaulter

Places

* Agios Vasileios, a Greek village in Achaea * Agios Vasileios, a Greek village in Corinthia * St. Vasilios Church (Massachusetts)

People

Places

See also