Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common

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given name, a variant of ''

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as

Ioannis Ioannis or Ioannes (), shortened to Giannis or Yannis (Γιάννης) is a Greek given name cognate with Johannes and John (given name), John and the Arabic name Yahya (name), Yahya . Notable people with the name include: *John I Tzimiskes, Ioannis ...

(Ιωάννης). Variants include ''Yannis'' (Also Janni), ''Iannis'', ''Yannakis'', ''Yanis'', and the rare ''Yannos'', usually found in the

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and

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. Feminine forms are Γιάννα ( Yianna, Gianna) and Ιωάννα ( Ioanna) which is the formal variant used in formal/government documents. Yannis may refer to: * Abu'l-Fath Yanis, Fatimid vizier * Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer * Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer * Yiannis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer *

Giannis Antetokounmpo Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo ( Adetokunbo; born December 6, 1994) is a Nigerian-Greek professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His size, speed, and strength have earned him the nick ...

, Greek-Nigerian basketball player * Giannis Apostolidis, Greek footballer * Yiannis Arabatzis, Greek goalkeeper *

Yannis Bakos Yannis Bakos is a professor at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. His primary area of expertise is the economic and business implications of information technology, the Internet, and online media. He is the co-founder ( ...

, economist *

Ioannis Banias Ioannis (Yannis) Banias () (27 September 1939 – 29 March 2012) was a Greece, Greek politician, and former member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Coalition of Radical Left (2007–2009). Banias was born in Melissourgoi, Arta (regional unit ...

(1939–2012), Greek politician *

Yannis Behrakis Yannis Behrakis (; 29 August 1960 – 2 March 2019) was a Greek photojournalist and a Senior editor with Reuters. Biography Yannis Behrakis was born in 1960 in Athens, Greece. He studied photography in the Athens School of Arts and Technology ...

, Greek photojournalist * Giannis Bezos, Greek actor and director * Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player * Yannis Brown, composer *

Yiannis Carras John Constantine Carras (; 1907–1989) was a Greek shipping magnate, grandson of captain and sailing-ship owner Ioannis I. Carras from Kardamyla of Chios. Early life John Carras studied economics in Lausanne and subsequently became a princip ...

, Greek shipping magnate *

Giannis Chondrogiannis Giannis Chondrogiannis or Hondrogiannis (; c. 1761–1835) was a Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence and a politician. He also worked as the bodyguard of Asimakis Zaimis, an influential Greek revolutionary and politician. B ...

, Greek politician *

Jani Christou Jani Christou (, ''Giánnīs Chrī́stou''; 8 or 9 January 1926 – 8 January 1970) was a Greek composer. Biography There is some disagreement about Christou's birth, the date of which is given by some authorities as 8 January; while others stat ...

, Greek composer *

Giannis Chrysafis Giannis Chrysafis (; born 16 March 1981) is a Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Gr ...

, Greek footballer *

Ioannis Damanakis Ioannis Damanakis (Greek: Ιωάννης Δαμανάκης; born 2 October 1952) is a retired Greek footballer. Career Damanakis began his career with Chania before transferring to PAOK FC after six years. He played in 242 league games for PAO ...

, Greek footballer *

Giannis Dragasakis Yannis Dragasakis (; born 1 January 1947) is a Greek politician and who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 27 January to 28 August 2015 and 23 September 2015 to 8 July 2019. He is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Coalition ...

, Greek politician *

Yiannis Dritsas Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greek given name, a variant of '' John'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as Ioannis (Ιωάνν ...

, the inventor of Greek instant frappé *

Yiannis Eitziridis Iovan Tsaous (, from the Turkish word , meaning "sergeant") (1893–1942), was a Greek musician and composer of rebetiko songs from Pontus. His real name was Yiannis Eitziridis or Etseiridis ( or ). He played the saz. Biography Tsaous was bor ...

, Greek musician *

Giannis Fysekis Giannis Fysekis (; born 10 October 1985) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ginásio Clube Alcobaça. Career Fysekis has been playing in the lower divisions of Greek football with P.A.O.N.E. since June 2010. Fro ...

, Greek footballer *

Giannis Gagaloudis Ioannis "Gaga" Gagaloudis (alternate spellings: Yannis, Giannis, Gagaloudes, Gkagkaloudis) (; born August 22, 1978) is a Greek professional basketball player for Esperos Kallitheas B.C. of the Greek B Basket League. He is 1.92 m (6 ft 3 in ...

, Greek basketball player * Giannis Galanakis, Greek entrepreneur and inventor of Greek artisan prosciutto * Giannis Galitsios, Greek footballer * Giannis Georgallis, Greek basketball player * Giannis Giannoulis, Greek-Canadian basketball player * Giannis Gionakis, Greek actor * Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer * Ioannis Gounaris, Greek footballer * Yiannis Grivas, Greek judge * Ioannis Hatzidakis, Greek mathematician * Yannis Hotzeas, Greek communist thinker *

Yanni Yiannis Chryssomallis (; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni ( ), is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer. Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child, blending jazz, clas ...

(Yiánnis Hryssomállis), Greek composer, keyboardist * Giannis Iliopoulos, Greek basketball player * Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician * Giannis Kalambokis, Greek basketball player * Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer * Giannis Katemis, Greek footballer * Yannis Kondos, Greek poet *

Yannis Kontos Yannis Kontos () (born 1971) is a Greek documentary photographer, professor of photography and commercial photographer. He has covered major events for over a decade in more than 50 countries. His work has been published in newspapers, magazines, a ...

, Greek photojournalist * Yiannis Koskiniatis, Greek footballer *

Yiannis Kouros Yiannis Kouros (, ; born 13 February 1956 in Tripoli, Kingdom of Greece) is a Greek ultramarathon runner based in Greece. Kouros holds or formerly held many world records between 100 miles and 1,000 miles. In 1991, he starred as Pheidippid ...

, Greek ultramarathon runner * Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and football manager * Giannis Kyriakopoulos, Greek basketball player *

Yiannis Latsis Ioannis "Yiannis" Latsis (; 14 September 1910 – 17 April 2003), also known as John Spyridon Latsis, was a Greek shipping multi-billionaire business magnate notable for his great wealth, influential friends, and charitable activities. The year ...

, Greek shipping tycoon * Giannis Liourdis, Greek footballer * Yannis Makriyannis, Greek General * Yannis Manakis, Greek photographer * Giannis Maniatis, Greek footballer * Yannis Margaritis, Greek theater director *

Giannis Markopoulos Yannis Markopoulos (; 18 March 1939 – 10 June 2023) was a Greek composer. Biography Early life and education Yannis Markopoulos was born in 1939 in Heraklion, Crete. Born into one of the old families of the island — his father was an atto ...

, Greek composer * Giannis Mihalopoulos, Greek actor * Giannis Milonas, Greek basketball player * Yiannis Moralis, Greek artist * Yiannis N. Moschovakis, Greek theorist * Yiannis Okkas, Cypriot footballer * Yannis Pala, Swiss footballer * Yiannis Papadopoulos, Greek footballer * Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer * Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek politician * Yannis Pappas, Greek-American Transsexual Comedian and Podcaster. Best-selling books include “Maurica’s Foggy Bottom: A Witch Hazel Journey”, “Chrissy and Me: A Guide To Ordering For The Table”, and “I’m It, You’re It, Das It!” * Yiannis Parios, Greek singer * Giannis Pasas, Greek footballer * Yiannis Patilis, Greek poet * Yannis Pathiakakis Stadium, Greek stadium * Giannis Pechlivanis, Greek footballer * Yiannis Pharmakis, Greek leader * Yannis Philippakis, Guitarist and lead singer of ''Foals'' * Giannis Ploutarhos, Greek singer * Yiannis Poulakas, Greek painter and stage designer * Giannis Poulopoulos, Greek singer * Yannis Psycharis, Greek author and philologist * Yiannis Psychopedis, Greek art movement * Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet * Yannis Salibur, French footballer * Ioannis Samaras, Greek footballer * Giannis Sampson, Cypriot footballer * Yannis K. Semertzidis, Greek physicist * Giannis Sfakianakis, Greek footballer * Giannis Sioutis, Greek basketball player * Yiannis Skarimbas, Greek writer * Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer * Yannis Smaragdis, Greek film director * Giannis Sotirhos, Greek footballer * Yiannis Spyropoulos, Greek painter * Yannis Stavrou, Greek painter * Yannis Tafer, French footballer * Yannis Takerboucht, French footballer * Yannis Tamtakos, Greek political activist * Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer * Yianis Tomaras, Greek footballer * Yiannis Tridimas, Greek long-distance runner * Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter * Giannis Valaoras, Greek footballer * Giannis Valinakis, Greek politician * Giannis Vardinogiannis, Greek businessman *

Yanis Varoufakis Ioannis Georgiou "Yanis" Varoufakis (; born 24 March 1961) is a Greek economist and politician. Since 2018, he has been Secretary-General of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), a left-wing pan-European political party he co-founde ...

, Greek economist * Yannis Varveris, Greek poet * Giannis Vogiatzis, Greek actor * Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer * Yiannis Xipolitas, Cypriot footballer * Yannis Xirotiris, Greek educator * Yannis Yfantis, Greek writer and poet * Giannis Zapropoulos, Greek footballer * Giannis Zaradoukas, Greek footballer * Yanis (singer), full name Yanis Sahraoui, French singer-songwriter formerly known as Sliimy * Yanis C. Yortsos, current Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California * Yanis Kanidis (1930–2004), a Greek-Russian physical education teacher * Yanis Papassarantis (born 1988), a Belgian football player of Greek origin * Yanis Smits, a Latvian theologian active against the Soviet rule over Latvia during 1956–1976

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