LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.cityofathens.gr/

Population:
750,000

Population of Athens metropolitan area, 3.7 million.

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexander	Royalty	1-Aug-1893	25-Oct-1920	King of Greece, 1917-20
Theo Angelopoulos	Film Director	17-Apr-1935	24-Jan-2012	Ulysses' Gaze
Costas Caramanlis	Head of State	14-Sep-1956		Prime Minister of Greece, 2004-09
Tom Carvel	Business	14-Jul-1906	21-Oct-1990	Fudgie The Whale, Cookie Puss
Constantine I	Royalty	2-Aug-1868	11-Jan-1923	King of Greece, 1913-17 and 1920-22
Constantine II	Royalty	2-Jun-1940		King of Greece, 1964-73
Cratinus	Playwright	c. 520 BC	c. 423 BC	Athenian comic poet
Demades	Diplomat	c. 380 BC	319 BC	Brokered Macedonian/Athenian peace
Demochares	Politician	c. 355 BC	275 BC	Athenian orator and statesman
Demosthenes	Author	384 BC	12-Oct-322 BC	Attic orator and statesman
Euripides	Playwright	c. 484 BC	406 BC	Medea
George II	Royalty	20-Jul-1890	1-Apr-1947	King of Greece, 1922-24 and 1935-47
St. Giles	Religion	fl. 6th c. AD	fl. 6th c. AD	Patron saint of lepers and cripples
Hippias of Elis	Philosopher	fl. 5th c. BC	fl. 5th c. BC	Greek sophist
Arianna Huffington	Columnist	15-Jul-1950		The Huffington Post
Isocrates	Educator	436 BC	338 BC	Rhetoric opponent of Plato
Tommy Lee	Drummer	3-Oct-1962		Mötley Crüe drummer
Melina Mercouri	Actor	18-Oct-1920	6-Mar-1994	Topkapi
Dimitri Mitropoulos	Conductor	1-Mar-1896	2-Nov-1960	Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58
Stavros Niarchos	Business	3-Jul-1909	15-Apr-1996	Greek shipping tycoon
Paul	Royalty	14-Dec-1901	6-Mar-1964	King of Greece, 1947-64
Katina Paxinou	Actor	17-Dec-1900	22-Feb-1973	For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pherecrates	Playwright	fl. 5th c. BC	fl. 5th c. BC	The Wild Men
Phidias	Sculptor	c. 490 BC	c. 430 BC	Sculpted Zeus at Olympus
Plato	Philosopher	c. 427 BC	c. 347 BC	The Republic
Socrates	Philosopher	469 BC	399 BC	Developer of the Socratic Method
Thucydides	Historian	460 BC	400 BC	History of the Peloponnesian War
Yanis Varoufakis	Economist	24-Mar-1961		Greek Finance Minister
Milo Yiannopoulos	Journalist	18-Oct-1984		Former Breitbart Editor, bombthrower

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexander	Royalty	1-Aug-1893	25-Oct-1920	King of Greece, 1917-20
Theo Angelopoulos	Film Director	17-Apr-1935	24-Jan-2012	Ulysses' Gaze
Michael Cacoyannis	Film Director	11-Jun-1922	25-Jul-2011	Zorba the Greek
Cratinus	Playwright	c. 520 BC	c. 423 BC	Athenian comic poet
Jules Dassin	Film Director	18-Dec-1911	31-Mar-2008	Topkapi
Demades	Diplomat	c. 380 BC	319 BC	Brokered Macedonian/Athenian peace
Odysseas Elytis	Poet	2-Nov-1911	18-Mar-1996	Axion Esti
Epicurus	Philosopher	341 BC	270 BC	Founder of the Epicurean School
George II	Royalty	20-Jul-1890	1-Apr-1947	King of Greece, 1922-24 and 1935-47
Harmodius	Assassin	?	514 BC	Would-be murderer of tyrants
Hippias of Elis	Philosopher	fl. 5th c. BC	fl. 5th c. BC	Greek sophist
Isocrates	Educator	436 BC	338 BC	Rhetoric opponent of Plato
Chester Kallman	Poet	7-Jan-1921	18-Jan-1975	Librettist, translator
John Latsis	Business	14-Sep-1910	17-Apr-2003	Greek shipping tycoon
Lucian	Author	120 AD	c. 180 AD	Dialogues of the Dead
Menander	Playwright	c. 342 BC	c. 292 BC	Early Greek comic dramatist
Georgios Papadopoulos	Head of State	5-May-1919	27-Jun-1999	Dictator of Greece, 1967-73
George Papandreou	Head of State	18-Feb-1888	1-Nov-1968	Former Prime Minister of Greece
Parrhasius	Painter	fl. 5th c. BC	fl. 5th c. BC	Attic Greek painter
Paul	Royalty	14-Dec-1901	6-Mar-1964	King of Greece, 1947-64
Katina Paxinou	Actor	17-Dec-1900	22-Feb-1973	For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pherecrates	Playwright	fl. 5th c. BC	fl. 5th c. BC	The Wild Men
Phidias	Sculptor	c. 490 BC	c. 430 BC	Sculpted Zeus at Olympus
Philemon	Poet	c. 361 BC	c. 263 BC	Greek poet of the New Comedy
Plato	Philosopher	c. 427 BC	c. 347 BC	The Republic
Giorgos Seferis	Poet	1-Mar-1900	20-Sep-1971	Imerolóyion katastrómatos
Socrates	Philosopher	469 BC	399 BC	Developer of the Socratic Method
Sophocles	Playwright	c. 496 BC	406 BC	Oedipus the King
Syrianus	Philosopher	fl. 5th c. AD	fl. 5th c. AD	Greek Neoplatonist
Theophrastus	Philosopher	c. 372 BC	287 BC	Peripatetic school
Thucydides	Historian	460 BC	400 BC	History of the Peloponnesian War
Tzannis Tzannetakis	Head of State	13-Sep-1927	1-Apr-2010	Prime Minister of Greece, 1989
Andréas Voutsinas	Actor	22-Aug-1932	8-Jun-2010	Stage actor and drama coach
T. H. White	Author	29-May-1906	17-Jan-1964	The Once and Future King
Xenocrates	Philosopher	396 BC	314 BC	Platonic philosopher

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