Cultural Production in
Present Day
Greece
Greece
Greece ranks 27th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hungary, Norway, and Denmark. Memorable people born in present day Greece include Aristotle, Plato, and Alexander the Great. Memorable people who died in Greece include Hesiod, Pericles, and Aesop. Greece has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. The top cities in Greece by number of biographies are Athens, Sparta, Thessaloniki, Classical Athens, and Piraeus.
People
Between 2780 BC and 2006, present day Greece was the birth place of 1,135 globally memorable people, including Aristotle, Plato, and Alexander the Great. Additionaly, 571 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Greece including Hesiod, Pericles, and Aesop.
People Born in Present Day Greece
Go to all Rankings
Aristotle
PHILOSOPHER
384 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 96.25
Rank: 1
Plato
PHILOSOPHER
427 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 95.94
Rank: 2
Alexander the Great
MILITARY PERSONNEL
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 95.63
Rank: 3
Homer
WRITER
800 BC - 750 BC
HPI: 95.41
Rank: 4
Socrates
PHILOSOPHER
470 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 94.90
Rank: 5
Pythagoras
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 93.36
Rank: 6
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 91.26
Rank: 7
Hippocrates
PHYSICIAN
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 90.19
Rank: 8
Sophocles
WRITER
497 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 89.32
Rank: 9
Democritus
PHILOSOPHER
460 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 10
Epicurus
PHILOSOPHER
341 BC - 269 BC
HPI: 86.65
Rank: 11
Solon
POLITICIAN
638 BC - 558 BC
HPI: 86.59
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Greece
Go to all Rankings
Zübeyde Hanım
CELEBRITY
1857 - 1923
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 452
Aristodemus of Messenia
MILITARY PERSONNEL
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 713
Evangelos Marinakis
BUSINESSPERSON
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 834
Albert Bourla
BUSINESSPERSON
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 883
Mike Zambidis
MARTIAL ARTS
1980 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 887
Ioannis Ikonomou
PUBLIC WORKER
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 901
Giorgos Papakonstantinou
ECONOMIST
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 904
Klavdia
SINGER
2002 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 912
Zoe Konstantopoulou
POLITICIAN
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 934
Pantelis Pantelidis
SINGER
1983 - 2016
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 935
Yannis Ploutarchos
SINGER
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 939
Akis Zikos
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 941
People Deceased in Present Day Greece
Go to all Rankings
Hesiod
WRITER
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 86.72
Rank: 1
Pericles
POLITICIAN
494 BC - 429 BC
HPI: 86.36
Rank: 2
Aesop
WRITER
620 BC - 564 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 3
Thucydides
HISTORIAN
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 4
Sappho
WRITER
630 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 5
Luke the Evangelist
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
31 - 84
HPI: 82.11
Rank: 6
Theophrastus
PHILOSOPHER
371 BC - 287 BC
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 7
Pindar
WRITER
517 BC - 437 BC
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 8
Lucian
WRITER
120 - 200
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 9
Epaminondas
POLITICIAN
418 BC - 362 BC
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 10
Gaius Cassius Longinus
POLITICIAN
87 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 11
Aristides
POLITICIAN
550 BC - 467 BC
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Greece
Go to all Rankings
Paraskevas Antzas
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - 2026
HPI: NaN
Rank: 145
Timon
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
50 - 100
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 388
Aristodemus of Messenia
MILITARY PERSONNEL
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 515
Pantelis Pantelidis
SINGER
1983 - 2016
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 569
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Greecewere politicians (376), soccer players (118), athletes (105), writers (94), and philosophers (66), while most who died were politicians (258), writers (77), philosophers (53), military personnels (33), and religious figures (32).
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Greece since 1700.
