The Most Famous

Athletes from Greece

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This page contains a list of the greatest Greeks Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 104 of which were born in Greece. This makes Greece the birth place of the 36th most number of Athletes behind Austria and Kazakhstan.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Greeks Athletes of all time. This list of famous Greeks Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Greeks Athletes.

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1. Spyridon Louis (1873 - 1940)

With an HPI of 71.13, Spyridon Louis is the most famous Greeks Athlete.   biography has been translated into 44 different languages on wikipedia.

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2. Georgios Roubanis (1929 - 2025)

With an HPI of 67.00, Georgios Roubanis is the 2nd most famous Greeks Athlete.   biography has been translated into 29 different languages.

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3. Leonidas of Rhodes (200 BC - 200 BC)

With an HPI of 64.98, Leonidas of Rhodes is the 3rd most famous Greeks Athlete.   biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

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4. Coroebus of Elis (800 BC - 800 BC)

With an HPI of 63.70, Coroebus of Elis is the 4th most famous Greeks Athlete.   biography has been translated into 23 different languages.

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5. Theagenes of Thasos (500 BC - 500 BC)

With an HPI of 61.96, Theagenes of Thasos is the 5th most famous Greeks Athlete.   biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

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6. Alexandre Tuffère (1876 - 1958)

With an HPI of 60.81, Alexandre Tuffère is the 6th most famous Greeks Athlete.   biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

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7. Stamata Revithi (1866 - 1896)

With an HPI of 60.78, Stamata Revithi is the 7th most famous Greeks Athlete.   biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

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8. Dimitrios Golemis (1874 - 1941)

With an HPI of 59.89, Dimitrios Golemis is the 8th most famous Greeks Athlete.   biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

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9. Evangelos Damaskos (b. 1801)

With an HPI of 59.24, Evangelos Damaskos is the 9th most famous Greeks Athlete.   biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

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10. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888 - 1913)

With an HPI of 58.37, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras is the 10th most famous Greeks Athlete.   biography has been translated into 25 different languages.

People

Pantheon has 104 people classified as Greeks athletes born between 800 BC and 2002. Of these 104, 81 (77.88%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Greeks athletes include Yiannis Kouros, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, and Konstantinos Kenteris. The most famous deceased Greeks athletes include Spyridon Louis, Georgios Roubanis, and Leonidas of Rhodes. As of April 2024, 9 new Greeks athletes have been added to Pantheon including Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Ekaterini Voggoli, and Thomas Bimis.

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Overlapping Lives

Which Athletes were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 8 most globally memorable Athletes since 1700.

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