MILITARY PERSONNEL

Aris Velouchiotis

1905 - 1945

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Athanasios Klaras (Greek: Αθανάσιος Κλάρας; August 27, 1905 – June 15, 1945), better known by the nom de guerre Aris Velouchiotis (Greek: Άρης Βελουχιώτης), was a Greek journalist, politician, member of the Communist Party of Greece, the most prominent leader and chief instigator of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the military branch of the National Liberation Front (EAM), which was the major resistance organization in occupied Greece from 1942 to 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aris Velouchiotis has received more than 210,437 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Aris Velouchiotis is the 1,454th most popular military personnel (down from 1,288th in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 577th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Aris Velouchiotis ranks 1,454 out of 2,058Before him are Traugott Herr, Pavel Chichagov, Quintus Salvidienus Rufus, Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, Albrecht Brandi, and Marcus Fulvius Nobilior. After him are August von Werder, Hugh Thompson Jr., François Le Fort, Henry Clinton, Louis Faidherbe, and Geberic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Aris Velouchiotis ranks 179Before him are István Avar, Witness Lee, Helen Wills, Gustav Wiederkehr, Joan Coromines, and Rodolfo Orlandini. After him are Aurelio González, Mildred Natwick, Conduelo Píriz, Tommy Dorsey, Lev Nussimbaum, and D. R. Kaprekar. Among people deceased in 1945, Aris Velouchiotis ranks 225Before him are Violette Szabo, Nikolai Tcherepnin, Walter Hohmann, Kurt von der Chevallerie, Emil von Reznicek, and Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Salomėja Nėris, Hannie Schaft, Arthur Wynne, Dmitry Karbyshev, Alexander Khatisian, and Óscar R. Benavides.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Aris Velouchiotis ranks 583 out of 1,024Before him are Antonios Nikopolidis (1971), Ioannis Alevras (1912), Argaeus II of Macedon (-500), Philothei of Athens (1522), Konstantinos Demertzis (1876), and Rhianus (-275). After him are Polydorus of Sparta (-741), Diocles of Carystus (-400), Athanasius III of Constantinople (1597), Ioannis Mitropoulos (1874), Damophon (null), and Petros Protopapadakis (1854).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Aris Velouchiotis ranks 45Before him are Xanthippus of Carthage (-300), Laomedon of Mytilene (-400), Georgios Zoitakis (1910), Athanasios Diakos (1788), Erigyius (-400), and Wehib Pasha (1877). After him are Dimitrios Loundras (1885), Nikolaos Trikoupis (1868), Andreas Miaoulis (1769), Ioannis Frangoudis (1863), Ian Hamilton (1853), and Tolmides (-500).