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 (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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aris Velouchiotis is the 1,810th most popular military personnel (down from 1,455th in 2019), the 745th most popular biography from Greece (down from 583rd in 2019) and the 50th most popular Greek Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Aris Velouchiotis ranks 1,810 out of 2,058Before him are Luigi Capello, Mizuno Tadakuni, Friedrich von Scholtz, Andy Green, Somnath Sharma, and Jalil Zandi. After him are Oliver Hazard Perry, Tolmides, Gilad Shalit, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, Józef Kowalski, and Mariya Polivanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Aris Velouchiotis ranks 288Before him are Óscar Bonfiglio, Franco Albini, Emerich Vogl, Marvin Stalder, Max Bulla, and Roberto Gayón. After him are Akilles Järvinen, Ibrahim Biçakçiu, Josef Smistik, Jean De Clercq, Raghunath Murmu, and Osvald Käpp. Among people deceased in 1945, Aris Velouchiotis ranks 304Before him are Adolf Brand, Josef Gočár, Walter Weiler, Alexey Favorsky, Kārlis Skalbe, and Sarala Devi Chaudhurani. After him are Paolo Salvi, Frederic Clements, Sigurður Eggerz, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, Richard Bong, and Milton S. Hershey.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Aris Velouchiotis ranks 745 out of 1,024Before him are Evangelos Venizelos (1957), Zinovios Valvis (1800), Diomidis Kyriakos (1811), Athanasios Miaoulis (1815), Cercidas (-300), and Edward Battell (1900). After him are Toma Caragiu (1925), Tolmides (-500), Kiki Dimoula (1931), Antonis Antoniadis (1946), Alketas Panagoulias (1934), and Damophon (null).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Greece

Among military personnels born in Greece, Aris Velouchiotis ranks 50Before him are Chabrias (-500), Laomedon of Mytilene (-400), Georgios Zoitakis (1910), Leosthenes (-400), Erigyius (-400), and Nikolaos Trikoupis (1868). After him are Tolmides (-500), Myronides (-450), Andreas Miaoulis (1769), Alexandros Othonaios (1879), Mindarus (-500), and Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos (1874).