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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Spiro T. Agnew
Politician
9-Nov-1918 17-Sep-1996 US Vice President, 1969-73
Art Agnos
Politician
1-Sep-1938   Mayor of San Francisco, 1988-92
LaVerne Andrews
Singer
6-Jul-1911 8-May-1967 The Andrews Sisters
Maxene Andrews
Singer
3-Jan-1916 21-Oct-1995 The Andrews Sisters
Patty Andrews
Singer
16-Feb-1918   The Andrews Sisters
Phil Angelides
Politician
11-Jun-1953   California State Treasurer
Jennifer Aniston
Actor
11-Feb-1969   Rachel on Friends
George Argyros
Business
4-Feb-1937   Billionaire
Prince of Asturias
Royalty
30-Jan-1968   Heir to the throne of Spain
George Barris
Artist
1925   Designed the 1966 Batmobile
Peter J. Barris
Business
c. 1952   New Enterprise Associates
Dave Batista
Wrestling
18-Jan-1969   Deacon Batista, WWE star
Shelley Berkley
Politician
20-Jan-1951   Congresswoman, Nevada 1st
Gus Bilirakis
Politician
8-Feb-1963   Congressman, Florida 9th
Michael Bilirakis
Politician
16-Jul-1930   Congressman from Florida, 1983-2007
John Brademas
Politician
2-Mar-1927   Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81
Susan Bysiewicz
Politician
1961   Connecticut Secretary of State
Plato Cacheris
Attorney
c. 1939   Washington defense attorney
Jason Calacanis
Business
28-Nov-1970   Weblogs Inc., Mahalo.com
Maria Callas
Singer
4-Dec-1923 16-Sep-1977 Diva soprano of the 1950s
Michael D. Capellas
Business
19-Aug-1955   CEO of First Data
Gia Carides
Actor
7-Jun-1964   My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Gabrielle Carteris
Actor
2-Jan-1961   Beverly Hills 90210
Tom Carvel
Business
14-Jul-1906 21-Oct-1990 Fudgie The Whale, Cookie Puss
John Cassavetes
Actor
9-Dec-1929 3-Feb-1989 Rosemary's Baby
John Catsimatidis
Business
7-Sep-1948   Supermarket billionaire
George Chakiris
Actor
16-Sep-1934   West Side Story
Chris Chelios
Hockey
25-Jan-1962   Detroit Red Wings
Michael Chiklis
Actor
30-Aug-1963   The Shield
Tony Clement
Politician
27-Jan-1961   Canadian Minister of Health
Cleopatra
Royalty
69 BC 30-Aug-30 BC Queen of Egypt
Michael Constantine
Actor
22-May-1927   My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Cat Cora
Chef
c. 1968   Iron Chef America
George P. Cosmatos
Film Director
4-Jan-1941 19-Apr-2005 Tombstone
Costa-Gavras
Film Director
12-Feb-1933   Z
Bob Costas
TV Personality
22-Mar-1952   Sportscaster, formerly hosted Later
George Coulouris
Actor
1-Oct-1903 25-Apr-1989 Watch on the Rhine
Charlie Crist
Politician
24-Jul-1956   Governor of Florida
Marion Davies
Actor
3-Jan-1897 22-Sep-1961 When Knighthood Was in Flower
Peter Diamandis
Activist
20-May-1961   Chairman of the X-Prize Foundation
James Dimon
Business
13-Mar-1956   CEO of JP Morgan Chase
Michael Dukakis
Politician
3-Nov-1933   Twice Governor of Massachusetts
Olympia Dukakis
Actor
20-Jun-1931   Tales of the City
John Enos III
Actor
12-Jun-1962   Bullet, The Rock
Jeffrey Eugenides
Author
8-Mar-1960   The Virgin Suicides
Tina Fey
Actor
18-May-1970   Mean Girls
Slim Gaillard
Jazz Musician
4-Jan-1916 26-Feb-1991 Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti
Zach Galifianakis
Actor
1-Oct-1969   Davis on Tru Calling
Christopher George
Actor
25-Feb-1929 28-Nov-1983 The Rat Patrol
Valeria Golino
Actor
22-Oct-1966   Respiro
El Greco
Painter
1541 7-Apr-1614 Burial of the Count de Orgaz
Jimmy The Greek
TV Personality
9-Sep-1918 21-Apr-1996 Oddsmaker
Angie Harmon
Actor
10-Aug-1972   Ryan McBride on Baywatch Nights
Lindsay Hartley
Actor
17-Apr-1978   Theresa Crane on Passions
Lafcadio Hearn
Author
27-Jun-1850 26-Sep-1904 Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Marilu Henner
Actor
6-Apr-1952   Taxi
Benny Hinn
Religion
3-Dec-1952   Faith healing televangelist
Arianna Huffington
Columnist
15-Jul-1950   The Huffington Post
Alec Issigonis
Engineer
18-Nov-1906 2-Oct-1988 Designer of the Mini Cooper
Emmanuel A. Kampouris
Business
c. 1936   CEO of American Standard, 1989-99
Melina Kanakaredes
Actor
23-Apr-1967   Det. Bonasera on CSI: NY
Maria Kanellis
Wrestling
25-Feb-1982   WWE diva, ditzy interviewer
Andreas Katsulas
Actor
18-May-1946 13-Feb-2006 G'Kar on Babylon 5
Elia Kazan
Film Director
7-Sep-1909 28-Sep-2003 A Streetcar Named Desire
Tom C. Korologos
Diplomat
16-Apr-1933   US Ambassador to Belgium, 2004-07
Elias Koteas
Actor
11-Mar-1961   Crash
Tommy Lee
Drummer
3-Oct-1962   Mötley Crüe drummer
George Maharis
Actor
1-Sep-1928   Buzz Murdock on Route 66
Costas Mandylor
Actor
3-Sep-1965   Triumph of the Spirit
Louis Mandylor
Actor
13-Sep-1966   My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Mark Margolis
Actor
26-Nov-1939   The Fountain
Demetri Martin
Comic
25-May-1973   Daily Show trend spotter
Sylvia M. Mathews
Administrator
1965   Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Nicholas Mavroules
Politician
1-Nov-1929 25-Dec-2003 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93
George Michael
Singer/Songwriter
25-Jun-1963   Faith
Julia Migenes
Singer
13-Mar-1949   Operatic soprano
George Miller
Film Director
3-Mar-1945   Mad Max
Andy Milonakis
Actor
30-Jan-1976   The Andy Milonakis Show
Sofia Milos
Actor
27-Sep-1965   Det. Yelina Salas on CSI: Miami
Markos Moulitsas
Blogger
11-Sep-1971   Daily Kos webmaster
John Negroponte
Government
21-Jul-1939   US Deputy Secretary of State
Nicholas Negroponte
Educator
1943   Founder, MIT Media Lab
Stavros Niarchos
Business
3-Jul-1909 15-Apr-1996 Greek shipping tycoon
Alexa Nikolas
Actor
4-Apr-1992   Nicole Bristow on Zoey 101
Aristotle Onassis
Business
15-Jan-1906 15-Mar-1975 Greek shipping tycoon
Tony Orlando
Musician
3-Apr-1944   Tony Orlando and Dawn
Johnny Otis
Musician
28-Dec-1921   Harlem Nocturne
Tassos Papadopoulos
Head of State
7-Jan-1934   President of Cyprus
George Papanicolaou
Scientist
13-May-1883 19-Feb-1962 Pap smear
Alexander Payne
Film Director
10-Feb-1961   About Schmidt
Thaao Penghlis
Actor
15-Dec-1945   Days of Our Lives
Elizabeth Perkins
Actor
18-Nov-1960   Big
Peter G. Peterson
Business
5-Jun-1926   Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations
Harry Mark Petrakis
Novelist
5-Jun-1923   Lion at My Heart
Mark Philippoussis
Tennis
7-Nov-1976   Australian "Scud" clocks 142 mph serve
Costa M. Pleicones
Judge
29-Feb-1944   Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court
Alex Proyas
Film Director
23-Sep-1963   Dark City
John Rigas
Business
14-Nov-1924   CEO of Adelphia, 1952-2002
Athina Onassis Roussel
Relative
Jan-1985   Daughter of Christina Onassis
Pete Sampras
Tennis
12-Aug-1971   Fourteen Grand Slams
Chris Sarandon
Actor
24-Jul-1942   Dog Day Afternoon
Paul Sarbanes
Politician
3-Feb-1933   US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007
Nicolas Sarkozy
Politician
28-Jan-1955   President of France
Telly Savalas
Actor
22-Jan-1922 22-Jan-1994 Kojak
Stratton D. Sclavos
Business
c. 1959   CEO of VeriSign, 1995-2007
Amy Sedaris
Actor
29-Mar-1961   Strangers With Candy
David Sedaris
Author
26-Dec-1956   Contributor to This American Life
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Actor
15-May-1981   Tony Soprano's bratty daughter
Marina Sirtis
Actor
29-Mar-1955   Half-Betazoid Deana Troi on ST:TNG
Olympia Snowe
Politician
21-Feb-1947   US Senator from Maine
Michael G. Sotirhos
Business
12-Nov-1928   US Ambassador to Greece, 1989-93
Zack Space
Politician
27-Jan-1961   Congressman, Ohio 18th
Alex Spanos
Business
28-Sep-1923   A.G. Spanos Companies
Penelope Spheeris
Film Director
2-Dec-1945   Wayne's World
Manuel N. Stamatakis
Business
c. 1948   Capital Management Enterprises
Dino Stamatopoulos
Comic
11-Dec-1964   Moral Orel, Mr. Show, TV Funhouse
John Stamos
Actor
19-Aug-1963   Jesse on Full House
William S. Stavropoulos
Business
12-May-1939   Twice CEO of Dow Chemical
George Stephanopoulos
TV Personality
10-Feb-1961   Bill Clinton's communications director
Cat Stevens
Singer/Songwriter
21-Jul-1948   Morning Has Broken
Trish Stratus
Wrestling
18-Dec-1975   100% Stratusfaction Guaranteed
John H. Sununu
Government
2-Jul-1939   George H.W. Bush's Chief of Staff
Mena Suvari
Actor
13-Feb-1979   American Beauty and American Pie
George Tenet
Government
5-Jan-1953   CIA Director, 1997-2004
Frances Fragos Townsend
Government
28-Dec-1961   White House Homeland Security Advisor 2004-08
Paul Tsongas
Politician
14-Feb-1941 18-Jan-1997 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85
Agnès Varda
Film Director
30-May-1928   Cleo from 5 to 7
Nia Vardalos
Actor
24-Sep-1962   My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Gregory Vlastos
Philosopher
27-Jul-1907 12-Oct-1991 Influential scholar of ancient philosophy
John Vlissides
Computer Programmer
2-Aug-1961 24-Nov-2005 Author number 4 of the Gang of Four
Betty White
Actor
17-Jan-1922   TV sitcom and game show mainstay
Rita Wilson
Actor
26-Oct-1956   Runaway Bride
Basilis Xanthopoulos
Physicist
1951 27-Nov-1990 Gravitational physics
Iannis Xenakis
Composer
9-May-1922 4-Feb-2001 Avant-garde composer
Gus Yatron
Politician
16-Oct-1927 13-Mar-2003 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93
Billy Zane
Actor
24-Feb-1966   The Phantom
Lisa Zane
Actor
5-Apr-1961   Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare


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