Born in Thessaloniki

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881-1938)

Nâzım Hikmet

Turkish poet

Dimitris Salpingidis

Greek footballer

Ioannis Marokos

Greek rower

Maurice Abravanel

Ottoman-American Jewish conductor

Theoni V. Aldredge

Greek-American stage and screen costume designer (1922-2011)

Katerina Sakellaropoulou

Greek judge, president of the Hellenic Republic

Anastasia Zampounidis

Greek-German entertainer

Dionysis Savvopoulos

Greek singer-songwriter

Kostas Tsimikas

Greek association football player

Lazaros Christodoulopoulos

Greek footballer

Hristos Banikas

Greek chess player

Kostas Stafylidis

Greek association football player

Panagiotis Lagos

Greek footballer

Yannis Boutaris

Greek businessman, winemaker and politician

Konstantinos Economidis

Greek tennis player

Alketas Panagoulias

Greek footballer (1934-2012)

Natassa Theodoridou

Greek singer

Eva Kaili

Greek politician and newscaster

Christos Tzolis

Greek association football player

Konstantinos Alexandropoulos

Greek sailor

Traianos Dellas

Greek association football player and manager

Petros Christo

Greek musician

Evgenia Samara

Greek actress

Vaso Laskaraki

Greek actress

Martha Matsa

Greek swimmer

Stavroula Samara

Greek rhythmic gymnast

Giorgos Tzioumakas

Greek volleyball player

Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou

Greek chess player

Moshe Ha-Elion

Concentration camps survivor, memoirist and poet in Ladino

Evangelos Venizelos

Greek politician

Gianna Terzi

Greek singer

Despina Pajanou

Greek actress

Marinella

Greek singer

Christos Kostis

Greek footballer

Vassilis Lakis

Greek footballer

Athanassios Prittas

Greek footballer

Maria Makraki

Greek conductor

Thanasis Kolitsidakis

Greek footballer

Kostas Louboutis

Professional football player

Evangelia Psarra

Greek archer

Pelagia Papamichail

Greek basketball player

Kostas Vasileiadis

Greek professional basketball player

Vangelis Nastos

Greek footballer

Zoi Dimitrakou

Greek professional basketball player

Konstantinos Floros

Greek musicologist

Christos Karipidis

Greek footballer

Kriton Arsenis

Greek politician

Polyniki Emmanouilidou

Greek sprinter

Kostas Iosifidis

Greek footballer

Thanasis Papazoglou

Greek association football player (born 1988)

Dimitris Papadopoulos

Professional basketball player

Giorgos Foiros

Greek footballer

Christos Tapoutos

Greek professional basketball player

Michalis Romanidis

Basketball player

Demetris Th. Gotsis

Greek writer

Dimitris Konstantopoulos

Greek association football player

Stefanos Tzimas

Greek footballer

Aristeidis Grigoriadis

Swimmer

Charalambos Xanthopoulos

Greek footballer

Giorgos Paraschos

Greek footballer

Gus G

Greek guitarist

Antonios Trakatellis

Greek biologist

Miltos Sapanis

Greek footballer

Yannis Potouridis

Greek footballer

Anneta Kyridou

Greek rower

Nikos Zisis

Greek professional basketball player

Giorgos Anatolakis

Greek footballer and politician

Nikos Hatzivrettas

Greek professional basketball player

Phedon Matheou

Greek basketball player and coach, and rower (1924-2011)

Nina M. Davies

British illustrator and copyist, egyptologist (1881-1965)

Manolis Anagnostakis

Greek poet and critic

Estrongo Nachama

Greek singer

Guy Lévis Mano

French publisher, poet and translator

Juana Mordó

Spanish art dealer and gallerist

Giorgos Hatzinasios

Greek composer

Kostas Lapavitsas

Greek economist

Nikos Papazoglou

Greek singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (1948-2011)

Yannis Dalianidis

Greek director (1923-2010)

Raoul Aslan

Austrian actor

Cahit Arf

Turkish mathematician

Ntinos Christianopoulos

Greek poet (1931-2020)

Nikolas Asimos

Greek composer, singer and actor

Joanna Triantafyllidou

Greek actress

Kostas Macedonas

Greek singer

Zozo Sapountzaki

Greek actor and singer

Raphaël Salem

French mathematician of Greek origin (1898-1963)

Shlomo Venezia

Greek-born Italian Jew, survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp (1923-2012)

Manolis Chiotis

Greek musician

Salamo Arouch

Israeli boxer

Níki Keraméos

Greek politician

Takis Kanellopoulos

Film director, Screenwriter (1933-1990)

Notis Marias

Greek politician

Janis Nikos

Zoe Laskari

Greek actress

Alexandros Nikolaidis

Greek taekwondo athlete (1979–2022)

Stelios Poulianitis

Greek basketball player

Katia Zygouli

Greek model

Maria Sansaridou

Greek rhythmic gymnast

Michalis Tsairelis

Greek professional basketball player