List of Greek Britons

List of Greek Britons

This is a list of notable Greek Britons, ordered by surname within section.

List

Artists

*Jake and Dinos Chapman, (Jake b. 1966) (Dinos b. 1962) British artists

Businessmen

*Sir Eddie Kulukundis, entrepreneur and arts patron
*Mark Palios, former FA Chief Executive
*Andreas Panayotou, owner & CEO of The Ability Group
*Theo Paphitis, entrepreneur
*Ralli Brothers
*Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi
*Panayis Athanase Vagliano
*Basil Zaharoff

Designers

*Sir Alec Issigonis, (1906-1988), designer of cars and creator of the Austin Mini
*Sophia Kokosalaki, (*1972), fashion designer

Directors

*Alki David, actor, director, writer

Entertainers

*James Alexandrou, actor playing Martin Fowler in "EastEnders"
*Michael Angelis, actor and narrator of "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends"
*Angela Bowie, (* 1950), model, actress, musician
*George Coulouris, (1903-1989), actor
*Matt Di Angelo
*Stephanie Leonidas, actress
*Gerard Monaco
*Peter Polycarpou, actor best known for playing 'Chris' in BBC's "Birds of a Feather"
*Cleo Rocos, actress and TV personality
*Anna Savva
*Holly Samos, (*1971), Radio DJ
*Alex Zane, stand-up comedian, MTV UK presenter and XFM DJ.

Journalists

*Peter Paphides, music journalist

Musicians

*Gilbert Biberian
*Al Bowlly,(1899-1941), vocalist
*Tina Charles, disco singer
*Barry Evangeli, music producer for such artists as Gloria Gaynor
*Mick Karn, (*1958), bassist for Japan and solo musician
*Alexis Korner, (1928-1984), the father of British rhythm and blues
*Kristian Leontiou, singer
*George Melachrino, composer - conductor
*Cat Stevens, (*1948), born Stephen Demetre Georgiou, musician; new name: Yusuf Islam

Politicians

*Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, United Kingdom Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
*Janet Paraskeva, administrator who was appointed as the First Civil Service Commissioner
*Norman St.John-Stevas, politician
*Paul (Kyriakos) Kyriacou, served as Mayor of Southwark, becaming the youngest ever Mayor in the History of Southwark in 2006/7 aged 33 years.

portsmen

Andy Kyriacou (born 4 January 1983 in Liverpool) is a rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for the Saracens.
*Nicholas Alamanos, Greek rugby player
*Jason Koumas, professional footballer playing for Premier League side Wigan Athletic

Writers

*Christopher S.Anastasi
*Constantine Cavafy, (1863-1933), poet, Greek descent, Egyptian-born, naturalised British citizen
*Caryl Churchill, writer (Greek grandmother)
*Panos Karnezis, (*1967), author
*Linda Papadopoulos, psychologist
*Stel Pavlou, (*1970), Author and Screenwriter

Royalty

*King Constantine, (*1940), formerly Constantine II, King of the Hellenes

Other

*Ion Calvocoressi
*Andrea Christofidou, British philosopher
*John Saville, historian

Miscellaneous topics

*Greeks
*Greek American
*List of Greek-Americans
*Greek Canadians
*Greek Australian


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