List Of well known Greek-Americans

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ActorsActors

• Daniela Amavia
• Jennifer Aniston - Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning film/television actress, best known for her role as Rachel Green on the sitcom Friends, daughter of actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow.[1]
• John Aniston - actor, born Yannis Anastassakis, father of actress Jennifer Aniston.[2]
• Hank Azaria - one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons
• Dennis Boutsikaris
• DeAnna Pappas
• Angela Bowie[3]
• Paula Cale[4]
• Gabrielle Carteris - actress, best known for her role as Andrea Zuckerman on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210.[5]
• Paul Cavonis - TV and movie actor
• George Chakiris[6]
• Michael Chiklis[7]
• Tim Considine - actor, writer and photographer, grandson of vaudeville and film producer Alexander Pantages.[8]
• Michael Constantine
• Nick Dennis
• Nancy Dow - actress, mother of actress Jennifer Aniston.[9]
• Olympia Dukakis - Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress.[10]
• Tina Fey[11]
• Michael Flessas - actor, Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) winning film Dancer in the Dark at the Cannes Film Festival. Paternal grandparents both born in Greece.
• Zach Galifianakis
• Christopher George
• Sasha Grey - pornographic actress
• Angie Harmon[12]
• Lindsay Hartley[13]
• Marilu Henner[4]
• Ant (Anthony Steven Kalloniatis) - Last Comic Standing comedian
• Melina Kanakaredes[14]
• Andreas Katsulas[15]
• Zoe Kazan - actress, granddaughter of Elia Kazan
• Nick Kiriazis - actor [16]
• Elias Koteas - Canadian/US movie actor
• George Maharis[17]
• Constantine Maroulis[18]
• Demetri Martin[19]
• Maria Menounos[20]
• Andy Milonakis
• Nico Minardos
• Alexa Nikolas
• Elizabeth Perkins[4]
• Ryan Pinkston - TV and movie actor; model
• Chris Sarandon[21]
• George Savalas[22]
• Telly Savalas[23]
• Alexander Scourby - actor and narrator, played 'Old Polo' in Giant, James Dean's last film
• Amy Sedaris[24]
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler[25]
• Marina Sirtis[26] - played Counselor Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• John Stamos[27]
• Mena Suvari - actress, best known for her roles in the films American Pie and American Beauty.[28]
• Tiffani Thiessen - actress, best known for her role as Valerie Malone on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210.[29]
• Betty White[30] - actress
• Rita Wilson - actress, film producer and singer.[31]
• Shanelle Workman - voice actress for various video games and animated TV shows
• Billy Zane - actor and director, best known for his role as Caledon Hockley in the film Titanic.[32]
• Lisa Zane - actress and singer, sister of actor Billy Zane.[33]
• Jason Mantzoukas - American actor, comedian, and writer.[34]

]Architects

• Costas Kondylis
• Nicholas Negroponte - architect and computer scientist

[Artists

• Criss Angel - illusionist
• Thomas Chimes - painter
• Chryssa - sculptor
• Peter Forakis - abstract geometric sculptor
• George Stavrinos - illustrator (Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame)
• Peter Voulkos - sculptor, ceramics art innovator
• Electros Vekris - Sculptor kinetics

]Business

• Kary Antholis - senior vice president for miniseries at HBO
• George Argyros - founder of real estate company Amel & Affiliates [35]
• Jason Calacanis - entrepreneur & founder of Weblogs, Inc.
• John Calamos - founder of Calamos Investments
• Michael Capellas - terminal CEO of MCI and Compaq
• Tom Carvel - founder of the Carvel franchise
• Christos Cotsakos - co-founder of E-Trade
• Zoe Cruz - ex co-president of Morgan Stanley
• Nickolas Davatzes - president and CEO of A&E Television Networks
• The Demoulas Brothers - founders of the DeMoulas' Market Basket
• Jamie Dimon - (Papademetriou) - CEO of JPMorgan Chase, grandson of Smyrna broker
• Peter Diamandis - magazine entrepreneur, founder of the International Space University
• Jim Gianopoulos - Fox President
• Bill Jemas - former publisher of Marvel Comics & former executive vice president of Marvel Entertainment Group
• Lazaros Kalemis - founder & CEO of Alpha Card Services
• Peter Karmanos, Jr. - founder, president & CEO of Compuware and owner of the NHL team Carolina Hurricanes
• Alyssa LaRoche - founder of Aimee Weber Studio Inc.
• Ted Leonsis - vice chair of AOL
• George Lycurgus - developer of hotels on Waikiki and the Volcano House
• George P. Mitchell - original developer of The Woodlands
• Peter M. Nicholas - co-founder of Boston Scientific Corporation
• Alexander Pantages - vaudeville and early motion picture producer and impresario
• Constantine Papadakis - president of Drexel University
• Greg Papadopoulos - senior vice president and Chief Technical Officer of Sun Microsystems Inc.
• Peter Peterson (Petropoulos) - ex-CEO of Bell & Howell, Lehman Bros, Chair Council on Foreign Relns, chair BlackStone, Nixon Commerce Scy
• Ted Phillips - president and CEO of the NFL team the Chicago Bears
• Harry Markopoulos - independent financial investigator
• John Rigas - founder of Adelphia Communications Corporation
• Stratton Sclavos - president & CEO of VeriSign
• Charles Skouras - movie magnate, president of Fox Coast West and National Pictures
• George Skouras - movie magnate, president of United Artists
• Spyros Skouras - movie magnate, president of 20th Century Fox
• Alex Spanos - California realty magnate, chaired Amer Bible Society
• Leo Stefanos - inventor of the Dove Bar
• William Tavoulareas - president of Mobil Oil Corporation
• Angelo Tsakopoulos - real estate developer and founder of AKT Developments in Sacramento, CA
• George Tsakopoulos - real estate developer and founder of Tsakopoulos Investments in Sacramento, CA
• P. Roy Vagelos - M.D. and former chairman and CEO of Merck "Most Admired USA CEO"
• Harry Wilson - former investor and restructuring expert
• Ed Zander - CEO of Motorola and former president of Sun Microsystems

]Dancers

• Mark Ballas - professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars
• Steve Condos - tap dancer
• Homer Ladas - Argentine tango dancer and teacher
• Hermes Pan - choreographer for Fred Astaire
• Natalie Fotopoulos - dance teacher, contestant on the FOX reality show, So You Think You Can Dance

]Designers

• Patricia Field - fashion designer[36]
• James Galanos - fashion designer[37]
• Basil Gogos - illustrator
• Peter Speliopoulos - vice president, DKNY design[38]
• Patrick Tatopoulos - special effects and creature designer[39]
• Dean Tavoularis - Academy Award winner for Best Art Direction (The Godfather Part II)[40]
• John Varvatos - fashion designer[41]
• Nick Verreos - American fashion designer[42]   

[edit]Directors

• Alexandra Cassavetes - director, daughter of John Cassavetes
• John Cassavetes - movie director
• Nick Cassavetes - movie director[4]
• George Pan Cosmatos1, film director, Tombstone, Rambo: First Blood Part II
• Milton Katselas - director, Hollywood acting teacher
• Elia Kazan - movie director, two-time Academy Award winner for Gentleman's Agreement and On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata, East of Eden
• Gregory Markopoulos - film director, New American Cinema of the 1960s
• Paolo Marinou-Blanco - film director and screenwriter
• Andrew Moskos - producer/owner of Boom Chicago
• Alexander Payne - Academy Award winning movie director
• Phedon Papamichael - director, cinematographer
• Harris Savides, Cinematographer
• Andy Sidaris - film director of cult B-movie films
• Penelope Spheeris - director (Wayne's World)
• Billy Zane - actor, director[32]

]Military

• LTG Peter G. Burbules - retired United States Army Lieutenant General. U.S. Army Ordnance Hall of Fame.
• Matthew Bogdanos - colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserves
• Alden Partridge Colvocoresses - USA (Col. Ret.), developer of the first satellite map of the United States
• George Colvocoresses - commander of the Saratoga during the American Civil War[43]
• George Partridge Colvocoresses - led a distinguished military career rising to the rank of Admiral
• George Dilboy - first Greek-American to receive US Army Medal of Honor
• Charles Moskos - leading military sociologist in the US Military. Author of Greek Americans: Struggle and Success.
• William Pagonis, retired three-star U.S. Army General & Chairman of the Board/Director for Railamerica, Inc.
• George Sirian - served in the US Navy with distinction for nearly fifty years
• James G. Stavridis - USN is the current Commander, United States Southern Command
• Peter G. Tsouras - retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army

[]Models

• Kristi Lauren Glakas - Miss Virginia 2006 [44]
• Joey Hart - Penthouse model [45]
• Patricia Kara - model, actress, TV personality
• Maria Lekkakos - Miss Massachusetts USA 2004 [46]
• Becky and Jessie O'Donohue - American Idol contestants and models,[47][48]
• Ryan Pinkston - actor and model
• Suzi Simpson - model, actress, aspiring screenwriter [49]  

Musicians

• Maurice Abravanel - conductor[50]
• Teddy Andreadis - keyboardist
• The Andrews Sisters - singers[51]
• Art Alexakis - singer/songwriter/guitarist, member of Everclear
• Johnny Antonopoulos- singer/guitarist
• Annette Artani - singer/songwriter[52]
• John Cacavas - composer, conductor
• Maria Callas - considered one of the greatest opera sopranos of all time[53]
• Kelly Clarkson - American Idol (Season 1) winner[54]
• Greg Dulli - musician[55]
• The Fiery Furnaces - indie rock band[56]
• Alexander Frey - conductor, pianist, organist and composer
• Diamanda Galás - performance artist, vocalist, and composer[57]
• Nick Gravenites - blues, rock and folk singer-songwriter
• Kalomoira - pop singer [58]
• Steven Karidoyanes - composer, broadcaster and conductor with Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra[59]
• Wayne Kramer - guitarist for Motor City Five[60]
• Tim Lambesis - Lead singer of Metalcore band As I Lay Dying
• Tommy Lee - heavy metal drummer[61]
• Paul Lekakis - singer
• Jessie Malakouti - singer
• Athan Maroulis - singer, producer, musician, older brother of American Idol Season 4 finalist Constantine Maroulis
• Constantine Maroulis - singer, stage actor, American Idol (Season 4) finalist[62]
• Dimitri Minakakis - original singer and founding member of the band The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Dimitris Mitropoulos - world-renowned symphony conductor[63]
• Becky O'Donohue - singer and American Idol (Season 5) semi-finalist[64]
• Tony Orlando - singer[65]
• Johnny Otis - rhythm and blues musician[66]
• Shuggie Otis - rock, blues & funk guitarist and songwriter[67]
• Vangelis Papathanassiou (aka "Vangelis") (born 1943) - composer, performer[68]
• Basil Poledouris - film composer[69]
• Jim Sclavunos - drummer for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds[70]
• Derek Sherinian - virtuoso rock and jazz fusion keyboardist
• Chris Spheeris - new age multi-instrumentalist, composer, recording artist, collaborated on several albums with Paul Voudouris[71]
• Chris Trousdale (born 1985) - singer, former Dream Street member[72]
• Tatiana Troyanos - mezzo-soprano[73]
• The Vanity Set - alternative/rebetiko rock band[74]
• Alex Varkatzas - Lead singer of Hard Rock/Metalcore band Atreyu
• Jim Verraros (born 1983) - singer, entertainer, one of the top 10 finalists in the first season of American Idol[75]
• Yanni - new-age musician[76]
• Frank Zappa - composer - see The Real Frank Zappa Book  

]Photographers

• Chris Hondros
• Christopher Makos - photographer for Calvin Klein, Esquire and Andy Warhol
• George Tames - photographer for the New York Times from 1945–1985
• Dimitris Theocharis
• Constantine Manos
• Popsie Randolph
• Politics

Federal level

• Spiro Agnew - former Vice President of the United States, Governor of Maryland, first Greek-American governor in U.S. history
• George Argyros - US ambassador to Spain
• Shelley Berkley - member of Congress
• Gus Bilirakis - congressman, Republican co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues
• Michael Bilirakis - Congressman from Florida
• John Brademas - former member of Congress, former president of New York University, former chair of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
• Michael Dukakis - former Governor of Massachusetts, 1988 Democratic presidential candidate
• Nick Galifianakis - former Congressman from North Carolina.
• George Gekas - former Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Ron Klink - former Representative from Pennsylvania
• Tom C. Korologos - U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, Reagan lobbyist
• Nicholas Mavroules - former Congressman from Massachusetts
• Andrew Manatos - former Assistant Secretary of Commerce under Jimmy Carter
• Sylvia Mathews - National Economic Commission staff
• John Negroponte - United States Director of National Intelligence, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• Peter Peterson - first Greek American Cabinet Officer, head of Blackstone Group
• John Podesta - White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton
• John Sarbanes - eldest son of Paul Sarbanes, Congressman, Maryland's 3rd congressional district
• Paul Sarbanes - former Senator for Maryland; co-sponsored the Sarbanes–Oxley Act on corporate accounting
• Tasia Scolinos - Justice Department Director Of Public Affairs
• Olympia Snowe - Republican Senator from Maine
• Zack Space - member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio
• George Stephanopoulos - political commentator, former White House Communications Director,
• George Tenet - former CIA director
• Dina Titus - Congresswoman from Nevada
• Frances Townsend - assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor
• Paul Tsongas - former Senator from Massachusetts
• Niki Tsongas - Congresswoman from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
• Gus Yatron - former Pennsylvania Congressman and boxer

]State level

• Elaine Alquist - California State Assembly
• Phil Angelides - state treasurer of California, 2006 democratic candidate for Governor of California
• Dean Alfange - Deputy New York State Attorney General and founding member of the Liberal Party of New York.
• Jim Aslanides - former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Demetrius J. Atsalis - Massachusetts House of Representatives
• James Bacalles - New York State Assembly
• Susan Bysiewicz - former Secretary of the State of Connecticut
• Gale D. Candaras - Massachusetts Senate
• Larry Chatzidakis - former New Jersey General Assembly
• James C. Condos - former Vermont State Senate and is currently the Vermont Secretary of State
• Charlie Crist - former Governor of Florida
• Mike Haridopolos - Florida Senate
• Ted Gatsas - Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. former member of New Hampshire Senate
• Adeline Jay Geo-Karis - former Illinois State senator, former naval officer
• Michael N. Gianaris - New York State Assembly
• Alexi Giannoulias - Illinois State Treasurer
• Theodore Kanavas - Republican senator from Brookfield, Wisconsin.
• Phyllis Katsakiores - New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Joseph M. Kyrillos - New Jersey General Assembly
• Phil P. Leventis - Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate
• Nicole Malliotakis - New York State Assembly
• Sandy Pappas - Minnesota State Senator representing St. Paul
• Aravella Simotas - New York State Assembly
• Frank Skartados - New York State Assembly
• Dean Skelos - New York State Senate and the Majority Leader of the New York State Senate
• Theodore J. Sophocleus - Maryland House of Delegates
• Joyce Spiliotis - Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Theodore C. Speliotis - Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Bruce Tarr (Tamvakologos)- Massachusetts Senate and the Minority leader
• Philip J. Williams – former member of the Michigan House of Representatives

]Local level

• Art Agnos - former mayor of San Francisco
• Helen Boosalis - former mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska
• George Christopher - former mayor of San Francisco
• George Harlamon - former mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut
• Bill Saffo - Mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina
• Harry Scolinos - attorney, businessman and politician  

]Science/Academia

• Diogenes Allen - professor of philosophy
• Gust Avrakotos - political adviser
• Saul Amarel - artificial intelligence pioneer
• Paul Alivisatos - nanotechnologist
• Chris Argyris - distinguished lifetime contributor to theory and practice of management
• Kyriacos A. Athanasiou - biomedical engineer
• Constantine A. Balanis - electrical engineer
• D. James Bidzos - VeriSign Vice Chairman of the Board (previously CEO of RSA Data Security)
• Lambros D. Callimahos - NSA cryptanalyst
• George Canellos - renowned oncologist and cancer researcher
• Leda Cosmides - psychologist[77]
• Michael Dertouzos - innovator and director of the M.I.T. LCS
• Persi Diaconis - mathematician
• George A. Economou - optical systems expert
• Menas Kafatos - quantum physicist
• Paris Kanellakis - computer scientist
• Peter Liacouras - former president of Temple University
• Nicholas Metropolis - physicist
• Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos - NASA astrophysicist
• Tom Maniatis - biologist
• Dimitris Nanopoulos - professor of theoretical physics at TAMU
• Nicholas Negroponte - scientist, MIT Media Lab founder and director; architect
• Alexander Nehamas - professor of philosophy
• Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou - chemist
• C. L. Max Nikias - engineer and president of the University of Southern California[78]
• Constantine Papadakis - president of Drexel University
• Christos Papadimitriou - professor of computer science at University of California, Berkeley
• George Papanicolaou - created the Pap Smear, and more generally, the field of cytopathology
• Athanasios Papoulis - engineer and applied mathematician
• John Allen Paulos - mathematician
• Nicholas A. Peppas - Chaired Professor in Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
• Symeon C. Symeonides, current dean of Willamette University College of Law
• George Tchobanoglous - civil and environmental engineer, professor at University of California, Davis
• Marius Vassiliou - Computational scientist and aerospace executive
• Tom Ypsilantis - physicist
• Panayiotis Zavos - geneticist   

]Sports

• Harry "the Golden Greek" Agganis1 - college football star and professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
• Tom Anastos - Head Hockey Coach, Michigan State University
• Peter Angelos - MLB owner of the Baltimore Orioles
• Annastasia Batikis - played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1945
• David Batista (Bautista) - WWE SmackDown!, professional wrestler (Greek mother)
• Clay Bellinger - MLB player of the Baltimore Orioles
• Adam Burish - NHL player with the Dallas Stars
• Nick Calathes - former Florida Gators basketball player
• Al Campanis - MLB player and executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Jimmy Carson - NHL hockey player (original family surname Kyriazopoulos)
• Chris Chelios - NHL hockey player
• Anton Christoforidis - professional boxer, NBA World Light Heavyweight Champion 1941
• Zach Collaros - quarterback for the University of Cincinnati football team
• Ria Cortesio - professional baseball umpire
• Tara Dakides - pro snowboarder and champion from California
• Chris Farasopoulos - NFL player, played for the New York Jets
• Nick Fotiu - NHL player, played for the New York Rangers
• Danielle Fotopoulos - soccer player, US women's national soccer team
• George Kottaras - catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
• Nick Galis - basketball player, played in Europe (where he is known as Nikos Galis) and is regarded as one of Europe's all-time basketball greats
• Alex Grammas - MLB manager and infielder for St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs.
• Laird Hamilton (born Laird John Zerfas) - surfer
• Alex Holmes - NFL tight end for the St. Louis Rams, mother is Greek
• George John - Soccer player, currently with Major League Soccer club FC Dallas [79]
• Maria Kanellis - professional wrestler with WWE Smackdown
• Alex Karalexis- professional fighter with the Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Chris Karamesines - racecar driver
• Dean Karnazes - ultramarathon champion, writer, businessman
• Mike Karakas - NHL player for the Islanders 1935–1946
• Alex Karras - NFL player with the Detroit Lions, wrestler and actor
• Lou Karras - NFL player with the Washington Redskins, older brother of Alex Karras
• Ted Karras - NFL player with the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, older brother of Alex Karras
• Gus Kartes - former Chicago Storm footballer
• Eric Karros - former MLB player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and now a baseball broadcaster
• George Kastrinakis - former professional basketball player in Greece
• Michael Katsidis - (born in Australia) current boxer
• Bobby Kingsbury - MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Frank Klopas - retired soccer player, formerly of AEK, Apollon, Kansas City Wizards, Chicago Fire and the U.S. national team
• Chris Kontos - former NHL player known for his prolific scoring in the play-offs
• George Kontos - MLB pitcher with the San Francisco Giants
• John Korfas - former Greek pro basketball player.
• Tom Kostopoulos - NHL hockey player.
• Niko Koutouvides - NFL linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Kosta Koufos - player for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA and the Greece national team
• Alexi Lalas - soccer player for the L.A. Galaxy, U.S. national team
• Steve Lappas - former college basketball coach at Villanova and UMass
• Themistocles Leftheris - American pair skater, 2007 U.S. National Pairs bronze medalist
• Kay Lionikas - played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1948–1950
• Billy Loes, MLB Pitcher for the Dodgers and other teams
• Jim Londos - champion wrestler during the 1930s
• Greg Louganis - Olympic diving champion (Greek by adoption; ethnically Samoan and Swedish)
• Christina Loukas- Olympic diver
• Nick Markakis - MLB outfielder who currently plays for the Baltimore Orioles[80]
• Tino Martinez - former MLB first baseman for the N.Y. Yankees (Greek mother)
• Aaron Miles - MLB player for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, and Colorado Rockies (paternal grandmother)
• David Nelson - former professional Greek basketball player
• Gus Niarhos - MLB Yankees, White Sox, Red Sox, Phillies
• Joe Panos - NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills 1994–2000 (birth name Zois Panagiotopoulos)
• Petros Papadakis - Host of various sports shows on radio, former college football tailback and team captain at USC 1996–2000.
• Milt Pappas - MLB pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds and other teams
• Tom Pappas - Track & field decathlete, 2003 world decathlon champion and 2-time Olympian.
• June Peppas - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 1948–1954
• George Parros - NHL hockey player
• Tony Pashos - NFL lineman with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
• Lonnie Paxton - NFL New England Patriots long-snapper 2001–2003
• Peter Philipakos - Soccer player, formerly of Olympiacos F.C., currently with Ethnikos Piraeus.
• Pete Pihos - NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles (Pro Football Hall of Fame)
• Joseph Pilates - inventor of Pilates[81][82]
• Dawn Marie Psaltis (Dawn Marie) - former WWE diva
• Kurt Rambis - former NBA player, won 4 championships with the L.A. Lakers (birth name Kyriakos Rambidis)
• Chris Roupas - Former Greek American Professional Basketball Player, First Penn State Nittany Lion to play professional basketball in Greece[83]
• John Sitaras - fitness professional, creator of the Sitaras Method and founder of Sitaras Fitness in New York City
• Pete Sampras - tennis player, considered one of the best tennis players in history
• Peter Skouras - retired soccer player, formerly of Olympiakos Pireaus, PAOK Thessaloniki, San Diego Sockers North American Soccer League, and United States Youth National Teams
• Fred Smerlas - NFL player for the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots
• Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder1 - sports commentator
• Alex Spanos - NFL owner of the San Diego Chargers
• Trish Stratus - WWE diva
• Matt Stover - NFL player, kicker for Baltimore Ravens
• George Theodore - MLB outfielder for the New York Mets
• Craig Titus - American bodybuilder
• Gus Triandos - MLB player for the Baltimore Orioles and other teams
• Lou Tsioropoulos - former NBA player with the Boston Celtics
• Garo Yepremian - NFL player (Greek Cypriot origin)
• George Zaharias - sports promoter and professional wrestler in the 1930s (birth name Theodore Vetoyanis)
• Gust Zarnas - NFL player with the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers 1938–1940
• Clint Zavaras - MLB pitcher with the Seattle Mariners in 1989  

]TV/journalists

• Ernie Anastos - WNYW-New York co-anchorman
• Thalia Assuras - TV reporter, CBS News (born in Canada, moved to U.S.)
• John Bolaris - WCBS-New York meteorologist
• Jimmy Cefalo - sportscaster
• Alexis Christoforous- CBS News Early Show
• Chris Clark was the lead news anchor at WTVF in Nashville, TN. He also gave Oprah Winfrey her first television job
• Bob Costas - NBC sportscaster
• Spero Dedes - Los Angeles Lakers sportscaster
• Stefan Fatsis - National Public Radio
• Mike Galanos - CNN/Sports Illustrated anchor
• Paul Glastris - editor in chief of The Washington Monthly
• Nick Gregory - WNYW New York meteorologist for over twenty years
• Chris Hondros - photojournalist
• Soterios Johnson - WNYC- morning anchor
• Harry Kalas - sports announcer
• Demetria Kalodimos - anchorperson for WSMV-TV Nashville, Tennessee [84]
• Bill Lekas - sports announcer
• Ernie Manouse - TV anchor/producer, PBS
• John Manuel - co-editor in chief, Baseball America magazine
• Rory Markas - sports announcer
• Debbie Matenopoulos - journalist, talk show host
• Maria Menounos- correspondent for Today and Access Hollywood
• John Metaxas - WCBS New York radio correspondent
• Bob Papa - sports anchor and announcer
• Greg Papa - sportscaster
• Petros Papadakis - former USC Trojans running back, sports talk show host
• Ike Pappas - former CBS News correspondent
• Ted Sarandis - sports announcer
• Andrea Stassou - reporter for WCBS-TV in New York
• George Stephanopoulos - Host of ABC's This Week
• Jason Terzis [86] - sports anchor and producer for WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, MI.
• Maria Stephanos- weeknights anchor--WFXT-TV (Fox 25:Boston)  

[Writers

• Chloe Aridjis - writer (daughter of Greek-Mexican Homero Aridjis and American Betty Ferber de Aridjis)
• Aliki Barnstone - poet and translator, author of The Collected Poems of C.P. Cavafy: A New Translation (W.W. Norton, 2006)
• A. I. Bezzerides - novelist and screenwriter
• Demetrios Constantelos - priest and academic scholar
• Rae Dalven - author and academic (Romaniote - Greek Jewish)
• N. A. Diaman - novelist and artist
• Jeffrey Eugenides - novelist and short story writer[85]
• Tina Fey, comedienne, former head writer of Saturday Night Live and creator of 30 Rock
• Christos Gage - DC/Marvel Comics/Wildstorm and Law & Order writer[86]
• Nicholas Gage - reporter for the Wall Street Journal
• Dan Georgakas - writer, critic and member of the editorial board for Cineaste
• Panio Gianopoulos - writer and editor for Bloomsbury Publishing[87]
• Vanessa Grigoriadis - contributing editor for New York magazine and Rolling Stone magazine
• George Gregoriou - William Paterson University professor, writer
• Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos) - columnist, pundit and founder of the popular liberal website The Huffington Post
• John Kass - columnist, Chicago Tribune
• Zoe Kazan - screenwriter and playwright
• Paul Kemprecos
• Nick Mamatas
• Markos Moulitsas, blogger and political columnist, founder of the influential liberal blog Daily Kos
• George Pelecanos, crime novelist and television drama writer (The Wire)
• Stephanos Papadopoulos, poet, translator
• David Sedaris, essayist and radio contributor
• Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
• Byron Vazakas - poet (nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1947)

]Other

• Criss Angel - magician
• Pete Athans - mountaineer
• Constantino Brumidi - important artist of the Capitol [88]
• Yiorgos Caralambo - one of the eight men hired by US Army in 1856 to lead the camel driver experiment in the Southwest.
• Philip Tedro, or Hadji Ali, hired by US Army in 1856 to lead the camel driver experiment in the Southwest.
• Cat Cora - Iron Chef on Food Network's Iron Chef America
• Nick "the Greek" Dandolos1 - gambler
• Gracia Dura Bin - early settler, wife of Dr. Andrew Turnbull
• Iakovos - former Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, Harvard professor, Selma marcher, President World Council of Churches
• George Lois - advertising executive (ESPN, USA Today, Xerox, MTV, Wolfschmidt, Tommy Hilfiger), "Fizz Fizz What a Relief it Is", "No Dancing in the (a)Isles" "Crazy People" (Big break hired by Rossides for Javits 1960)
• Jack Pierce1 - makeup artist
• Jenni Pulos - On show Flipping Out
• Valerie Solanas - attempted assassin of Andy Warhol
• Dino Stamatopoulos - television comedy writer, actor and producer who has worked on Mr. Show, TV Funhouse, Mad TV, Moral Orel, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Michael Symon - Iron Chef on Food Network's Iron Chef America
• Paul Vallas - CEO of the Chicago Public Schools
• Nick Venet - record producer
• Petro Vlahos - Oscar-awarded Hollywood special effects pioneer