Category
page 1Founders of the modern Olympic Games
Pierre de Coubertin
founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937)
Dimitrios Vikelas
Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)
Evangelos Zappas
Greek philanthropist and businessman
Georgios Averoff
Greek businessman (1815–1899)
Ferenc Kemény
educator (1860–1944)
Wenlock Olympian Games
sporting event; forerunner of the modern Olympic Games

William Penny Brookes
British doctor (1809-1895)
Konstantinos Zappas
Greek philanthropist (1814–1892)
Panagiotis Soutsos
Greek poet (1806–1868)
Aleksei Butovsky
Russian general and sports official