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George I of Greece
King of Greece (r. 1863–1913)
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Greek statesman and diplomat (1776–1831)
Laskarina Bouboulina
heroine of the Greek War of Independence
Hasan Prishtina
Albanian politician (1873-1933)
Theodoros Deligiannis
Greek politician (1820–1905)
Pavlos Fyssas
Greek far-left anti-fascist rapper
Ion Dragoumis
Greek diplomat and philosopher (1878–1920)
Grigoris Lambrakis
Greek MP (1912-1963)
George Polk
American journalist
Alexandros Grigoropulos
Greek murder victim
Menis Koumandareas
Greek writer (1931–2014)
Hagop Hagopian
Armenian armed activist (1951–1988)
Zak Kostopoulos
Greek LGBT activist
Enrico Tellini
Italian general (1871-1923)
Butheric
Butheric (; ; died 390) was a Roman general of Gothic descent. Under the reign of emperor Theodosius I, Butheric was stationed in Thessalonica as a magister militum. According to Sozomen, in June of the year 390 he had a famous circus charioteer arrested in Thessalonica, who openly practiced pederasty. This was based on the emperor's law which punished "sin against nature" with death. The population reacted violently against the arrest, both for the popularity of the charioteer and for prejudices against Goths. Butheric was lynched by the mob in the circus. In retaliation, Theodosius authorize
Richard Welch
American spy (1929-1975)
Alexander Solonik
Russian mobster (1960–1997)
Kostas Taktsis
Greek writer (1927–1988)
Giorgos Karaivaz
Greek journalist and crime reporter (1968 - 2021)
Andreas Kopasis
Prince of Samos
Marinos Antypas
Greek politician
Nikolaos Dailakis
Greek revolutionary
Pavlos Bakoyannis
Greek politician (1935-1989)
Antonis Oikonomou
Greek naval captain
Sotiris Petroulas
Nikos Sergianopoulos
Greek actor (1952-2008)
Stephen Saunders
British army officer