Mikis Theodorakis - Musician and Composer from Chios
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- Category: Famous People of Chios
- Published on Thursday, 16 May 2013 12:55
Mikis Theodorakis is a Greek composer, author and politician who was born on Chios Island (Χίος) in 1925. His father was from Crete (Κρήτη) and his mother from Çeşme in Turkey. He is international famous for his songs, his film music for the movies "Alexis Sorbas", "Z" and "Serpico" and his political exposure.
Stamatios Krimigis – Explorer of the Solar System
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- Category: Famous People of Chios
- Published on Thursday, 04 April 2013 15:48
Born on Chios on the 10th of September 1938, Stamatios (Tom) M. Krimigis emerged from the small island and became one of the leading scientist in modern space explorations of the USA and the whole world.
Dimitris Varos – Revolutionary on Sunday
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- Category: Famous People of Chios
- Published on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:45
Dimitris Varos is a modern Greek journalist, poet and photographer, who was born in 1949 on the island of Chios. Though not associated with great deeds, he reinvented the concept of newspapers in all Greece.