Annaclara Cataldi Palau passed away at age 76
Annaclara Cataldi Palau, an Italian Hellenist and palaeographer, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. She specialised in Greek medieval and Renaissance palaeography and the history of the book. Born in…
Famous Dead People from Greece
Over 600 obituaries for famous people from Greece who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Death of Georgios Liveris at age 94
Georgios Liveris, a Greek sports shooter who competed in two rifle events at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died in Athens on October 20, 2026, aged 94. Born in Athens on…
Demetris Kizas died at age 73
Demetris Kizas, a Cypriot footballer who played for Enosis Neon Paralimni, Panathinaikos, Panachaiki and OFI, died on October 19, 2026, aged 73. Born in Paralimni on September 6, 1953, he…
Death of James P. Axiotis at age 63
James P. Axiotis, an American television producer known for Cold Case Files, died October 18, 2026, aged 63. Born James Photi Axiotis in Athens, Greece, he was adopted by Greek…
Yiorgos Vardinogiannis passes away at age 90
Yiorgos Vardinogiannis, a Greek shipping magnate and football club owner who served as president of Panathinaikos, died October 16, 2026, aged 90. Born on April 7, 1936, in Episkopi, in…
Betty Valassi has died at age 89
Betty Valassi, a Greek actress whose credits included Loxantra, The Hunters and A Dream of Passion, died in Athens on October 15, 2026, aged 89. She was born Despo, also…
Death of Denis Zacharopoulos at age 74
Denis Zacharopoulos, a Greek art historian, died in Athens on October 4, 2026, aged 74. Born in Athens on June 11, 1952, he studied music there before moving to France…
Nikos Sevastopoulos dies at 81
Nikos Sevastopoulos, the Greek footballer who played as a forward, died on October 2, 2026, aged 81. Born in Tavros on February 26, 1945, he was known for his spells…
Athanasios Iliadis, died aged 74
Athanasios Iliadis, a Greek boxer who competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics, died on September 30, 2026, aged 74. Born in Thessaloniki on August 23,…
Soulis Markopoulos death at age 77
Soulis Markopoulos, the Greek basketball player and coach, died on September 25, 2026, aged 77. Born Anastasios Markopoulos in Thessaloniki on March 1, 1949, he played club basketball from 1967…
Margaret Chant-Papandreou dead at age 102
Margaret Chant-Papandreou, an American-born Greek women’s rights activist, writer and former first lady, died on September 18, 2026, aged 102. Born Margaret Esther Chant in Oak Park, Illinois, she later…
Georgios Makropoulos obituary: died at age 72
Georgios Makropoulos, the Greek chess player who won the national championship seven times, died on September 15, 2026, aged 72. A leading figure in Greek chess in the 1970s and…
Giorgos Mazonakis obituary: died at age 54
Giorgos Mazonakis, the Greek singer known for modern folk-pop and pop performances, died on September 9, 2026, aged 54, after cardiac arrest. Born Georgios Mazonakis on March 4, 1972, in…
Constantin Floros, died aged 96
Constantin Floros, the Greek-German musicologist known for his work on the Second Viennese School, died on September 4, 2026, aged 96. Born in Thessaloniki on January 4, 1930, he studied…
Isaac M. Daniel, died aged 92
Isaac M. Daniel, an American engineer, died on September 3, 2026, aged 92. Also known as Isaac Mordochai Daniel, he was a Greek-American engineer and professor whose work centered on…
Death of Elia Zenghelis at age 89
Elia Zenghelis, the Greek architect and teacher, died on August 30, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens in 1937, he studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in…
Mary Tsingou obituary: died at age 97
Mary Tsingou, the American physicist and mathematician known for the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem, died on August 27, 2026, aged 97. Born in Milwaukee, she was one of the first programmers on…
Dimitris Kokotas, died aged 57
Dimitris Kokotas, the Greek singer, composer and businessman, died on August 25, 2026, at age 57. Born in Athens on December 14, 1968, he was the son of the well-known…
P. E. Easterling passes away at age 92
P. E. Easterling, the English classical scholar and expert on Sophocles, died on August 18, 2026, aged 92. Born Patricia Elizabeth Fairfax in Blackburn on March 11, 1934, she studied…
Constantine Tsoucalas passed away at age 89
Constantine Tsoucalas, the Greek sociologist, academic and politician, died on August 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on August 5, 1937, he taught at universities in Greece, the United…
Constantine Tsoucalas passed away at age 89
Constantine Tsoucalas, the Greek sociologist, academic and politician, died on August 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on August 5, 1937, he taught at universities in Greece, the United…
Jean-Louis Brunaux, died aged 72
Jean-Louis Brunaux, the French archaeologist and historian known for excavations at the sanctuaries of Gournay-sur-Aronde and Ribemont-sur-Ancre, died on August 18, 2026, aged 72. Born in Lachelle in 1953, he…
Death of Stefanos Manos at age 86
Stefanos Manos, the Greek politician who served as minister of finance, died on August 15, 2026, aged 86. Born in Athens in 1939, he entered politics with New Democracy and…
David Charles obituary: died at age 26
David Charles, the British philosopher, died on August 12, 2026, aged 26. Known professionally as David Owain Maurice Charles, he taught philosophy and classics at Yale University and held posts…
Georgios Marsellos obituary: died at age 89
Georgios Marsellos, the Greek Olympic hurdler who competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics, died on August 4, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on October 12, 1936, he…
Ioannis Varvitsiotis has died at age 93
Ioannis Varvitsiotis, the Greek politician who served as minister of defence and a member of parliament, died on August 2, 2026, aged 93. Born in Athens on August 2, 1933,…
Clemente Marconi passes away at age 60
Clemente Marconi, an Italian archaeologist and art historian known for his work on Greek art and archaeology and the excavations at Selinunte, died on July 24, 2026. Born in Rome…
Mary Linda passed away at age 90
Mary Linda, the Greek singer known for her folk-pop recordings, died on July 22, 2026, at age 90. Born Maria Dimitropoulou in Pyrgos in 1935, she later moved with her…
Alexis Stamatis dies at age 67
Alexis Stamatis, a Greek writer and screenwriter, died on July 20, 2026, in Athens, one day after his 66th birthday. Born in Athens on July 19, 1960, he studied architecture…
Death of Maro Kontou at age 92
Maro Kontou, a Greek actress and politician, died on July 15, 2026, at the age of 92, of lung cancer. Born in Athens on June 21, 1934, she began her…
Joseph Jules Zerey passes away at age 85
Joseph Jules Zerey died on July 8, 2026. He was an Egyptian-born Melkite Catholic hierarch and archbishop in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Born in Alexandria on June 9, 1941,…
Paola Revenioti passes away at age 68
Paola Revenioti, a Greek LGBTQ activist, died July 8, 2026. Tags Other, 08 July 2026, Cancer, Greece, Marousi, Paola, Revenioti, July 2026, July 8
Obituary: Apostolos Papageorgiou, dead at age 89
Apostolos Papageorgiou died on July 2, 2026. He was a Greek academic. Tags Scientists, 02 July 2026, Apostolos, Greece, Papageorgiou, July 2, July 2026
Vasilis Leventis has died at age 74
Vasilis Leventis, the Greek politician who served in parliament from 2015 to 2019 and led the centrist Union of Centrists from 1992, died on July 1, 2026, at the age…
Mihalis Mosios obituary: died at age 79
Mihalis Mosios died on June 30, 2026. He was a Greek actor. Tags Actors, 30 June 2026, Greece, Keratea, Mihalis, Mosios, Pisces, June 2026, June 30
Michalis Mosios, died aged 79
Michalis Mosios died on June 30, 2026. He was a Greek actor. Tags Actors, 30 June 2026, Greece, Michalis, Mosios, Pisces, June 2026, June 30
Takis Gonias, died aged 54
Takis Gonias, a Greek footballer and coach, died on June 24, 2026, at the age of 54. Born on October 6, 1971, in Livadeia, he began his career in 1988…
Pavlos Kourtidis dead
Pavlos Kourtidis, a Greek actor, died on June 21, 2026. Born in Wuppertal, Germany, he built a career as an actor, choreographer and dancer, working across Greece and abroad. His…
Obituary: Theoliptos Fenerlis, dead at age 69
Theoliptos Fenerlis, a Turkish-Greek Orthodox prelate and metropolitan of Iconium, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 69. Born Iakovos Fenerlis on April 17, 1957, in Tarabya, Istanbul,…
John Pappageorge death at age 94
John Pappageorge, an American politician and former Michigan state senator, died June 9, 2026. He was 94. Born in Detroit on July 19, 1931, to a Greek family, he graduated…
Georgios Souflias dies at 84
Georgios Souflias, a Greek politician and former minister, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 84. Born on July 7, 1941, in Ayia Triada, Larissa, he studied civil…
Dimitri Bertsekas dies at age 83
Dimitri Bertsekas, a Greek mathematician and computer scientist whose work shaped nonlinear programming, convex optimization and dynamic programming, died on June 3, 2026, at age 83. Born in Athens in…
Eleni Zetou dead at age 70
Eleni Zetou, a Greek volleyball player, died on June 2, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Thessaloniki on February 12, 1956, she played for Aris Thessaloniki from 1972…
Eleni Zetou dead at age 70
Eleni Zetou died on June 2, 2026. Tags Athletes, 02 June 2026, Aquarius, Eleni, Greece, Zetou, June 2, June 2026
Nasos Athanasiou dies at age 75
Nasos Athanasiou died on June 2, 2026. He was a Greek politician. Tags Politicians, 02 June 2026, Athanasiou, Greece, Nasos, Pisces, June 2, June 2026
Marios Oikonomou passes away at age 33
Marios Oikonomou, the Greek footballer who played for Bologna, AEK Athens and the national team, died on June 1, 2026, in a motorcycle collision, according to reports. He was 33.…
Paraskevas Antzas dead at age 49
Paraskevas Antzas, the Greek footballer who played for Skoda Xanthi, Olympiacos and the national team, died on May 25, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 49. Antzas…
Aglaia Kremezi dies at 79
Aglaia Kremezi, Greek food writer and journalist, died on May 19, 2026, in Athens at the age of 79. Born in Athens on May 4, 1947, she was often considered…
Pierre Mouallem obituary: died at age 96
Pierre Mouallem, the Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch who served as bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo from 1990 to 1998 and as archbishop of Akka from…
Boutros Mouallem obituary: died at age 98
Boutros Mouallem, Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch and bishop, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Eilabun, Galilee, in 1928, he was ordained a priest…
Jean-Clément Jeanbart passed away at age 83
Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch and archbishop of Aleppo from 1995 to 2021, died on May 9, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 83. Born in Aleppo…
Obituary: Dionysis Tsamis, dead at age 74
Dionysis Tsamis, a Greek professional footballer and later manager, died on May 1, 2026. Born on May 21, 1951, in Agrinio, he played as a midfielder. Tsamis began his football…
Kyriakos Sfetsas obituary: died at age 80
Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Amfilochia and raised in Lefkada, he first studied music at the Philharmonic Band and…
Death of Stefanos Linaios at age 97
Stefanos Linaios, Greek actor and politician who served as an MP from 1989 to 1990, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 97. He was known for his…
Death of Giorgos Gonios at age 79
Giorgos Gonios, a Greek footballer best known for his career with Panathinaikos, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 79. A defender, he began his career as a…
Patrick Campbell-Lyons, died aged 82
Patrick Campbell-Lyons, an Irish musician and composer, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 82. A native of Lismore, County Waterford, he was a member of the West…
Stefanos Borbokis died at age 59
Stefanos Borbokis, a Greek footballer who played for PAOK, Iraklis and the national team, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 59. Borbokis began his career at PAOK…
L. P. E. Parker death at age 93
L. P. E. Parker, the British classical scholar known especially for her work on the metres of ancient Greek poetry, died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 93.…
Vassilis Goumas obituary: died at age 79
Vassilis Goumas, a Greek basketball player who played for Panellinios, AEK and Ilysiakos, died on March 30, 2026, at the age of 79. Known during his career as "The Emperor,"…
Marinella dead at age 87
Marinella, the Greek singer known for "Dio Portes Echi i Zoi" and "Giati Fovase," died on March 28, 2026, from complications following a stroke. Born Kyriaki Papadopoulou in Thessaloniki on…
Anastasios Gonis has died at age 99
Anastasios Gonis, a Greek politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1993 to 1996, died on March 12, 2026. He was a member of New Democracy. Gonis, who was…
Giorgos Panousopoulos passes away at age 84
Giorgos Panousopoulos, the Greek cinematographer, film director and screenwriter known for Mania, died on March 10, 2026. He was 84. Born in Kifissia, German-occupied Greece, on February 3, 1942, Panousopoulos…
Christos Valavanidis died at age 81
Christos Valavanidis, a Greek actor and poet, died on March 6, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Athens in 1944, he graduated from the National Theatre Drama School…
Vasilios Daniil died at age 87
Vasilios Daniil, a Greek professional football manager, died on March 4, 2026. Born on August 3, 1938, he managed Kavala, Kastoria, Apollon Kalamarias, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos Volos, Skoda Xanthi, Paniliakos and…
Alexander Tzonis passes away at age 88
Alexander Tzonis, a Greek-French architect, author and researcher, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Athens on November 8, 1937, he made contributions to architectural…
Giannis Patsilinakos dead at age 78
Greek politician Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Michalis Voutsaras has died at age 90
Greek footballer Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Kaiti Voutsakis dies at age 96
Egyptian-born Greek actress and belly dancer Died on Friday February 27th 2026
Ioanna Papantoniou passed away at age 90
Ioanna Papantoniou, a Greek author, scenic designer, costume designer and folklorist, died on February 25, 2026. Born in Athens on January 7, 1936, she was the founder and president of…
Antonis Manitakis died at age 81
Antonis Manitakis, a Greek university professor and politician, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Thessaloniki on May 23, 1944, he studied law at the…
Hélène Ahrweiler dead at age 99
Hélène Ahrweiler, the Greek-French Byzantologist and academic known formally as Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, died on February 16, 2026, in Athens, Greece, at the age of 99. Born in Athens on August…
Anna Benaki-Psarouda dead at age 91
Anna Benaki-Psarouda, a Greek lawyer, politician and academician, died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Exarcheia, Athens, on December 12, 1934, she obtained a PhD…
Anastasios Papaligouras died at age 77
Anastasios Papaligouras, a Greek politician and lawyer, died on February 12, 2026. Born in Athens on April 14, 1948, he studied law at the University of Athens and earned a…
Eleftherios Venizelos died at age 101
Eleftherios Venizelos, a Greek politician and shipowner, died on February 7, 2026. Born in August 1924 in Athens, Greece, he was a member of the Liberal Party and served in…
Thanasis Skourtopoulos dies at age 60
Thanasis Skourtopoulos, a Greek basketball player and coach, died on February 5, 2026, at the age of 60. Born in Athens in 1965, he played professionally for Dafni Dafniou, Pagrati…
Vangelis Petrakis dies at age 87
Vangelis Petrakis, a Greek footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on February 3, 2026. Born on September 7, 1938, he began his career at Aris Ptolemaida before moving to…
Gregory Gregoriadis dies at age 91
Greek-born British biochemist Died on Tuesday January 27th 2026
Alexandros Papadogonas obituary: died at age 94
Greek politician Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Melpo Zarokosta passed away at age 92
Greek actress (Maiden's Cheek Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Princess Irene passes away at age 83
South African-born Greek-Spanish royal Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Eleni Varikas dies at 76
Greek-born French political philosopher and academic Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Obituary: Giorgos Papadakis, dead at age 74
Greek journalist and television presenter Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Sylva Akrita passes away at age 97
Greek politician and political activist Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025
Dimitrios Stamatis passed away at age 75
Greek politician Died on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Death of Alekos Flambouraris at age 87
Greek politician Died on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Death of Dionysis Savvopoulos at age 80
Greek singer-songwriter Died on Tuesday October 21st 2025
Kyriakos D. obituary: died at age 79
Greek poet and painter Died on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Anna Kyriakou obituary: died at age 96
Greek actress (Zorba the Greek Died on Monday October 13th 2025
Lucian Mureșan has died at age 94
Romanian Greek Catholic cardinal Died on Thursday September 25th 2025
Spyros Kokotos dies at 91
Greek architect Died on Tuesday September 2nd 2025
Konstantinos Pylarinos died at age 91
Greek politician Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Dimitris Konstantaras died at age 78
Greek journalist and politician Died on Sunday August 24th 2025
Eftichios Bitsakis dead at age 98
Greek physicist Died on Saturday August 23rd 2025
Death of Apostolos Vesyropoulos at age 59
Greek politician Died on Thursday August 21st 2025
Eleni Karpeta dies at 88
Greek actress Died on Sunday August 17th 2025
Theodoros Pallas, died aged 75
Greek footballer (Aris Died on Saturday August 9th 2025
Dionysios Mantalos dead at age 72
Greek Orthodox prelate Died on Thursday August 7th 2025
Dimitrios Zarzavatsidis died at age 69
Greek Olympic weightlifter (1980) Died on Tuesday July 29th 2025