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This is a list of alumni, former staff, and those otherwise associated with the
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. This list is not complete.
Heads of state or government
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Nicos Anastasiades (b. 1946),
President of Cyprus (since 2013)
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Constantine II (1940–2023),
King of the Hellenes (1964–1973)
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Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902–1986),
Prime Minister of Greece (1945; 1967)
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Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998),
President of Greece (1980–1985; 1990–1995) and Prime Minister of Greece (1955–1958; 1958–1961; 1961–1963; 1974–1980)
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Kostas Karamanlis (b. 1956), Prime Minister of Greece (2004–2009)
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Spyros Markezinis (1909–2000), Prime Minister of Greece (1973)
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Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918–2017), Prime Minister of Greece (1990–1993)
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Alexandros Papanastasiou (1876–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (1924; 1932)
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Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996), Prime Minister of Greece (1981–1989; 1993–1996)
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Georgios Papandreou (1888–1968), Prime Minister of Greece (1944–1945; 1963; 1964–1965)
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Karolos Papoulias (1929–2021), President of Greece (2005–2015)
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Georgios Rallis (1918–2006), Prime Minister of Greece (1980–1981)
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Ioannis Rallis (1878–1946), Prime Minister of Greece (1943–1944)
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Michail Stasinopoulos (1903–2002), President of Greece (1974–1975)
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Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (b. 1950), Prime Minister of Greece (2015) and President of the
Court of Cassation (since 2015)
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Charilaos Trikoupis (1832–1896), Prime Minister of Greece (1875; 1878; 1880; 1882–1885; 1886–1890; 1892–1893; 1893–1895)
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Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899–1987), President of Greece (1975–1980)
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Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (1910–1915; 1915; 1917–1920; 1924; 1928–1932; 1932; 1933) and
Prime Minister of the Cretan State (1910)
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Xenophon Zolotas (1904–2004), Prime Minister of Greece (1989–1990) and Governor of the
Bank of Greece (1944–1945; 1955–1967; 1974–1981)
Politics and government
Greece
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Panagiotis Adraktas (b. 1948),
New Democracy MP
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Georgios Alogoskoufis (b. 1955),
Minister of the Economy and Finance (2004–2008)
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Sia Anagnostopoulou (b. 1959),
Alternate Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (since 2015)
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Dora Bakoyannis (b. 1954),
Minister for Foreign Affairs (2006–2009) and
Mayor of Athens (2003–2006)
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Thodoris Dritsas (b. 1947),
Minister of Shipping and Island Policy (since 2015)
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Nikos Filis (b. 1960),
Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (since 2015)
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Fofi Gennimata (b. 1964), President of
PASOK (since 2015)
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Giorgos Kaminis (b. 1954), Mayor of Athens (since 2010)
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Georgios Katrougalos (b. 1963),
Minister of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity (since 2015)
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Giorgos Stathakis (b. 1953),
Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism (since 2015)
World
Law and the judiciary
Religion and theology
Greece
Science, mathematics and medicine
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Ioannis Papadakis (1820-1876) mathematician, astronomer
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Vassilios Lakon (1831–1900), mathematician, Lakon’s Axioms
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Konstantinos M. Mitsopoulos (1844-1911), geologist
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John Hazzidakis (1844-1921), mathematician, Hazzidakis transform
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Timoleon Argyropoulos (1847-1912), physicist
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Cyparissos Stephanos (1857-1917), mathematician,
Desmic system
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Elly Agallidis (1914–2006), physicist/physical chemist
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Benediktos Adamantiades (1875–1962),
ophthalmologist
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Andreas Anagnostakis (1827–1896), physician
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Constantin Carathéodory (1873–1950), mathematician
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Gerasimos Danilatos (b. 1946), physicist and inventor of the
ESEM
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Sophia Frangou, psychiatrist
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Fotis Kafatos (1940–2017), biologist and President of the
European Research Council (2005–2010)
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George Kollias (b. 1958), biologist
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Nikos Logothetis (b. 1950), neuroscientist
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Dimitri Nanopoulos (b. 1948), physicist
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Georgios Papanikolaou (1883–1962), doctor and inventor of the
Pap test
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Iphigenia Photaki (1921–1983), organic chemist
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Irini Sereti, scientist, physician, and chief of the HIV pathogenesis section at the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Panayotis Varotsos (b. 1947), physicist
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Leonidas Zervas (1902–1980), organic chemist known for the
Bergmann-Zervas synthesis
Philosophy, history and archaeology
Literature and journalism
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Stephanos Constantinides (born 1941), Cyprus, Canadian scholar
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Odysseas Elytis (1911–1996), poet and recipient of the 1979
Nobel Prize in Literature
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Nikos Engonopoulos (1903–1985), poet and painter
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Nikos Gatsos (1911–1992), poet and lyricist
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Kostas Karyotakis (1896–1928), poet
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Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957), writer
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Kostis Palamas (1859–1943), poet and co-founder of the
New Athenian School
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Lefteris Papadopoulos (b. 1935), lyricist
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Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971), poet and recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Angelos Sikelianos (1884–1951), poet and playwright
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Stefanos Tassopoulos (1939-2013), poet and playwright
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Nanos Valaoritis (1921–2019), writer
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Kostas Varnalis (1884–1974), poet
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Dinesh Weerawansa (b. 1966), Editor-in-Chief of the Sri Lankan
Sunday Observer (2006–2014)
Culture and sports
Archaeology
References