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Kourkoulos, Nikos b. December 5, 1934 d. January 30, 2007
Actor. Born in Athens, Greece, he appeared mainly in international films and television beginning in the late 1950s. After making his movie debut in the 1957 film "The Final Lie", his other credits include "Lola", (1964), "Blood on the Land", (1964), "Lady, Die", (1964), "Assignment Skybolt", (1968), "Roma come Chicago", (1968), "Oratotis miden", (1970), "An Enemy of the Society", (1972) and "The Trial of the Judges", (1974). Kourkoulos received a Tony Award Nomination for his performance in...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Zografou Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Matthewson ., . W A b. October 11, 1885 d. August 21, 1915

East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Regional unit of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece
Plot: II.G.118.
Melanippides
Ancient Greek Musician, Poet. A celebrated kithara player of the 5th Century BC, he is said to have spearheaded Greece's "New Music" revolution. Melanippides was born in the Aegean island of Melos (now Milos). It appears he made his home in Athens while touring other city-states as a kitharode; he was certainly there in the early years of the Peloponnesian War, which began in 431 BC. His greatest student was Philoxenus of Cythera, whom he purchased as a young slave and later freed. Melanippides...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Archontiko Necropolis, Pella, Regional unit of Pella, Central Macedonia, Greece
Mercouri, Melina b. October 18, 1925 d. March 6, 1994
Actress, Political Figure. Perhaps her country's leading performer over a generation, she used her entertainment fame for entre into the political arena. Born Maria Amalia Mercouri to wealth and high position, she attended Athens' National Theatre Drama School and made her 1945 professional debut in the title lead of Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra". Over the next few years she refined her art at her city's principal venues and in 1949 had her first major hit as the tragic Blanche...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
First Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Michalakopoulos, Andreas b. 1876 d. 1938
Statesman. A native of Patras, Greece, he served as the Prime Minister of Greece from 1924 to 1925. He also served as Minister of Defense in 1918, Minister of Agriculture from 1917 to 1918, in 1920, Minister of Economy from 1912 to 1916, and as Foreign Minister from 1928 to 1933. Known as a high level member of the "Komma Fileleftheron" or Liberal Party, he was a close associate of Eleftherios Venizelos. With Venizelos he helped with the treaties of Sevres and Lausanne, and the Greek-Turkish...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
First Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Mikra Memorial
The Mikra Memorial is located at the south end of Mikra British Cemetery, which is situated approximately 8 kilometres south of Thessaloniki, in the municipality of Kalamaria.
Mikra Memorial, Kalamaria, Regional unit of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Oldenburg I., Alexander b. August 1, 1893 d. October 25, 1920
King of the Hellenes from 1917 to 1920. He was the second son of King Constantine I and Queen Sophie. On 27 September 1920., King Alexander, after repairing the engine of his car at Tatoi, was involved in a bizarre accident. His dog, Fritz, was involved in a fight with 2 pet monkeys (owned by the Manager of the estate). The King tried to separate them and was bitten on the leg by one of the monkeys. The wound turned septic and, after 4 weeks and 7 operations, the young King Alexander I died. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Tatoi Royal Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Oldenburg, Aspasia b. September 4, 1896 d. August 7, 1972
Princess. Wife of King Alexander I of Greece. Daughter of Colonel Petros Manos and Maria Argyropoulos. Aspasia was created a Princess of Greece by Royal Decree on 10 September 1922. (Bio by: Jelena)
Tatoi Royal Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Oldenburg I., Constantine b. August 2, 1868 d. January 11, 1923
King of the Hellenes from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. The eldest son of King George I and Queen Olga. He was named after his mother's father, the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia. As Crown Prince, he had admired German military training. On 1 December 1916, an outbreak of violence involving French seamen and British marines (which resulted in the shelling of the Royal Palace in Athens) completed the breach between King Constantine and the Entente Powers. Greek ports were blockaded. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Tatoi Royal Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Oldenburg, Fredericka b. April 18, 1917 d. February 6, 1981
Queen of Greece. Full name, Fredericka Louise Thyra Victoria Margaret Sophia Olga Cecily Guelph Oldenburg. Wife of Paul I, King of the Hellenes. Her mother was daughter of German Emperor Wilhem II and father Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg.Mother of Queen Sophia of Spain and King Constantine II last King of Greece. She died from anesthesia poisoning. (Bio by: Jelena)
Tatoi Royal Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Oldenburg I., George Christian William Ferdinand Adolphus b. December 24, 1845 d. March 18, 1913
King of the Hellenes from 1863 to 1913. He was the second son of King Christian IX of Denmark.He was invited to become King of the Hellenes in 1863, after the Greek National Assembly voted unanimously for the restoration of Monarchy. The agreement that King George I successfully negotiated was that Greece would acquire the Ionian Islands (Corfu, Kephalonia, Zakynthos, Ithaca), and Kythira, which had been British possessions for the previous 48 years. He would remain on the throne for almost 50...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Tatoi Royal Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Oldenburg II., George b. July 19, 1890 d. April 1, 1947
King of the Hellenes from 1922 to 1924, from 1935 to 1941 and from 1946 to 1947. When King Constantine I abdicated he had been succeeded by his eldest son, Crown Prince George. When King George II's reign began, he was 33 years old. The stress of the World war II had weakened King George II's health. Soon after taking the salute at the annual Independence Day Parade on 25 March, he became exhausted and died suddenly of a heart attack. Having no children, he was succeeded by his younger brother...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Tatoi Royal Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Oldenburg, Olga Constantinovna b. September 3, 1851 d. June 18, 1926
Queen of Greece. Wife of George I, King of the Hellenes and daughter of Constantine Nicholaevitch (son of Nicholas I Romanov of Russia). Born HIH Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna Romanova of Russia, she was acting head of state after her grandson Alexander I (1917-20) had died after a monkey bite, until her son Contantinos I returned to take over the throne a second time. (Bio by: Jelena)
Tatoi Royal Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Oldenburg I., Paul b. December 14, 1901 d. March 6, 1964
King of the Hellenes from 1947 to 1964. He succeeded his elder brother, George II, on 1 April, 1947. George II, who had no children, died of a sudden heart attack after a short illness. King Paul I had suffered many of the hardships undergone by the Greek royal family during the Second World War - with their exile in Egypt, South Africa and London, and their escape from German attacks on Crete. George II and Crown Prince Paul (with his wife, Crown Princess Frederica) had returned to Greece on...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Tatoi Royal Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Oldenburg, Sophia Dorothea Ulrica Alice b. June 14, 1870 d. January 13, 1932
Queen of Greece. Wife of Constantine I. Her father was Frederic III German Emperor and mother Princess Royal Victoria Mary daughter of Queen Victoria. Her three sons were Kings of Greece - George II, Alexander I and Paul I. She died in Frankfurt, Germany but in 1936 her remains were transferred to Greece and buried in Tatoi royal cemetery. (Bio by: Jelena)
Tatoi Royal Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Onassis, Aristotle b. September 21, 1906 d. March 15, 1975
Greek Shipping Magnate. He is best remembered as the second husband of former First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. During his lifetime, he was one of the richest and most famous men in the world, with his name becoming synonymous with extreme wealth. Born Aristotle Sokratis Onassis in Smyrna, in the Ottoman Empire (now Izmir, Turkey), to Socrates and Penelope Onassis. His father managed a fleet of ten ships, enabling him to send his children to prestigious private schools. By the age of...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Myesthenia Gravis
Island of Skorpios Cemetery, Skorpios, Regional unit of Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Greece
Plot: Sarchphagus beside the chapel
Onassis, Christina b. December 11, 1950 d. November 19, 1988
Heiress, Daughter of Greek shipping billionaire Aristotle Socrates Onassis and Athina Mary Livanos. She was plagued by personal problems and intense media scrunity for most of her life. The first taste of such scrutiny came in 1960 during her parents very public divorce. It intensified in 1968 when her father married former American First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and the rancor between stepmother and stepdaughter was splashed across tabloid pages worldwide. The early 1970s were not a...[Read More] (Bio by: Donna Di Giacomo)
Cause of death: Pulmonary edema
Island of Skorpios Cemetery, Skorpios, Regional unit of Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Greece
Plot: Sarcophagus beside the chapel
Papandreou, Andreas b. February 5, 1919 d. June 23, 1996
First Socialist Prime Minister of Greece.
First Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Papandreou, George b. February 18, 1888 d. November 1, 1968
Greek Prime Minister. Papandreou served as the Prime Minister of Greece from April 26, 1944, to January 3, 1945, November 8, 1963, to December 30, 1963, and February 18, 1964, to July 15, 1965. Papandreou was the father of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. (Bio by: K)
First Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece
Paxinou, Katina b. December 17, 1900 d. February 22, 1973
Academy Award Winning Actress. Katina Paxinou was born in Piraeus, Greece. She first appeared on stage in 1928, in an Athens production of Bataille's "La femme nue." In the early 1930's she was one of the founding members of the Greek Royal Theater (which later was named Greek National Theater) and performed several major roles in Sophocles' "Electra," Ibsen's "Ghosts" etc. often co-starring with her husband, 'Alexis Minotis.' The outbreak of the Second World War found her in UK; she later...[Read More] (Bio by: Noni)
First Cemetery, Athens, Regional unit of Athens, Attica, Greece

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