List of Famous people born in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Democritus

Born on January 1, -0460
Died on January 1, -0360 (aged 100)

Democritus was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe.

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Muhammad Ali of Egypt

محمد علي المسعود بن إبراهيم آغا
First Name Muhammad
Last Name Egypt
Died on August 2, 1849

Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan, was the Albanian Ottoman governor and the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848, who is considered the founder of modern Egypt. At the height of his rule, he controlled all of Egypt, Sudan, Hejaz and the entire Levant.

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Kostas Mitroglou

First Name Kostas
Born on March 12, 1988 (age 36)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Konstantinos "Kostas" Mitroglou is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Super League Greece club Aris and the Greece national team. He is nicknamed "Mitrogoal" and "Pistolero" by fans due to his goalscoring abilities.

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Müezzinzade Ali Pasha

First Name Müezzinzade
Died on October 7, 1571

Müezzinzade Ali Pasha was an Ottoman statesman and naval officer. He was the Grand Admiral in command of the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto, where he was killed in action. He also served as the governor of Egypt from 1563 to 1566.

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Hipparchia of Maroneia

First Name Hipparchia
Born on November 30, -0351
Died on November 30, -0311 (aged 40)

Hipparchia of Maroneia was a Cynic philosopher, and wife of Crates of Thebes. She was the sister of Metrokles, the cynic philosopher. She was born in Maroneia, but her family moved to Athens, where Hipparchia came into contact with Crates, the most famous Cynic philosopher in Greece at that time. She fell in love with him, and, despite the disapproval of her parents, she married him. She went on to live a life of Cynic poverty on the streets of Athens with her husband.

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Hamza Hamzaoğlu

Hamza Hamzaoğlu is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Süper Lig club Yeni Malatyaspor.

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Cavit Çağlar

First Name Cavit
Born on January 1, 1944 (age 80)

Cavit Çağlar is a Turkish businessman and politician. He was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) for the True Path Party (DYP) in 1991, serving as a Minister of State responsible for state-owned banks. He resigned from the DYP in 1996, remaining in parliament as an independent until 1999. He had been a major financial contributor to the political comeback of President Suleyman Demirel. In 2004 he was sentenced to three years ten months for bank fraud.

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Ali Tanrıyar

First Name Ali
Last Name Tanrıyar
Born on March 14, 1914
Died on May 25, 2017 (aged 103)

Ali Tanrıyar was a Turkish internist, politician, Interior Minister of Turkey, chairman of the sports club Galatasaray S.K.. and centenarian, having lived to 103.

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Necla Nazır

First Name Necla
Born on April 16, 1956 (age 67)

Necla Nazır is a Turkish retired singer and actress.

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Anna Korakaki

First Name Anna
Last Name Korakaki
Born on April 8, 1996 (age 27)

Anna Korakaki is a Greek shooter. She represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the 25m pistol and a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol. She won the first Gold medal for Greece, since Greece hosted the Olympics back in 2004. At the age of 20 and in just her maiden Olympic campaign, she became the first Greek woman to win two Olympic medals in the same competition and the first Greek athlete in general since 1912. In the 25m fire pistol competition, she beat Monika Karsch of Germany. In this race, she won three rounds thus getting a lead of 6–0, then the German rival won the next three rounds and thus bringing it to a 6–6 tie. In the last round, the German missed 1st and 3rd shots of the 5 shots, and Korakaki had missed her 4th shot, but she hit her 5th shot and won 8–6, taking the gold and avoiding a tie.

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