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Also Known As George I of the Hellenes • Georgios I • Prince William of Denmark • Prins Vilhelm af Danmark
Born December 24, 1845 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died March 18, 1913 (aged 67) • Thessaloníki • Greece • (Anniversary in 4 days)
Title / Office king (1863-1913), Greece
Notable Family Members father Christian IX • son Constantine I

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Alexis Tsipras
prime minister of Greece
Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Herodotus
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Mercouri, Melina
Melina Mercouri
Greek actress and politician
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
prime minister of Greece
Isocrates
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Venizélos
Eleuthérios Venizélos
prime minister of Greece
Pappus of Alexandria
Greek mathematician
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Greek statesman
Papandreou, George
George Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Samaras, Antonis
Antonis Samaras
prime minister of Greece
Papandreou, Andreas
Andreas Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Kapodístrias, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 19th century; in the Historical and Ethnological Museum of Greece, Athens
Ioánnis Antónios, Komis Kapodístrias
Greek statesman
Costas Simitis
prime minister of Greece
Kostas Karamanlis
Kostas Karamanlis
prime minister of Greece
Georgios Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Papademos, Lucas
Lucas Papademos
prime minister of Greece
Theódoros Dhiliyiánnis
prime minister of Greece
George II
George II
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Bergman, Ingrid; Paxinou, Katina; Cooper, Gary; For Whom the Bell Tolls
Katina Paxinou
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