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Born c.1780 • Greece
Died May 5, 1827 • Athens • Greece
Role In War of Greek Independence
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
Aléxandros Mavrokordátos, painting by an unknown artist; in the Ethnological Museum, Athens.
Aléxandros Mavrokordátos
Greek statesman
Markos Botsaris
Greek politician
Konstantínos Kanáris
Greek statesman
Theódoros Kolokotrónis
Greek revolutionary
Miaoulis, Andreas Vokos
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis
Greek patriot
Frank Abney Hastings
British naval officer
Sir Richard Church, detail of a print
Sir Richard Church
British soldier
Alexis Tsipras
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
Greek historian
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
prime minister of Greece
Isocrates
Greek orator and rhetorician
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
Costas Simitis
prime minister of Greece
Kostas Karamanlis
Kostas Karamanlis
prime minister of Greece