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George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Greek: Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου) on 25 June 1963, in East Finchley. He was the only son and the youngest child of three.
In the Greek Cypriot community, these include George Michael, who was born in London to a Greek Cypriot father; [42] Cat Stevens, who was also born in London to a Greek Cypriot father; [43] entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou; [44] Andreas Liveras, a Greek Cypriot-born businessman killed in the 2008 Mumbai attacks; [45] Theo Paphitis, an ...
Saint Nicholas, 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre in modern-day Turkey) in Lycia. Michael Cerularius (c. 1000–1059), Patriarch of Constantinople; John Chrysostom (347–407), Christian bishop and orator; Photios I of Constantinople (820–891), Patriarch of Constantinople and writer; Pope Evaristus (c. 98–105 ...
Ridgeley was the one who initially urged his shy and awkward classmate George, nicknamed “Yog,” to pursue music against Michael’s strict Greek father’s wishes. Ridgeley also cowrote ...
Andrew John Ridgeley (born 26 January 1963) [1] is an English musician, best known for his work in the 1980s in the musical duo Wham! consisting of Ridgeley and George Michael. Associated with the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US, [ 2 ] they were one of the most successful pop acts during the 1980s, selling more than 30 million ...
As his fame climbed, George Michael pushed the world away, but got a letter of encouragement from a very unlikely source – legendary singer Frank Sinatra.
Dave Gahan - English lead singer for Depeche Mode, converted to Greek Orthodox Christianity to marry his current wife Jennifer. Chris Hillman - original member of The Byrds; Lena Katina - Member of Russian music group t.A.T.u. Boris Ledkovsky - Russian-American composer of Church music; George Michael - celebrity pop singer, a Greek-Cypriote.
On Nov. 3 George Michael was inducted at the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In fact, for the first time in the show's 38-year history the ceremony will be streamed live on Disney+ so fans around ...