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Ralph Macchio – father is of half-Italian and half-Greek descent [28] George Maharis [29] Rami Malek – American movie actor of partial Greek descent. [30] Rami Malek in 2015 (2) (cropped) Jason Mantzoukas – American actor, comedian, and writer. [31] Jason Mantzoukas in 2015. Adoni Maropis – star of 24 among other titles. [32 ...
For the opposite, see Category:Greek people by descent. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. ...
The 2002 comedy film My Big Fat Greek Wedding portrayed the love story of a Greek American woman (portrayed by Greek Canadian Nia Vardalos) and a non-Greek American man (specifically a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant). It also examines the protagonist's troubled love/hate relationship with her cultural heritage and value system.
American people of Greek-Romani descent (3 P) Pages in category "American people of Greek descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 931 total.
Dimitris Nanopoulos (born 1948) world-renowned physicist, of a Northern Epirotian [8] descent; Georgios Sinas (1783–1856) entrepreneur, banker and national benefactor. Founder of the Athens National Observatory; Evangelos Zappas (1800–1865) businessman and philanthropist. He is recognized today as the founder of the modern Greek Olympic Games
For the Greeks, even today, ethnicity has greater significance than for many other peoples. [1] [2] [3] After all, during the three century long Islamic-Ottoman occupation, the Greeks managed to preserve their culture, Greek Orthodox faith, language and identity unharmed; and from 1821 onwards, they were able to re-establish their own sovereign state with an intact ethnicity.
The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia (Greek: Ομογένεια, romanized: Omogéneia), [1] [2] are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus.. Such places historically (dating to the ancient period) include, Albania, North Macedonia, southern Russia, Ukraine, Asia Minor and Pontus (in today's Turkey), Georgia, Egypt, Sudan, southern Italy (the so-called "Magna ...
Greek people of African descent (12 C, 1 P) Greek people of Asian descent (11 C) Greek people of Australian descent (1 C, 2 P) C. Cappadocian Greeks (1 C, 42 P) E.