International Superstars With Greek Heritage

famous people of Greek descent. Tommy Lee was born in Athens, Greece. His mother, Vassiliki "Voula" Papadimitriou, was Miss Greece in 1957. Jennifer Aniston's father is a Greek American, born Yannis Anastassakis, on the island of Crete, Greece. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou,best known as George Michael, has sold over 110 million records worldwide.encompassing 12 British #1 singles, 7 British #1 albums, 10 US #1 singles, and 2 US #1 albums. Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos (born December 19, 1967), better known by his stage name Criss Angel is an American of Greek descent. He is a magician, illusionist, musician, escapologist, and stunt performer. Kostas Karamitroudis aka Gus G., born September 12 1980 in Thessaloniki, Greece is an acclaimed heavy metal guitarist currently with Firewind. He has also played in Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Arch Enemy and Dream Evil. Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou aka Vangelis is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient and neo classical music, under the artist name Vangelis. He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, and scores for the films Blade Runner and 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Cat Stevens born Steven Demetre Georgiou, 21 July 1948), best known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a musician of Greek Cypriot and Swedish ancestry. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist. Steven Georgiou was the third child of a Greek-Cypriot father, Stavros Georgiou (b. 1900)[3] and a Swedish mother, Ingrid Wickman (b. 1915).