List of University of Athens alumni

This is a list of the notable alumni of University of Athens.

Politicians

• Charilaos Trikoupis, Prime Minister of Greece
• Constantine II, King of Greece
• Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece
• Alexandros Papanastasiou, Prime Minister of Greece
• George Papandreou, senior, Prime Minister of Greece
• Alexandros Papanastasiou (1876-1936), sociologist and Prime Minister of Greece
• Ioannis Rallis, Prime Minister of Greece (1943-1944)
• Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece
• Spyros Markezinis, Prime Minister of Greece
• Konstantinos Karamanlis, President and Prime Minister of Greece
• Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece
• Xenophon Zolotas, Prime Minister of Greece (1989–1990), Governor of the Bank of Greece
• Constantine Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece (1990–1993)
• Michail Stasinopoulos, President of Greece (1974-1975)
• Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of Greece (1975–1980), professor of law
• Karolos Papoulias, President of Greece and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister
• Dora Bakoyannis, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece, Mayor of Athens
• Nicos Anastasiades, political leader of the right wing political party DISY
• Giorgos Kaminis, professor, Mayor of Athens

Scientists

• Constantin Carathéodory
• Gerasimos Danilatos, physicist, inventor of the ESEM
• Fotis Kafatos, biologist
• Evangelos Moudrianakis, biologist
• Dimitri Nanopoulos, physicist
• Georgios Papanikolaou, doctor, inventor of the Pap test
• Panayotis Varotsos, physicist
• George Kollias, biologist
• Sophia Frangou, psychiatrist, neuroscientist

Philosophers/Philologists

• Vladimir N. Beneshevich
• Cornelius Castoriadis
• Takis Fotopoulos
• Emmanuel Kriaras
• Helene Ahrweiler
• Basil Markesinis, professor of Law
• Constantine Paparrigopoulos, historicist

Archaeologists

• Manolis Andronikos

Poets/Writers

• Odysseas Elytis, Nobel laureate, poet
• Kostis Palamas, poet, Secretary General of University of Athens
• Kostas Karyotakis, poet
• Angelos Sikelianos, poet
• Nikos Kazantzakis, writer
• Nikos Engonopoulos, poet, painter, secretary of University of Athens
• Nikos Gatsos, poet, writer, lyricist
• Lefteris Papadopoulos, poet, lyricist
• Nanos Valaoritis, poet, writer
• Kostas Varnalis, poet, writer

Musicians

• Thanos Mikroutsikos, composer, mathematician
• Dimitris Panagopoulos, composer, physicist, PhD in biology

Athletes

• Lakis Nikolaou football player, medicine doctor

See also

• University of Athens