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Yian
Yian is a fictional city created by Robert W. Chambers and also referred to by H. P. Lovecraft. In the city, a great river flows under a thousand bridges, it is always summer and the sound of silver bells fills the air. In a portion of The Maker of Moons it is said to lie "across seven oceans and t..
Yiannakis Matsis
Yiannakis Matsis (born October 24, 1933) is a Cypriot politician and Member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party. ..
Yiannis Carras
Yiannis Carras (Greek: Γιάννης Καρράς), also known as John C.Carras, was a Greek shipping magnate. In the end of 1960s he bought an extended area in Sithonia, Chalkidiki peninsula in northern Greece and in 1973 he started constructing a tourist resort, known as Porto Carras, which becam..
Yiannis Dritsas
Yiannis Dritsas was the distributor for Nestle in Greece. The year was 1957, the place Thessaloniki, Greece. During the International Fair, Mr. Giannis Dritsas delivered a new product for kids. It was a chocolate drink, prepared instantly by mixing it with milk and the use of a shaker. An employee ..
Yiannis Goumenos
Yiannis Goumenis, born in Agrinio, Greece. In the past, he was the owner of a radio station and a bookstore. was the Worst president in PAOK Football Club history ever. He has also worked at the Greek Stock Market as a broker. His partner is Mr. Pagonis. They are both now failed as businespeople. ..
Yiannis Grivas
Yiannis Grivas (also spelled Ioannis Grivas) (born 1923), Greek judge, was a non-party interim Prime Minister of Greece. Grivas was born in Kato Tithorea in the region of Lokris. He studied law at the University of Athens and in 1954 he became a judge. In 1979 he was appointed to the "Areios Pagos..
Yiannis Kouros
Yiannis Kouros (born February 13, 1956 in Tripolis, Arcadia, Greece) is a Greek/Australian ultra marathon runner based in Melbourne. He is sometimes called the "Running God" or the "Pheidippides Successor". As of June 2006, Yiannis is undefeated in any continuous world-class ultra-marathon competit..
Yiannis Latsis
Yiannis Latsis (September 14, 1910–April 17, 2003) also known as John S. Latsis, was a Greek shipping tycoon notable for his great wealth, influential friends, and charitable activities. Latsis was born in Katakolo—a fishing village in the Prefecture of Ilia—and was educated at th..
Yiannis Moralis
Yiannis Moralis ( 1916 - ) is a Greek visual artist born at the beginning of the twentieth century, most concerned with realiistic depiction of the human form. The most characteristic feature of his Seated Nude (1952) is its exact design, the considerable understanding of chromatic relationship..
Yiannis N. Moschovakis
Yiannis N. Moschovakis is a set theorist, descriptive set theorist, and recursion (computability) theorist, at UCLA. For many years he has split his time between UCLA and University of Athens (he is retiring from the latter in July, 2005). His book Descriptive Set Theory (North-Holland) is the indi..
Yiannis Pharmakis
Yiannis Pharmakis (Greek: Ιάννης Φαρμακης; Romanian: Ioan Farmache), d. 1821 in Istanbul, was a Greek revolutionary leader, active in Wallachia and Moldavia. Initially a commander of the Princely guard in Bucharest, Pharmakis joined the Philikí Etaireía movement and became aid to A..
Yiannis Ritsos
Yiannis Ritsos was a Greek Writer of the early 20th Century, who suffered from political persecution and family misfortunes. His father died insane, while his mother and brother died of tubercolosis when he was a child. His Life and Works Ritsos was born to an affluent family in Monemvasia (1909..
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