Notable People From Crete
Main page: :Category:People from CreteNotable people from Crete include:
- John Aniston, actor, best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives, father of Jennifer Aniston
- Ross Daly, musician who has lived in Crete for most of his life, originally from Ireland
- Eleni Daniilidou, tennis player, born in Chania
- Maro Douka, author, born in Chania
- Odysseas Elytis, poet, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979, born in Heraklion
- Vitsentzos Kornaros, Renaissance author from Sitia, who lived in Heraklion (then Candia)
- El Greco, Renaissance artist, born in Fodele
- Nana Mouskouri, singer, born in Chania
- Georgios Samaras, football player, born in Heraklion
- Eleftherios Venizelos, former Greek Prime Minister, born in Chania Prefecture
- Nikos Kazantzakis, author, born in Heraklion
- Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, a.k.a. the Fisherman of Halikarnas, Turkish writer
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