Zaharias was baptized in the Greek Orthodox church. Son of Mary Frances and heating oil vendor Harry Galifianakis. His mother is of Scottish-Irish and English descent, while his paternal grandparents were Greek immigrants from the island of Crete. Zachary Knight Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. She has hosted Eurovision Song Contest which was organized in Athens and even had a BIG fat Greek wedding in her dad’s village in Akova, Greece. TV Host, Entrepreneur, Maria Menounos is an only child and was born to Greek parents Kosta and the late Litsa Menounos in Boston. Her two maternal uncles own and operate “Temo’s Candy Company” in Akron, a chocolate shop founded by Kanakaredes’ pappou, Christ Temo, at its current location. She is a second-generation Greek-American who is proficient in Greek. Here’s our list of 9 famous Hollywood celebrities you probably didn’t know below:ĬSI New York actress, 15 minutes with Robert Deniro, Melina Kanakaredes was born in Akron, Ohio, and is the daughter of candy store owner Connie (née Temo) and insurance salesman Harry Kanakaredes. These celebrities may not speak Greek, but have some trace of blue and white in their bloodline, or booty.
We decided to choose a small list of celebrities that you probably didn’t know have Greek origin.
Greeks do that at the end of a movie by the way. There are many Greek Americans in the film industry that also work behind the camera too! Just watch a movie and pick out the Greek last names in the end credits. As if the long last name didn’t give it away! We all know John Stamos as a Greek God or Uncle Jesse! He’s half Greek and his late dad, Bill Stamos, was from the mountainous village of Kakouri, in the Southern Peloponesse in Arcadia, Greece. Moreover, we know the hilarious Hangover star, Zack Galifianakis, who is half Greek, from his dad’s Cretan side. We all know that Hollywood has many stars, and some have origin from Greece! Like most of us know the beautiful Greek American Melina Kanakaredes of ‘CSI New York’ that has also starred in movies with Robert Deniro.
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