Greeks in South Africa
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Total population | |
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120,000 (estimate)[1] | |
Languages | |
Religion | |
Greek Orthodox Church | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Mediterraneans, Turkish South Africans, Italian South Africans, Portuguese South Africans |
Greek South Africans are South Africans of Greek ancestry from Greece and Cyprus. The Greek population in South Africa is estimated to be around 120,000.
Notable people[]
- George Bizos – human rights lawyer who campaigned against apartheid; noted for representing Nelson Mandela during the Rivonia Trial
- Demetri Catrakilis – professional rugby union player for Harlequins
- Stanley Christodoulou – international boxing judge and referee
- Ivan Gazidis – Chief Executive of AC Milan
- George Koumantarakis – former football player
- Nic Pothas – former professional cricketer
- Anastasia Tsichlas – football executive
- Dimitri Tsafendas – assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, who is commonly regarded as the architect of apartheid
- John Costa (b. 1868 – d. 1932) also known as Ioannis Papakostas was a Greek revolutionary and veteran of the Second Boer War
- Xen Balaskas (b. 1910 – d. 1994) - cricketer
- Stelio Savante – actor, producer and screenwriter
- Penny Siopis – artist
- Angelique Rockas – actress and theatre practitioner, pioneer of multi-racial theatre in London
- Panagiotis Retsos – footballer
- John Kongos – musician
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Greeks around the Globe Archived 2006-06-19 at the Wayback Machine (they are quoting the statistics of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad as on October 12, 2004)
Further reading[]
- Mantaris, E.A. (1999). "The Greeks in South Africa" (PDF). In Clogg, Richard (ed.). The Greek Diaspora in the Twentieth Century. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 120–136. ISBN 9780333600474. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-05.
External links[]
- Greeks in South Africa on AusGreekNet.com
- Hellenic Community of Cape Town
Categories:
- Greek diaspora in Africa
- Greek diaspora by country
- South African people of Greek descent
- Ethnic groups in South Africa
- White South African people
- South Africa stubs