| Cohen, Albert (1895-1981) | Writer | | The greek born, Marseilles-raised jewish writer came to Geneva as a student and then spent most of his life there, working for the UN and writing his
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| | Goulandris, Basil | Shipping tycoon | | The Greek shipowner settled in Lausanne,
Switzerland in 1965. Basil P. Goulandris was born on the Island of Andros in
the Aegean Sea. His fath
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| | Latsis, John (1910-) | Shipping tycoon | | The Latsis family runs its financial empire from Geneva. Born in 1910, John Spyridon Latsis started out in the dried fruit business. Business was boom
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| | Lemos, Costas | Shipping tycoon | | This Greek shipowner lived in Lausanne, the heart of the Swiss Greek community. Born on the Island of Oinuse, Costas Lemos succeeded in building his s
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| | Livanos, Georges (1926-1997) | Shipping tycoon | | Like many of his fellow countrymen, this Greek shipowner lived in Lausanne. Georges Livanos was born in 1926 in New Orleans. His father, Stavros Livan
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| | Mercouri, Melina (1920-1994) | Music star | | The Greek singer lived over seven years in Lausanne. Maria Amalia Mersuris was born in 1920 in Athens to a bourgeois family. Her grandfather was the m
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| | Mouskouri, Nana (1936-) | Music star | | The Greek singer has lived in Geneva since 1974. Born in 1934, Nana Mouskouri was raised by a modest family on the Island of Crete. When she was three
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| | Niarchos, Stavros (1908-1996) | Shipping tycoon | | This Greek shipowner's main residence was in Saint-Moritz in the Graubunden. Stavros Niarchos was born on July 3, 1909 in Athens to a wealthy family,
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| | Roussel Onassis, Athina (1985-) | Heir | | The young heiress of Aristotle Onassis' billions lives with her French
father and stepfamily on the shores
of Lake Geneva. Athina Roussel was
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| | | Melina Mercouri | | (1920 - 1994) Music star |  | | The Greek singer lived over seven years in Lausanne. Maria Amalia Mersuris was born in 1920 in Athens to a bourgeois family. Her grandfather was the mayor of Athens and her father was a Parliamentary deputy. During the Second World War, her father was one of the leaders of the resistance against the German occupation. Melina inherited this spirit of rebellion. During the war, she studied at the national school of theater and acted in several plays in the forties. She started her film career in >>> |
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