| Cohen, Albert (1895-1981) | Scrittore | | 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 | Armatore | | 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-) | Armatore | | 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 | Armatore | | 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) | Armatore | | 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) | Cantante | | 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-) | Cantante | | 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) | Armatore | | 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-) | Erede | | 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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| | | Nana Mouskouri | | (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, her family moved to Athens, where her father worked as a film projectionist. Despite a flaw in her vocal cords, Nana Mouskouri took singing lessons regularly. During the German occupation, her family no longer had the financial means to pay for her lessons. But her teacher saw that she had a certain talent and continued to give her lessons free o >>> |
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