A Greek-American is a citizen of the United States who has significant Greek heritage. Greek-Americans have a heavy concentration in New York City (most notably in Astoria) and Chicago. Tarpon Springs, Florida is also home to a large Greek-American community.

List of Famous Greek-Americans

• Harry "the Golden Greek" Agganis, football and baseball player.
• Spiro Agnew, Former Vice President of the United States.

Spiro Agnew

• Helene Alexopoulos , Ballet dancer.
• Ernie Anastos , WCBS-New York co-anchorman.
• Jennifer Aniston, Actress.
• John Aniston, Actor.
• Peter Angelos , owner of the Baltimore Orioles.
• George Argyros, U.S. ambassador to Spain.
• Michael Bilirakis, Congressman from Florida.
• Vasili Bogazianos, actor.
• Tom Carvel, founder of the Carvel Ice Cream franchise.
• John Cassavetes, movie director.
• Nick Cassavetes , movie director.
• Bob Costas, NBC Sportscaster.
• Christos Cotsakos , co-founder of E*Trade.
• Nick the Greek Dandolos, gambler.
• Frank Dicopoulos, Actor.
• Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts, and Democratic Presidential Candidate.

Michael Dukakis

• Olympia Dukakis, Actress.
• Tina Fey, Head writer of Saturday Night Live.

• Christopher Georges , journalist, the Wall Street Journal.
• George Gekas, Congressman from Pennsylvania.
• Arianna Huffington, Author and Columnist.
• Iakovos, former Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America.
• George Kariotis , businessman, ran against Michael Dukakis for Governor of Massachusetts in 1986.
• Robert Karvelas , actor; portrayed Larrabee on Get Smart.
• Melina Kanakaredes, Actress.
• Elia Kazan, movie director.
• Alex Karras, Actor.
• Anthony Kiedis, lead singer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
• Alexi Lalas, soccer player.
• Tommy Lee, heavy metal drummer.
• Greg Louganis (Greek by adoption; ethnically Samoan and Swedish). Athlete.
• Andy Manatos, Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
• John Negroponte, United States Director of National Intelligence nominee.
• Nicholas Negroponte, Scientist.
• John Allen Paulos, Mathematician
• Alexander Payne, Academy award winning movie director.
• Jack Pierce, acclaimed make up artist.
• John Rigas, founder of Adelphia Communications Corporation
• Pete Sampras, Tennis Player.
• Paul Sarbanes, U.S. Senator representing the state of Maryland.
• George Savalas, actor.
• Telly Savalas, actor.
• John Sitilides, Executive Director of the Western Policy Center .
• Olympia Snowe, Republican Senator from Maine.
• Alex Spanos , Owner of the San Diego Chargers
• John Stamos, Actor.
• George Stephanopoulos, Political Commentator, Former White House Communications Director.
• George Tenet, Former Director of the U.S. CIA.
• Paul Tsongas, Former Senator from Massachusetts
• TAKI 183, Graffiti artist.
• Frances Fragos Townsend , Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor.
• Rita Wilson, actress.
• Billy Zane, Actor.

Popular Culture

• The popular 1970s show Kojak featured Telly Savalas as Greek-American police detective Theo Kojak, and his brother George as Detective Stavros. Kojak was originally supposed to be Polish (hence the name), but this was changed to match Savalas' profile.
• The 2002 comedy film My Big Fat Greek Wedding portrayed the love story of a Greek-American woman (portrayed by Greek-Canadian Nia Vardalos) and a non-Greek American man. It also examines the protagonist's troubled love/hate relationship with her cultural heritage and value system. The movie spawned an unsuccessful TV series, My Big Fat Greek Life .
• The Famous Teddy Z was a acclaimed but short-lived TV series about a fictional talent agent named Teddy Zakalakis, portrayed by Jon Cryer.
• The TV series Full House was about a family that included Greek-American Uncle Jesse, portrayed by John Stamos. Jesse's Greek dad was also recurring character.
• The Greek Restaurant was a recurring sketch in the early years of Saturday Night Live. More recently, Tina Fey has often joked about her Greek heritage on the show.
• Tom's Restaurant, a Greek-American owned business, has become one of the symbols of urban New York life.
• Elektra Natchios is a Marvel Comics superhero, portrayed by Jennifer Garner in the 2005 movie Elektra.