List of University of Athens alumni

This is a list of alumni, former staff, and those otherwise associated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. This list is not complete.

Heads of state or government

 * Nicos Anastasiades (b. 1946), President of Cyprus (since 2013)
 * Constantine II (1940–2023), King of the Hellenes (1964–1973)
 * Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902–1986), Prime Minister of Greece (1945; 1967)
 * Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998), President of Greece (1980–1985; 1990–1995) and Prime Minister of Greece (1955–1958; 1958–1961; 1961–1963; 1974–1980)
 * Kostas Karamanlis (b. 1956), Prime Minister of Greece (2004–2009)
 * Spyros Markezinis (1909–2000), Prime Minister of Greece (1973)
 * Konstantinos Mitsotakis (1918–2017), Prime Minister of Greece (1990–1993)
 * Alexandros Papanastasiou (1876–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (1924; 1932)
 * Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996), Prime Minister of Greece (1981–1989; 1993–1996)
 * Georgios Papandreou (1888–1968), Prime Minister of Greece (1944–1945; 1963; 1964–1965)
 * Karolos Papoulias (1929–2021), President of Greece (2005–2015)
 * Georgios Rallis (1918–2006), Prime Minister of Greece (1980–1981)
 * Ioannis Rallis (1878–1946), Prime Minister of Greece (1943–1944)
 * Michail Stasinopoulos (1903–2002), President of Greece (1974–1975)
 * Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (b. 1950), Prime Minister of Greece (2015) and President of the Court of Cassation (since 2015)
 * Charilaos Trikoupis (1832–1896), Prime Minister of Greece (1875; 1878; 1880; 1882–1885; 1886–1890; 1892–1893; 1893–1895)
 * Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899–1987), President of Greece (1975–1980)
 * Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (1910–1915; 1915; 1917–1920; 1924; 1928–1932; 1932; 1933) and Prime Minister of the Cretan State (1910)
 * Xenophon Zolotas (1904–2004), Prime Minister of Greece (1989–1990) and Governor of the Bank of Greece (1944–1945; 1955–1967; 1974–1981)

Greece

 * Panagiotis Adraktas (b. 1948), New Democracy MP
 * Georgios Alogoskoufis (b. 1955), Minister of the Economy and Finance (2004–2008)
 * Sia Anagnostopoulou (b. 1959), Alternate Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (since 2015)
 * Dora Bakoyannis (b. 1954), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2006–2009) and Mayor of Athens (2003–2006)
 * Thodoris Dritsas (b. 1947), Minister of Shipping and Island Policy (since 2015)
 * Nikos Filis (b. 1960), Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (since 2015)
 * Fofi Gennimata (b. 1964), President of PASOK (since 2015)
 * Giorgos Kaminis (b. 1954), Mayor of Athens (since 2010)
 * Georgios Katrougalos (b. 1963), Minister of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity (since 2015)
 * Giorgos Stathakis (b. 1953), Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism (since 2015)

World

 * Kyriakos Mavronikolas (b. 1955), Cypriot Minister of Defence (2003–2006)
 * Sotos Zackheos (b. 1950), Special Envoy of the President of Cyprus to Russia (since 2013)

Law and the judiciary

 * Nikos Alivizatos (b. 1949), legal scholar and Minister of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (2004)
 * Basil Markesinis (b. 1944), legal scholar

Greece

 * Saint Nectarios of Aegina (1846–1920), Bishop of Pentapolis and Wonderworker of Aegina
 * Chrysostomos Savvatos (b. 1961), Bishop of Messenia

Science, mathematics and medicine

 * Ioannis Papadakis (1820-1876) mathematician, astronomer
 * Vassilios Lakon (1831–1900), mathematician, Lakon’s Axioms
 * Konstantinos M. Mitsopoulos (1844-1911), geologist
 * John Hazzidakis (1844-1921), mathematician, Hazzidakis transform
 * Timoleon Argyropoulos (1847-1912), physicist
 * Cyparissos Stephanos (1857-1917), mathematician, Desmic system
 * Elly Agallidis (1914–2006), physicist/physical chemist
 * Benediktos Adamantiades (1875–1962), ophthalmologist
 * Andreas Anagnostakis (1827–1896), physician
 * Constantin Carathéodory (1873–1950), mathematician
 * Gerasimos Danilatos (b. 1946), physicist and inventor of the ESEM
 * Sophia Frangou, psychiatrist
 * Fotis Kafatos (1940–2017), biologist and President of the European Research Council (2005–2010)
 * George Kollias (b. 1958), biologist
 * Nikos Logothetis (b. 1950), neuroscientist
 * Dimitri Nanopoulos (b. 1948), physicist
 * Georgios Papanikolaou (1883–1962), doctor and inventor of the Pap test
 * Iphigenia Photaki (1921–1983), organic chemist
 * Irini Sereti, scientist, physician, and chief of the HIV pathogenesis section at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
 * Panayotis Varotsos (b. 1947), physicist
 * Leonidas Zervas (1902–1980), organic chemist known for the Bergmann-Zervas synthesis

Philosophy, history and archaeology

 * Helene Ahrweiler (b. 1926), Byzantinologist
 * Manolis Andronikos (1919–1992), archaeologist
 * Anna Apostolaki (1880-1968), archaeologist and museum curator
 * Vladimir Beneshevich (1874–1938), historian
 * Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997), philosopher
 * Takis Fotopoulos (b. 1940), philosopher
 * Emmanuel Kriaras (1906–2014), philologer
 * Angeliki Laiou (1941–2008), Byzantinologist

Literature and journalism

 * Stephanos Constantinides (born 1941), Cyprus, Canadian scholar
 * Odysseas Elytis (1911–1996), poet and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Nikos Engonopoulos (1903–1985), poet and painter
 * Nikos Gatsos (1911–1992), poet and lyricist
 * Kostas Karyotakis (1896–1928), poet
 * Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957), writer
 * Kostis Palamas (1859–1943), poet and co-founder of the New Athenian School
 * Lefteris Papadopoulos (b. 1935), lyricist
 * Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971), poet and recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Angelos Sikelianos (1884–1951), poet and playwright
 * Stefanos Tassopoulos (1939-2013), poet and playwright
 * Nanos Valaoritis (1921–2019), writer
 * Kostas Varnalis (1884–1974), poet
 * Dinesh Weerawansa (b. 1966), Editor-in-Chief of the Sri Lankan Sunday Observer (2006–2014)

Culture and sports

 * Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947–2019), composer
 * Lakis Nikolaou (b. 1949), footballer

Archaeology

 * Sofia Voutsaki, Bronze Age Aegean archaeologist