Varvakeio

The Varvakeio High School (Πρότυπο Γυμνάσιο & ΓΕ.Λ. Βαρβακείου Σχολής) is a public Greek junior high school and high school located in Psychiko. It was founded by Ioannis Varvakis, who donated a big part of his fortune to the state, in order to build a public, fee-less high school. The realization of Varvakis' dream came true after his death as the building was opened in 1860, initially across from the present-day Varvakios Agora (central market). Badly damaged in the civil war, the original Panagis Kalkos-designed building was demolished in 1955 or 1956. The school moved several times before settling on its current location in Psychiko in 1983. Originally all-male, the school became co-ed in 1979.

Notable alumni
The Varvakeio High School has produced, over the years, notable alumni in varied fields. Some of them include:

Arts and literature

 * Freddy Germanos, actor
 * Georgios Drosinis, poet
 * Dimitri Mitropoulos, composer and pianist
 * Alexandros Papadiamantis, novelist and poet
 * Antonis Samarakis, writer

Economics and politics

 * Evangelos Averoff, former President of New Democracy party and Minister
 * Leonidas Kouris, former Mayor of Athens
 * Theodoros Pangalos, current Member of the Hellenic Parliament
 * Alexandros Papagos, former Prime Minister of Greece
 * Dimitrios Papadimoulis, current Vice-President of the European Parliament
 * Yagos Pesmazoglou, former economist, Member of the Hellenic Parliament and MEP
 * Konstantinos Tsatsos, former diplomat and President of the Hellenic Republic
 * Nikolaos Vettas, AUEB professor of Economics

Science

 * Constantinos Daskalakis, MIT professor of computer science (1999 alumnus)
 * Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, architect
 * Christos Papakyriakopoulos, mathematician
 * Mihalis Yannakakis, Columbia University professor of computer science

Other

 * Kostas Axelos, philosopher
 * Saint Nectarios of Aegina
 * Michael Stathopoulos, former UoA Professor of Law and member of the Greek Academy