THE GREEK RIGHTS OF THE NATIONS
Recognized by Yad Vashem until January 1, 2022
* The title of "The Law of Nations" (Righteous among the Nations) awarded by the Holocaust Memorial Foundation Yad vashem, of Jerusalem, to non-Jews who during the German Occupation and the Holocaust saved their fellow Jews, risking their lives, acting with self-sacrifice, heroism and humanity. This is the highest honor awarded by the State of Israel.
Alphabetical list of Greek "Righteous Among the Nations":
A
Georgios Angelopoulos & Paraskevi 1996
Angelopoulos Dimitris & Maria 1999
Athanasoulis Nikolaos 2018
Athiridis Kostas & Vasiliki 2017
Joakim Alexopoulos, Metropolitan of Dimitrias 1997
Alice, Princess 1993
Anagnostopoulos Kostas 1988
Anagnostopoulou Angeliki 1990
Andriopoulos Ioannis & Eleni 1994
Apostolopoulos Telemachos 1995
Artemis Anton & Helena 2003
Asimakopoulos Panagiotis & Vasiliki 1998
George Asimakopoulos & Aphrodite 2017
Β
Vamvakaris Giannis, (sister) Frosso 1993
Varvataki Athena 2017
Vasatis Anastasios 1989
Wassenhoven Matilde 2017
Vasiliadis Grigoris 1998
Vgenopoulos Solon & Eleftheria-Loulou 2002
Dimitris Bevelekos & Theodora 2002
Vezeridis Panagiotis, (mother) Aikaterini 1996
Velliou Alikis & Ioannis 1994
Vlastaris Dimitrios 1969
Vlachos Georgios & Athena 2015
Voliotis Apostolos & Maria 2015
Voudoroglou Maria, (son) Antonis 1992
Vranopoulos Dimitrios 1969
Γ
Gennadios, Metropolitan of Thessaloniki (Giorgos Alexiadis) 1969
Georgiadou Evangelia 1986
Giannitsis Konstantinos 2018
Elias Giannopoulos & Popi 1971
Gasparian Gaspar 2018
Godzilla Anastasia 1990
Gouramanis Georgios & Polyxeni 2006
Glykas Michael 1969
Goulas Konstantinos & Vasiliki 2018
Gorgias Leonidas & Despo 1989
Δ
Damascene, Archbishop (Dimitrios Papandreou) 1969
Dimitriadou Virginia, (children) Nikolaos Rovolopoulos, Fani Rovolopoulos 2009
Dimopoulos Athanasios 2018
Dimitra Dimopoulou 2016
Diamantis Stavros 1987
Doukas Kostas & Angeliki 2006
Hercules Dragon 2016
Ε
Evert Angelos 1969
Efraimoglou Athanasios 1985
Ζ
Zannas Dimitrios 1989
Zervos Spyros 1986
Joseph (Catholic nun) 1987
Zoulamopoulos Panos 2001
Painter Petros & Irini 1971
Θ
Founder Ioannis 2009
Themelis Tasos & Zoi 1990
Theodorakis Georgios & Polymnia 2011
Theocharis Ioannis 2008
Ι
Iatrou Ioannis 2000
Ioannidis Themos & Aspasia 1994
Κ
Kavounidis Filippos & Katerina 1987
Elias Kazantzis & sister Angeliki 2002
Kaziktsis Sotiris 1991
Kalligas Stefanos, brother Kalligas Pavlos & daughter Iulia Kalligas-Emfietzoglou 2009
Kallidopoulos Periklis & son Alexandros 1989
Kallinikidis Pantelis & Sappho 1986
George Kalogeromitros 1987
Elizabeth Capart (catholic nun) 1969
Michael Karavokyros 1994
Karagianni Lela 2011
Karakotsos Georgios & Phaedra 2001
Konstantinos Karamalis 2006
Karamertzanis Lambros & Stefania 1991
Karamitsopoulos Ilias & Elizabeth 2012
Karamitsopoulos Nestoras (orthodox priest) 2011
Karafotakis Ioannis & Eleni 1984
Kargados Andreas 1992
Karlaftis Yannis & Avrokomi, (son) Vasilios 1991
Carrer Loukas 1978
Katirzoglou Marina 1995
Katsigiannis Athanassios & Adriana 2001
Katsigianni Maria, (daughters) Kaiti Makri, Nano Lionda 1990
Nikos Katsikouros 1991
Kapsomenos Stylianos & Aggeliki 1990
Kileaditis Georgios 1981
Kentrotis Giannis 2006
Kestekidis Aristides & Ethalia 1968
Kefalas Athanasios & Vasiliki 1979
Kefalas Konstantinos & Katerina 1988
Ilias Kefalidis 1989
Dimitrios Kiakidis & Vasiliki 2019
Claudatos Iosif & Dimitra 1997
Kothris Emmanuel 1989
Koniordos Emmanuel 1992
Korfiatis Stefanos & Magdaleni 1981
Koroneios Petros, (parents) Tasos & Theoni 1997
Kosmidis Xenophon & wife Ourania, (daughter) Fifi Filopoulou 1989
Kosmidis Lazaros & Ismini 2018
Kotsovou Maria 1987
Koukoulas Evangelos 2009
Krapsitis Vasilios 1970
Cretan Wisdom 1998
Dimitris Kyriazopoulos & Olga 1992
Kyriakis Thomas, (son) Antonis 2020
Constanta Constantina 2013
Λ
Lazaridis Evangelos 2017
Lanaras Georgios & Panagiota 2011
Lekkas Vassilis and Nota 2016
Giorgos Lembesis & Litsa 1998
Christos Lepouras 1998
Leonidakis Ioannis & son Sotiris 1996
Louris Mitsos & Athena 1996
Μ
Kostas Makopoulos & Angela 1995
Manias Nikos 2016
Michael Mantoudis & Adamantia 1982
Maragos Ioannis 2010
Margaritopoulos Margaritis 2020
Martyridis Agamemnon & Evdos 1989
Mavridis Michael & Eleni 2002
Mavrogenis Kostas & Popi 2001
Mavros George 1994
Macheiras Panos 1981
Minos Cleopatra 1967
Mitzeliotis Giorgos & Magdaleni 1981
Michalopoulos Panos & wife, (daughter) Koula 1987
Michalos Ilias & Katerina 1984
Morphis Giorgos & Phaedra 1999
Betsu Vasiliki & Nikolas 1992
Morikis Charalambos & Chrysana, (son) Epaminondas 1989
Baby Life 1998
Ν
Nikolaou Kostas 1989
Michael Nomikos 1987
Davis Alekos & Giannoula 1999
Davies Giannis & Pagona 1999
Dararas Georgios & Chariklia, (uncle) Vassilis 2017
Ξ
Xanthopoulou Efthymia (née Yiannopoulou), (sisters) Melpomeni Dina, Bethlehem Soubassi 1989/1994
Xirouhakis Stylianos & Damaskini, (children) Athena Paitakis, Antonis, Stratis, Manolis, Marika 1999
Xigala Pelagia & Georgios 2000
Ο
Economakos Stavros & Vasiliki 2013
Omiridis Pavlos 1988
Orphan Evangelos & Maria, (children) Voula, Mina, Alexios 1985
Π
Paitakis Manolis 1999
Palumpis Gerasimos 1983
Panagiotopoulos Sotiris & Ioanna (née Moumoutzi) 1994
Panagiotou Maria 1990
Panagiotou Nikolaos 1990
Panagiotou-Kapsomenou Antonia 1990
Konstantina Panagopoulou 1996
Pantzartzidis Konstantinos, (brother) Ioannis 1991
Papavasileiou Alexandros 2017
Papadantonaki Marika 1996
Papadimitriou Chrysanthi 1995
Antonis Papadopoulos 1984
Isaac Papadopoulos & Efthymia, (daughter) Mimitsa Melidou 1994
Papadopoulos Stylianos 2020
Papadouka Olympia 1985
George Papalexandros & Anastasia 1991
Papanastasiou Anastasios 2021
Papaoikonomou Pipitsa 2015
Papastergiou Christos 1968
Papastratis Sotiris 1988
Paravantis Evangelos 1990
Paraskevaidis Stratos 1989
Paschalidis Orestis, Andreas, Giannis and their mother 1968
Pavlidou Danae 1998
Pafilis Nikolaos 1992
Dimitrios Pahakis 1989
Perrakis Ioannis & Katina 2016
Konstantinos Pertopoulos & Evi, (children) Nikos, Olga, Christina 1991
Petrakis Manolis & Antigoni 1976
Piano Giorgos 1987
Pispas Thanassis & Evangelia 2013
Pontikis Vassilis & Vasiliki 1990
Adela Potamianou, (daughter) Athina Kontopoulou 1992
Pouris Demosthenes 1993
Ρ
Konstantinos Robolopoulos 2009
Robos Athanasios & Athena 2009
Rousmanis Stefanos 2009
Σ
Sayanou Chariklia 2004
Sanikos Nikos & Elli 1985
Sarafianou Smaragda 2002
Saroglou Popi 1984
Skaramangas Petros & Artemis 1987
Sklavounos Thomas, (children) Kostas, Alexios, Panagiota Moraitou, Orsalia Oikonomou 1985
Michael Skoulatos 1978
Christos Spanopoulos & Sophia 1988
Spentzos Ioannis, (sister) Tasia 2002
Dimitris Spiliakos 1987
Dimitris Spiliotopoulos & Argyro 1999
Spiliotopoulos Leandros & Kaiti 1999
Stampelou Tea (nee Kavounidis) 1987
Andreas Stassinopoulos 1988
Stavridis Georgios 2015
Konstantinos Sfakianakis 2021
Sotiriadou Aristea (nee Liudakis) 1990
Τ
Takaroni Stasa, (son) Panos 2001
Tziortsas Panagiotis, (parents) Leonidas, Despo 1989
Tokatlidou Evlambia (née Axiopoulos), (siblings) Petros, Nikos, Polyxeni, Makrina Ananiadou 1989
Michael Triantaphyllou & Persephone, (children) Avra, Olympus, Perseus 1988
Tripoulas Alekos 1988
Tsamandas Dimitrios & Antigoni 1998
Tsaridou Vasiliki 1988
Tsatsou Ioanna 1989
Tsapouris Ilias & Sophia, (son) George 1987
Nikolaos Tsimopoulos & Olga 2008
Tsirigakis Panagiotis 1988
Typaldos Irenaios (catholic priest) 1969
Υ
Fassoula Vasso 2015
Nikolaos Fatlis & Fani 2009
Fix Antonios & Elli 2004
Francou Maria, (daughters) Marina, Sofia, Despina 2003
Χ
Hello Helen 1988
Chaldezos Panos 1994
Halikias Angelos 2013
Chalkidis Dimitrios 1992
Hamilothoris Evangelos 1994
Hatzigiannakis Nikolaos 2020
Michalis Chiotis & Kalliopi 1995
Holeva Maria 1968
Christopoulos Efthymios 2017
Chrysaki Anna 1993
Chrysostomos Dimitrios, Metropolitan of Zakynthos 1978
Chomatas Lambros & Zoi 2009
Ψ
Georgi Psaropoulos, (daughter) Danilyants Olympiad 1993
Psaropoulou Maria, (children) Ioannis & Charalambos 1992
*The year next to each entry refers to the year in which the persons named were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. The items listed are a rendering of the English catalog posted by Yad Vashem to the address: https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/pdf-drupal/greece.pdf.
** In 2016 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Yad Vashem Foundation, issued the Volume "The Greek Righteous Among the Nations", (Militos publications, edited by Fotini Tomai).