Athanasius (disambiguation)

Athanasius or Athanasios (Greek: Αθανάσιος) is a Greek male name which means immortal. In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (Θάνος), Sakis (Σάκης), Nasos (Νάσος) or Athan.

Athanasius
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Immortal
Other names
Related names	Athanasios, Athanassios, Atanasio, Athanase, Atanas, Afanasy, Thanasis, Athan

Notable people with this name include:

Athanasios Diakos

• Athanasius (praetorian prefect), 6th-century Byzantine official
• Athanasios of Emesa, 6th-century Byzantine jurist
• Athanasius the Athonite, 10th-century Byzantine monk
• Athanasius I of Constantinople (1230–1310), Greek Patriarch of Constantinople
• Athanasius II of Constantinople (fl. 1453), the last Greek Patriarch of an independent Constantinople
• Athanasius II Dabbas (died 1619), Greek Patriarch of Antioch
• Athanasius III Patelarus (fl. 1630s), Greek Patriarch of Constantinople
• Athanasius III Dabbas (1647–1724), Greek Patriarch of Antioch
• Athanasius IV of Constantinople (fl. 1670s), Greek Patriarch of Constantinople
• Athanasius of Attalia (died 1700), Orthodox martyr of Smyrna
• Athanasius V of Constantinople (fl. 1710s), Greek Patriarch of Constantinople
• Athanasius Parios (died 1813), Greek religious leader
• Athanasios Kanakaris (1760–1824), Greek revolutionary and politician
• Athanasios Psalidas (1767–1829), author, scholar and one of the most renowned figures of the modern Greek Enlightenment
• Athanasios Christopoulos (1772–1847), Greek poet
• Athanasios Diakos (1788–1821), Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence
• Athanasios Stageiritis (fl. 19th century), professor of Greek language at the Imperial Academy in Vienna
• Athanasios Miaoulis (1815–1867), former Prime Minister of Greece
• Athanasios Rousopoulos (1823–1898), professor
• Athanasios Kanakaris-Roufos (1830–1902), politician, mayor of the city of Patras
• Athanasios Eftaxias (1849–1931), former Prime Minister of Greece
• Athanasios Frangou (1864–1923), Greek Army officer
• Athanasios N. Miaoulis (1865–1936), former Mayor of Piraeustu
• Athanasios Skaltsogiannis (born 1873), Greek hurdler and long jumper
• Athanasios Klaras (1905–1945), military leader of ELAS (nom de guerre:Aris Velouchiotis)
• Athanasios Kafkalides (1919–1989), Greek neuropsychiatrist
• Thanassis Skordalos (1920–1998), Greek Cretan lira musician
• Athanasios Papoulis (1921–2002), Greek-American engineer
• Athanasios Tsaldaris (1921–1997), Greek politician
• Athanasios Kanellopoulos (1923–1994), Greek politician
• Thanasis Veggos (1927–2011), Greek actor and film director
• Thanos Leivaditis (1934–2005), Greek actor and screenwriter
• Athanasios Angelopoulos (born 1939), Greek professor of theology
• Thanasis Pouliadis (1940–2011), Greek entrepreneur
• Thanos Mikroutsikos (born 1947), Greek songwriter and politician
• Athanasios Tsakalidis (born 1950), Greek computer scientist
• Thanasis Pafilis (born 1954), Greek politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Athanasios Karvounis (born c. 1950s), American gangster in Detroit
• Thanassis Papakonstantinou (born 1959), Greek singer and songwriter
• Thanos Kalliris (born 1962), Greek pop singer
• Thanasis Kolitsidakis (born 1966), Greek soccer player
• Athanasios Michalopoulos (born 1973), Greek beach volleyball player
• Thanos Petrelis (born 1975), Greek pop singer
• Athanasios Kostoulas (born 1976), Greek soccer player
• Thanasis Paleologos (born 1977), Greek soccer player
• Athanasios Tsigas (born 1982), Greek soccer player
• Athanasios Papazoglou (born 1988), Greek soccer player
• Thanos Plevris, Greek politician
• Thanassis Giannakopoulos, Greek businessman
• Athanasios Moulakis, Greek Professor of Government
• Athanasios Vouros, Greek fencer
• Athanasios Tsakalov, founder member of the Filiki Eteria

Other than Greek

Athanasius Kircher

• Afanasy Fet, Russian poet
• Afanasy Nikitin (died 1472), Russian merchant
• Atanasio Aguirre, President of Uruguay from 1864 to 1865
• Atanasio Girardot (1791–1813), a Colombian revolutionary leader
• Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, an 18th-century Mexican botanical artist and naturalist
• François Athanase de Charette de la Contrie, French soldier and politician
• Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie, French military commander
• Athanase Josué Coquerel, French theologian
• Pope Athanasius of Alexandria (ca. 296–373), Christian saint, Coptic pope, theologian
• Pope Athanasius II of Alexandria (died 496), Coptic pope
• Athanasius I, Bishop of Naples (died 872), Italian bishop
• Pope Athanasius III of Alexandria, 13th-century Coptic pope
• Athanasius II of Naples, bishop and Duke of Naples
• Athanasius, Metropolitan of Moscow, 16th-century Russian cleric
• Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk (died 1648), Lithuanian martyr of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Athanasius Kircher (died 1680), German Jesuit
• Athanasius Schneider (born 1961), Roman Catholic bishop

See also

• Athanasian Creed
• Thanos (from Thanatos), a villain in the Marvel Comics mythos