Celebrities & Celebrate Greece

Cynthia Daddona, Culinary-Travel Television Host

Jay Leno, Comedian and Former Host of NBC's "The Tonight Show"

Nia Vardalos, Star and Oscar Nominated Screenwriter "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

Steve Levitan, Co-Creator of "Modern Family"

Melina Kanakaredes, "CSI:NY", "Percy Jackson" movies

Carol Burnett and Tim Conway

Jeff Bridges, Oscar Winning Actor

Michael Constantine, Actor "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

Angelo Tsarouchas, Comedian

Beau Bridges, Actor

Constantine Maroulis, TV and Broadway Actor

Yanni, Musician

Olympia Dukakis, Oscar Winning Actress "Moonstruck"

Alexander Payne, Two-Time Oscar Screenwriter and Director, "Sideways" and "The Descendants"

"Mamma Mia" Broadway stage production actors

Father John Bakkas, Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles

Anthony Hopkins, Oscar Winning Actor

Chris Spheeris, Musician

Ernest Borgnine, Oscar Winning Actor

Jack Canfield, Success Coach and Co-Creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series

John Cleese, Comedian, Actor and Co-Founder of Monty Python's Flying Circus

Gena Rowlands, 2-Time Oscar Nominated Actress

Tony Orlando, Singer

Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar Nominated Director

Thaao Penghlis, Actor

Euripides "Rip" Kastaris, Iconographer and Artist for the Official USA Olympic Committee poster for the 2004 Olympics in Athens

Ioannis Melissanidis, Olympic Gold Medalist Gymnast at 2004 Olympics in Athens

Delilah, Radio Talk Show Host

Leonard Nimoy, Actor best known as "Spock" from the Star Trek TV and Movie series

Mark Victor Hansen, Co-Creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series

E. Duke Vincent, Author and former Producer with Aaron Spelling Entertainment

Stratton Leopold, Producer Mission Impossible, Star Trek and more and owner of Leopold's Ice Cream in Savannah, Georgia

Yannis Smaragdis, Director of the movie El Greco

John Kopelos, Comedian and Actor

Anna Vissi, Singer

Christos Lolas, Heart Surgeon and Documentary Film Producer

George Petritsis, Prolific Documentary Filmmaker

Jim Gianopulos, CEO of Paramount Pictures (Formerly CEO of 20th Century Fox Filmed Entertainment)

Yani Begakis, Founder of the Golden Globes and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

John Aniston, Actor and Father of Actress Jennifer Aniston of Friends sitcom fame

Marina Sirtis, Actress best known for Star Trek: Next Generation

Sakis Rouvas, Singer and Television Host

George Chakiris, Oscar Winning Actor for Westside Story

Rick Steves, Television Travel Show Host

Peter Clentzos, Olympian

Tyler Neitzel, Actor best known as Young Leonidas in the movie 300

Roger Durling, Executive Director of the influential Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Celine Dion, Singer and Multiple Grammy Winner

Stevie Wonder, Multiple Grammy Winning Singer and Songwriter

Charlie Adams, Musician and Yanni's Drummer Extraordinaire

Giada De Laurentiis, Chef

Matthew Kenney, Founder of Pure Food and Wine in NYC and Matthew Kenney Cuisine

Tory Martindale, Four Seasons Executive Chef

Gregory Zagozdon Executive Chef Selene Gourmet Restaurant Thera Santorini Greece

Kyriakos Lyras, Executive Chef Galaxy Hotel in Herakleion on the Greek Island of Crete

Diane Kochilas, Greek Chef and Author

David Rosengarten, TV Chef from The Food Network and Author

Alexis Lefkaditis, Executive Chef at the Blue Palace Resort & Spa in Elouda, Crete, Greece

Michael Pollen, New York Times' Food Editor and Author

Rocco DiSpirito, Chef

Barbara Fairchild, Editor Bon Apetit Magazine

Calliopi Toufidou, Greek Chef and Author

Ruth Reichl, Editor Gourmet Magazine

Chef Darrel A. Smith II (Chef DAS)

Caroline Sutherland, Nutritional Consultant and Medical Intuitive

Huell Howser, PBS TV Host for California's Gold

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor dark of night keeps them from completing their appointed course.

Herodotus (5th Century BCE)
The Histories (8.98.2), Translated by Robert Strassler in his The Landmark Herodotus