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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Aniston - Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning film/television actress, best known for her role on the sitcom Friends | 18944 |
| 2 | Zach Galifianakis | 18839 |
| 3 | Betty White - actress | 17658 |
| 4 | David Batista (Bautista) - WWE SmackDown!, professional wrestler (Greek mother) | 14449 |
| 5 | Tina Fey, comedienne, former head writer of Saturday Night Live and creator of 30 Rock | 11170 |
| 6 | Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos) - columnist, pundit and founder of the popular liberal website The Huffington Post | 10356 |
| 7 | Frank Zappa - composer - see The Real Frank Zappa Book | 9466 |
| 8 | John Stamos | 8092 |
| 9 | Kelly Clarkson - American Idol (Season 1) winner | 6888 |
| 10 | David Sedaris, essayist and radio contributor | 6663 |
| 11 | Tommy Lee - heavy metal drummer | 5696 |
| 12 | Charlie Crist - Governor of Florida | 5669 |
| 13 | Anthony Kiedis - lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers | 5559 |
| 14 | Hank Azaria - one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons | 4902 |
| 15 | Trish Stratus - WWE diva | 4698 |
| 16 | Tiffani Thiessen - Valerie Malone on Beverly Hills, 90210 | 4608 |
| 17 | Criss Angel - magician | 4581 |
| 18 | Andy Milonakis | 4432 |
| 19 | Melina Kanakaredes | 4399 |
| 20 | Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder<sup>1</sup> - sports commentator | 3877 |
| 21 | Michael Chiklis | 3699 |
| 22 | Maria Kanellis - professional wrestler with WWE Smackdown | 3461 |
| 23 | Elia Kazan - movie director, two-time Academy Award winner for Gentleman's Agreement and On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata, East of Eden | 3460 |
| 24 | Billy Zane - actor, director | 3389 |
| 25 | Yanni - new-age musician | 2979 |
| 26 | Cat Cora - Iron Chef on Food Network's Iron Chef America | 2886 |
| 27 | Jamie-Lynn Sigler | 2784 |
| 28 | Mena Suvari - actress, American Pie, American Beauty | 2738 |
| 29 | Angie Harmon | 2729 |
| 30 | Jeff Bezos - founder, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Amazon.com | 2669 |
| 31 | Alexi Giannoulias - Illinois State Treasurer | 2586 |
| 32 | Telly Savalas | 2577 |
| 33 | Chris Sarandon | 2526 |
| 34 | Ted Leonsis - vice chair of AOL | 2504 |
| 35 | Maria Callas - considered one of the greatest opera sopranos of all time | 2463 |
| 36 | Elias Koteas - Canadian/US movie actor | 2311 |
| 37 | Rita Wilson | 2308 |
| 38 | Pete Sampras - tennis player, considered one of the best tennis players in history | 2219 |
| 39 | Amy Sedaris | 2179 |
| 40 | George Stephanopoulos - Host of ABC's "This Week" | 2093 |
| 41 | Spiro Agnew - former Vice President of the United States, Governor of Maryland, first Greek-American governor in U.S. history | 2056 |
| 42 | Demetri Martin | 1977 |
| 43 | Elizabeth Perkins | 1944 |
| 44 | Olympia Dukakis | 1896 |
| 45 | John Cassavetes - movie director | 1882 |
| 46 | Marina Sirtis - played Counselor Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation. | 1776 |
| 47 | Michael Dukakis - former Governor of Massachusetts, 1988 Democratic presidential candidate | 1725 |
| 48 | The Andrews Sisters - singers | 1613 |
| 49 | Jamie Dimon - (Papademetriou) - CEO of JPMorgan Chase, grandson of Smyrna broker | 1484 |
| 50 | Alexa Nikolas | 1410 |
| 51 | Michael Symon - Iron Chef on Food Network's Iron Chef America | 1399 |
| 52 | Mike Zambidis - kickboxer | 1359 |
| 53 | Chris Chelios - NHL hockey player | 1262 |
| 54 | Laird Hamilton (born Laird John Zerfas) - surfer | 1218 |
| 55 | Nick Cassavetes - movie director | 1217 |
| 56 | Valerie Solanas - attempted assassin of Andy Warhol | 1201 |
| 57 | Lindsay Hartley | 1136 |
| 58 | Maria Menounos- correspondent for Today and Access Hollywood | 1133 |
| 59 | Jason Calacanis - entrepreneur & founder of Weblogs, Inc. | 1103 |
| 60 | Alexander Payne - Academy Award winning movie director | 1064 |
| 61 | Derek Sherinian - virtuoso rock and jazz fusion keyboardist | 985 |
| 62 | Greg Louganis - Olympic diving champion (Greek by adoption; ethnically Samoan and Swedish) | 953 |
| 63 | Tino Martinez - former MLB first baseman for the N.Y. Yankees (Greek mother) | 933 |
| 64 | Alex Karras - NFL player with the Detroit Lions, wrestler and actor | 920 |
| 65 | Dawn Marie Psaltis (Dawn Marie) - former WWE diva | 901 |
| 66 | Ryan Pinkston - actor and model | 886 |
| 67 | John Aniston | 852 |
| 68 | Gabrielle Carteris | 777 |
| 69 | Debbie Matenopoulos - journalist, talk show host | 765 |
| 70 | Marilu Henner | 719 |
| 71 | Bob Costas - NBC sportscaster | 699 |
| 72 | Olympia Snowe - Republican Senator from Maine | 663 |
| 73 | Harry Kalas - sports announcer | 662 |
| 74 | Angela Bowie | 647 |
| 75 | Tim Lambesis - Lead singer of Metalcore band As I Lay Dying | 644 |
| 76 | Art Alexakis - singer/songwriter/guitarist, member of Everclear | 642 |
| 77 | Jeffrey Eugenides - novelist and short story writer | 633 |
| 78 | Nicholas Negroponte - architect and computer scientist | 611 |
| 79 | Patricia Field - fashion designer | 597 |
| 80 | Dean Karnazes - ultramarathon champion, writer, businessman | 567 |
| 81 | George Tenet - former CIA director | 556 |
| 82 | Peter Peterson (Petropoulos) - ex-CEO of Bell & Howell, Lehman Bros, Chair Council on Foreign Relns, chair BlackStone, Nixon Commerce Scy | 501 |
| 83 | Tony Orlando - singer | 497 |
| 84 | Joseph Pilates - inventor of Pilates | 484 |
| 85 | James G. Stavridis - USN is the current Commander, United States Southern Command | 469 |
| 86 | Constantine Maroulis - singer, stage actor, American Idol (Season 4) finalist | 457 |
| 87 | Greg Dulli - musician | 442 |
| 88 | Tim Considine - actor, writer and photographer | 442 |
| 89 | DeAnna Pappas | 428 |
| 90 | Markos Moulitsas, blogger and political columnist, founder of the influential liberal blog Daily Kos | 428 |
| 91 | George Chakiris | 428 |
| 92 | Kurt Rambis - former NBA player, won 4 championships with the L.A. Lakers (birth name Kyriakos Rambidis) | 426 |
| 93 | Dino Stamatopoulos - television comedy writer, actor and producer who has worked on Mr. Show, TV Funhouse, Mad TV, Moral Orel, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 425 |
| 94 | Chris Argyris - distinguished lifetime contributor to theory and practice of management | 419 |
| 95 | Christopher George | 419 |
| 96 | George Maharis | 403 |
| 97 | Michael Katsidis - (born in Australia) current boxer | 392 |
| 98 | John Negroponte - United States Director of National Intelligence, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations | 387 |
| 99 | Andreas Katsulas | 382 |
| 100 | Alexi Lalas - soccer player for the L.A. Galaxy, U.S. national team | 366 |
| 101 | Christos Papadimitriou - professor of computer science at University of California, Berkeley | 365 |
| 102 | Nick Galifianakis - former Representative D-NC. | 360 |
| 103 | John Podesta - White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton | 350 |
| 104 | George Parros - NHL hockey player | 348 |
| 105 | Gust Avrakotos - political adviser | 347 |
| 106 | Phil Angelides - state treasurer of California, 2006 democratic candidate for Governor of California | 344 |
| 107 | Basil Poledouris - film composer | 343 |
| 108 | Penelope Spheeris - director (Wayne's World) | 342 |
| 109 | Lisa Zane | 342 |
| 110 | Shuggie Otis - rock, blues & funk guitarist and songwriter | 341 |
| 111 | John Varvatos - fashion designer | 340 |
| 112 | Wayne Kramer - guitarist for Motor City Five | 338 |
| 113 | Michael Constantine | 332 |
| 114 | Petros Papadakis - former USC Trojans running back, sports talk show host | 324 |
| 115 | Jim Sclavunos - drummer for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | 316 |
| 116 | Chris Trousdale (1985 - ) - singer, former Dream Street member | 307 |
| 117 | The Fiery Furnaces - indie rock band | 305 |
| 118 | Johnny Otis - rhythm and blues musician | 300 |
| 119 | Paul Tsongas - former senator from Massachusetts | 293 |
| 120 | Kalomoira - pop singer | 280 |
| 121 | Kosta Koufos - player for the Utah Jazz in the NBA and the Greece national team | 276 |
| 122 | Ant (Anthony Steven Kalloniatis) - Last Comic Standing comedian | 273 |
| 123 | Paul Sarbanes - former Senator for Maryland; co-sponsored the SarbanesâOxley Act on corporate accounting | 267 |
| 124 | Matt Stover - NFL player, kicker for Baltimore Ravens | 266 |
| 125 | Peter Angelos - MLB owner of the Baltimore Orioles | 245 |
| 126 | Jim Verraros (1983 - ) - singer, entertainer, one of the top 10 finalists in the first season of American Idol | 243 |
| 127 | Stacy Burke - fetish/bondage model [link] | 240 |
| 128 | Dina Titus - Congresswoman from Nevada | 237 |
| 129 | Alex Spanos - California realty magnate, chaired Amer Bible Society | 234 |
| 130 | George Pelecanos, crime novelist and television drama writer (The Wire) | 233 |
| 131 | Craig Titus - American bodybuilder | 229 |
| 132 | John Rigas - founder of Adelphia Communications Corporation | 220 |
| 133 | Panio Gianopoulos - writer and editor for Bloomsbury Publishing | 214 |
| 134 | George Pan Cosmatos<sup>1</sup>, film director, Tombstone, Rambo: First Blood Part II | 202 |
| 135 | George Lois - advertising executive (ESPN, USA Today, Xerox, MTV, Wolfschmidt, Tommy Hilfiger), "Fizz Fizz What a Relief it Is", "No Dancing in the (a)Isles" "Crazy People" (Big break hired by Rossides for Javits 1960) | 188 |
| 136 | George Papanicolaou - created the Pap Smear, and more generally, the field of cytopathology | 188 |
| 137 | Nick Markakis - MLB outfielder who currently plays for the Baltimore Orioles | 185 |
| 138 | Milt Pappas - MLB pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds and other teams | 184 |
| 139 | Alex Karalexis- professional fighter with the Ultimate Fighting Championship | 180 |
| 140 | Alex Holmes - NFL tight end for the St. Louis Rams, mother is Greek | 176 |
| 141 | Persi Diaconis - mathematician | 176 |
| 142 | Zack Space - member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio | 167 |
| 143 | Peter Diamandis - magazine entrepreneur, founder of the International Space University | 162 |
| 144 | George Savalas | 161 |
| 145 | Peter Karmanos, Jr. - founder, president & CEO of Compuware and owner of the NHL team Carolina Hurricanes | 159 |
| 146 | Nicholas Gage - reporter for the Wall Street Journal, author Eleni | 159 |
| 147 | Nick Verreos - American fashion designer | 157 |
| 148 | Andy Sidaris - film director of cult B-movie films | 155 |
| 149 | Aaron Miles - MLB player for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, and Colorado Rockies (paternal grandmother) | 155 |
| 150 | Tom Kostopoulos - NHL hockey player. | 154 |
| 151 | Alexander Nehamas - professor of philosophy | 152 |
| 152 | Eric Karros - former MLB player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and now a baseball broadcaster | 150 |
| 153 | Mike Galanos - CNN/Sports Illustrated anchor | 149 |
| 154 | Paul Lekakis - singer | 146 |
| 155 | Dennis Boutsikaris | 143 |
| 156 | Nick Calathes - former Florida Gators basketball player | 140 |
| 157 | Alexander Scourby - actor and narrator, played 'Old Polo' in "Giant," James Dean's last film | 139 |
| 158 | Ernie Anastos - WNYW-New York co-anchorman | 139 |
| 159 | Peter Voulkos - sculptor, ceramics art innovator | 136 |
| 160 | Jimmy Carson - NHL hockey player (original family surname Kyriazopoulos) | 134 |
| 161 | Shanelle Workman - voice actress for various video games and animated TV shows | 133 |
| 162 | Suzi Simpson - model, actress, aspiring screenwriter | 133 |
| 163 | Becky and Jessie O'Donohue - American Idol contestants and models , | 130 |
| 164 | Christos Gage - DC/Marvel Comics/Wildstorm and Law & Order writer | 126 |
| 165 | Shelley Berkley - member of Congress | 118 |
| 166 | Patricia Kara - model, actress, TV personality | 118 |
| 167 | John Sarbanes - eldest son of Paul Sarbanes, Congressman, Maryland's 3rd congressional district | 117 |
| 168 | Daniela Amavia Greek-American actress | 116 |
| 169 | Frances Townsend - assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor | 113 |
| 170 | Garo Yepremian - NFL player (Greek Cypriot origin) | 113 |
| 171 | Paul Vallas - CEO of the Chicago Public Schools | 112 |
| 172 | Fred Smerlas - NFL player for the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots | 112 |
| 173 | Eric Metaxas | 105 |
| 174 | Thalia Assuras - TV reporter, CBS News (born in Canada, moved to U.S.) | 104 |
| 175 | Nick Gravenites - blues, rock and folk singer-songwriter | 103 |
| 176 | Al Campanis - MLB player and executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers | 103 |
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