| Cohen, Albert (1895-1981) | Escritor | | The greek born, Marseilles-raised jewish writer came to Geneva as a student and then spent most of his life there, working for the UN and writing his
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| | Goulandris, Basil | Armador | | The Greek shipowner settled in Lausanne,
Switzerland in 1965. Basil P. Goulandris was born on the Island of Andros in
the Aegean Sea. His fath
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| | Latsis, John (1910-) | Armador | | The Latsis family runs its financial empire from Geneva. Born in 1910, John Spyridon Latsis started out in the dried fruit business. Business was boom
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| | Lemos, Costas | Armador | | This Greek shipowner lived in Lausanne, the heart of the Swiss Greek community. Born on the Island of Oinuse, Costas Lemos succeeded in building his s
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| | Livanos, Georges (1926-1997) | Armador | | Like many of his fellow countrymen, this Greek shipowner lived in Lausanne. Georges Livanos was born in 1926 in New Orleans. His father, Stavros Livan
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| | Mercouri, Melina (1920-1994) | Estrella de música | | The Greek singer lived over seven years in Lausanne. Maria Amalia Mersuris was born in 1920 in Athens to a bourgeois family. Her grandfather was the m
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| | Mouskouri, Nana (1936-) | Estrella de música | | The Greek singer has lived in Geneva since 1974. Born in 1934, Nana Mouskouri was raised by a modest family on the Island of Crete. When she was three
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| | Niarchos, Stavros (1908-1996) | Armador | | This Greek shipowner's main residence was in Saint-Moritz in the Graubunden. Stavros Niarchos was born on July 3, 1909 in Athens to a wealthy family,
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| | Roussel Onassis, Athina (1985-) | Heredero | | The young heiress of Aristotle Onassis' billions lives with her French
father and stepfamily on the shores
of Lake Geneva. Athina Roussel was
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| | | John Latsis | | (1910 - ) Shipping tycoon |  | | The Latsis family runs its financial empire from Geneva. Born in 1910, John Spyridon Latsis started out in the dried fruit business. Business was booming and he bought his first charter boat in 1938. He then diversified his activity by setting up a real estate company. In the sixties, he further expanded his group with the purchase of an oil refinery. His good relations with the Saudi Arabian royal family landed him a contract for the construction of a refinery in Saudi Arabia. John Latsis the >>> |
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