# Ioannis

Ioannis or Ioannes (Greek: Ιωάννης), shortened to Giannis or Yannis (Γιάννης) is a Greek given name cognate with Johannes and John and the Arabic name Yahya . Notable people with the name include:
* Ioannis I, Tzimiskis, Byzantine Emperor
* Ioannis Agorastos-Plagis (John Plagis), Southern Rhodesian flying ace during World War II
* Ioannis Alevras, Greek politician who served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
* Ioannis Altamouras, Greek painter of the 19th century
* Ioannis Anastassakis, professionally known as John Aniston, a Greek-born American actor
* Ioannis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer and one of the founding members of football club Olympiacos CFP
* Ioannis Antetokounmpo, commonly known as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player
* Ioannis Apakas, Greek painter and priest in the latter part of the 16th century to the early 17th century
* Ioannis Argyropoulos, a lecturer, philosopher and humanist, one of the émigré Greek scholars who pioneered the revival of classical Greek learning in 15th-century Italy
* Ioannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player and member of Greece men's national basketball team that won the gold medal at EuroBasket 2005
* Ioannis Celivergos Zachos, Greek-American physician, literary scholar, elocutionist, author, lecturer, inventor, and educational pioneer
* Ioannis Chalkeus, a scholar, philosopher and figure of the modern Greek Enlightenment in the 18th century
* Ioannis Chryssomallis, known professionally as Yanni, a Greek-American composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer
* Ioannis Dalianidis, Greek film director
* Ioannis Demestichas, Greek Navy officer, known for his participation in the Macedonian Struggle under the nom de guerre of Kapetan Nikiforos
* Ioannis Doukas, Greek painter and one of the main representatives of the so-called 'Greek Munich School'
* Ioannis Dullardi, Flemish philosopher and logician
* Ioannis Filimon, 19th-century Greek historian, militant journalist and publisher
* Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek Army officer and athlete, who competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens as a shooter and became the only Greek athlete to win a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in a single Olympic
* Ioannis Gennadios, Greek diplomat, writer, and speaker, best known for his donation of his collection of Greek books and art to the Gennadius Library
* Ioannis Hadji Argyris, Greek pioneer of computer applications in science and engineering
* Ioannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball player, professional basketball coach, and politician
* Ioannis Kakridis (1901–1992), Greek classical scholar
* Ioannis Kalatzis, Greek singer
* Ioannis Kaminiates, Byzantine writer of the 10th century
* Ioannis Kapodistrias (John Capodistrias), Greek politician who served as the Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire and the first head of state of independent Greece
* Ioannis Karatzas, Phanariote Greek Prince of Wallachia
* Ioannis Kasoulidis, Cypriot politician
* Ioannis Kolettis (1773–1847), Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece
* Ioannis Makriyannis, born Ioannis Triantaphyllou, Greek merchant, military officer, politician and author, best known today for his Memoirs
* Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician
* Ioannis Okkas, Cypriot football player
* Ioannis Pangas, Greek philanthropist and businessman
* Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, Greek banker and politician
* Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos (1766–1826), Greek Merchant and revolutionary leader
* Ioannis Rallis, Greek politician
* Ioannis Samaras, Greek footballer
* Ioannis Smaragdis, Greek film director
* Ioannis Svoronos, Greek archaeologist and numismatist
* Ioannis Theofilakis, Greek shooter
* Ioannis Theotokis (1880–1961), Greek politician who became Prime Minister of Greece
* Ioannis Topalidis, Greek professional football manager and former player, assistant manager of the Greece national football team winning the UEFA Euro 2004 championship
* Ioannis Tsarouchis, Greek modernist painter and set designer
* Ioannis Varvakis, member of the Filiki Eteria and benefactor
* Ioannis Varoufakis, commonly known as Yanis Varoufakis, Greek-Australian economist and politician
* Ioannis Veliotes, commonly known as Johnny Otis, an American singer, musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, talent scout, disc jockey, record producer, television show host, artist, author, journalist, minister, and impresario
* Ioannis Xenakis, Greek-French avant-garde composer, music theorist, architect, performance director and engineer