2. Melina Mercouri was born in 1920. She was an
actress , a singer and a politician. She attended the
National Theater’s Drama School. She got married to
Panos Harokopos and later on married Jules Dassin...
3. ... Some of the films she was in were ‘Stella’ , ‘Never on
Sunday’ , ‘Phaedra’ and ‘Topkapi’. She struggled against
junta. She also struggled for the return of the Parthenon
Marbles. She died in 1994.
9. Marie Curie…
• Marie Curie was born in the 1867 in
Poland. She became a professor at the
university of Paris. She did research in
radioactivity. She was the first woman to
win a Nobel Prize in physics in 1903 with
her husband. In 1911 she won the Nobel
Prize in chemistry. She discovered
polonium and radium. She married Pierre
Curie and had two children. She died in
1934.
12. Odysseas Elytis
• Odysseas Elytis was born
in 1911 in Iraklio-
Crete.His real name was
Odysseas Alepoudelis.He
was nominated for the
Nobel Prize for Literature
in 1979.Some of his
poems are:”Axion Esti’’[“It
is worthn”] and ‘’Maria
Nefeli”. He died in 1996.
14. Pele: A famous footballer
Pele was born in 1940. He was a
football player and his playing
positions
where: forward attacker
midfielder. He also got the
Guinness world record for the
most career
goals scored in football. Also
known as <The black pearl> and
<The king of Football>.
In 1999 he was called: <The world
player of the century>. He was
considered as the best paid
athlete. He played for Brazil and a
team called <Santos>.
16. WRIGHT BROTHERS
• Their names were Orville and Wilbur.
Orville was born in 1871 and Wilbur was
born in 1867.They were American
inventors and they built the world’s first
successful airplane in 1903. They had a
shop with bicycles and an aircraft
company.