Pappas
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Pappas or Papas is a Greek
surname, which means "priest". The female version of the name is Pappa or Papa (Greek: Παππά, Παπά). Notable individuals with this surname include:
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
surname, which means "priest". The female version of the name is Pappa or Papa (Greek: Παππά, Παπά). Notable individuals with this surname include:
- Arthur PappasArthur PappasArthur Pappas was an Australian rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and South Sydney Rabbitohs clubs in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition.-References:...
, Australian rugby player - Bryant Pappas, American professional boxer
- Charilaos PappasCharilaos PappasCharilaos Pappas, is a Greek footballer currently playing for Panetolikos.-Club career:He began his career in Panserraikos, Greece. In January 2003, he moved to Thessaloniki signed for Apollon Kalamarias FC. In 2003/04, Pappas' ten goals were a major factor in Kalamaria's winning promotion to the...
, Greek soccer player - Deanna PappasDeanna PappasDeAnna Marie Stagliano is a TV personality best known for her participation in the ABC Television reality dating shows The Bachelor, Season 11, and The Bachelorette, Season 4.- Early life :...
, American TV Personality - Doug PappasDoug PappasDoug Pappas was a baseball writer and researcher who was considered the foremost expert on the business of baseball.Pappas was a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan Law School , where he had been Executive Note Editor of the Michigan Law Review.-Contributions to...
(1962–2004), American baseball expert - Eftihia Pappas, Greek diver
- Emmanouel PappasEmmanouel PappasEmmanouel Pappas , prominent member of Filiki Etaireia and leader of the Greek War of Independence in Macedonia was one of the most heroic figures of the Struggle....
(1772-1821), a leader in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire - Erik PappasErik PappasErik Daniel Pappas is a former professional baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. He appeared in 8 games for the Cubs during the 1991 season and appeared in a total of 97 games for the Cardinals during 1993 and 1994 seasons...
, American baseball player - George PappasGeorge PappasGeorge Sotiros Pappas is a professor of philosophy at Ohio State University. Pappas specializes in epistemology, the history of early modern philosophy, philosophy of religion, and metaphysics...
, American epistomologist and professor of philosophy - Gus C. Pappas- Top counselor for now defunct Knapp Brothers Shoe Manufacturing Corporation.
- Irene PapasIrene PapasIrene Papas is a Greek actress and occasional singer, who has starred in over seventy films in a career spanning more than fifty years.-Life:...
, Greek actress - Irini PappasIrini PappasIrini Pappas is an Australian actress, born and raised in Melbourne, of Greek heritage. She has appeared in many television and movie roles and has worked in both Australia and Greece....
, Australian actress - Jared Pappas-KelleyJared Pappas-KelleyJared Pappas-Kelley is a curator, writer, and artist. He was co-creator and publisher of Toby Room magazine. His direction of the arts organization ArtRod led to the creation of the Tollbooth Gallery, which he co-created and curated with fellow artist Michael Lent.Pappas-Kelley studied at The...
, American filmmaker and publisher - John Pappas (football coach), American football coach
- Manolis PappasManolis PappasManolis Pappas , is a former Greek footballer . He was a member of the great Panachaiki football team that impressed Greece in the seventies and qualified to the 1974 UEFA Cup....
, Greek soccer player - Michael J. PappasMichael J. PappasMichael James "Mike" Pappas is a former Republican Congressman from New Jersey.-Biography:Pappas was born in 1960 in New Brunswick, New Jersey...
, American politician from New Jersey - Milt PappasMilt PappasMilton Steven "Milt" Pappas is a former professional baseball pitcher...
, American baseball player - Nick PappasNick PappasDr Nicholas George Pappas is a solicitor from Sydney, Australia, and also the current chairman of the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby league club. He was also chairman of the club from April 2003 to June 2006...
, Australian solicitor (lawyer) active in the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League - Robin PappasRobin PappasRobin Pappas is an American actress. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Acting. Her credits include The Shining and Superman II, as well as an uncredited role in Chariots of Fire. She is the mother of singer-songwriter Nellie McKay...
, American actress - Tas PappasTas PappasTas Pappas is a professional Australian skateboarder. Highlights of his career include being the #1 ranked Vert skateboarder worldwide in 1996.-Sources:...
, Australian skateboarder - Tasos PappasTasos PappasTasos Pappas is a Greek footballer who last played for Aiolikos in the Gamma Ethniki.-References:...
, Greek soccer player - Theodore PappasTheodore PappasTheodore N. "Ted" Pappas is the current executive editor of Encyclopædia Britannica. Earlier he was managing editor of the paleoconservative magazine Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. He has also written Plagiarism and the Culture War: The Writings of Martin Luther King Jr. and Other...
, executive editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica - Thomas PappasThomas PappasThomas M. Pappas is a former United States Army colonel and is currently a high level, civilian intelligence officer with the Army's Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He was the Brigade Commander of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib prisoner...
, United States Army officer involved in the Abu Ghraib scandal - Tom PappasTom PappasTom Pappas is an American track & field decathlete.Pappas won the gold medal at the 2003 World Championships held outside Paris, France, and was rated number 1 in the world that year by Track & Field News. He is a four-time US champion and was the 1999 NCAA champion while attending the University...
, American track and field decathlete
See also
- Pappas RestaurantsPappas RestaurantsPappas Restaurants is a privately owned restaurant group with its headquarters in Houston, Texas. The founders are Greek-American brothers Pete and Jim Pappas. The first restaurant was The Brisket House in Houston. It opened in 1976. In 1996 its name was changed to Pappas Bar-B-Q. The current CEO...
, American restaurant chain based in Texas - Pappas Telecasting CompaniesPappas Telecasting CompaniesPappas Telecasting Companies was a diversely organized broadcasting company headquartered in Visalia, California, United States. Founded in 1971, it was one of the largest privately held broadcasting companies in the country, with its stations reaching over 15% of all U.S. households and over 32%...
, broadcasting companies based in California - Emmanouil PappasEmmanouil PappasEmmanouil Pappas is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Chryso. The municipality takes its name after a local historical figure who played an important part as a leader in the war of the Greek revolution against Ottoman rule. Sadly, he met his...
, a municipality in the Serres Prefecture, Greece - Thomas J. Pappas SchoolThomas J. Pappas SchoolThe Thomas J. Pappas Schools were a series of related alternative schools located in the Phoenix, Arizona area. A part of the Maricopa County Regional School District, the Thomas J. Pappas schools provided primary and secondary education to homeless children in the area. They were named for...
, schools based in Arizona - Breakfast at Pappa's, 1998 English punk rock album