stage designer Giannis Poulopoulos, Greek singer Yannis Psycharis, Greek author and philologist Yiannis Psychopedis, Greek art movement Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet Yannis Salibur, French footballer Ioannis Samaras, Greek footballer Giannis Sampson, Cypriot footballer Yannis K. Semertzidis, Greek physicist Giannis Sfakianakis, Greek footballer Giannis Sioutis, Greek basketball player Yiannis Skarimbas, Greek writer Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer Yannis Smaragdis, Greek film director Giannis Sotirhos, Greek footballer Yiannis Spyropoulos, Greek painter Yannis Stavrou, Greek painter Yannis Tafer, French footballer Yannis Tamtakos, Greek political activist Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer Yianis Tomaras, Greek footballer Yiannis Tridimas, Greek long-distance runner Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter Giannis Valaoras, Greek footballer Giannis Valinakis, Greek politician Giannis Vardinogiannis, Greek businessman Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist Yannis Varveris, Greek poet Giannis Vogiatzis, Greek actor Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer Yiannis Xipolitas, Cypriot footballer Yannis Xirotiris, Greek educator Yannis Yfantis, Greek writer and poet Giannis Zapropoulos, Greek footballer Giannis Zaradoukas, Greek footballer Yanis (singer), full name Yanis Sahraoui, French singer-songwriter formerly known as Sliimy Yanis C. Yortsos, current Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California Yanis Kanidis (1930–2004), a Greek-Russian physical education teacher Yanis Papassarantis (born 1988), a Belgian football player of Greek origin Yanis Smits, a Latvian theologian active against the Soviet rule over Latvia during 1956–1976 See also Alternate forms for the name John Janis (disambiguation) Greek masculine given names