1926
Events
March
- March 9: Panaitolikos is founded.
- March 20: The Athens Academy is founded.
- March 31: The law prohibiting short skirts is abolished in Greece.
August
- August 21: A military movement by Gen. Georgios Kondilis brings down the Pangalos dictatorship.
November
- November 8: APOEL FC is founded, in a Lefkosia patisserie, by a group of 40 sports-minded Cypriots.
- November 14: The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) is founded by the local associations of Athens, Piraeus and Macedonia.
Births
January
- January 8: Yiannis Christou, classical composer.
- January 23: Kyriakos Matsis, EOKA fighter.
February
- February 10: Kostas Mountakis, Cretan singer.
March
- March 12: Giorgos Darivas, Olympiakos striker in the 1950s.
- March 29: Kostas Virvos, songwriter.
April
- April 3: Alex Grammas, Greek-American baseball player and coach
July
- July 16: Andreas Karios, EOKA fighter
August
- August 8: George Livanos, shipowner
- August 15: Kostis Stephanopoulos, politician and statesman
September
- September 3: Irene Papas, actress
November
- November 26: Panos Gavalas, popular singer
December
- December 5: George Savalas, Greek-American actor