The Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis was born on January 15, 1906 in Smyrna, to a relatively wealthy family of the region. He was the second child of his parents. Artemis had preceded him by two years.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recalled in a tweet Lefter Kucukandonyadis, a football player of Greek descent who left a great legacy as a striker in Fenerbahce, on the seventh anniversary of the player's death.