What is Demetrius Vikelas?
{{Infobox president | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | honorific-suffix = The ''[[President of the International Olympic Committee|President of the OIC]]'' | name = Demetrios Vikelas | image = Demetrius_Vikelas.jpg | imagesize = 200px | smallimage = Olympic rings without rims.svg | order = | office = 1st [[President of the International Olympic Committee|President]] of the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] | term_start = 1894 | term_end = 1896 | predecessor = | successor = [[Pierre de Coubertin]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1835|2|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Ermoupoli]], [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1908|07|20|1835|02|15|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Athens]], [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]] | nationality = [[Greece|Greek]] | spouse = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | profession = | occupation = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Demetrios Vikelas''' (also '''Demetrius Bikelas'''; {{lang-el|Δημήτριος Βικέλας}}; 15 February 1835<ref>Some sources use the date 1832 (Llewellyn Smith, ''Olympics in Athens.'', 84)</ref> &ndash; 20 July 1908) was a Greek businessman and writer. He was the first [[President of the International Olympic Committee|President]] of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC), from 1894 to 1896. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/ioc/presidents/vikelas_uk.asp Biography of Demetrius Vikelas] on the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] website {{DEFAULTSORT:Vikelas, Demetrius}} [[Category:1835 births]] [[Category:1908 deaths]] [[Category:European philanthropists]] [[Category:Greek historians]] [[Category:Presidents of the International Olympic Committee]] {{bio-stub}}