Giorgio A. Tsoukalos is a Swiss-born Greek writer, television personality, and proponent of the idea that ancient astronauts interacted with ancient humans. He was the publisher of the now defunct Legendary Times magazine, that featured articles from Erich von D�niken, David Hatcher Childress, Peter Fiebag, Robert Bauval, and Luc B�rgin, on the topic of ancient astronauts. Tsoukalos is the director of Erich von D�niken's Center for Ancient Astronaut Research, and has appeared on The Travel Channel, The History Channel, the Sci-Fi Channel, the National Geographic Channel, as well as Coast to Coast AM, and is a consulting producer of the television series Ancient Aliens. Tsoukalos is a 1998 graduate of Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, with a bachelor's degree in sports information and communication. For several years in the early 2000s, before he made ancient astronaut research his primary career, he served as a bodybuilding promoter in IFBB sanctioned contests, including Mr. Olympia. He is fluent in English, Greek, German, French, and Italian. 

March 14th, 1978 in Lucerne (Age 46)