Heraklion

Demographic figures from ELSTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Aenesidemus

1st century BC Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher

Epimenides of Crete

7th/6th-century BC Greek seer, philosopher, and poet

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Metagenes

ancient Greek architect in Ephesos

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Chersiphron

ancient Greek architect

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Thomas Papadoperakis

Greek painter (1943-2002)

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Amphion of Knossos

ancient Greek sculptor

Abraham Cohen of Zante

physician

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Yannis Kiliaras

Greek footballer

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Ntinos Konstantakis

Greek footballer

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Rena Kyriakou

Greek pianist and composer (1917–1994)

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Romilos Kedikoglou

Greek judge

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Theodore Kerkezos

Greek saxophonist

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Vicky Vanita

Greek actress (1948–2007)

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Minás Dimákis

Greek poet (1913-1980)

Spiros Danellis

Greek politician

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Zacharias Kavousakis

Greek footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Official Identifiers