Corfu (grc)

Corfu

Corfu ranks 1,366th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Urbana, Illinois, Bielefeld, and Okazaki, Aichi. Memorable people born in Corfu include Philomena, Ioannis Kapodistrias, and Albert Cohen. Memorable people who died in Corfu include George Sphrantzes, Dionysios Solomos, and Nikolaos Mantzaros. Corfu has been the birth place of many politicians and composers and the death place of many religious figures and writers. Corfu is located in Greece.

Corfu or Kerkyra is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered by three municipalities with the islands of Othonoi, Ereikoussa, and Mathraki. The principal city of the island is also named Corfu. Corfu is home to the Ionian University. Read more on Wikipedia