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Santorini ranks 10,851st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sierra Leone, South Carolina, and Sarawak. Memorable people born in Santorini include Battus I of Cyrene. Memorable people who died in Santorini include Spyridon Marinatos, and Kaj Franck. Santorini has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many archaeologists, and designers. Santorini is located in Greece.

Santorini, officially Thira or Thera, is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago formed by the Santorini caldera. It is the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands, with an area of approximately 73 km2 (28 sq mi) and a 2021 census population of 15,480. The municipality of Santorini includes the inhabited islands of Santorini and Therasia, and the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi, Anydros, and Christiana. The total land area is 91 km2 (35 sq mi). Santorini is part of the Thira regional unit. Read more on Wikipedia

People

In 580 BC, Santorini was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Battus I of Cyrene. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Santorini including Spyridon Marinatos, and Kaj Franck. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Santorini than were born there.