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Georgakis
Georgakis is a Greek name, which can be used as either a surname or a given name. Notable people with this name include: * Christos Georgakis, American chemical engineer *George Georgakis, founder of AMG International *Georgios Georgakis (born 1991), Greek professional basketball player * Heather Georgakis, former dean of Santa Barbara & Ventura Colleges of Law *Ioannis Georgakis, founder of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture *Kostas Georgakis (1948-1970), Greek student of geology who set himself on fire in protest against Georgios Papadopoulos * Nikos Georgakis, Greek actor and director As a first name * Georgakis Kapsokalyvas (born c. 1800), fighter in the Greek Revolution See also * Georgiou * Georgescu * Gheorghiu * Iordache Iordache is a Romanian surname. ''Iordăchescu'' and ''Iordăcheanu'' were coined from Iordache. ''Iordache'' is of Greek language origin, from Yeorgakis (Γεωργάκης), a patronym from the Modern Greek first name Yiorgos (Γιώργος), fr .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Georgakis
Kostas Georgakis ( el, Κώστας Γεωργάκης) (23 August 194819 September 1970) was a Greek student of geology, who in the early hours of 19 September 1970, set himself ablaze in Matteotti square in Genoa in a fatal protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.. Quote: ''During the years of dictatorship in Greece (1967–1974) many Corfiots were enlisted in resistance groups, but the case of Kostas Georgakis is unique in the whole of Greece. The 22 year-old Corfiot student of geology with an act of self-sacrifice and a spirit of dynamic protest, which could not bear to see Greece under the military regime, set himself on fire the first morning hours of 19 September 1970 in the Matteoti Sq. in the Italian city of Genoa. For security reasons his body was buried in Corfu four months later, his self-sacrifice though, a rare event for that time, caused international sensation and was considered as one of the most important resistance acts of that period. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
