Moscow
Moscow ranks 4th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New York City, Paris, and London. The most famous people from Moscow are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Peter the Great, and Ivan the Terrible. The most famous people who died in Moscow are Yuri Gagarin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Ivan the Terrible. Moscow has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Moscow is located in Russia.
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of 2,511 square kilometers (970 mi2), while the urban area covers 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 mi2), and the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 mi2). Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2007, Moscow was the birth place of 1,017 globally memorable people, including Fyodor Dostoevsky, Peter the Great, and Ivan the Terrible. Additionaly, 1,167 globally memorable people have passed away in Moscow including Yuri Gagarin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Ivan the Terrible. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Moscow than were born there.
People Born in Moscow
Go to all RankingsFyodor Dostoevsky
WRITER
1821 - 1881
HPI: 93.20
Rank: 1
Peter the Great
POLITICIAN
1672 - 1725
HPI: 86.89
Rank: 2
Ivan the Terrible
POLITICIAN
1530 - 1584
HPI: 84.95
Rank: 3
Alexander Pushkin
WRITER
1799 - 1837
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 4
Wassily Kandinsky
PAINTER
1866 - 1944
HPI: 84.16
Rank: 5
Lev Yashin
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1990
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 6
Boris Pasternak
WRITER
1890 - 1960
HPI: 80.01
Rank: 7
Elizabeth of Russia
POLITICIAN
1709 - 1762
HPI: 79.96
Rank: 8
Peter Kropotkin
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1842 - 1921
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 9
Andrei Sakharov
PHYSICIST
1921 - 1989
HPI: 78.11
Rank: 10
Anna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1693 - 1740
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 11
Paul Karrer
CHEMIST
1889 - 1971
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Moscow
Go to all RankingsSergey Karaganov
ECONOMIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 220
Leonid Yakubovich
PRESENTER
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 263
Svetlana Druzhinina
FILM DIRECTOR
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 333
Aleksandr Zbruyev
ACTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 383
Alexey Rybnikov
COMPOSER
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 495
Natalia Linichuk
DANCER
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 562
Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya
ACTOR
1964 - 2025
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 576
Stanislav Bunin
MUSICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 585
Alexei Gorinov
LAWYER
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 644
Yuri Kolokolnikov
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 650
Ilya Naishuller
FILM DIRECTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 660
Aleksei Chaly
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 672
People Deceased in Moscow
Go to all RankingsYuri Gagarin
ASTRONAUT
1934 - 1968
HPI: 87.19
Rank: 1
Nikita Khrushchev
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1971
HPI: 85.59
Rank: 2
Ivan the Terrible
POLITICIAN
1530 - 1584
HPI: 84.95
Rank: 3
Boris Yeltsin
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2007
HPI: 84.88
Rank: 4
Nikolai Gogol
WRITER
1809 - 1852
HPI: 82.82
Rank: 5
Lev Yashin
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1990
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 6
Yuri Andropov
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1984
HPI: 82.33
Rank: 7
Dmitri Shostakovich
COMPOSER
1906 - 1975
HPI: 82.02
Rank: 8
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
WRITER
1918 - 2008
HPI: 81.48
Rank: 9
Konstantin Chernenko
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1985
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 10
Lavrentiy Beria
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1953
HPI: 80.99
Rank: 11
Sergei Prokofiev
COMPOSER
1891 - 1953
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Moscow
Go to all RankingsLarissa Reissner
WRITER
1895 - 1926
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 442
Oleg Strizhenov
ACTOR
1929 - 2025
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 796
Leonid Toptunov
ENGINEER
1960 - 1986
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 879
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov
COACH
1962 - 2020
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 1,049
Igor Kirillov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1970 - 2024
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 1,097
Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya
ACTOR
1964 - 2025
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 1,121
Yuri Budanov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1963 - 2011
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 1,126
Aleksey Botyan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1917 - 2020
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 1,130
Igor Savochkin
ACTOR
1963 - 2021
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 1,152
Dmitry Volkov
SWIMMER
1966 - 2025
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 1,158
Andrei Ivanov
SOCCER PLAYER
1967 - 2009
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 1,160
Yelena Naimushina
GYMNAST
1964 - 2017
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 1,162
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Moscow were politicians (123), actors (101), athletes (86), soccer players (83), and writers (82), while most who died were politicians (211), writers (126), actors (114), military personnels (110), and film directors (58).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Moscow, including Yevgeny Leonov, Andrei Mironov, and Vasily Livanov. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Moscow, including Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and Elizabeth of Russia.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Moscow since 1700.













































