Vitebsk
Vitebsk ranks 703rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bridgeport, Connecticut, Paisley, Renfrewshire, and Vicenza. The most famous people from Vitebsk are Ossip Zadkine, Isser Harel, and Zhores Alferov. The most famous people who died in Vitebsk are Josaphat Kuntsevych, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, and Yehuda Pen. Vitebsk has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Vitebsk is located in Belarus.
People
Between 1557 and 1999, Vitebsk was the birth place of 24 globally memorable people, including Ossip Zadkine, Isser Harel, and Zhores Alferov. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Vitebsk including Josaphat Kuntsevych, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, and Yehuda Pen.
People Born in Vitebsk
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Ossip Zadkine
SCULPTOR
1888 - 1967
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 1
Isser Harel
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2003
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 2
Zhores Alferov
PHYSICIST
1930 - 2019
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 3
Lew Sapieha
POLITICIAN
1557 - 1633
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 4
Bella Rosenfeld
WRITER
1889 - 1944
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 5
Carl Anton von Meyer
1795 - 1855
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 6
Immanuel Velikovsky
WRITER
1895 - 1979
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 7
Vyacheslav Yanovskiy
ATHLETE
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 8
Aleksandr Potashov
ATHLETE
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 9
Zinaida Stahurskaya
CYCLIST
1971 - 2009
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 10
Evgeny Agrest
CHESS PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 11
Igor Lapshin
ATHLETE
1963 - Present
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Vitebsk
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ATHLETE
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 9
Zinaida Stahurskaya
CYCLIST
1971 - 2009
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 10
Ilya Shkurin
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 37.43
Rank: 21
People Deceased in Vitebsk
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Josaphat Kuntsevych
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1580 - 1623
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 1
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
POLITICIAN
1779 - 1831
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 2
Yehuda Pen
PAINTER
1854 - 1937
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 3
Sergey Gritsevets
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1909 - 1939
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 4
Tamara Lazakovich
GYMNAST
1954 - 1992
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Vitebskwere athletes (6), soccer players (3), politicians (2), writers (2), and cyclists (2), while most who died were religious figures (1), politicians (1), painters (1), military personnels (1), and gymnasts (1).
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Vitebsk since 1700.
